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Issue 105 - Thursday, 26 June 2014 to Wednesday, 2 July 2014

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Abortion Law The Law Reform and Development Commission of Namibia (LRDC) last week announced their intention to revisit the controversial Abortion and Sterilisation Act of 1990 to deliberate on whether to legalise earlystage abortion (normally between 8 and 12 weeks) on demand/request. The Act was originally implemented from the South African Act of 1975, later replaced by the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy

Act in 1997. The decision to reconsider the law comes as a surprise, seeing that previously the Namibian Government attempted to amend the act, collecting evidence in favour of earlystage abortion, providing favourable statistics in Namibia, which drew a great discussion among Ministries and was allegedly even used as a study document in some school classes. However, the new act had to be withdrawn due to public majority disapproval – although this conclusion was not

supported by any opinion poll or sample survey. Abortion is probably the most controversial issue globally, with immense support for both pro-life and pro-choice activists; it is no surprise then, that the Namibian, and in particular the coastal community, is at odds over the divisive decision. The Namib Independent spoke to medical experts, members of the community and women rights activists, while also comparing facts and studies to bring the issues

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of abortion and anti-abortion sentiments to light. Doctor Potgieter, who is a General Practitioner at the Welwitschia hospital in Walvis Bay, cited his experience in South Africa as the reason for his disapproval of legalisation. “I’m totally against it”, he said. “I come from South Africa and I see the entire trauma that patients go through. A lot of patients couldn’t deal with it, after making the decision, and suffered from emotional problems – I’d say more than 50% of them, even though we gave support before and after the procedure. (Also) it is very difficult for us doctors to take a life, it’s an easy procedure, but morally it is against what we do. We try to save lives, not take them,” Dr Potgieter explained, adding, “I wouldn’t do it, and I wouldn’t refer the patient either.” Another prominent Walvis Bay doctor, who said the issue was too personal for his name Continued on Page 3

Crime Statistics for Coast Siglinde de Villiers

The dawn of 2014 brought with it many good developments. Yet, shadows of crime have always followed in the

wake of improvement, expansion and advancement. With half the year already behind us, the Namib Independent decided to analyse crime statistics

for the Erongo Region for the period January to May. An overview of the statistics indicate that Namibia remains a violent nation. Assault With Intent

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To Cause Grievous Bodily Harm tallied 253 cases for the Erongo Region. Most incidents were reported at the Kuisebmond and Mondesa police stations, numbering 66 and 64

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of Domestic Violence in the last five months. 14 cases were reported at Walvis Bay police station, 50 in Kuisebmond, three in Narraville, one in Swakopmund, 26 in

Mondesa, 11 in Tutaleni, 13 in Henties Bay, and 11 in Usakos. Surprisingly, the total number of Rape is the second lowest statistic with only 30 reported cases for the Erongo Region. Of the total number, Omaruru leads with Continued on Page 2

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seven cases, followed by Kuisebmund police station with five cases, while the Walvis Bay police station itself only had three cases for the given period. On the other hand, Housebreaking totaled a shocking number of 474 cases in the Erongo Region. Of these, 79 were reported at Walvis Bay police station, 118 in Kuisebmond, 18 in Narraville, 27 in Swakopmund, 78 in Mondesa, 49 in Tutaleni, 14 in Henties Bay, 22 in Karibib, 17 in Arandis, 22 in Usakos and 15 in Omaruru. Another high statistic was Theft Out Of Motor Vehicles, with 85 cases reported for the Erongo Region. Once again, Walvis Bay takes the top spot with 41 cases, 11 in Kuisebmond and only two in Narraville. Swakopmund had 10 car break-ins, two in Tutaleni and four in Mondesa. Figures for Fraud and ATM Fraud were also staggering. Out of the 122 cases reported for the Erongo Region, 51 were in Walvis Bay, 17 in Kuiseb

and three in Narraville. Swakopmud had 30 fraud incidents, 10 in Mondesa and one in Tutaleni. The total number of reported drug cases for the Erongo Region was 42, of which the highest statistic was at the Kuisebmond police station (ten) followed by Walvis Bay and Narraville with eight incidents each. In contrast the combined total of Swakopmund, Mondesa and Tutaleni police station cases amounted to ten incidents, equal to that of Kuisebmond police station. When it comes to Robbery, Kuisebmond shows the highest number of incidents with 18 cases reported, while Walvis Bay, Mondesa and Karibib only followed by half that number. With regard to accidents, 27 cases of Culpable Homicide where reported in the Erongo Region, with Walvis Bay and Swakopmund taking the lead with seven cases each. Henties Bay, Omaruru and Uis only had two incidents while Usakos had four and

Karibib three. Stock Theft was most rampant in the area surrounding Usakos with 25 reported cases, followed by Karibib with 18 and Omaruru with 13. For the last five months, the Erongo

Region had eight reported murders and 15 suicide cases. On average, that is three suicides per month. This is a decrease to previous figures, most probably due to awareness campaigns around the issue.

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Thursday, 26 June 2014

Coast Divided over Proposed Abortion Law to be associated, was also adamant against legalising abortion. “We are definitely totally against it, and we don’t get involved – it’s a no-go for us.” He said that as a private practitioner he hardly receives requests for abortions, “maybe once or twice a year.” The Doctor explained that he disagrees “simply out of a Christian point of view” and would not get involved “even if it is legalised.” However, local Psychologist Doctor Shaun Whittaker is excited that the issue is being brought up again. “This is obviously a very important issue, it is high time we revisit it,” he said. “On one hand we look and work to the 50/50 agenda, yet we don’t allow women to have that freedom of choice. If we call ourselves a liberal democratic country we need to provide a quality of life for women.” Dr Whittaker explains that the lower-class women suffer from this law the most. “It’s a tremendous consequence for the working class women. The middle class go to South African hospitals - Upington is full of Namibian women - while the working class carry the brunt. Young women drop out of high school, not to mention the baby dumping, which is a significant issue.” Dr Whittaker also pointed out the psychological error of men deciding on behalf of women, which correlates with one study in USA that claims 77% of antiabortion activists are male. “It just shows how strongly patriarchy is still present in Namibia. Decisions are made by men who believe they have the right to choose on behalf of women. Yet these men are nowhere to be found later. It smacks of hypocrisy.” Dr Whittaker insists that this decision needs to be formed on purely medical reputes. “I don’t think religion should play any role in abortion. If we stay in secular society, there should be separation between the state and religion. People sometimes get confused between religion and morality, and the Church thinks that it lives in the dark ages,” Doctor Whittaker profounded. One Namibian State doctor, who is also in favour of legalising abortions, revealed anonymously the extent to which abortion is rife in Namibia. He allegedly

