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Man, 38, Found Guilty Of 90 Rapes Targeting Schoolgirls In South Africa
A South African court on Tuesday found a man guilty of 90 counts of rape, some involving children as young as nine, in a case that has shocked the nation.
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8 Models Raped During Music Video Shoot Near South Africa's Johannesburg
A gang of gunmen forced their way into a music video shoot and raped eight young women from the cast in a small South African town this week, police said Friday.
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"Educated Man Won't Rape": South Africa Minister Criticised For Comment
South Africa's education minister Angie Motshekga came under fire on Monday for saying that educated men do not commit rape, as the country struggles to grapple with a scourge of violence against women.
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NRI Gang-Raped At Beauty Parlour In UP By Tour Guide, Another Man: Police
Two persons, including a tourist guide, were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura on Tuesday for the alleged gang-rape of a young Non-Resident Indian or NRI, police said.
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Tennis Legend Bob Hewitt Bailed in South Africa After Rape Conviction
Victims attending the bail hearing reacted with anger to the judge's decision to allow Bob Hewitt to avoid prison for at least a month after his lawyers argued they needed more time to prepare his appeal.
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Ex-Tennis Star Bob Hewitt Jailed for Rape in South Africa
Bob Hewitt won numerous Grand Slam doubles titles during his career in the 1960s and 1970s and was named to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1992.
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South African Police Say Murdered Nun, 86, May Have Been Raped
Police in South Africa were today investigating whether an 86-year-old nun of Austrian origin found murdered had also been raped.
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South Africa Court Postpones Sentencing of Former Tennis Star Bob Hewitt
A South African court Friday postponed to next month the sentencing of Australian-born former tennis Grand Slam champion Bob Hewitt.
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Defence Claims Oscar Pistorius 'Vulnerable' in Prison
Defence witness Annette Vergeer said Oscar Pistorius would be vulnerable to gang rape if sent to one of South Africa's brutal prisons.
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Defence Claims Oscar Pistorius 'Vulnerable' in Prison
Double amputee Oscar Pistorius would be highly vulnerable in South Africa's brutal jails, his disability elevating the risk of poor hygiene and even gang rape, a defence witness claimed on Tuesday.
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South African President Says Wife Was Raped
South Africa's president said Monday that criminals broke into his rural homestead more than a decade ago and raped his wife, as he sought to explain a $23 million taxpayer-funded security upgrade ahead of elections.
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South African man gets two life sentences for shocking rape, murder
A South African court sentenced a man to two life terms on Friday for the rape, mutilation and murder of a teenager in a case that shocked the nation.
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Five arrested for rape and murder of two toddlers in South Africa, protests flare
South African police fired rubber bullets today to disperse thousands of people who launched massive protest after five people were arrested for the rape and murder of two toddlers in a shantytown, a spokesman said.
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Man accused of rape and murder that shocked South Africa released
South African prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against one of the two men charged with raping, mutilating and killing a teenage girl in a crime that outraged a country hardened by some of the world's highest rates of sexual violence.
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Tears, anger as South African town mourns teen rape victim
Hundreds of South Africans placed flowers and candles by a simple wooden cross in a building site on Friday where a 17-year-old gang rape victim was left to die, a murder that shocked a nation inured to sexual violence.
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Man, 38, Found Guilty Of 90 Rapes Targeting Schoolgirls In South Africa
A South African court on Tuesday found a man guilty of 90 counts of rape, some involving children as young as nine, in a case that has shocked the nation.
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8 Models Raped During Music Video Shoot Near South Africa's Johannesburg
A gang of gunmen forced their way into a music video shoot and raped eight young women from the cast in a small South African town this week, police said Friday.
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"Educated Man Won't Rape": South Africa Minister Criticised For Comment
South Africa's education minister Angie Motshekga came under fire on Monday for saying that educated men do not commit rape, as the country struggles to grapple with a scourge of violence against women.
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NRI Gang-Raped At Beauty Parlour In UP By Tour Guide, Another Man: Police
Two persons, including a tourist guide, were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura on Tuesday for the alleged gang-rape of a young Non-Resident Indian or NRI, police said.
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Tennis Legend Bob Hewitt Bailed in South Africa After Rape Conviction
Victims attending the bail hearing reacted with anger to the judge's decision to allow Bob Hewitt to avoid prison for at least a month after his lawyers argued they needed more time to prepare his appeal.
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Ex-Tennis Star Bob Hewitt Jailed for Rape in South Africa
Bob Hewitt won numerous Grand Slam doubles titles during his career in the 1960s and 1970s and was named to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1992.
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South African Police Say Murdered Nun, 86, May Have Been Raped
Police in South Africa were today investigating whether an 86-year-old nun of Austrian origin found murdered had also been raped.
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South Africa Court Postpones Sentencing of Former Tennis Star Bob Hewitt
A South African court Friday postponed to next month the sentencing of Australian-born former tennis Grand Slam champion Bob Hewitt.
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Defence Claims Oscar Pistorius 'Vulnerable' in Prison
Defence witness Annette Vergeer said Oscar Pistorius would be vulnerable to gang rape if sent to one of South Africa's brutal prisons.
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Defence Claims Oscar Pistorius 'Vulnerable' in Prison
Double amputee Oscar Pistorius would be highly vulnerable in South Africa's brutal jails, his disability elevating the risk of poor hygiene and even gang rape, a defence witness claimed on Tuesday.
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South African President Says Wife Was Raped
South Africa's president said Monday that criminals broke into his rural homestead more than a decade ago and raped his wife, as he sought to explain a $23 million taxpayer-funded security upgrade ahead of elections.
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South African man gets two life sentences for shocking rape, murder
A South African court sentenced a man to two life terms on Friday for the rape, mutilation and murder of a teenager in a case that shocked the nation.
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Five arrested for rape and murder of two toddlers in South Africa, protests flare
South African police fired rubber bullets today to disperse thousands of people who launched massive protest after five people were arrested for the rape and murder of two toddlers in a shantytown, a spokesman said.
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Man accused of rape and murder that shocked South Africa released
South African prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against one of the two men charged with raping, mutilating and killing a teenage girl in a crime that outraged a country hardened by some of the world's highest rates of sexual violence.
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Tears, anger as South African town mourns teen rape victim
Hundreds of South Africans placed flowers and candles by a simple wooden cross in a building site on Friday where a 17-year-old gang rape victim was left to die, a murder that shocked a nation inured to sexual violence.
