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- Dear South Africans, you killed this man just because he was Mozambican?
- Nigerian troops entered Sambisa Forest yesterday in search of missing Chibok girls
- Omotola celebrates her youngest child as he turns 13 today
- Snoop Dogg reposts his pic with Timi Dakolo on his instagram page
- 23 year old female arrested for stabbing colleague to death during an argument
- London Business Woman Kemi Laniyan set to launch new fashion label, Ilorin Fashion
- 700 migrants feared dead in deadliest Mediterranean ship capsize
- The Xenophobia Syndrome - by Charly Boy
- Photos: Kim Kardashian buys herself $400K Rolls Royce luxury car
- Palace Chief explains the mystery behind Ondo strange disease, says love of money is the root of disease outbreak
- 'Why I’m not proud to call Buhari my president' - Femi Aribisala
- Prisoner tried to carve '666' into his forehead - but used a mirror so it came out backwards
- Payporte.com Orange Sales Now On!
- Beautiful new photos from Onyinye Carter's white wedding
- Photos: Miley Cyrus honours rocker Joan Jett with pink nipple pasties
- Photos: Actor Deyemi Okanlawon releases new pics as he turns a year older
- Singer Adokiye shares sexy photos
- Photos: Hundreds attend 10 year old girl's birthday party after all her classmates refused to come
- Photos: The Grind presents Abuja Grill and BBQ Festival
- Pres. Jonathan demanded N2trillion election funds to be refunded?
- Photos: Another guess the mother & daughter duo...
- John Okafor loses mum
- Heartbreaking photos: People stood by while this man was stabbed to death in SA
- Jude Okoye shares adorable photo of his wife and daughter
- Adorable new photo of Chris Brown and his daughter
| Dear South Africans, you killed this man just because he was Mozambican? Posted: 19 Apr 2015 07:43 AM PDT  Dear South Africans, you take a life just because he doesn't share same nationality as you? Shame on you as a people (for not publicly condemning this) Shame on you as a country (for not putting a stop to it). Shame on your president (for not having said anything about this so far). Shame on your security forces for standing by and allowing this to happen. Shame on the Zulu King who started this with his careless utterances. Shame on the stupid uneducated hoodlums carrying out these attacks. Miserable, lazy f*cks who blame their failure in life on foreigners, as if if all foreigners left, their lives would be better or they would be able to make a difference in their country. Why have you South Africans who claim to be against this not taken to the streets to march against Xenophobia? Why are you not speaking out? Why haven't your government deployed troops to the streets to stop the destruction of property and killing of innocent people - including children? Last week they set fire to a car dealership owned by a foreigner, destroying ten cars. There are now thousands of black foreigners living in police barracks because you've taken their source of livelihood, stolen from them and threatened to kill them. |
| Nigerian troops entered Sambisa Forest yesterday in search of missing Chibok girls Posted: 19 Apr 2015 07:38 AM PDT  |
| Omotola celebrates her youngest child as he turns 13 today Posted: 19 Apr 2015 07:35 AM PDT  |
| Snoop Dogg reposts his pic with Timi Dakolo on his instagram page Posted: 19 Apr 2015 07:31 AM PDT  |
| 23 year old female arrested for stabbing colleague to death during an argument Posted: 19 Apr 2015 07:21 AM PDT  Yusuf Monsurat (23), a student of D.S. Adegbenro Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun State pictured above has been arrested by the Ogun state Police command for stabbing her colleague, Eric Moses, to death in their school hostel following an argument on March 17th. According to Tribune, Monsurat who claims not to know how the incident happened, was a close friend of the deceased until she began to suspect him of being a cult member. This made her withdraw from him and even withdrew more after Eric confessed to her that he was indeed a cult member. Monsurat says she had a dream on the day of the incident and in the dream, she saw Moses and herself engaged in a quarrel, and Moses slapped her in the dream. She said as soon as she woke up, she approached one of her friends who she narrated her dream to. As she was narrating her story, she said Moses overheard, approached her and picked a quarrel with her. An argument ensued and before she knew it, Moses began beating her. She claims Moses then picked up a knife to stab her but she defended herself and the knife pierced his neck, leading to his death. "I am from Kwara State. I am in my second year studying Business Administration. I can't really remember what happened. Only God knows. He was my hostel mate. Sincerely, speaking, I can't really remember anything. God knows. I have not been feeling fine. It is just like a dream. We had a normal argument that could come up between students that day. I sat in front of my room when he came. All I remember was that he wanted to stab me with a knife. We started struggling with the knife and in the process of defending myself, the knife pierced his chest. He later fell. I don't know what came over him that made him take a knife to want to stab me."she saidOgun state Police command spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi confirmed the incident and said she will be charged to court soon. |