receives “at least one request a week for an abortion, many of them underage teenagers.” In his 20-year career, and of all the requests, he has performed five abortions illegally, despite the risk of losing his medical licence and possible prison time. These, he said, were unusual cases in rural areas where the patient was raped or had medical complications but had not followed the appropriate procedure resulting in rejected applications for abortion. He believes it was the right thing to do, but he stopped when he was nearly caught. According to statistics by the World Health Organisation and The Alan Guttmacher Institute, of the estimated 210 million pregnancies that occur throughout the world each year, about 38% are unwanted, and 22% end in abortion. 47 000 women die annually due to unsafe abortion complications, which also accounts for 13% of all maternal deaths in Africa. An estimated 60% of the world's 7 billion people now live in countries where abortion is generally allowed, which equates to about 26 million women who have legal abortions each year, while an estimated 20 million have illegal abortions. For Africa, the laws are almost entirely pro-life, while nearly every Western country has legalised abortion on request - in Africa only three countries have adopted pro-choice laws. Coastal residents’ opinions are just as scattered as the professionals’. One Walvis Bay mother said that, “with what’s going on; baby dumping, economy, people still ignoring birth control options or so it seems, I would say the best thing will be to make it legal. With certain precautions of course, like you’re only allowed to do it once. And then be educated with info on how to save yourself another trip down this path again. As someone who grew up with religion it’s a difficult one as we were taught that it is wrong to do so but as a human I don't see how it is (any) crueller than having a baby and then dumping it.” But another Walvis Bay woman is not so sure. “Scientists do a lot of things”, she claimed, “they can design and create new species, change DNA and create hybrids. However, no one can create that spark that gives life. Thus, no one can rightfully have the choice of taking away what we call life. We yield power over life and death, light and dark, good and

bad. Most times we tend towards the one side or the other. However, the latter side of the contrast spectrum brings with it that neverending crushing guilt that gnaws at you and haunts you for the rest of your life, for it is life that you have taken. Then again, the decision to abort is just the same as the decision one has to make when a loved one is kept alive by machines. Do I switch them off, do I keep them on? Each choice has risks and consequences, and it comes down to what one is prepared to live with.” Baby dumping may be one of the prevailing reasons for the Government’s change in attitude. Namibian Press Agency reported that approximately 40 babies and foetuses are dumped and flushed down toilets every month in Windhoek alone, although other sources place the rate at around 20 per month – still a shocking revelation for the small, timid country. Women in Action Development Chief, Veronica De Klerk, who works with women who dump their children said she is definitely against abortion. “We will never say, kill a little human being. We should try to educate our kids, our young girls, especially in rural areas where communities don’t talk to their children about sex” she explained. “We can’t just treat the symptoms, it is still going to happen, and it is not going to help the real social problem.” She claimed that Western countries that have legalised abortion have not seen a positive outcome, like in the USA, the lenient laws backfired on the country, causing policy makers to rethink the legislations and restrict some of the more liberal laws. “The problem is far more profound than just taking the easy way out,” De Klerk concludes. Arguments for pro-life often point out the life properties of an embryo – by three weeks after fertilisation, the eyes and spinal cord are visible and the developing brain has two lobes, by four the heart is beating and a circulatory system is in place. By nine weeks more than 90% of the body structures found in a full-grown human are present. By twelve weeks (cut-off period) electrical signals from the nervous system are measurable. The problem of unsafe abortion is rife in Africa, without a doubt escalated by the restrictive laws. In developing regions where abortion is illegal, abortion mortality is hundreds of times higher than in developed countries. Mortality due to abortion is highest in Africa – an

estimated 680 deaths per 100,000 procedures. Furthermore, as one would expect abortion rates to be high in countries where such practice is legal, a surprise statistic confirms otherwise; the lowest subregional abortion rate in Africa is in South Africa, virtually the only African country where abortion is allowed upon request. When the abortion law was liberalised in 1997, the annual number of abortion-related deaths fell by 91% between 1994 and 1998–2001 in South Africa. Unwanted children in Namibia are often left in orphanages, with grandmothers or to fend for themselves. Adoption statistics are vague and seldom, but it is widely believed that Namibia has one of the lowest adoption rates in the world – only four Namibian children have been adopted by USA citizens since 1995. This issue is far too controversial and complicated for one opinion to reside over the other firmly, but that is exactly why raising the conversation is vital and should be approached with optimism rather than disregard. Facebook Comments Jean Hubsch I do not think anyone person can judge or enforce their opinions/ beliefs on another yet there are some things one should perhaps consider. If I do not condone "Baby Dumping" how can I condone abortions? Taking a life is taking a life. Whether you abort in the first trimester or whether you dump a newborn, you are still killing a baby. Yes, Mother Nature does allow for natural abortion; in human beings we call it a miscarriage. At the same time how can one argue that abortion is right in some circumstances but wrong in others? Then you might as well argue that is

it fine for a person to steel as long as they are poor. Many of course argue that abortions is not murder as the baby needs the mother to live. However, as a person I need food, water air etc to survive. I someone takes away any of those I will die. Would you then still argue that it was not murder? If you ask me, the only humane resolution is adoption. Blessings to those who have to make the final decisions, I sure am glad I am not the one in that seat.

That little babe has a RIGHT to live! Yes its MURDER. That babe did not ask to be there!! You slept with the guy/girl and knew what you where doing!! People that say YES must be jailed

Natasha Van Der Westhuizen No it should not! But I do agree that in case a woman has been raped, the law should provide a clause that if an examiner has proven rape a legal representative/social worker should give the go ahead through the correct Mathieu Connor medical channels. Other Legalizing abortion will than that, a definite NO! bring the crime rate down in the long run Zupha Candice Nicole Camm No! Women should Carlos Figueiredo if the learn to use Contraceptives animal kingdom allows for if they don’t want babies. natural abortion i cannot They should rather make it see why we as humans legal for all women to get are not entitled to that same choice.. its not the an injection (contraceptive) governments decision to whether they want one decide what a person can or Not. So that they don’t do and cannot do with their get unwanted babies that didn’t ask to be here and own body then be killed. NO NO Jennilee Swartz Totally NO NO NO ABORTION! against abortion. HAVE SAFE SEX BY CONDOMISING Saegran Dietrich AND USING Everyone should have CONTRACRPTIVES! their own choice and owes no explanation to anyone other than themselves and Andrea Williams There people shouldn’t resort to are special circumstances Christianity and bibles to in which abortion should be an option. Who are any of prove their case you to judge anyone else? Len Nel That's where you Are you in that position in make the mistake which you have to make such a decision? No! Nicole Ndapewa Cloete Id Especially you men. Don't rather have women being throw with bricks whilst able to make that decision. Than have merciless sitting in your glass house. killings and dumping of Rather pray for guidance new borns because their to those who have to make mothers can't take care or legislative decisions like these! want them Desireé Nel No and it shouldn't even be up for discussion! Micheal Janse van Vuuren Mother can go for adoptions!!! Micheal Janse van Vuuren NO IT SHOULD NOT BE LEGAL. You know what you did when you climb into that bed!!

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Harry Louw Its funny to know that those who approve of abortion was already born... Louise De Villiers NO, NO, NO, NO, NO Henk DISGUSTING!!!

