RAPE and MURDER

While crime is reported to have decreased, South Africa is still facing the problem of child murders and rape.

Almost three children are raped every hour, while every day 86 women are raped.

Where are all the people in New Zealand who stood up against Apartheid in South Africa?

Now that the "better" New South Africa has arrived what has happen to their voices?

These poor children are being raped and murdered in their hundreds and not a peep from the anti -apartheid demonstraters.

John Minto, Helen Clark where are your protests?

Or is it OK if blacks perpetrate violence on each other?

Where is the post colonial paradise that you so vocally fought for?

As Ghana celebrates 50 years of freedom and declining standards of living, increased infant mortality and declining longevity; Zimbabwe starves and the rest of "liberated Africa" declines into a morass of corruption, thugocracy, murder and poverty.

South Africa , the richest of African countries, have a new wealthy class - the ANC top brass supported by the anti-apartheid supporters - who have increased their personal wealth beyond belief and all the while their rank and file supporters are worse off.

STARVED and RAPED!

Fair Trials

So the normal rules of evidence are not good enough for our Prime Minister (TV3 news) when it comes to rape trials.

Somehow I'm not surprised - look from whence it comes. Some of us do not have the option of changing the law when we are guilty of an offence.

And then she has the cheek to comment on Rickards behaviour. She should take a careful look closer to home.

Time for Hodgson to Act

Midwife suspended after two die

The midwife was suspended in December after a competency review because she was "a serious risk to the public", but could return to midwifery if she did competency training,...

In late 2005, Wellington coroner Garry Evans called for an independent maternity review and changes to midwifery training after the deaths of two breech babies delivered at home by midwives - a call Health Minister Pete Hodgson rejected.

http://stuff.co.nz/sundaystartimes/3981539a10.html

There are serious issues around midwife competency, the standard of training by the College of Midwifery and the scope of practice allowed to midwives. Further the payment structure for midwives is hard to believe as is their mantra against medicalisation of childbirth. These need to be addressed urgently.

However there is a lot of political suport for midwives - eg 1) the National Women's investigation (which used erroneous statistical methods to destroy the incumbant male doctors) occured under Helens Clark's Ministery of Health, 2) Hodgson's wife is apparently a midwife, and 3) there are numerous members of the dykeocracy who are in top positions in the midwifery covern.

The babies' deaths are just the tip of the iceberg as there is no audit required of bad outcomes for both mothers and babies. The number of badly damaged babies from prolonged labours where medical help is not sought and the number of mothers who are severly torn and may not have comfortable sex again or who are feacally incontenant as a result, is not known. This is where the scandal lies and this is why there is an urgent need for a full and proper review of maternity services in New Zealand.

The women of New Zealand are being done a great disservice.