Monday, October 19, 2009

Life in the New South Africa...

Life in the New South Africa... Beautiful and talented young white girl raped and infected with Aids. Now doomed to die a slow painful death...

Youtube: "Rape victim survives to tell the tale"

"But grim prognoses aside. We must also take time to celebrate our educational successes. As much as we bemoan the challenges of transforming the education system, we must also draw out our successes. The single-minded dedication of learners who commit to their studies against daunting odds, for example Krystal Theron from Springs who wrote her matric exam from her hospital after being brutally stabbed. Even a violent rape attack and subsequent HIV infection could not stop Jamie Paterson in Gauteng from sitting-and passing-her matric exam.1