SOUTH AFRICA; FORCED STERILISATIONS AT HOSPITALS; ALLEGED NEWS

SOUTH AFRICA; AT LEAST 15 HOSPITALS AND 48 STAFF HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN COERCED OR FORCED STERILISATION OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS; ALLEGED NEWS. [1]  A report by the Commission for Gender Equality in South Africa investigated reported cases and found that staff at the hospitals were party to gross human rights violations, as well as those of reproductive rights: Alleged News. [1]

Abortion without consent

Buyiselwa Daweti said her horrific ordeal with a private hospital in Cosmo City in 2002 inspired her to fight for reproductive health rights and awareness, especially for vulnerable women sterilised against their will; Alleged News. [1] 

"I had an abortion without my consent, which is in line with [forced] sterilisation, based on a lie by a doctor, who said my twins were not growing. He gave me tablets stating he wanted the twins to grow. The next day, I had a miscarriage, which I thought was natural," Daweti said.[1]

Forced sterilisations

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), a Chapter 9 institution, released its report on 24th February 2020 revealing how hospitals forced and coerced women to agree to being sterilised, Alleged News. [2] The cases of violated women date back to 2001, Alleged News. [2] Some of the women made to sign sterilisation agreements while in severe pain only learned later from private gynaecologists that their fallopian tubes had been cut during labour, Alleged News. [2]

Learned during labour

Other women learned during labour that they would be sterilised, allegedly after hospital doctors told them women with HIV should not have children; Alleged News. [2] The CGE found that the women were made to sign forms under duress, as they were threatened with not being assisted with caesarean procedures they needed: Alleged News. [2] 

CGE investigators visited 15 hospitals in Kwazulua-Natal and Gauteng with regard to the probe: the hospitals included Tembisa Hospital, Tambo Memorial Hospital in Boksburg, Prince Mshiyeni Hospital in Umlazi, Addington Hospital in Durban and Lower Umfolozi Hospital in Empangeni; Alleged News. [2]

Hostility

Detailing the hostility that she faced at a public hospital, one victim recalled a nurse telling her to stop asking too many questions because she was HIV positive: Alleged News. [2] 

"Too many children"

In another case, Ms A claimed she went to Nkandla Hospital for ante-natal care in September 2011 but was not informed that she would be sterilised, Alleged News. [2] "The patient was not aware she was being sterilised until the doctor informed her. On inquiring about the matter, she was informed she was being sterilised because she had too many children," CGE chairperson Tamara Mathebula said, Alleged News. [2]

Gross human rights violation

Forced sterilisation was recognised as a gross human rights and medical ethics violation - often described as an act of torture, cruelty, inhumane and degrading - by a United Nations (UN) special rapporteur, Alleged News. [1] 

Look into findings

The commission ordered that the Nursing Council of SA, the Health Professional's Council of SA, as well as the national health department look into findings implicating hospital staff found to have participated in the transgressions: Alleged News. [1]

UNAIDS statement

On 28 February 2020, a statement was issued from Geneva by UNAIDS, Alleged News. [3] UNAIDS has acknowledged the South African Commission on Gender Equality's February 2020 report and findings that women living with HIV have been subjected to forced and/or coerced sterilisation; Alleged News. [3] 

UNAIDS thanked the International Community of Women Living with HIV, and Her Rights Initiative for bringing the cases to the attention of the Commission and UNAIDS commended the Commission for demanding a response; Alleged News. [3]

[1] Simnikiwe Hlatshaneni, "Hospitals, staff fingered for sterilisation", Alleged News

The Citizen newspaper, South Africa, Tuesday 25 February 2020; 

[2] Bongani Nkosi, "Hospitals 'coerced' women to sterilise", Alleged News

The Star South Africa, 25 February 2020

[3] UNAIDS statement on the forced and coerced sterilization of women living with HIV, Alleged News

https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2020/february/forced-sterilization-women-living-with-hiv

With thanks to The Citizen, The Star and unaids.org

THE MOVIE "UNPLANNED" IS BEING RELEASED IN SOUTH AFRICA.FROM 28 FEBRUARY 2020 WHY NOT WATCH?

