Stephen Muzhingi - Interview with Myron Naicker

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Thank you to Myron Naicker and ETV for the opportunity to Chat to Stephen Muzhingi ahead of Comrades Marathon on 02 June 2013.

Location - Highest Point of Comrades Marathon Route.. Shot today.

Here are a few Images with Myron, Terrence (Camera Man), Stephen Muzhingi, and Munyaradzi Jari

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Comrades Marathon 2013, pictures Stephen Muzhingi ETV interview with Myron Naicker, Munya Jari, Craig Fry. While Craig takes photos with "MY BEAST" of a camera... while I was slaving away in front of my computer... I got to stay at home and they got to have the fun at Umlaas Road, just outside of Pietermaritzburg...

Craig Fry Chats to Myron Naicker

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R901aAkt5jE&list=UUr3EVsCKFVgt1NHrNqH-CUg&index=2

Craig Fry, Manager of Three Times Comrades Marathon Champion Stephen Muzhingi chats to Champion TV Journalist Myron Naicker of ETV on Comrades 2013 about Muzhingi preparations and Comrades 2013

This is the unedited Version of what was captured during the interview. The full edited story will be broadcast on ETV this week.

#YouBothRock

Stephen Muzhingi - Behind the Scenes Interview with Myron Naicker of ETV

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Three Times Comrades Marathon Champion Stephen Muzhingi chats to Champion TV Journalist Myron Naicker of ETV about Comrades 2013.

This is the unedited Version of what was captured during the interview. The full edited story will be broadcast on ETV this week.

Sorry for the poor sound quality - But view the actual interview on ETV.

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Awesome interview despite sound quality…. Myron, Craig, Muzhingi!! WHAT A TEAM!

South Africa | Freedom House – Yes, YOU can express an opinion and follow-up on reports for general benefit and information!

Freedoms of expression and of the press are protected in the constitution and generally respected in practice, and South Africa has vibrant journalists’ and press freedom advocacy organizations. However, several apartheid-era laws and a 2004 Law on Antiterrorism permit authorities to restrict reporting on the security forces, prisons, and mental institutions. Moreover, recent legislation could further restrict the scope of permissible reporting in South Africa. In 2009, the controversial Film and Publications Amendment Act was signed into law to protect against child pornography and hate speech. The legislation—which requires any publisher not recognized by the press ombudsman to submit a wide range of potentially “pornographic” or “violence-inciting” materials to a government board for approval—was widely criticized by press freedom advocates as a means of prepublication censorship.

In November 2011, the Constitutional Court accepted a multiparty legal challenge to the law.Also in November, the National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, passed the controversial Protection of Information Bill, despite vociferous opposition from private media outlets, most opposition parties, and a raft of civil society and freedom of expression organizations. Just two months earlier, the ruling African National Congress ANC party had withdrawn the bill for possible amendment, though no significant changes were made. The bill allows state agencies and government officials to classify a wide range of information—including “all matters relating to the advancement of the public good” and “the survival and security of the state”—as in the “national interest” and thus subject to significant restrictions on publication and disclosure. It mandates prison terms of 3 to 25 years for violations and does not allow a “public interest” defense. To become law, the bill must also be approved by the National Council of Provinces, the upper house, before being signed into law by the president.

via South Africa | Freedom House.

Mistreatment of Comrades Marathon Champion Exposed.

Mistreatment of Comrades Marathon Champion Exposed..

Responding to an article from a Zimbabwean newspaper that seems to suggest that Stephen Muzhingi is a spent force,  Donnette Fry emphasized that Stephen is and will always be considered one of the greatest long distance runners of all time.

“He is back, at his request, with his hands on manager, Craig Fry. He has new sponsors, is running for a new club, Toyota SA Athletics Club, and major financial corporation FedGroup did not hesitate to come on board. Adidas is his apparel sponsor. Why do you think these people would invest their time and resources on someone in whom they had no faith?”

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Here is Stephen where, in his own words, he discusses the conditions that many athletes were forced to endure at the F1 Bluff Meats “clubhouse”

Horror in paradise-15YO rape survivor has been sentenced to be whipped 100 times in public! Sign this Petition Please #StopChildAbuse

It’s horrific! A Maldives court just sentenced a 15-year-old rape survivor to 100 whip lashings. By threatening Maldives politicians’ precious tourist income we can save this child and stop these outrageous public floggings. Let’s quickly build a one million strong call, then place ads in travel magazines and websites:

It’s hard to believe, but a 15-year-old rape survivor has been sentenced to be whipped 100 times in public! Let’s put an end to this lunacy by hitting the Maldives government where it hurts: the tourism industry.

The girl’s stepfather is accused of raping her for years and murdering the baby she bore. Now the court says she must be flogged for “sex outside marriage”! President Waheed of the Maldives is already feeling global pressure on this, and we can force him to save this girl and change the law to spare other victims this cruel fate. This is how we can end the War on Women – by standing up every time an outrage like this happens.

Tourism is the big earner for the Maldives elite, including government ministers. Let’s build a million-strong petition to President Waheed this week, then threaten the islands’ reputation through hard-hitting ads in travel magazines and online until he steps in to save her and abolish this outrageous law. Sign and forward this email now to get us to a million:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/maldives_global/?bXVtJab&v=23241

The Maldives is a paradise for tourists. But for women there, it can be hell. Under harsh interpretations of sharia law, women and children are routinely punished with flogging and house arrest if found guilty of extramarital sex or adultery. It’s nearly always the women who get punished, not the perpetrators. A staggering one in three women between ages 15 and 49 have suffered physical or sexual abuse — yet zero rapists were convicted in the past three years.

Winning this battle can help women everywhere, as the Maldives government is right now running for a top UN human rights position – on a platform of women’s rights! Global outrage has already forced President Waheed to appeal the sentence in the 15-year-old’s case. But that’s not enough. Extremists inside the country will force him to abandon further reforms if international attention fades. Let’s tell the Maldives that it stands to lose its reputation as a romantic tourist hot spot unless it changes its attitudes to and laws about women.

If enough of us raise our voices, we can get President Waheed and his MPs to face down the extremists. The president is already on the back foot over this shameful, tragic story – let’s seize this moment to prevent more horrifying injustices against girls and women. Sign the petition, then send this email widely:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/maldives_global/?bXVtJab&v=23241

Avaaz members have fought many battles in the global war on women. In Afghanistan, we helped protect a young woman who bravely spoke out about her horrific rape; in Honduras, we fought alongside local women against a law that would jail women using the morning-after pill. Let’s now protect the women of the Maldives.

With hope and determination,

Jeremy, Mary, Nick, Alex, Ricken, Laura, Michelle and the whole Avaaz team

MORE INFORMATION

Maldives girl to get 100 lashes for pre-marital sex (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21595814

Maldives government to appeal flogging of rape victim (Dawn, Pakistan)
http://dawn.com/2013/03/01/maldives-government-to-appeal-flogging-of-rape-victim/

Rape victims punished, failed by Maldives justice system (Minivan news, Maldives)
http://minivannews.com/society/raped-victims-punished-failed-by-law-in-the-maldives-53760

Judicial statistics show 90 percent of those convicted for fornication are female (Minivan news, Maldives)
http://minivannews.com/politics/judicial-statistics-show-90-percent-of-those-convicted-for-fornication-are-female-44605

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