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Zupha Candice Nicole Camm Carina Ras THEY SHOULD USE CONTRACEPTIVES AND CONDOMS IF THEY CANT AFFORD KIDS OR DONT WANT THEM. AND NOT MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THEY ARE INNOCENT WHEN THEY ENJOYED THE SEX THEY DIDNT THINK OF THE END RESULT. Antoinette Holliday Interesting that people always flip the judgement card. But when you make the decision to kill the life in you (nobody disputes that "it" is alive, or else "it" won't develop) is that not judgement against the unborn? You may live and you may not. Fascinating.

Carina Ras Within reasonable medical observations, YES! We may not know what these women's situation is (not be able to support baby) maybe this will reduce the baby dumping figures as well as children given up for adoption. Have you ever been to children's home? It is very sad and wish every child in that facility will be Stephan Magnus Jensen able to find a loving home I do agree with those who they deserve. regard abortion as murder. Nevertheless should a Ronel De Klerk NO NO! woman willing to kill her own unborn child Quinton Willem not become a mother. A mother that kills her own Salkunga NO!! child? If I would be that child I'd rather be dead Kotie Theron No not at all than having such a mother. please. It is murder

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Thursday, 26 June 2014

Sex Workers Welcome

Legalisation of Prostitution Tanya Calitz Not only does the Law Reform and Development Commission of Namibia (LRDC) want to revisit the gun carrying and abortion laws, but they also want to take a look at our current prostitution laws next year. Currently the exchange of money for sexual favours in Namibia is considered illegal, even though it is a very prominent sector in our coastal community, as investigated by the Namib Independent last year. Despite the law, prostitution is a flourishing industry in Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, especially when Walvis Bay sees an influx of sailors or foreign workers. The paper decided to chat with a few sex workers this week to better understand their view about the country’s policies concerning prostitution. “I have been a sex worker for seven years,” says *Suzy, one of the prostitutes at a popular daytime hang-out spot in the harbour vicinity, “and will probably be one for a long time

to come. There is no other work on the coast for me. I have tried. So I will be very happy if the government can legalise my job.” Suzy, along with the majority of female sex workers the paper spoke to this week, feel that by legalising it, they will suffer less abuse. “We really suffer at the hands of the police. Because we are not protected by law, the police blackmail us all the time,” one of the girls in the group voices her opinion, sitting on the steps of the ‘prostitute building’ in the harbour area. Another group that abuse them a lot is the health care sector, they say. “When we visit the clinic or hospitals with issues, the nurses and sisters treat us like dogs. They make us wait forever to be helped, and no matter what the problem is, they give us Panado,” another sex worker exclaims. Another reckons, “If sex work in Namibia is made legal, we can at least get proper treatment at hospitals and clinics.” When asked whether they think legalising prostitution

will influence their clientele, the women mostly agreed that it will not be affected much. “I do not think more or less men will visit us. Men use sex workers whether it is legal or not. They just want sex, and will pay for it, even if the government says it is illegal,” another female sex worker lays out. In their broken mix of languages the women conveyed the message that legalisation of prostitution is not so much about the client, but rather about their own protection and rights. They feel that if it is legal, they can demand fair rates, enjoy protection from the police and get proper medical treatment, and support from the Ministries. However, speaking to the coastal community about the matter, many shot down the notion of legalising prostitution immediately. When asked about the LRDC’s suggestion, a local mother told the paper, “By legalising this industry we send out a message to our children that this kind of behaviour is acceptable, or an option. It should be fought on all fronts.”

Another local was of the opinion that it will not help these women, but enable them even more. “I do not think that we are helping our women by legalising it, but rather making more of an option for them. Instead of legalising such a sin, we should create more job opportunities for our female population,” she said. Another person voiced her opinion: “It should not be legalised. It will give a bad image to our country, and damage our image to tourists. According to some of our religious leaders, they do not condone the industry, but if something can be done to better the lives of our vulnerable women by means of decriminalising the sex work, it is a good place to start, whereas other leaders feel that only God can judge, but according to the Bible it is a sin.” On the pro-legalisation side many feel that by legalising the industry you can have better control and more protection for our women. “This is one of the oldest, if not the oldest trade in the world, and

as long as there are women and horny men, this industry will not go away. So we might as well legalise it, and cash in on it as a country via tax,” a local raised his opinion on the matter. Others feel that by legalising it the government creates the perfect opportunity to run workshops and create awareness about the evils that go hand in hand with the sex industry. “One can much better regulate this industry and better look after the community’s health if it is legalised, because one can have monthly screenings for the sex workers, as well as educate them on safe sex,” another local commented. “More good than bad can come from legalising it,” another said when asked for comment. Taking various different reports and sources online into consideration, statistics suggest that prostitution is legal in seventy-seven countries of the world and has been declared a crime in about 109 countries. In eleven of the countries of the world prostitution is restricted and about five nations

have no laws or statutes regulating prostitution and sex work. In the countries where prostitution is illegal the penalty varies from fines and imprisonment to capital punishment. According to a report released by the United Nations, sex trafficking is the most common form of human trafficking in the world, making it the largest slave trade; about 79% of all human trafficking is for sex work and it is the fastest growing criminal industry globally. The countries, which are major sources of human trafficking, are Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Moldova, Nigeria, Thailand, and Ukraine. The US Department of State recorded that prostitution and allied activities such as pimping and running brothels are key factors that promote the growth of modernday slavery and allow traffickers to operate. Thus, the toleration or legalisation of prostitution would in turn increase the incidences of human trafficking and not curb it. Those who endorse legalisation of prostitution, however,

Atlantic Pacific Fishing

Fined N$250 000 for Bribing Observer Tanya Calitz It has come to light this week that the Atlantic Pacific Fishing (APF) was fined for bribing a fisheries observer aboard the Sheriff fishing vessel this year. The same company, but a different vessel, was fined N$1 million last year for illegal dumping of fish waste. The Ministry of Fisheries have confirmed this, stating that the company was fined N$250 000 after the incident was reported to the Ministry in May this year. A source in the fishing industry has alleged that the observers aboard the foreign vessels are often bribed to keep quiet about illegal activities on the boats, and suggested that the same happened in this instance on board the Sheriff horse mackerel fishing vessel. However, speaking to Fisheries

Permanent Secretary, Ms Ulitala Hiveluah, this was not the case, as she assured the paper. “I think your informant got it wrong. The captain onboard the Sheriff did try to bribe the observer on-board to throw a blind eye so they could dump waste, but as soon as the vessel arrived back in the harbour, the observer reported the incident to the Fisheries Observer Agency, as well as the police,” PS Hiveluah informed the paper this week. According to Hiveluah, the captain of the Sheriff gave the observer crates of whiskey and orange juice in return for his silence about dumping fish waste, but this backfired

as soon as they reached land. The concealment is now in police custody. Nonetheless, speaking to Atlantic Pacific’s General Manager, Adolf Burger, the story has been twisted a bit. According to Burger, APF was never found guilty of dumping, only of bribing the official. “After the allegations and arrest of our captain I interviewed all the crew members and established that our then captain did try and bribe the official, but that no dumping took place,” he told the paper this week. Burger also confirmed that the Captain was fired immediately after the bribe allegation surfaced and the

company was fined. “I want to make it very clear that APF was not found guilty of dumping, but that the captain was found guilty of bribery. That is what the company was fined for and that is what we paid to the State Fund,” Burger stated. He also mentioned that the bribe was wine and not whiskey. Burger said that after the N$ 1million fine for dumping last year, the company have taken the issue of dumping very seriously, and their crew know that. Another source in the fishing industry alleged that this is not an isolated incident and that this sort of bribery happens many times on-board foreign vessels; however this is merely an

allegation that could not be denied or confirmed. The source also alleged that the same company often brag about their record catches, which poses the question, where do they keep the waste for fishmeal? To this Burger said that there are always these kinds of allegations and stories before the decisions on new quota allocations. According to Hiveluah, APF and the Ministry resolved the issue outside of court and the fine was paid into the State Revenue Fund on 7 June 2014.

