Ramon Sampedro chooses Death over Life


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Today I watched the movie The Sea Inside about the life of quadriplegic, Ramon Sampedro, who decided to end his life because of his physical disability. In the movie he is brilliantly portrayed by Javier Bardem, one of my favourite actors. The director Alejandro Amenábar is a favourite of South African movie critic Barry Ronge, …

 

Our kids are being bullied to death


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written by Prega Govender 100 children tried to kill themselves in the past year because of their classmates’ cruelty When a Johannesburg schoolgirl missed class for a week after her father was shot in a hijacking, she expected fellow pupils to comfort her. Instead, the traumatised 15 year old was bombarded with more than 80 …