[Africa] The Tribulations Of Making A Gospel Music Video.

[BIAD]

Wakanda anyone?

Calls for ‘gang-rapists’ to be chemically CASTRATED after ‘attacking eight models at gunpoint during music video’

'More than 80 suspected rapists are facing calls to be chemically castrated after allegedly attacking a group of models
in a sickening attack. The eight models were repeatedly gang raped while filming a music video after 17 men in balaclavas
suddenly appeared on set firing shots in the air.

More than 80 people appeared in court on Monday after the models were gang-raped at gunpoint by an armed gang.
The youngest victim, a 19-year-old, was raped 10 times, while the eldest was 37.

They had been recording a gospel music video when they were set upon at an illegal gold mine in Gauteng Province, South Africa.
The horrific crimes have shocked South Africa, which has the third-highest rate of rape in the world, renewing calls for the chemical
castration of convicted sex offenders.

The leading ANC party's Women's League proposed chemical castration as a punishment for rapists at a conference on Sunday.
Lindiwe Sisulu, who chairs the commission, told the media on Saturday that the proposal had been revived in response to a series
of recent shocking attacks on women in South Africa.

"What happened in Krugersdorp is just a shame of the nation," Police Minister Bheki Cele told a Monday press briefing.
One 19-year-old victim lied to her attacker that she had suffered a miscarriage to save herself from further rape, the Sunday Times
South Africa reported. "I had no way out but to lie because they were picking us up one by one," she said. "There were others who
were raped by six to 10 men." Her ordeal lasted for four hours, according to the woman's 21-year-old sister, who was also raped in
a nearby ditch.

The victims tried running away but were stopped by a volley of shots fired into the air. They were then forced to lay down as a group
of men wearing balaclavas approached. Mobile phones, jewellery, bags, cash and filming equipment were also stolen by the gang
before they took one model at a time to the undergrowth and raped them up to 10 times each.

The victims were raped 32 times in total before police arrived.
Gunfights broke out with cops, at the end of which two miners were dead and a third injured, according to the Child Protection and
Sexual Offences Unit. Following the shootout, 65 "illegal" miners were arrested.



Police spokesperson Brigadier Brenda Muridil said the crew of 22 people -12 women and 10 men -were filming a music video when
they were attacked by a group of armed men. It's believed the models had come from nearby Johannesburg. They'd been hired for a
day, it's reported. Cops recovered unlicensed firearms, explosives and items that belonged to the victims during a sting.

Speaking last week, Cele said: "The operation is ongoing until all of the suspects are found. "The response will be serious to show
the state our protection of young women is clear. "One woman was raped 10 times and other eight another six and so on. They were
all robbed and all their stuff was taken, including their shoes and clothes. "Even the men were stripped with many left naked or just
their underpants on." It's claimed the men are members of a gang called Zama Zama, which is known to terrorise, rape, and rob locals,
according to the Mirror. They also venture into closed-down mines to look for gold and other valuable materials...'

The Sun:

[EndtheMadnessNow]

Mercy sakes this is horrific. Attack of the Viagra zombies from hell? Chemical castration? That's it?! Hell, I'd be bringing back a few Medieval torture/death contraptions.



Meanwhile...




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The sketch reminds me of a few people in Congress. One specifically, who by various reports is flying on her broomstick over Taiwan.

[727Sky]

A very horrible story that the girls will live with for the rest of their lives. I suppose they are lucky the animals did not kill them afterwards as I have read stories where that was the custom. Wonder what religion the perps claimed ?

[BIAD]

A very horrible story that the girls will live with for the rest of their lives. I suppose they are lucky the animals did
not kill them afterwards as I have read stories where that was the custom. Wonder what religion the perps claimed ?

It's strange that nobody has asked what coloured skin the victims and suspects have. Why is it the ethnicity of those
in this horrible incident is taken for granted?

'...While arrests have been made after eight women were raped and robbed on the set of a music video in Krugersdorp
there are still many unanswered questions. So far, police have arrested more than 80 people on charges ranging from
illegal mining to illegal immigration, possession of explosives and firearms, and attempted murder. But it is unclear
whether any of the suspects have been linked specifically to the incident.

Two men shot dead after allegedly pointing firearms at police, while another was receiving treatment for gunshot wounds.

What do we know so far?
According to City Press, one of the victims said a local woman who runs a modelling agency had told them about the
photoshoot. 

"The promise was that we'd be paid R300 each. We left on Thursday morning and arrived at Cowboy Farm in Krugersdorp,
where we shot the first leg of the music video. It was decided that another scene would be shot at a mine," the victim was
quoted as saying.

The exact nature of the video is still under dispute, with a source telling the Sunday Times police did not believe the crew
and models were there to make a music video as has been reported.

The film crew and the models reportedly started filming on Thursday around 14:00. The women were apparently wearing
scarves as skirts and standing against the mine dump. The crew was filming when a group of men wearing blankets and
balaclavas approached, firing shots in the air. They ordered everyone to lie on their stomachs and a few minutes later,
more armed men came to join them.

"They all had guns. It felt as if we were in a movie. They searched us, taking our cellphones, sneakers, socks, jackets,
and cameras," one of the victims told City Press, adding that the men on the film crew were stripped naked.

The victim added that the group of assailants included elderly men who forced the younger boys who were with them
to rape the victims as well. After the rapes, they decided to let the captives go. The traumatised group drove to the
nearest police station and were taken to Leratong Hospital.

Fear and outrage

A resident of West Village in Krugersdorp told News24 the crime in the area is, "... an old and ongoing problem".
Speaking on condition of anonymity, she said the rapes on Thursday were one of the countless incidents the
community had witnessed over the years.