believe that exploitation and abuse in the sex industry thrives due to a lack of the recognition of the legal and social rights of the workers. The end to trafficking in women and children and their exploitation can only be achieved by empowering them with legal rights and then educating them about these. According to a 2013 report released by the United Nations, the organisation is calling for decriminalisation of sex work in all countries, which in return would help curb the fight against human trafficking for sex. Some studies claim that illegal drug activities linked to the sex industry declined following the decriminalisation of sex work. “Prostitution will always lead into a moral quagmire in democratic societies with capitalist economies; it invades the terrain of intimate sexual relations yet beckons for regulation. A society's response to prostitution goes to the core of how it chooses between the rights of some persons and the protection of others, - Barbara Meil Hobson, Uneasy Virtue”

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Thursday, 26 June 2014

Coastal Bank Vultures

Siglinde de Villiers With recent media reports quoting statistics that show that Namibian bank charges are absurd and exorbitant and some of the highest in the world, coastal bankees cannot help but fear how much of their hard earned money will be pocketed by these vultures. Why this is so, no bank can really explain. However, current bank rates are high enough for the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Tjekero Tweya, to say that they are a force against international development. It is no hidden fact that banking rates are constantly on the increase. Riaan van Rooyen, Head of Corporate Communications for Bank Windhoek, explained:

“Bank Windhoek is not isolated from external price increases in rates and services, which in many instances increase well above the inflation rate. “Bank Windhoek, like any other business, incurs fixed and variable costs in the delivery of service to its clients such as operational and staff costs, the cost of expanding and upgrading our branch and ATM infrastructure across Namibia, the cost of transporting and safeguarding cash and continuous investments in our systems to ensure that our service delivery to clients keeps on improving.” According to Victoria Muranda, Group Communications Manager for FNB Namibia, internet banking offers clients a cheap alternative. She

explained that there are a lot of overhead expenses involved in running a branch. “FNB offers this option if the customer wants to use it but the customer has to understand that there is a cost applicable to such a transaction and that it has to be recovered,” Muranda explained. She continued to explain that customers are unaware of the costs associated with offering a first world banking system to a third world country. “For example, if I transfer funds from my account to another account at FNB, the moment I press the send button the funds are available to the other person. For other financial institutions, the norm is one day. In some developed countries, a similar transaction can take up to seven days. Also, our

messaging system is free of charge and this offer does not exist in the largest part of Europe,” she said. Van Rooyen mentioned, “Bank Windhoek’s pricing philosophy has always been to give our clients value for their money through the products and services that we offer them.” Standard Bank and Nedbank gave no response to the Namib Independent’s queries. Nevertheless, despite all the banks’ promises of moonshine and roses, an earlier media report stated that 45 percent of Namibians, whether rich or poor, do not utilise banks because "they rob [them] of their hard earned money." “One always gets way less out than what you put in,” a coastal bankee complained. According to one bank, at least 29% of their operating income

comes from bank charges. However, bank charges are not the only horrors coastal residents have to deal with. “One day, I woke up to Standard Bank accusing me of fraudulent activities,” a coastal resident lamented. “I was totally shocked and went to the bank to find out what was going on. The service was horrible, and after speaking to a different person every day for nearly a week, even the branch manager simply shrugged his shoulders.” Eventually, a bank employee in South Africa called her to tell her that there had been confusion between two different accounts. Another coastal resident explained how Standard Bank constantly dumps him into ruins. “Every month it’s a different story, one time they do not deduct

anything at all and all of a sudden it goes down twice, leaving me in debt to which I still have to pay interest. I also had a case where a card transaction was denied the first time, but then both transactions went through and I never got my money back,” he disclosed. Once again, Standard Bank had no comment to make on these instances. Against this backdrop, it is very surprising that van Rooyen claims that Bank Windhoek has shown growth in all segments on the market. “We have specially designed products to make banking more affordable to all in Namibia. Our basic bank account, EasySave, offers a range of benefits making it the bank’s most affordable transaction account for low-income earners. Clients pay no monthly service fee, no cash deposit fee and very low withdrawal fees,” van Rooyen said. According to Muranda, FNB informs their customers that electronic banking is a cheaper alternative for their financial transactions. Even so, it is the (non-existent) charge transparency that is a cause of concern to many bankees at the coast “Whenever I take a look at my transaction history, there is this fee and that fee, and they are never the same,” another coastal resident, who travels frequently, deplored. “Namibia is one of the few countries in the world where I have to pay a deposit fee,” she added. “It could be that

Namibia is the only country in the world where this charge is not hidden in other fees but explicitly mentioned,” van Rooyen refuted. Nevertheless, the media accuses banks of hiding their charges in a confusing mix of options, sliding scales and ostensibly negotiable fees. “Bank Windhoek takes exception to this statement, as it has never tried to hide any fees or charges, nor has the bank ever tried to hide the fact that clients should discuss their own needs and financial situations with their branch managers,” van Rooyen commented. Granted, this is a significant difference to the life threatening experiences some coastal bankees have and still endure. Both Bank Windhoek and FNB state in their mission statements that they offer pricing options that are transparent and easy to understand. Whether this is truly the case is up to the clients to decide. Fortunately, coastal residents’ banking options have broadened with the advent of EBank. EBank has stormed the market with promises of costeffective banking for all Namibians, whether employed or unemployed, or of low, middle or high income earners. In addition, EBank will challenge established norms and revolutionise the banking sector for the benefit of all Namibians. Whether this will truly happen, only the future can tell.