| London Business Woman Kemi Laniyan set to launch new fashion label, Ilorin Fashion Posted: 19 Apr 2015 07:14 AM PDT  Successful and amiable business woman Kemi, who owns London Flats, a luxury apartment rental service agency for city professionals in London, is branching out into the field of fashion with her new Label 'Ilorin Fashion' which is set to Launch soon. The fashion label which is to be based in London will focus on ready to wear designs by indigenous designers from across the African continent and will be available in select clothing stores and boutiques on the high streets and online. Kemi says her motivation for the label is to makedesignsby African fashion designers more visible in the mainstream and in everyday life,especially in board rooms and business meetings -. "We already look fabulous and chicin the designs we wear to weddings and celebratory occasions, and I want to bring that same level of chicness into casual pieces for everyday women of every race and creed, especially in the west. The idea is to marry African and Western designs into everyday casual clothing that can be worn by every woman, anywhere, anytime.". Ilorin fashion will have a formal launch in London within the year in a mainstream fashion event and are looking for unsigned fashion designers from all over Africa who may be interested in working with the brand. For further enquiries, please contact us at info@ilorinfashion.co.uk, Tel: +44 203 774 8316Web: www.ilorinfashion.co.uk |
| 700 migrants feared dead in deadliest Mediterranean ship capsize Posted: 19 Apr 2015 05:45 AM PDT  UNHCR spokeswoman Carlotta Sami said today's shipwreck appears to be the worst in the Mediterranean "It seems we are looking at the worst massacre ever seen in the Mediterranean,".Meanwhile 28 people survived the incident while 24 bodies have been recovered from the water. 17 Coastal boats are currently combing the Mediterranean to see if there are still possible survivors. |
| The Xenophobia Syndrome - by Charly Boy Posted: 19 Apr 2015 05:43 AM PDT  I am not feeling good today. Perhaps I got up on the wrong side of the bed. But the bad news from my telephone conversation with my granddaughter who is an undergraduate in Mauritius last week could be a factor. She expressed her deep concerns regarding safety in her country of study, highlighting strings of attacks on foreigners. I have been most worried about the too much bickering and guarding of territory stories making the rounds. It appears Xenophobia is becoming the mass ideology of the century. The events of the past 2weeks in South Africa and indeed other parts of the world have got me really thinking. Nigerians who live in Western/European countries complain about racism and being second-class citizens in their host countries. Britain is making anti-immigration laws and tightening its borders everyday because they believe they are being overwhelmed by the increasing demand to create opportunities for its teeming immigrants, neglecting its own. Japanese government, having become extremely worried by this hostile anti-foreigner development, is keen to attract millions of new tourists and business visitors to Japan over the next decade; but with "Don't come to Japan if you're a foreigner" clause. This is the message from many Japanese hotels in a recent survey conducted by the Japanese Ministry for Tourism. Haba! Even in our own Nigeria, we see pockets of tribal and religious Xenophobia here and there. Isn't that really insane? For instance, just before the recently concluded presidential elections, there was a mad exodus, people leaving the cities for their villages due to fear of the unknown. This fatal inhibition cannot be divorced from the spreading of unguarded comments and positions which evoked fear in the hearts of most Nigerians; pitching us against one another. Na wah! Is it therefore any wonder at the extremity of our own African brothers in the South meting out the worst treatments on their fellow Africans? Hmmmnnn! South Africa is experiencing one of its worse case of xenophobic syndrome simply because they believe that foreigners are taking away their luck and their jobs. I do strongly believe this is a wake-up call to everyone that, if we believe, our land can still be green. To begin to look homeward and think of ways to make this our home (Nigeria) better and truly standout like the giant it's meant to be. I think it is high time our leaders began to look inward, create a life for our teeming population and make Nigeria a proud home where citizens are not looking to run away (even when running away means being a 3rd class or no class citizen at destination). What is it that we lack that we cannot begin to focus on our diversity which is the core strength that we have and use it to create a world where our children will be happy and proud to live in? Truth be told, so long as we continue to ignore our youths who I still believe are the life wire of this nation; so long as we continue to encourage brain drain and capital flight by running to and developing other countries instead of ours, the story will continue to be that of raising another man's child. No matter