She attributed high crime levels to illegal miners known as zama zamas in the area, saying they had long terrorised
residents. During an EFF rally on Saturday, party leader Julius Malema called for harsh sentencing of the rapists.

"When you rape, you kill something inside that person and they will live with it forever.
They are not just rapists but murderers and we don't want to see them in our streets.
They must be confronted and locked in jail for a long time," he said.

Meanwhile, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi was overcome with emotion when he spoke about how the
incident had awoken his own traumatic memories of treating an eight-year-old girl, on whom he had to perform
reconstructive surgery after she was brutally raped by her uncle.

"Every time you hear about these incidents, you think about your own daughters. I only have
daughters, and you start thinking, 'How would I react if it happens to my daughter?'" he said...'

News24:

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Krugersdorp is a mining city in the West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Devilsdorp and the power politics of dangerous cults

'Showmax documentary Devilsdorp explores the macabre and murderous story of the religious, extremist sect Electus Per Deus
(Chosen by God). Its members were responsible for a trail of mayhem from 2012 to 2016 in Gauteng’s Krugersdorp, which left
at least 11 people dead. This group was a breakaway from an earlier group called Overcomers Through Christ, and the parent
sect became one of its offshoot’s first targets.

Centred around its unofficial leader, Cecilia Steyn – who told outrageous lies about being a reformed “Satan worshipper” and
“42nd generational witch” – the group murdered rival Christians. They also lured real estate agents and financial advisers into
traps, murdering them for money and perverse thrills.

As the interviews and archival footage unearthed in the documentary show, Steyn’s reign of terror was enabled by an existing
climate of religious paranoia. Fears of the devil and occult conspiracy have long flourished within white conservative social
spaces, a paranoia that became increasingly pronounced after the end of apartheid. While the media was quick to dub these
“Satanic” murders, they were committed by Christian extremists who justified their crimes as a part of a war against the Devil
and his earthly minions...' (More in Link)

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[ABNARTY]

There comes a point where young men become so far gone, not much gets through to them. 

They can castrate them all they want but maybe the gun battle should have lasted just a little longer is all I am saying. 

At some point the state has to protect it's people or it's no longer the state. The people will start doing their own protecting and then it all goes out the window. If the state tries to stop them, they are no better than the groups terrorizing the population. 

Sad state of affairs.

[727Sky]

There comes a point where young men become so far gone, not much gets through to them. 

They can castrate them all they want but maybe the gun battle should have lasted just a little longer is all I am saying. 

At some point the state has to protect it's people or it's no longer the state. The people will start doing their own protecting and then it all goes out the window. If the state tries to stop them, they are no better than the groups terrorizing the population. 

Sad state of affairs.

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

It's strange that nobody has asked what coloured skin the victims and suspects have. Why is it the ethnicity of those
in this horrible incident is taken for granted?

I guess I am as guilty as the next person on this. I assumed because it happened in South Africa, the assailants were South African, but I was wrong.

There are several articles about the internet, and the provided information does not match. They do all mostly speak of the the models, the assaults, and the Zama Zama, the illegal miners that terrorize the region.

These Zama Zama are migrants. They have no regard for life, including there own.

The Zama Zama have been coming to the area for years. They are not wanted, and they are in constant conflict with the people that live there.

They are illegal, they have formed gangs, and they are dangerous. The people have been trying to get rid of them for years. As long as those mines are there, and there is a chance, even one more remote, than that of winning the lottery, they will be there risking their lives, and taking out their frustration and feelings of desperation, out on those around them.

They are an evil group of hopeless men that just don't care. There is a lot going on here. The real problem is pure greed, and when they continue to watch the so called legal mines so close, making other people rich, it is just an escalating problem that will eventually come to a head.

[ABNARTY]

There comes a point where young men become so far gone, not much gets through to them. 

They can castrate them all they want but maybe the gun battle should have lasted just a little longer is all I am saying. 

At some point the state has to protect it's people or it's no longer the state. The people will start doing their own protecting and then it all goes out the window. If the state tries to stop them, they are no better than the groups terrorizing the population. 

Sad state of affairs.

[BIAD]

I guess I am as guilty as the next person on this. I assumed because it happened in South Africa, the assailants were South African, but I was wrong.

There are several articles about the internet, and the provided information does not match.
They do all mostly speak of the the models, the assaults, and the Zama Zama, the illegal miners that terrorize the region.

These Zama Zama are migrants. They have no regard for life, including there own...

(Forgive my cranky explanation, but it's something I always look for when survey media reports!)

The reason I mentioned the ethnicity is for the reason you responded with logically, the colour of the suspects' skin are irrelevant.
The media change the rules when a negative involves favoured parties and with the Zama Zama title, it also moves the favoured
party further away from their behaviour.

One can surmise Jack the Ripper was Caucasian, but his awful deeds were never put down to the colour of his skin.
Jeffrey Dahmer's and John Wayne Gacy's acts were never attributed to their skin tone. If this crime had occurred and one suspect
was responsible, would the ethnicity be suggested as a reason...? Of course not! The media portray Africa has a country predominantly
populated by people of a certain colour and of a 'lesser'-style of conduct. They subtly submit that Africa is a violent place and this is
due to the poverty within the massive continent.

Yet in Western countries, this is seldom the case. A murderer/shooter can be reported as a white man for no other reason as
to stir trouble and enhance their reporting of the possible violent outcome. Ironically, the News24 article is a rare piece of
evidence that neutral information can be offered without all the hooks of managed-outrage being attached