Six-year-old boy turns hero, as he was stabbed to death while saving his mum from a rapist

Six-year-old boy turns hero, as he was stabbed to death while saving his mum from a rapist

Regional News Unknown   17:05

Six-year-old Kutlwano Garespe was gruesomely stabbed to death in his attempt to protect his beloved mother from being raped in Northern Cape, South Africa.

It was on his way to school that the assailants appeared from nowhere to grab his mum’s shoulder forcing her to give him some money.

IOL News report stated that Kutlwano and his 8-year-old brother, Thabiso, saw the wicked attack.

"Thabiso was scared but Kutlwano kept on defending me," Segomotso said. "I could feel that the man was pulling up my skirt with his other hand and realised that he wanted to rape me in front of my children."

The heroic six-year-old apparently kicked and slapped the unidentified assailant, yelling: "Let go of my mummy, it is my mummy."

After Segomotso successfully kicked the rapist off her, he turned his attention to Kutlwano. He then threw him into the air, strangled him, and then stabbed him with a broken bottle.

According to the mum: "I heard my child crying out for me and I saw him trying to defend himself with his hands. The man just kept on stabbing him.

Click to watch the mum as she narrates her bitter experience

"I felt helpless and ran to the main road in an attempt to find help... all the cars just drove past as I cried and screamed that a man is killing my child.

"I ran back and could still hear Kutlwano calling me. When I got closer, I saw that he was now stabbing my son with a stick. I was screaming and felt so helpless."

The assailant escapted after leaving Kutlwano's body on a nearby railway track. But was later caught by local police, and has been charged with the murder of a six-year-old boy.

Residents are planning to stage a protest outside the jail to make sure the 32-year-old attacker is not granted bail.

This is unquestionably horrible. RIP Kutlwano.

Words by Mark McGowan

MALAWIAN MAN ALLEGEDLY RAPES AND INFECTS UNDER AGED GIRLS WITH HIV

MALAWIAN MAN ALLEGEDLY RAPES AND INFECTS UNDER AGED GIRLS WITH HIV

News Unknown   16:28

A Malawian man named Eric Aniva, has told the BBC how he is always being paid £3 to sexually abuse children by members of their family for ritual purposes which is called ‘hyena’.

This ritual practice is a very popular in Southern Malawi, especially when a woman becomes a widow or aborts a baby.

Family members usually force their little girls into this initiation the moment they attain the age of puberty. Unbelievably, these girls are ‘taught’ how to have sex in such camps. This is done for more than three days at the end of their first period. According to the report, the purpose of it is to ‘avoid infection’ with their parents and other community members.

Notwithstanding the fact that Eric is an HIV infected man, these family members do not give any thought to the health of and safety of those children. This is because, according to their tradition, the use of condom is a taboo, as they believed that the ‘hyenas’ are free of disease because of their ‘good morals’ as claimed by the natives.

Eric, a native of Nsanje in southern Malawi told the BBC during an interview that he was initiated into ‘hyena’ in 1995 and has since then had affairs with more than 100 females, through which he has had five children.

According to him: "Most of those I have slept with are girls, school-going girls.

"Some girls are just 12 or 13 years old, but I prefer them older. All these girls find pleasure in having me as their hyena. Thy actually are proud and tell other people that this man is a real man, he knows how to please a woman."

Though Eric never told any of these families he is HIV-positive, this was made to during the interview with the BBC.

According to the Permanent Secretary of the Malawian Government Ministry of Gender and Welfare, Dr May Sheba: "We are not going to condemn these people. But we are going to give them information that they need to change their rituals."

Meanwhile, Chrissie, a community elder who organises the initiation process in the camps, told the BBC: "There's nothing wrong with our culture.

"If you look at today's society, you can see that girls are not responsible, so we have to train our girls in a good manner in the village, so that they don't go astray, are good wives so that the husband is satisfied, and so that nothing bad happens to their families."

BREAKING: 23-YEAR OLD TWINS FROM SOUTH AFRICA ARRESTED FOR TERRORISM AGAINST THE U.S.A.

BREAKING: 23-YEAR OLD TWINS FROM SOUTH AFRICA ARRESTED FOR TERRORISM AGAINST THE U.S.A.

Regional News Unknown   17:20

Two South African siblings captured on terrorism charges were plotting to explode the US government office in Pretoria and Jewish foundations, and wanted to join the alleged Islamic State, police said Monday.

The 23-year-old twins, named Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie, showed up quickly in a Johannesburg judge court in the wake of being captured at the weekend.

“It is alleged that they wanted to bomb the US embassy and Jewish facilities in the country,” Hangwani Mulaudzi, spokesman for South Africa’s elite police, the Hawks, told AFP.

The United States and Britain cautioned a month ago of conceivable inescapable "terrorist" assaults by Islamic fanatics in South Africa's significant urban communities.

The two men, who are blamed for wanting to join the Islamic State (IS) gathering in Syria, will stay in detention and return to court for July 19 to take into account further examination.

“They had been on our radar since 2015. They tried to leave the country twice, through OR Tambo airport and through Mozambique (to join IS),” Mulaudzi said.

As indicated by court papers, the siblings “conspired to commit the crime of terrorism by planning to cause explosions at a mission of the United States of America and Jewish institutions.”

The associates were likewise accused with actuating other individuals to help and abet them in the assault, as per the temporary charge sheet.

“The incitement was to further the political, religious or ideological motives and objectives of… the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant,” it said.

BREAKING NEWS: AU MEMBER COUNTRIES NOW NEED VISA TO TRAVEL TO GHANA

BREAKING NEWS: AU MEMBER COUNTRIES NOW NEED VISA TO TRAVEL TO GHANA

Regional News Unknown   17:11

The Head of Public Affairs of the Ghana Immigration Service Francis Palmdeti announced that all foreigners from the African Union will now require visa upon their arrival to the country.

He stated  that the new policy would be piloted at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra for a period of three months before extending it to entry points.

He was quoted as saying “All AU nationals affected by this policy who arrive in the country must have a passport, valid for at least three months, from the date of entry; they must have a return ticket or evidence of onward travel. Travellers must show evidence of sufficient funds and proof of accommodation before they are granted visas.’’

he further explained that the new visa policy was a resolution reached by leaders of the AU in a meeting held early this year in Addis Ababa, requiring all member states to tailor their visa police according to their security challenges.

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MILITANCY IN THE NIGER DELTA GOES BEYOND NIGERIAN BOARDER

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MILITANCY IN THE NIGER DELTA GOES BEYOND NIGERIAN BOARDER

Regional News Unknown   15:09

The President of Ghana, John Mahama, cries out as power supply in Ghana crumbles due to the several attack on oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

The latest mourning came as a result of yesterday’s attack by the Niger Delta Avengers on Chevron facilities at Diogbolo close to Dibi, Warri Local Government Area of Delta States, with the aid of controlled explosive devices.

He made the cut in power supply the country is facing known during his Eid-el-fitr speech at a ceremony, which has been making individuals and corporate bodies to complain.

He attributed the situation to the reappearance of militancy in the oil-rich Niger Delta, with particular reference to the Niger Delta Avengers.

He further stressed that “we have recently suffered some generational problems. I held a stakeholders’ meeting with all those involved in the power sector. Because of sabotage in Nigeria on the terminals, crude oil that we ordered last month has not arrived; and so, it has created some generational problem for us.”