Family, friends and an ever increasing group of concerned supporters, of Ashley Oosthuizen (22), an innocent South African who was imprisoned for life in a Thai jail two years ago, are appealing to the ANC government in SA to pay urgent attention to her case. Oosthuizen’s family also fear that they will now rarely be able to contact her, after she was recently moved to a new prison. Her parents have apparently last spoken with her in December last year.
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Young South African Jailed for Life in Thailand after Signing for Parcel Containing Drugs, Addressed to her Employer!
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SA trapped in web of violence – 55 Murders a day, increasing rape while hijackings and robberies are the norm today – Will capital punishment really be the solution to violent crime?
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Violence in South Africa has increased to such an extent that citizens across the country are pleading with the communist-minded ANC government to bring back the death penalty. The spate of rapes occurring across the country has caused women and even members of parliament to ask that the death penalty should be reinstated so that..
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Cabinet will discuss calls for return of death penalty amid rising violence against women in SA
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Justice minister Ronald Lamola has promised to take calls for a referendum for the return of the death sentence to the cabinet. The calls have been made amid the background of rising violence against women in the country, particularly in the wake of the brutal rape and murder of student Uyinene Mrwetyana, which brought the..
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The South African political parties in favour of the death penalty, do you want the Death Penalty to be enforced?
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It’s one of the more divisive topics up for discussion during the 2019 Elections, but the subject of re-introducing the death penalty often proves to be a popular one when the politicians are on the prowl for our votes. South Africa’s abnormally-high crime rates and propensity for gender-based violence often gets emotions running high –..
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IFP renews calls to debate on death penalty – Will the death penalty be a magic solution that will make crime disappear or will it be used in our unequal legal system to punish the innocent?
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Durban – THE call by the IFP for a national debate on the reinstatement of the death penalty to reduce/deter the high rate of violent crimes would be a premeditated discussion that a country needs the death penalty, said a political analyst. Bukani Mngoma felt the country should, instead, be discussing ways to curb the..
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South Africans call for return of the death penalty following the release of this year’s crime stats, but will this really rid SA of its out of control crime rate?
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While the IFP are the first major political party to call for discussion of the sentence following the release of this year’s crime stats, many citizens appear to support the call. Following the release of the 2017/2018 crime stats this morning, which showed a shocking 6.9% increase in murders and an increase in sexual assaults,..
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Urgent review of death penalty for South-Africa proposed at National Assembly
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On Thursday, DA MP Zak Mbhele proposed in the National Assembly the urgent need to review death penalty following the recent spate of brutal killings of women in the country. Death Penalty Review: Death sentences are seen as cruel and unusual in the same way that being struck by lightning is cruel and unusual. New..
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