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ErongoRed Tariff Local Has Her Increases by 10.8% First Book Siglinde de Villiers

Due to the ever increasing inflation rate, ErongoRed has adopted a smooth tariff implementation, raising electricity prices by an average 10.8%. Even so, one of the tariff objectives maintained that the pensioner tariff continues as present with no increase in the basic charge up to 40 amps. The weighted average increase of 10.8% by ErongoRed is part and parcel of a tariff increase of 13.22% by NamPower. Other tariff objectives include achieving cost reflectivity by generating enough revenue to meet the revenue requirements of ErongoRed. Also, the company hopes to generate sufficient funds to fund the bulk supply upgrades in Walvis Bay. However, there are various challenges that present themselves to ErongoRed. For one, Namibia’s electricity needs still reliy heavily on other countries to meet them. Some average 60% of our electricity comes from foreign countries, which can go up to 80 % during the dry months of September, October and November. Often,

On the FIFA Soccer World Cup opening day, the International School of Walvis Bay celebrated the event by projecting the opening ceremony onto a

ErongoRed has to deal with regional transmission congestion. Regional capacity constraints were another sore issue. However, in Henties Bay the problem has been solved whereas Walvis Bay is in progress and Swakopmund and Arandis are still on the waiting list. ErongoRed has allocated N$320 million to electrification projects, which they hope to complete within a period of two to three years. So far, 133 houses in Uis were connected, while Omarur, Karibib and Usakos are still in progress. The villages of Otjimbingwe and surrounding areas, Okamapaku, Otjohorongo and Okombahe are also earmarked in the project. Another company project tackled by

ErongoRed is the high mast street light replacement in Walvis Bay to the approximate value of N$2 million; Swakopmund follows with N$1.5 million, and Henties Bay as well as Arandis each with N$200 000. Omaruru, Usakos, Karibib and Uis also have been allocated amounts for this project. Furthermore, through their Land Development Fund, Extension 10 in Swakopmund has been assigned a value of N$23 million and Henties Bay N$6 million. Even though tariff increases take more out of coastal residents’ pockets, ErongoRed puts their funds to good use in developing the Erongo Region.

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A local Walvis Bay resident, Frieda van der Westhuizen, had her first novel, which is currently on the shelves at CNA, published by Lapa publishers this year. Frieda has always enjoyed playing with words and story lines and decided to write an English script and send it off to publishers. When she did not hear back from them, she decided to write an Afrikaans novel and also send that one off. For months she did not hear a single word, until she received an email one day, saying they loved her script and would like to publish it. “I was ecstatic,” Fireda recalls. “After no word from them for almost a year, I thought that my script went

unnoticed, but the lady assured me that they receive so many scripts that it takes so long to get to all of them.” Frieda says that it took her four months to write the 45 000 word novel. Asking her about how she got inspiration for the story, she laughed and said that the main character simply appeared in her head one day, and she then built her story around her character. “It was a very nice experience writing this book. It was so much fun,” Frieda tells me over a cup of tea at her home in Walvis. She says the book mentions many places in Namibia, Swakopmund and Walvis Bay in particular, and a lodge resembling one at Sossusvlei. Frieda’s family was just as surprised as she was, and glows with pride over their

mother, sister and wife’s achievement. Frieda has already completed her second novel and sent it to the publishers and is currently working on her third. “The third one will have a more serious topic, and will not be as light-hearted as my previous two,” she said. Frieda’s first novel – ‘Derde Keer Gelukkig’ tells the story of Mienkie, who catchs her fiancé in another woman’s arms, and decides to escape the cruel reality by accepting a job in Namibia. Once she arrives, she suffers another blow, which leads her to accepting another job offer, where she soon learns that her new boss is anything but an old fart – in fact – he is an irresistible married man.

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Thursday, 26 June 2014

Swakop Concert Resists Prejudice Lavrenty Repin

On this particular Saturday, however, one central spot near the sea, next to the dormant state house, was defying the monotonous peace that has become so synonymous with our way of life. Cheers and strange sounds were heard from the normally abandoned amphitheatre, and as one approached, the commotion, in numbers and in oddity, only intensified curiosity. The World Music Day has been celebrated for a number of years in Namibia now, spearheaded by the

FNCC (French-Namibian Cultural Centre) and with The warm calm their help has spread from engulfed Swakopmund’s the capital to the northern afternoon to a meditative part of the country and atmosphere, when just to Swakopmund, where hours before sand and West Coast FM played an gusts of east wind had instrumental role in making wreaked havoc in the it a success. Musicians little tourist town with from all walks of life big potential. A Saturday perform free of charge for afternoon is a quiet affair an unpredictable audience in Swakopmund; shops in open-air concerts to and cafes systematically promote the spirit and lock up, tourists and a importance of music. few locals lazily drag This importance was on their feet through the full display last Saturday, ghost town with little which, according to attended attempt thus far. purpose or destination. organisers, was the best Music, in itself, plays a vital role in raising the social well-being of a society; in South Africa the genre “Kwaito” was instrumental for postapartheid reconciliation. It brought pride to thousands of hearts in Soweto, and dance to their feet. Reggae, through the work of artists like Bob Marley and Lucky Dube helped to create a global paradigm shift, encouraging kindness and acceptance in both Western and African countries alike. Queen’s music was the anthem for revolutions across South America, inspiring people to take charge against dictatorships that tainted the continent some 30 years ago. Yet, aside from extreme examples, music holds a continuous role in shaping the way people think and act; it can be used to promote tolerance as easily as it can to promote discrimination. In Namibia we face a paramount challenge of segregation, and not only in the most infamous example of racism. We are classified as an Uppermiddle class income country, yet the gap LET’S TALK UNIT TRUST - NAMIBIA MANAGED FUND between the rich and the poor is one of the widest in 1. The Old Mutual Namibia Managed Fund is suited for investors who require long term growth, with the world. Twelve different less volatility in the short term than investing in pure equities. It is suitable as a stand-alone Namibian tribes, who are retirement investment. The recommended minimum investment period is 3 years. further divided by dialect 2. The Fund aims to achieve long term inflation-beating growth and has a growth asset bias and and cultural differences, will invest more heavily in shares. live with reserved 3. The Fund is exposed to all sectors of the Namibian and South African Market (shares, bonds and animosity for one another. property) and complies with the Namibian Retirement Fund Legislation. Gender equality is an idea that many of Namibians are SMS UT to 65656 or e-mail us at info.omutnam@oldmutual.com only beginning to explore, General Enquiries: (061) 299 8000/1 or visit www.oldmutual.com.na just as many are only now beginning to explore the depth of different INVESTMENTS | SAVINGS | INSURANCE cultures across our nation, most still unaware of our

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Ghanaian and German flags, too (the two teams met in the World Cup that evening). Parents ran after toddlers who would climb on stage to get closer to the colourful musicians. A few Chinese workers arrived from the recently opened Swakop Mine to indulge, as tourists took photos with the overwhelmed local musicians. What essentially happened was a congregation of all the colourful and unique people of Swakopmund, each of them contributing to the wellbeing of the celebrated town. Large hotels are all good and well, but to really make Swakop an international tourist destination we need to follow the example of towns like Cape Town, whose cosmopolitan atmosphere attracts all sorts of people from all sorts of places. Our concerts and events are generally organised on cultural seclusion (think Kuska), but art seeks openness, which creates an open-minded, strong and independent society. Is not the best way to preserve cultural sharing it?