how long you keep that child and nurture it, the DNA can never confirm the child as yours. As we all anticipate a positively impacting CHANGE, I look forward to a Nigeria where her honourable youths, leaders and indeed every citizen will rise up and build the nation of our dream. A nation where we will sincerely fight corruption, tribal and religious sentiments as well as all other things that create the divide and focus on the one thing we have in common, NIGERIA/Poverty. Let the ties that bind us be NATIONAL PATRIOTISM or nothing. Collective fear stimulates herd instinct and tends to produce beef/hate towards those who are not regarded as members of the herd. Let this not be a piece you read and do nothing about, let it inspire you to begin the change from your individual space. To think that your being poor or less privileged is because someone else (foreign to you) is rich and doing well is the actual meaning of Xenophobia. Think, then let me know what you think.... |
| Photos: Kim Kardashian buys herself $400K Rolls Royce luxury car Posted: 19 Apr 2015 07:12 AM PDT |
| Posted: 19 Apr 2015 05:16 AM PDT   According to Chief Moses Enimade, the Oyewoga of Ode Irele in Ondo State and the second in Command to the Oba of Irele community, the disease is a punishment for the sacrilege committed against a local diety, Molokun, by some youths who wanted to use some stolen items from the dieties shrine for money ritual. What he said after the cut...(above are photos of people in the community)  "Molokun is a deity of the land. Only the Chief Priest and High Chief Gboguron are qualified to enter the shrine. They were not qualified to enter the (shrine). They had to face the death penalty. Even the Kabiesi himself is not permitted to enter the Molokun Shrine's inner room except the Chief Priest and High Chief Gboguron. Sacrifice must be performed before they can enter. Because these youths want to be rich at all costs, they entered the sacred place and made away with traditional items and 20 of them have died as a result of their desperate acts. We have to appease the gods or else many will still die and we have to bury them according to tradition. Their corpses belong to the gods and will be exhumed if buried by their families." he said |
| 'Why I’m not proud to call Buhari my president' - Femi Aribisala Posted: 19 Apr 2015 05:04 AM PDT  How did you come about your claim that INEC rigged the election for Buhari? The president was stoned in Bauchi and he was threatened. By the time the pattern of PVC distribution became very known even in war-torn states, it was easy to know that it had been front-loaded. When you then analyze the election result itself, you will discover that some places just had an incredible suppression of voters in spite of high level of interest. Some people had an incredible number of voters. And I am still interested in why more people voted in the governorship election in Katsina than the presidential election.On alleged gang- up against President Jonathan If Buhari had contested in the United States, there is no way that he could win. It is impossible. We know his antecedents. Nigeria doesn't even teach history in schools. Once you bring up the antecedents, the very idea of having such a person gunning for a position, not even talk of the presidency, would have nullified his candidacy. I was not just writing about Buhari because he tried to arrest me. There were all sorts of things that he did and for which he never apologised. Buhari took ownership of those things. And he never asked for forgiveness. At different points in the history of Nigeria, he was given an opportunity to do that. We set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission but he refused to do it. You don't forgive a man who does not repent. With regards to President Jonathan, I had a problem with the gang-up. And I think it is wrong for two major tribes to gang up against someone from the minority. Why should a President be called clueless? I don't think that someone will get away with calling Obasanjo clueless. Somehow I feel that the South-South is entitled to have their son as president and we were acting as if we were doing them a favour. If it was not providence that threw up Goodluck Jonathan, I wonder if we would have considered having a South-South president. In the interest of national unity, the North-West producing the president again does not balance any equation in Nigeria. If we are talking about a president from the North, we should be talking about the North-East. I was offended that from the beginning, some people insisted that there would be a civil war if the man ran. They also insisted that they would create a problem if the man ran. And I said that Nigeria belongs to every one of us. So that was an issue to me. Wole Soyinka had vowed not to support Buhari but a few weeks to the election, he asked Nigerians to forget the past and move on.Are you not being unfair to Buhari given the circumstances we found ourselves? I said you only forgive somebody who repents. Buhari has never asked anyone to forgive him. So you are jumping into conclusion that we have a new Buhari? And the fact that he has won the election has not won him forgiveness. We are going to see if Buhari has changed. And I have said that if he has