{"id":12085,"date":"2013-11-29T05:54:54","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T05:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12085"},"modified":"2013-11-29T08:24:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T08:24:18","slug":"s-african-politicians-condemn-rape-of-six-week-old-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12085","title":{"rendered":"S. African politicians condemn rape of six-week-old baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/rape3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9892\" alt=\"rape3\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/rape3.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>Politicians from various parties have condemned the rape of a six-week-old baby in Galeshewe, Kimberley, in the Northern Cape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Women, Children and People with Disabilities Minister Lulu Xingwana was appalled by several recent &#8220;monstrous atrocities&#8221; against women and children, she said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She noted with &#8220;serious concern&#8221; the rape of the baby, and the rape of a four-year-old boy, allegedly by a 17-year-old.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;These acts can only be committed by very sick people,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The newborn was raped on Tuesday night, allegedly by a 24-year-old man believed to be her uncle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Xingwana said the government would ensure people accused of rape were not given bail and received harsher sentences, Sapa reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;These crimes will under no circumstances be tolerated and [are] totally unacceptable,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Democratic Alliance spokesman Mike Waters said South African women and children faced intolerably high levels of violence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">National Freedom Party leader Zanele KaMagwaza Msibi said such incidents were an indication that rape in society had taken a turn for the worse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;No culture, provocation, neglect or mental condition can be used to justify this perverse behaviour,&#8221; said spokesman for Cosatu Patrick Craven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said violence against women and children had permeated all levels of society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Congress of the People spokesman Willie Madisha said the party had gone to Galeshewe to support the family and their relatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The man accused of raping the baby appeared in the Kimberley Magistrate&#8217;s Court on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The case was postponed to December 12 for a formal bail application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians from various parties have condemned the rape of a six-week-old baby in Galeshewe, Kimberley, in the Northern Cape. 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