THE MOVIE "UNPLANNED" IS BEING RELEASED IN SOUTH AFRICA FROM 28 FEBRUARY 2020. It deals with the true life experience of Ms Abby Johnson who resigned as a Planned Parenthood clinic director after watching an abortion on ultrasound. 

Ms Abby had acted as clinic director, but did not realize the full truth of what an abortion entails - the killing of a living human being within the womb. Those who consider an abortion when in pregnancy crisis often do not realize the full horror of the procedure they propose to undergo. 

Since Ms Abby's resignation, she has become well known in the pro-life movement. Her organization "And Then There Were None" has supported many staff to leave the termination industry. Lumiere Charity and Supportlife Group have been privileged to have been in contact with Ms Abby for years. Now the movie "Unplanned" which deals with Ms Abby's enlightenment from clinic director to pro-life activist is being released in South Africa. This film of her life lifts the veil of the reality of the abortion industry. Why not watch the movie?

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A CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT IN MEMORY OF ABORTED INFANTS LEFT IN SEPTIC TANK, JAKARTA: ALLEGED NEWS

A CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT IN MEMORY OF ABORTED INFANTS REPORTEDLY THROWN INTO A SEPTIC TANK IN JAKARTA; ALLEGED NEWS. [1]

May their souls rest in peace.

[1] Officials find hundreds of aborted babies thrown into a septic tank, Alleged News

https://www.lifenews.com/2020/02/14/officials-find-hundreds-of-aborted-babies-thrown-into-a-septic-tank/

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SOUTH AFRICA:DWINDLING BEE COLONIES ARE A THREAT TO AGRICULTURE: ALLEGED NEWS

SOUTH AFRICA: FRUIT ORCHARDS ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA ARE EXPANDING RAPIDLY, AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE NUMBER OF BEEHIVES AVAILABLE FOR POLLINATION WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE OVER THE NEXT DECADE TO MEET DEMAND; ALLEGED NEWS. [1] Calculations have shown that 65 000 hives are needed for the deciduous fruit industry as it stands, with an additional 30 000 needed during the next decade as new orchards come into production; Alleged News. [1] 

South Africa does not even have 160 000 beehives

Seed and berry industries require 50 000 hives over the next decade, Alleged News. [1] The macadamia industry needs 160 000 beehives in order to optimally pollinate the current 40 000 ha of macademias, yet the industry looks set to double in size over the next ten years; Alleged News. [1]  "As we don't even have 160 000 hives in the entire country, the need to protect what we have has become crucial to ensure sustainable fruit crop production," Dr Hannalie Human of the University of Pretoria's department of entomology and zoology said,  "Bees are as important as water to growing most of our food crops, so farmers should be invested in bee health as they are in orchard health," Alleged News. [1]

Reasons for the decline in bees

Pesticides have received attention for their role in the decline in the number of bee colonies, Alleged News. [1] Research points to insufficient forage opportunities as a main reason, Alleged News. [1] 

Advice to farmers to protect bees

Chairperson Inge Lotter of the Mpumalanga Beekeepers' Association advised farmers to plant forage areas and cover crops in their orchards in order to supply a diverse diet which will enable bees to strengthen their colonies and thus the work they can carry out in orchards; Alleged News. [1] Chairperson Lotter recommended that trees such as litchi or citrus are also planted on the farm so as to supplement the bees' nectar requirement; Alleged News. [1] She further apprised that African blue basil, lavender, bottlebrush, aloes and flowering blackjacks will all sustain honeybee colonies; Alleged News. [1] Planting of cover crops such as clover, vetch and lucerne may be considered; Alleged News. [1] Much bee forage can be planted on rocky outcrops and road verges, Alleged News. [1] Ideally, one should have plants in all their natural forms, such as pastures, shrubs and trees, in order to ensure good, varied bee nutrition, Alleged News. [1]