changed, he will do more than just wearing a suit. He will come out and apologise for things done and overdone. He said he took responsibility which is different from apologising. The man who admitted stealing a cow is different from the one who said forgive me for stealing a cow. Buhari is a very deliberate man. I am not persuaded by the election campaign that Buhari is going to be a very competent president. I have not seen any competence in him. There was nothing in the campaign that was of substance that impressed me. No new ideas came from Buhari or the APC. Most of the people in APC are PDP people. So I am not persuaded that we are in for any new thing. But I hope you are right.Beyond Buhari, you are also not a friend of Bola Tinubu. What are your reasons? I wonder why anybody will be a fan of Bola Tinubu especially if you live in Lagos. He is not a democrat. I don't like Bola Tinubu because he has monopolised Lagos politics. To some extent, Ekiti governorship election was lost because of him. I live in Lekki and every day I have to pay toll fare and I wish I was not doing that. APC is in control of the media to a very large extent. Governor Fashola has gotten an easy pass with the media. It is easy for a Lagos State governor to be seen to be good because he has resources. In the light of the resources of the state, only 10 percent of the people have access to potable water, the same percentage has access to educational structures. In order for the APC to survive, the resources of this state had to be commandeered for political purposes. So, you can see the end justifies the means. I think it will be foolish of Tinubu to take AIT to court over the Lion of Bourdillion case because if he does, the kind of things that would be revealed about him would be shocking. This godfather business is undemocratic. Let people choose their leaders. One person cannot sit somewhere and decide what is best for everybody. I don't believe that elections are free and fair in Lagos. I do not believe that Jimi Agbaje lost this election. It was APC's manipulation that brought out the governorship election result. That is my own opinion. Not many Nigerians are asking Buhari to apologise. What exactly do you want him to apologise for? It is part of my problem with the media at the moment. We are being given the impression that Buhari won by a landslide. Please let us look at what INEC declared. 12.8 million people voted for Goodluck Jonathan. So don't assume that they don't have their reasons or that the people that want him to apologise don't exist. I maintain that it is very easy to say that we don't want to look at the past because we want to look at the future. But we need to understand the past in order to move to the future. So, Buhari needed to apologise. He needed to ask for forgiveness because he killed people through extra-judicial means, he jailed people for telling the truth, he kept people in jail even when kangaroo courts that he set up said they were not guilty. He manipulated the judiciary into jailing some people. I could go on and on. That is why I said that if we were a serious democracy, he would never have gotten away with it. There is a reason Buhari was not nominated by the northerners. They voted for Kwankwaso and Atiku at the primaries. Buhari got his candidacy through Tinubu. We don't have to pretend that Buhari is well liked because he has won, it seems to be like that but we should know that he only has the plurality of 2.5 million votes. In your penultimate column you claimed the emphasis on the alleged rigging was in the South-South and South-East, but the PDP was beaten in areas where they had strengths like Niger, Kaduna and other places. You think the resentment was not real? I mentioned those areas as well. I mentioned Kano, Jigawa, Katsina and Bauchi. I said the results from these places were inflated. We have video recordings of underage voting. There is a problem with the election because if we accept what the PVCs are saying that 17.1 million registered for the election in the North-West alone, the zone will determine future elections. If they decide that they want somebody to be president, by the time we will be looking at the result and they will come up with 9.1 million from Kano, the whole equation would change. What can you get from Imo and Anambra? So, if the North-West vote is more than the South-South and South-East, there is going to be a problem. There will be a problem if we don't get the proper census of Nigeria. They used to tell us that Kano was bigger than Lagos. Jigawa was split from Kano and Kano is still supposedly bigger than Lagos. In this last election, about 3.1 million people voted in Kano and Jigawa. And 1.4 million people voted in Lagos. That is twice the number of the people in Lagos. I don't believe these figures. If you do, fine. I am entitled to my opinion.You said you don't like Tinubu because of the reasons you adduced, but when the books would be written, it would be said that Tinubu contributed significantly to Buhari's emergence as a democratically elected president. What do you make of that? I don't agree that Tinubu made Buhari the president. Let's get the facts right. Tinubu made Buhari the presidential candidate of the APC. But in the presidential election, Buhari did not