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Thursday, 26 June 2014

Unusual Bat

Found in Walvis A readers this week sent in photos of a bat believed to be an Egyptian Fruit Bat to, wanting to share this rare occurrence with the community, as well as to enquire about sightings other people might have had. According to Peter, who sent us the photos, he found the bat in a fish

pond in Walvis after it had drowned. He took the bat to a friend of his who knows a lot about bats. The friend is said to believe that the bat is an Egyptian Fruit Bat, which is a rather rare sighting in these parts. However, according to the website batworlds. com the Egyptian Fruit Bat finds its home in

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Thursday, 26 June 2014

UN’s Ban Ki Moon Visit Divided Namibia Lavrenty Repin

It took three Presidential invitations, one hand delivered by our Prime Minister Hage Geingob, to convince the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon to finally visited Namibia, and as he did so, one wonders if a touch of reluctance taints his visit - perhaps the reason that the visit was only two days long. The reaction to the diplomatic visit was mixed, but generally negative. Many asked the government to take Ban Ki Moon to the slums and poverty-stricken areas (yeah, that will happen) and others decided that the entire trip is a farce. He came to discuss trade, economy, environment, but part of his visit was to inaugurate the UN House, build meticulously by the Namibian Government for the organisation, whom our top politicians seem to have made a priority to please. I had the pleasure of visiting the UN house last year, which is praised, I would say rightfully so, for its beauty and functionality. However, most rooms often remain empty, unmanned, collecting dust as with many other infrastructures created by zealous African architects. There is a lot going for Namibia lately, as it has been desperately trying to form closer relationships with Europe, through Europe endorsed initiatives; i.e stiff cigarette laws. Namibia is part of many bilateral agreements, plays a big part in the running of

SADC, belongs to the Commonwealth and is also a participant of the UN Millennium Development Goals, a resolution adopted by 189 countries signed in 2000 to achieve eight separate development goals by 2015. Although our country has been doing remarkably well on achieving the goals, it disappointedly only received a four out of eight in the last 2011 rankings. It is no secret that the Namibian government is anxious to look successful on the global level, and has doubled efforts to rate on top of Africa come 2015. With just half a year left of the deadline, SWAPO rushed its decision to make primary (and now secondary education) free for all (goal number two on the agenda – achieve universal primary education) and implement the 50-50 gender policy in politics (goal three – gender equality and empowerment to women). Other goals Namibia has been moving towards are environmental sustainability, combating HIV and poverty eradication – yet for all our flutter and bustle, the UN has failed to recognise us as “outstanding”. Sure, maternal and child mortality remain a growing issue in Namibia, both of which are goals in the resolution, but Namibia is certainly doing better than most (if not all) African countries. In the spirit of politics let us consider the UN’s reluctance to commemorate Namibia may be influenced by our

foreign policy, which makes it a point to go against the wishes of the UN and Western world time and time again. Given Namibia’s considerable dependency on foreign assistance and direct foreign investment, its foreign policy has provided support to controversial states like Angola, Republic of China, Russia, Libya, Zimbabwe and even North Korea – countries which are generally considered in conflict with the spirit of UN’s global peace vision. Namibia was one of five countries to abstain in voting for sanctions against Russia after its illegal annexation of Ukraine, without producing a reason for the decision. It has failed to back action in struggling African countries and has blamed the UN (maybe rightly) for incompetence in resolving conflicts in, amongst others, DRC. Yet, after independence we vowed to uphold global peace and respect the visions of the UN, a promise which was followed by sending dissidents of the Caprivi strip uprising to indefinite prison sentences, half of whom have died behind bars without ever stepping a foot into the courtroom. This transition from global responsibility to personal gain prompted a reporter to

comment in 2011: “While such positions bought at the price of compromise yet contradicting our stated democratic constitutional order may win us the applause of a few African and Asian autocrats, they neglect the values that were at the heart of our transition in 1990.” The situation has only worsened since; last week the Parliament had to pass a last minute amendment to the terrorist act to avoid sanctions by the UN, which would effectively stop all export and import to Namibia. No wonder Namibia is a haven for international fraudsters and criminals and no wonder the UN is unenthusiastic to have anything to do with us. It would seem Namibia wants the best of both worlds, cheap North Korean statues and self-seeking praise from the UN and other more civilised countries. Is this down to (risky?) strategically planned politics, a divide in government inclinations or just a clueless foreign policy? I do not know but I believe a small country, with little global influence and a young history needs to have rock-hard character when it comes to dealing in a complicated greedy globe – we need a backbone, not a demonstrative UN visit.

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The controversial science of neurotheology aims to find the answer to an age-old question: why do we believe? When neuroscientist Andrew Newberg scanned the brain of “Kevin”, a staunch atheist, while he was meditating, he made a fascinating discovery. “Compared with the Buddhist monks and Franciscan nuns, whose brains I’d also scanned, Kevin’s brain operated in a significantly different way,” he says. “He had far more activity in the prefrontal cortex, the area that controls emotional feelings and mediates attention. Kevin’s brain appeared to be functioning in a highly analytical way, even when he was in a resting state.”

Would Newberg find something similar if he scanned my brain? I, too, am an atheist. This is largely the result of my upbringing (my father is a theoretical physicist, who, as a former director general of Cern, set up the Large Hadron Collider that is searching for the Higgs boson, or so-called “God” particle – though many physicists loathe that phrase), but also of prolonged investigations into other religions to see if I was “missing” something central to billions of people worldwide. In this spirit, several years ago, I attended an “Alpha” course, a ten-week introduction to evangelical Christianity and, during a service, another “recruit”, Mark, fell to his knees,

babbling “in tongues”. When he came round, he was convinced he had been possessed by the Holy Spirit. I watched, bemused. Why had he entered this transcendental state, while I was completely unmoved? Was he deluded, or was he genuinely a conduit of God? Or were our brains simply wired differently? “When people speak in tongues, they are gone; they are in a completely altered state. But most of the time they’re ¬normal people like us, with jobs and children – they don’t show any sign of being delusional,” says Newberg. “Scans of their brains – when they’re ‘possessed’ – show very different results to scans of Buddhist monks or Carmelite nuns in prayer or meditation.

There you see increased frontal lobe activity in the areas concerned with concentration, but the speakers in tongues had decreased activity in the same area, which would give them the sensation that someone else was ‘running the show’.” And what about me? “I wouldn’t be surprised if you have a harder time letting go of frontal lobe activity, so you tend to observe and take a more critical eye of events, while other people’s brains allow them to simply surrender to events around them.” Newberg is director of research at the Jefferson Myrna Brind Centre of Integrative Medicine, in Philadelphia, and coauthor of, among other books, The Metaphysical

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Mind: Probing the Biology of Philosophical Thought. He is a leading neurotheologist, pioneering a new and highly controversial science that investigates whether – as many sceptics have long suspected – God did not create us, but we created God. During brain scans of those involved in various types of meditation and prayer, Newberg noticed increased activity in the limbic system, which regulates emotion. He also noted decreased activity in the parietal lobe, the part of the brain responsible for orienting oneself in space and time. “When this happens, you lose your sense of self,” he says. “You have a notion of a great interconnectedness of things. It could be a sense where the self dissolves into nothingness, or dissolves into God or the universe.” Such “mystical”, selfblurring experiences are central to almost all religions – from the uniomystica experienced by Carmelite nuns during prayer, when they claim their soul has mingled with the godhead, to Buddhists striving for unity with the universe through focusing on sacred objects. But if Newberg and his colleagues are correct, such experiences are not proof of being touched by a supreme being, but mere blips in brain chemistry. “It seems that the brain is built in such a way that allows us as human beings to have transcendent experiences extremely easily, furthering our belief in a greater power,” Newberg says. This would explain why some type of religion exists in every culture, arguably making spirituality one of the defining characteristics of our species. Depending on your religious views, such discoveries are either deeply fascinating or profoundly disturbing. Throughout history, spirituality has been viewed as something outside science, just as the soul is separate from the body; both ineffable essences, transcending the materialist universe. No wonder, then, that neurotheology (or biotheology), with its implications that the brain is merely a “computer of meat”, is hugely contentious in the US, where only 1.6 per cent and 2.4 per cent of the population declare themselves “atheist” or “agnostic”, respectively.

