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Two S. African police officers on trial for raping 17-year old

rape3Two police officers were arrested in connection with rape in Atteridgeville, Pretoria on Wednesday, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) said.

Ipid spokesman Moses Dlamini said the officers, aged 22 and 51, allegedly raped a teenager in September.

The 17-year-old girl had an argument with her boyfriend at a tavern in Atteridgeville and the officers, dressed in full uniform, interfered.

“The victim asked the police officers to take her home and the officers agreed and drove with her in the police vehicle.”

The driver stopped the vehicle and allegedly raped the teenager at the back of the van. The other officer also allegedly raped her, said Dlamini.

“After driving some distance, the girl was ordered to get out of the police vehicle near the police station.”

The girl told her sister who reported the matter to the police.

Dlamini said the officers were picked out at an identity parade.

They would appear in the Atteridgeville Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. – Sapa

Pretoria to introduce free internet in public spaces

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The capital city is set to offer free access to the internet in public spaces.

Poor communities, schools and high-density areas in the city have been targeted for the first phase of the project

The city of Tshwane says the project will be life changing especially for the youth.

We no longer think of Wi-Fi as a luxury, we think of Wi-Fi as the same as electricity and water.

Meanwhile, the Gauteng provincial government is planning to issue tablets with internet connectivity to more than 2 000 Gauteng schools by 2014.

Can you imagine going online while you’re waiting at a bus stop or queuing to pay your water and lights bill?

If all goes well, that’s what Pretoria residents will be doing in the near future.

Tshwane mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa says “The City of Tshwane will be the first metro in the country to provide city-wide free Wi-Fi. Come November, Church Square will be one of five zones, where you can surf the net free of charge – and you [won’t] even need a password.”

Impoverished communities have been targeted for the first phase, which comes with a price tag of R1 million.

The mayor continues, “The second phase, the 219 schools in Atteridgeville, Soshanguve and Mamelodi will be up and running before the end of calendar year in 2014 and third phase in 2015. We are extending it in the main to government institutions and all other institutions of higher learning.”

The project is part of a collaborative effort by NGOs to bring free Wi-Fi to the continent.

“The intent is to show governments as well as private sector that bandwidth can be treated just as you treat electricity and water,” says Project Isizwe representative Alan Knott-Craig.

And government thinks the country is more than ready.

Dumsani Otumile of Tshwane ICT Management says, “We no longer think of Wi-Fi as a luxury, we think of Wi-Fi as the same as electricity and water  – it’s a commodity for us.”

Tshwane is following in Stellenbosch’s footsteps.

Technology experts have given that city’s project the thumbs-up, saying it bridges the digital divide.

-eNCA