win Tinubu's votes. And that is part of the problem. All the discussion before was that everything would be determined in the South-West, but Tinubu did not deliver the South-West. The margin of defeat in the presidential election was not much in Lagos. Tinubu, to some extent at the presidential level, is expendable. And that is the problem. You can actually not choose a president just from the North. It interests me that while the campaign was going on, all the northerners making noise that it was their turn disappeared. They did not campaign with Buhari. The people campaigning were Tinubu, Amaechi, Fashola. I bet you that the northerners are going to come out come May 29. And you will see it happen. Don't think that the people that had been clamouring for power to return to the North in the past six years, were doing that for Tinubu to inherit. I don't believe that. They have an agenda. That is why I said the story is not told because the election has taken place, the story will unfold when the administration comes on board.Are you saying that you are impressed with Jonathan's performance? Yes I am. I think APC ran a fantastic campaign. They hired Obama's people and they controlled so many different things. So, a lot of things were simply propaganda. And part of the problem with the PDP was that they had it so easy for so long that they did not know how to campaign anymore. So, they thought that it was just going to be another cake work, and this was a different issue for them. Many of the things that Jonathan did, his people like Reuben Abati did not talk about it. People just did not know anything until some spirited efforts were made at the last-minute during the extension. That was when they now told people what had happened. But within the framework of Nigerian presidency, Jonathan is a good president if you compare him with others who had occupied that position.Read the rest on Vanguard |
| Prisoner tried to carve '666' into his forehead - but used a mirror so it came out backwards Posted: 19 Apr 2015 04:00 AM PDT  Convicted killer Nikko Jenkins, 28, pictured above in 2014, recently tried to carve the sign of the beast '666' into his forehead but he used a mirror so the numbers came out backwards. Now he has a series of upside-down 9s across his face, this is according to what he told his lawyer. It is believed that Jenkins, who is currently appealing his death penalty, may use the botched case of self-mutilation as evidence that he's mentally unstable & therefore ineligible to face the death penalty. Jenkins was convicted of shooting dead four people in 10 days after he was released from prison in Omaha, Nebraska, in 2013.  During his murder trial in 2014, the killer was assessed by a doctor who concluded that he was 'a psychopath' and 'one of the most dangerous people' he had ever encountered. Jenkins first pleaded not guilty for the murders, then pleaded guilty, then changed his mind and said he was ineligible for trial on the grounds of insanity. The court will decide whether to sentence him to death or not in July. |
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| Beautiful new photos from Onyinye Carter's white wedding Posted: 19 Apr 2015 05:25 AM PDT |
| Photos: Miley Cyrus honours rocker Joan Jett with pink nipple pasties Posted: 19 Apr 2015 03:30 AM PDT    And she didn't bother to shave her armpit.  |
| Photos: Actor Deyemi Okanlawon releases new pics as he turns a year older Posted: 19 Apr 2015 03:02 AM PDT |
| Singer Adokiye shares sexy photos Posted: 19 Apr 2015 02:55 AM PDT |
| Photos: Hundreds attend 10 year old girl's birthday party after all her classmates refused to come Posted: 19 Apr 2015 02:48 AM PDT    And yesterday Saturday April 18th, hundreds of people flocked to a park in Shakopee, Minnesota to MacKenzie's birthday party and gave her a celebration she'll never forget. Her Mom said she thought she'd get a few people to wish her daughter a happy birthday but was overwhelmed with the turn out. MacKenzie's Dad - Matt Moretter was speechless and grateful for the turn out. People came with gifts, food, chairs and even a banner that read, 'Happy Birthday Mackenzie' to be hung from the sheltered area in the park. Local companies donated food and even a woman dressed as Elsa from Frozen showed up to celebrate. The Mayor of the city declared April 18th 2015 as Mackenzie Moretter day. Amazing story. This is what people should do for other people, not Xenophobia. See the photos below...      |
| Photos: The Grind presents Abuja Grill and BBQ Festival Posted: 19 Apr 2015 02:23 AM PDT  Following the success of the Lagos Grill and BBQ Festival which held on Easter Sunday, the 5th of April 2015, The Grind Company presents the Abuja Grill & BBQ Festival. The Festival which is set to hold in October will be the first of its kind in Abuja. The event will feature various Grill and BBQ joints across Abuja, and selected grill joints from Lagos. Attendees include A-list celebrities, Media Personalities and much more.  