Some theologians, however, welcome the research, seeing it as proof that God equipped our bodies with the ability to believe. Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University and author of the forthcoming Unbelievable: Why We Believe and Why We Don’t, is sceptical about many neuroscientific attempts to explain God, pointing out that recent advances have weakened the theory that only one area of the brain is responsible for certain functions. “In any case,” he says, “the temporal lobes light up for any kind of excitement, not just religious experience.” However, he agrees that it is imperative to examine religion scientifically. “Religion is at the root both of so many great civilisations and of so many wars, it has so much mythological power, we have to understand how it works and be alert to how dangerous it can be.” If religion is merely a product of the mind, then perhaps its effects can be simulated artificially – with potentially powerful results. In the Nineties, Canadian cognitive neuro-scientist Michael Persinger invented a “God helmet”, which, he claimed, simulated religious experiences by directing complex magnetic fields to the parts of the brain that include the parietal lobe. Evangelical Christians demonstrated outside the lab where Persinger tested the helmet, outraged at his suggestion that God could be replicated via a machine. But more than 80 per cent of those who wore the helmet reported sensing a presence in the room that many took to be their deity. They also became deeply emotional and, after the experiment, were filled with a sense of loss. Spirituality, after all, serves a vital human purpose. Numerous studies show that religious belief is medically and psychologically (not to mention socially) beneficial. Reports have shown that churchgoers live an average seven years longer than heathens. They report lower blood pressure, recover quicker from breast cancer, have better outcomes from coronary disease and rheumatoid arthritis, have greater success with IVF

and are less likely to have children with meningitis. Patients with a strong “intrinsic faith” (a deep personal belief, not just a social inclination to go to a place of worship) recover 70 per cent faster from depression than those who are not deeply religious. Changes in brain chemistry can also make people lose their religion. McNamara has used MRI scans on people with Parkinson’s disease. “We discovered a subgroup that were quite religious but, as the disease progressed, lost some aspects of their religiosity,” he says. Sufferers’ brains lack the neurotransmitter dopamine, making McNamara suspect that religiosity is linked to dopamine activity in the prefrontal lobes. “These areas of the brain handle complexity best, so it may be that people with Parkinson’s find it harder to access complex religious experiences.” “Being part of a group is very important psychologically. In times of prosperity, people tend to question large movements, but during periods of economic stress, fundamentalist movements flourish,” says McNamara. In general, though, it seems that, if I want to be psychologically healthy, I need to ape the faithful. And it turns out I’m already working along the right lines. A few years ago, conscious of lacking regular social ties (before I worked from home, an office provided that), I made an effort to join community groups. I’ve also, recently, like many other people become interested in subjects such as yoga and mindfulness, a secular type of meditation. Sceptics such as me used to consider such fields flaky, but now their health benefits are proven – not least in the way they strengthen prefrontal lobes – it would be foolish to dismiss them. “We’ve granted quasi-religious status to well-being pursuits such as mindfulness; it’s like soft Buddhism, and it’s no bad thing,” says Ward. “We are so busy, so wound up, so the recognition that we are not machines and need to find therapeutic ways to deal with our stress is very welcome, however it comes about.” Source:

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Thursday, 26 June 2014

It Happened to ME!

Surviving a Psychopath –

Local Woman Shares Her Torment Tanya Calitz

“I sat down with him that morning and told him that I was leaving . . . for good. He laughed, obviously not believing me. I felt nothing. No emotions. No hate nor anger; no fear nor sadness. Simply nothing. I was completely broken and stripped of all emotions. I was dead inside. He had finally ,entirely broken me,” Karin van Zyl* shares her compelling story with me. After telling Pieter* this, Karin got up and started walking away from him. “At least f*** me one more time before you go,” Pieter said in a demeaning tone. “I just kept walking. I no longer feared him or his actions, and that made him weak. He thrived on my vulnerability and weakness. My weakness gave him power and aroused him,” Karin explained. “I am not exactly sure how I ended up living that abusive life, but what I do know now, is that no one deserves to live such a way.” When Karin met Pieter he was very charismatic, charming and acted like he cared. “I had just gone through a divorce and felt worthless and unlovable, but Pieter made me feel special,” she said. Soon Karin moved in with Pieter. It started with small things like him telling her off for moving a piece of furniture, or placing the cups and teaspoons in the wrong place. Then he started with verbal abuse, calling her nasty names and insulting her capabilities. “He would tell me how stupid I was, or that I cannot do anything right. The found something wrong with everything I did. Slowly but surely he was breaking my selfconfidence and self-worth so that he could start the real abuse. He knew that if he destroyed my self-worth, I would not leave him and feel worthless to others. He was very clever in making sure I would not leave him, and in conditioning and grooming me into what he wanted." At this stage of the relationship Karin was just doing damage control all the time, making sure she did not say something

wrong to upset Pieter, or trying not to offend him in any way. “I was terrified, because he was so verbally abusive and very aggressive,” she said. “One night after we had a night out drinking, I dared to question him about a few women I felt suspicious of. That was the biggest mistake of my life. As I got out of the car walking towards the front door, he jumped me like a baboon from the back. He started beating me all over my body. I managed to get out from under him and run into the house. He went after me and continued his brutal attack. I went in and out of consciousness. Eventually I was totally unconscious. He must have put me to bed, after realising my body was lifeless and broken.” “The next morning I woke up with Pieter kneeling at the end of my bed. In a soft voice he told me that he was sorry for what he had done. The pain was unbelievable. There was not a spared part on my broken body. I was covered in blood and bruises,” Karin shares her story over a cup of coffee with me. Every now and then she stops and gazes over the lagoon. “I really loved him, you know,” she says. Pieter had run her a bath that morning and helped her to the bathroom. “Scared, confused and broken I sat in the bath, with Pieter washing the blood off my body.” “I asked him for some painkillers, because my body was aching and throbbing sore, but he refused and said that I must embrace the pain, and feel it as a punishment for provoking him. After the bath he said that I was not allowed to wear clothes, only a bit of underwear, so he can look at my bruised body all day. That was when I realised that I was dealing with a different type of person here. This man was seriously damaged and somehow bruised himself. I was absolutely terrified. The next few weeks were crazy. I could not believe what had happened. It was all a bit surreal. But that first time Pieter had physically abused me was only the start. Every now and again he would say some insulting things to

