Man snoozes during gang-rape

JOHANNESBURG – A Butterworth man remained ‘fast asleep’ while three men took turns raping his girlfriend in his bedroom early on Saturday morning, Eastern Cape police said.

The 22-year-old woman allegedly woke up and saw three men in the room where she was sleeping with her boyfriend who was allegedly “very drunk” around 03:00, said captain Jackson Manatha. The trio took turns raping her.”They told the woman to keep quiet.Her boyfriend remained fast asleep and didn’t hear anything until they finished raping her,” said Manatha.The men then escaped through the bedroom window.”They allegedly stole two cellphones from the room.”No arrests have been made.Zim begins payouts to white ex-farmers * HARARE – Zimbabwe has started paying out money to former white farm owners in compensation for land seized by President Robert Mugabe’s government to resettle blacks, according to a public notice issued yesterday.The government has already allocated Z$10 billion for the purpose.This is nominally worth $40 million on the official market, but fetches only around $182 000 on the thriving black market.Veterans of the 1970s war of liberation invaded white-owned commercial farms in 2000 with the backing of the government, which went on to appropriate the land.Blair praises Zambia * Lusaka – British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has described the London High Court judgement against second former Republican President, Fredrick Chiluba, as a historic victory for the Zambian people.Blair added that the judgement shows commitment to bringing those who steal from the state to account regardless of their nationality or power.This was contained in a statement released by President Levy Mwanawasa’s aide John Muskuma to Zanis on Friday.Nampa-Sapa-ReutersThe trio took turns raping her.”They told the woman to keep quiet.Her boyfriend remained fast asleep and didn’t hear anything until they finished raping her,” said Manatha.The men then escaped through the bedroom window.”They allegedly stole two cellphones from the room.”No arrests have been made. Zim begins payouts to white ex-farmers * HARARE – Zimbabwe has started paying out money to former white farm owners in compensation for land seized by President Robert Mugabe’s government to resettle blacks, according to a public notice issued yesterday.The government has already allocated Z$10 billion for the purpose.This is nominally worth $40 million on the official market, but fetches only around $182 000 on the thriving black market.Veterans of the 1970s war of liberation invaded white-owned commercial farms in 2000 with the backing of the government, which went on to appropriate the land.Blair praises Zambia * Lusaka – British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has described the London High Court judgement against second former Republican President, Fredrick Chiluba, as a historic victory for the Zambian people.Blair added that the judgement shows commitment to bringing those who steal from the state to account regardless of their nationality or power.This was contained in a statement released by President Levy Mwanawasa’s aide John Muskuma to Zanis on Friday.Nampa-Sapa-Reuters