Healthy bees need at least 20% protein and 16 amino acids

Chairperson Lotter noted that healthy swarms need at least 20% protein and 16 different amino acids in their diets, so the more varied the diet, the more offspring the insects can produce and the stronger the swarm will be; Alleged News. [1] When planting additional forage for bees, farmers should place the hives in such a way that the bees need to fly over the orchards before reaching more attractive forage areas; Alleged News. [1] This will ensure that they enter the orchards to pollinate, Alleged News. [1]

Pesticides influence honeybees

Dr Human apprised that in international studies, researchers monitoring wax and honey at various sites have found approximately 160 chemical residues, Alleged News. [1] Africa has neonicotinoids present in 73% of its honey, Alleged News. [1] Neonicotinoid insecticides disorientate honeybees, reduce their ability to forage, causes impaired navigation so they can't find their hives and decreases flight ability; Alleged News. [1] Bees taking in neonicotinoids cannot regulate their body temperature and they die, Alleged News. [1] They fly more slowly and in a smaller area and bring home less and less food, Alleged News. [1] This results in less pollination and less food taken into the hive to keep it healthy, Alleged News. [1] Bees also remember the taste of the chemicals and will not go back to an orchard again if neonicotinoids are being used, Alleged News. [1] 

Possible  ban 

Farmers should be mindful of a possible ban on endocrine disruptors, glyphosate and organophosphates, Alleged News. [1]

Call to ban neonicotinoids in Africa

A recent report by the Network of African Science Academics [NASAC] has called for the use of neonicotinoids to be banned in Africa due to the threat posed to the environment, particularly to pollinators such as bees; Alleged News. [2] There has been evidence of the negative impact on pollinators such as bees, which formed part of the reason that countries in Europe imposed a ban on the use of neonics in 2018; Alleged News. [2] 

Professor Mostapha Bousmina, chairperson of the NASAC board, and Professor Volker ter Meulen, president of the InterAcademy Partnership, stated that experience in Europe and the US had demonstrated that some agrochemicals, particularly systemic insecticides typified by neonicotinoids, had serious effects on ecosystem services such as pollination and natural pest control, Alleged News. [2] This had led to their restriction in several countries, Alleged News. [2] 

"It is not too late to learn from the negative experiences elsewhere and apply this to Africa to develop more sustainable agriculture that fully exploits the benefits from surrounding ecosystems rather than damaging them," the Professors said, Alleged News. [2] According to the report, more than 130 imidacloprids and over 105 other neonicotinoids were registered for use in South Africa, Alleged News. [2] "Such insecticides are used on all major crops, for example maize, sunflower, grapes, citrus, macadamias, [and so forth]," Alleged News. [2] 

Negative impact on honeybees

In measuring the impact on honeybees, the report referred to research by Pirk et al. in 2014, which found signs of decreases in managed bee populations;Alleged News. [2] A survey showed losses of 29% from 2009 to 2010, and a 46,2% decline from 2020 to 2011, Alleged News. [2] 

[1] Lindi Botha. Making agriculture more bee-friendly, Alleged News. 21 February 2020. Farmer's Weekly, South Africa. Pages 34 to 37

[2] Sabrina Dean. Pesticides: Call to ban neonicotinoids in Africa due to threat to pollinators, Alleged News. 21 February 2020. Farmer's Weekly, South Africa. Page 21

[3] God, Honey and the Burning Bush

https://lumierecharityphotographs.blogspot.com/2012/04/god-honey-and-burning-bush.html

With thanks to the Farmer's Weekly

FATHER NORBERT JANSEN AND THE RISE OF THE THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION BY EXTENSION COLLEGE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: PART ONE

Father Norbert Jansen

Gerardus MA Jansen, also known as Father Norbert
Gerardus Marie Antonius Jansen (cloister name Father Norbertus) brought the dynamic of phenomenological approach in theology to bear upon twentieth century religious and spiritual education. His unique spiritual vision continues to influence pastoral and ministerial training, as well as offer international resource within university libraries and dissertations. Fr Jansen's educational approach developed from 1954 from experimental residential theological education to correspondence theological education, bother nationally and abroad. The culmination of Fr  Jansen's theological education lifework was the integration of the theology correspondence course into the Theological Education by Extension College in Southern Africa.

