Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n
The focus this time: South of the Equator and South of Heaven<\/p>\n
First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13367\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/685px-Map_of_South_Africa_with_provincial_borders.svg_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/685px-Map_of_South_Africa_with_provincial_borders.svg_.png 685w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/685px-Map_of_South_Africa_with_provincial_borders.svg_-300x263.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> Nothing says \u201cPost-Apartheid\u201d like <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/09\/20\/pregnant-mom-hacked-to-death-in-front-of-son-at-luxury-south-african-resort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a pregnant woman being hacked to death<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA pregnant young woman was hacked to death in her bed Tuesday during a family break at a luxury South African vacation resort.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cKaren Turner, 31, who was three months pregnant, was sleeping with her husband, Matthew, 33, and their toddler son when they were attacked at about 3 a.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMatthew was stabbed repeatedly as he lay beside his wife at the Hluleka Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape province of the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTwo men armed with knives sneaked into their self-contained lodge overlooking the beach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cKaren, a primary school teacher from Underberg, South Africa, died almost instantly, while Matthew managed to fight back and survived after being flown to Pietermaritzburg, where he underwent surgery, according to police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cKaren\u2019s unborn child was also killed in the frenzied attack. Her 23-month-old son, Hayden, survived and was uninjured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is unclear what the motive was for the horrific murder.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_____________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--> Decolonizing <em>via\u2026<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/News\/pupils-burn-down-durban-school-after-getting-bad-marks-20191204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arson<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has condemned the burning down of Zwelinjani Secondary School in Durban, after pupils allegedly became enraged over poor marks they had received.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018There are claims that the fire started after chaos erupted when school reports were issued to learners who felt that the results they had obtained were not what they deserved. The learners allegedly accused teachers of giving them bad marks,\u2019 department spokesperson Kwazi Mthethwa said on Thursday after the incident.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHe said emergency services had been called out to Zwelinjani Secondary School in Zwelibomvu, in the Pinetown District, earlier in the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_____________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> Communist and Socialist governments are really into controlling the population, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/safrica-sterilised-pregnant-hiv-patients-without-consent-2927935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">involuntary sterilization<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA South African inquiry into the forced sterilisation of dozens of HIV-positive pregnant women said Monday that their rights had been breached, and called for government action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe investigation was launched after two women’s rights organisations approached South Africa’s Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) in 2015 with 48 documented cases of coerced sterilisation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cCGE obtained sworn affidavits from the complainants on the alleged procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"> TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Socially Just South Africa: Murder; Arson; Forced Sterilization\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: South of the Equator and South of Heaven\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. 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