The trial of Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympic athlete accused of - TopicsExpress



          

The trial of Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympic athlete accused of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year, has focused the world’s attention on South Africa’s high crime rates. The judge has yet to rule on whether Mr Pistorius shot his girlfriend deliberately or whether her death was an accident, as he insists. Nonetheless, campaigners have used the story to highlight the violence that many South African women face at home. On average, one South African woman is murdered by her partner every eight hours. How does that compare with the rest of the world? econ.st/Q5RJKn
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:00:00 +0000

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