The Lagos Edition was a pace-setter, a first-of-its kind, with Grill and BBQ Vendor stands that provided a wide variety of BBQ recipes in which attendees we eager to taste, there were media personalities and A-list celebrities. Music headliners included Falz thebahdguy, Skales and Guest DJ, DJ Humility. The event was a laid-back, summer-type event, with the ooze of crisp barbecue in the air, there were side attractions like Recreation games, Funfair for kids, A Master Class by Chef Fregz and many more. The event held at Muri Okunola Park, V.I, Lagos, which was a perfect venue. The park was designed authentically. They were gazebos, Canopies for the Vendors, Table Tennis boards, and Fun fair for kids. The Guests came dressed appropriately as they were street-style, summer-ready fashion ensembles bringing the effect of a western-style festival to life whilst still keeping it original and fresh in the Nigerian way. The guests were not disappointed either as they were thrilled by outstanding performances from the host Comedian/Singer Falz aka thebahdguy who kept the ladies laughing through the night, and killing it finally with his hit single "Ello bae". There were side-attractions from Dancers, Comedians, and stunts-men. Skales closed the show with performances of his hit singles. DJ Humility kicked off the after party, and led the dance into the night. For further enquiries, contact – abujagrillandbarbecuefestival@gmail.com Facebook/Twitter/Google+/Instagram : abujagrillfest PR: WalkthruwallsPR Find pictures of the Lagos Grill & Bbq festival below                             Watch the official video below... |
| Pres. Jonathan demanded N2trillion election funds to be refunded? Posted: 19 Apr 2015 01:50 AM PDT 
A reliable source within the Presidency said,
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| Photos: Another guess the mother & daughter duo... Posted: 19 Apr 2015 01:49 AM PDT   |
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| Heartbreaking photos: People stood by while this man was stabbed to death in SA Posted: 19 Apr 2015 01:26 AM PDT  The brutal death of Emmanuel Sithole  Shortly before 7am yesterday April 18th, Sunday Times journalists were in Alexandra township, near Sandton, speaking to shop owners who had their businesses looted overnight. Children played, people walked the streets, some stopped to gawk at the carnage from the night before. Then this happened ... In a gutter in Alexandra a Mozambican man stopped and lay down. The gash to his chest meant he could go no further.  At the day clinic less than 100m away they could not help him. The doctor scheduled to be on duty did not show up because he was a foreigner and feared being a victim of xenophobia. It began on Friday night when mobs blockaded Arkwright Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares in Alexandra, with rubble and burning tyres. Foreign-owned shops' roofs were ripped open and metal gates torn away as looters went on the rampage.  Outside one spaza shop, a man in a black corduroy jacket and red shirt was walking along the road. Suddenly a young man dressed in a grey tracksuit jacket beat him over the head with a wrench. The red-shirt man tried to fend off the blows, his arms raised. He stumbled back, falling into rubbish strewn by the roadside. The blows with the wrench rained down. Then the bludgeoning stopped and the man with the wrench moved away. "Are we safe here?" asked a South African woman watching the attack. The man in the red shirt got up. Now another man with a beige spottie approached, holding an okapi knife high above his head. Again, the man in the red shirt raised his hands, pleading for mercy. But his pleas were in vain. He was stabbed ... again and again.  The two grappled and fell to the floor. The man with the wrench returned. Finally, a lanky young man sprinted towards the man among the rubbish, kicking him in the head. The young man pulled a butcher's knife. A man in a black leather jacket who had discouraged the attack grabbed the wrist with the butcher's knife. The attackers fled.  The red-shirt man tried to get up but fell. Finally he made it to his feet. Feebly, he walked up the road. Do you know why they attacked you? Who are you? Where are you from, we asked him. He turned his head towards the questions fired at him, his face pleading. He said nothing. His shirt was drenched, a 2cm gash in his chest. Metres further he stumbled and lay down in the gutter. He struggled to sit up and fell down  Up the road, at Alexandra Day Clinic, nurses did what they could. There was no doctor; he would have to be taken to Edenvale Hospital. Along the way the man was flailing wildly, sitting up, lying down, wincing with pain. The wound to his chest was gushing now. At Edenvale Hospital a lone gurney stood at the entrance. The porters sat in a room with tinted windows. Oatway pleaded for help. The man in the car was critical, he said. Slowly one porter rose and scribbled in a book. Then the other, both now ambling towards the hospital entrance. Inside the car the red-shirt man looked lifeless.  There was no pulse. Then a gag reflex. He's alive. Inside the ICU, doctors compressed his chest, massaging his heart. After nearly seven minutes a ventilator was used. Shortly after 9am Emmanuel Sithole was pronounced dead. He was Mozambican. The stab wound to his chest had penetrated his heart. In his pockets, R285 and 10c in change and a cellphone. His phone would ensure he did not die nameless. On his wrist, three armbands read: "United for Bafana." |
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