me, like he was going to f*** me as hard in the backside as he had been when he was a little boy in boarding school. Small things like that made me realise that some bad things had happened to him, but he would never ever speak of those things.” “Pieter had hung all his old wedding pictures everywhere in his room. I did not dare say a thing. I was way too scared of him. At this stage he had become a horrific abuser, subjecting me to physical, emotional, verbal and sexual abuse on a daily basis. He would come home after a night of partying and tell me how he f***ed a whore and that she was so good and that I should take lessons from her. “Other times he would come home and rape me and the time we would have consensual sex he would physically hurt me so bad that I would be sore and bruised for days. Every time after we’ve had sex he would make me go sleep in the guestroom, making sure I understood that it was just a shag. One day I asked him to please leave me be, because I had my period, which made him furious and he raped me so violently that I did not find my tampon for days. “The beatings became more violent and twisted, for no reason at all. One day he demanded I go make him a cup of coffee, and as I jumped up to go make it, I accidentally moved one of his old wedding portraits. He jumped up and lost his mind and started beating the life out of me, telling me that I deserved it and was looking for it. The next day I could barely move. My body was so sore and broken, but I knew I was not allowed to have any painkillers and that I would have to parade in my underwear for him so that he could admire his artwork on my black, blue and purple body. “I was so tired and wrecked. I had been humiliated enough. That morning I asked him what he would have done if he came to the room and found me beaten to death by him. In a very cold, nonchalant manner he said that he would simply chop my body up and throw it in a pit somewhere, and added

that no one would worry or care about me anyways.” “I seriously started contemplating suicide. I no longer wanted to live. I saw no way out of this. I could simply not take one more

beating, one more rape, or any more emotional abuse. He would stop at nothing to destroy and kill me very slowly! Whenever he was bored or restless he would take me to the bridge where

he had sex with all the prostitutes and say things like, ‘Nou gaan ek jou n*** soos ek die hoere n***.’ This abuse carried on for years, until I eventually had nothing left to lose.

“When I finally shed the last tear, felt the last bit of emotion, and went completely numb, I no longer feared him. As far as I was concerned, I was dead anyways, which in the end gave me the courage to simply leave. Get in a borrowed car and drive away, which I did. It will take a long time for me to heal. There is a lot of healing to do still, but with the grace of God, I will conquer this battle and through this I will help other woman. If not for my faith in God, I would not have made it through the nightmare. Every day I do a bit of healing and step by step I will built my life again, coming out stronger the other side.”

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W or l d wid e Woman Who Sold

‘Gothic’ Kittens with

Pierced Ears Guilty

of Animal Cruelty of these kittens also had an elastic band tied around its tail, an attempt at docking, which is a procedure to stem the blood flow so that the tail eventually falls off,” wrote judge Kate Ford Elliott.

moving at all and were very docile, unlike normal kittens of similar age. Crawford was described as having ‘several facial piercings’ and being ‘enthusiastic about piercing’. She admitted doing the piercings herself without anaesthetic, but said that she had used antiseptic on the kittens’ ears. She told how she had pierced the kittens with a 14-gauge needle, usually used for cattle because their skin is so thick.

An undercover cried when she had tried to pierce investigator from them and one had ripped out a People for the Ethical piercing. In her appeal, Crawford Treatment of Animals had argued that the cruelty to (Peta) posed as a animal statutes were too vague. customer and went She claimed that a “person of to Crawford’s house. normal intelligence would not She found four kittens know whether piercing a kitten’s on her floor, three had ears or banding its tail is maiming, pierced ears, one had mutilating, torturing or disfiguring no tail and one had a an animal.” rubber band around ”We disagree,” the judge wrote. According to the its tail. She noted that the three pierced ruling, Crawford said Source: http://www.dailymail. kittens were not that the kittens had co.uk/

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A woman who attempted to turn three kittens into ‘gothic cats’ by piercing their ears and necks and removing their tails has been found guilty of animal cruelty. Groomer Holly Crawford, 36, of Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania, tried to sell the ‘gothic’ kittens on eBay for $100. Three judges of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania refused to revoke a lower court conviction for animal cruelty on Monday that sentenced Crawford to six months of home detention and electronic monitoring. The court ruling revealed that Crawford has advertised the cats with piercings, alterations and mutilations on eBay. A picture of a six-week-old black kitten showed that it had 14 gauge barbell earrings in its ears, which were flopped, a small submission ring on the back of its neck, and a barbell earring on the end of its docked tail. “Metal protruded from the kittens’ small bodies, pierced through their ears and necks, and at least one

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World Cup Spectators

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A group of supporters who appeared to jump out of their wheelchairs at Fifa World Cup 2014 games in Brazil are being investigated by police for ticket fraud. A group of supporters who appeared to jump out of their wheelchairs while watching matches at the World Cup are being investigated for possible ticket fraud. Police are looking into pictures from CCTV and social media, which show supposedly wheelchair-bound Brazil fans standing during the opening game of the tournament in Sao Paulo, between the hosts and Croatia. Police believe some fans who bought tickets on the black market may have tried to cover

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their tracks by using wheelchairs to enter the stadium. Many of the concession tickets designated for disabled fans have fallen into the hands of touts amid the scramble for tickets for some of the most popular games. There have also been cases of young adults being seen in seats reserved for pensioners. Touts have been selling tickets for disabled people outside stadiums and on social media websites such as Facebook. The scam is particularly profitable as each ticket for a wheelchair user comes with a free one for a companion. Selling a ticket for more than face value is a crime in Brazil, for which the maximum sentence is four years in prison. But tickets for Brazil matches have been on sale for around £1,000, as much as 10 times face value. One Rio tout was caught selling two tickets for this week’s Spain versus Chile match in the city for 1,200 Brazilian reals (£350). There are 22 pictures on CCTV, which allegedly show supposedly wheelchairbound fans standing up at the 66,000-seat Sao Paulo Arena, where England played

on Thursday night. Around 30 similar pictures have been taken by members of the public on their smart phones. “The World Cup is creating miracles,” joked Brazil supporter Andrea Dias. However, the investigation is likely to be tricky and sensitive for police because some of the fans may be disabled and unable to walk long distances, but can still stand for short periods. Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

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MOTORING Anti-speeding ad: Silly or striking?

A new anti-speeding advert out of Northern Ireland shows a young driver in a hatchback dramatically wiping out an entire classroom of children. The commercial — which is entitled Classroom and uses a flowery cover version of the Guns N' Roses hit Sweet Child o' Mine — has come in for plenty of criticism online, with detractors suggesting it is both condescending and unrealistic. The advert says that the equivalent of a

classroom of children have lost their lives as a result of speeding in the country since 2000. And the Northern Irish government says the message behind it is very serious. "This campaign is a real wake-up call. It is a particularly sensitive and compelling message. After all, what could be more thought provoking than the realisation that, since 2000, the equivalent of a classroom of children have been killed as a result of speeding?" asked Road

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