The Dutch Dominican collaborated with other Dominicans in a correspondence course in theology which became known as TEE - theological education by extension. [1] Later he became "more or less its exclusive editor". [2] Theology correspondence courses from South Africa reached both national and international students as far afield as America through postal services and media of the time. In 1976 the resultant theological educational structure culminated in the handing over of the course to an ecumenical board.

Tireless and dedicated priest
Gerardus MA Jansen was born in 1907 in Utrecht, Netherlands. He entered the Dominican Order, was professed with the name of Father Norbertus in 1926, and was ordained in 1931. [3] In 1933 he was sent as missionary to the Free State in South Africa. [4] Having arrived in South Africa at the age of twenty-six, Fr Jansen initially criss-crossed the vast Free State region on a bicycle until he eventually was supplied with a car. [5]  Fr Jansen was a tireless and dedicated priest who perceived the need for both temporal and spiritual education.

Military chaplaincy and early authorship
Developments in world politics then affected Father Jansen's personal mission. In February 1942 he left for Egypt where he served as military chaplain. Fr Jansen eventually returned to South Africa. In 1947 he became Dominican vicar provincial. His pastoral concern and theological ability began to express themselves in the public domain. He wrote a series of essays which were printed in the South African Catholic Times, and were published under the title "Money is Sterile". The book questioned the role of credit creation in the modern economy.

Theological correspondence education 1954-1962
Fr Jansen's pastoral presence was deeply valued by his parishioners, and he was known as a dedicated and charitable priest. He continued to read and reflect, meet with parishioners and debate various issues. Fr Jansen came to the conclusion that no structured training for women's theological education existed within the Catholic church. This was partly responsible for his setting about filling this gap by starting his correspondence lectures. Father considered that there should be an apostolate for the theological advancement of women. [8] Fr Jansen was an able theologian with excellent grounding in the philosophical theology of St Thomas Aquinas. He was thus well equipped for the next major development in the church of Southern Africa - the development of an extension theology course.

Bishop van Velsen
In 1954 a Congress of religious sisters of all congregations working within South Africa, feeling the need for theological training, asked Bishop van Velsen OP, DD, for a correspondence course in theology. The result was that at the suggestion of van Velsen, Fr Jansen was asked to co-ordinate the project. Fr Jansen took a keen active part in editing this new course, at first in collaboration with other Dominicans, later more or less as its exclusive editor. How deeply the need was felt for this training in theology was proved by the fact that by 1966 thousands of students had been enrolled and had taken part in the three-year course of theology and in the supplementary courses in Scripture and sociology. Nonetheless many students dropped out because they did not feel at home with Scholastic theology [9] - a situation Father Jansen remedied with the introduction of a phenomenological approach to theology.

1. Blaser, Fr Emil, OP. "Dominican Voortrekkers". #OP-SA, Newsletter of the Dominican Order in Southern Africa, Issue 1. June/July 2018
2. Jansen, GMA, OP. An existential approach to theology, The Bruce Publishing company: Milwaukee, 1966, vii-viii
3. Argiefinventaris Dominicanen (Erfgoedcentrum Nederlands Kloosterlevn. 9250 Pater G.M.A. Jansen. Accessed 29 November 2019.
4. Denis, Philippe. The Dominican Friars in Southern Africa: A Social History, ;1577 - 1990. Brill: The Netherlands. 1998. 161-162
5. Whittle, Luky, PhD. Catholicism in Virginia from its beginning until 2008. Virginia: South Africa. 2008. 23
6. Brain, JB. Patience our daily bread. Kimberley; Catholic Bishops of Kimberley and the Free State. Kohlers Carton and Print: Pinetown South Africa. 1996. 202
7. Whittle, Luky, PhD. Catholicism in Virginia from its beginning until 2008. Virginia: South Africa. 2008. 23
8. Interview with Dr Luky Whittle, PhD. Kroonstad: South Africa. 2019
9. Jansen, GMA, OP. An existential approach to theology, The Bruce Publishing company: Milwaukee, 1966, viii

                                         

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