{"id":409933,"date":"2017-08-07T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/07\/sa-minister-accused-of-hitting-a-woman\/"},"modified":"2017-08-07T12:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T12:00:32","slug":"sa-minister-accused-of-hitting-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/07\/sa-minister-accused-of-hitting-a-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"SA minister accused of hitting a woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.4--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">South Africa\u2019s Deputy Education Minister Mduduzi Manana has been accused of hitting a woman during a row at a nightclub.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Manana has not formally commented. However, in a recorded conversation, a person believed to be the minister can be heard admitting to slapping the alleged victim.<\/p>\n<p>The government has said it is aware of the assault accusation.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has one of the highest rates of sexual violence in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Police figures showed that 64,000 cases were reported last year.<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesman confirmed to Agence France-Presse that they were investigating Sunday\u2019s alleged incident.<\/p>\n<p>The minister for women in the president\u2019s office, Susan Shabangu, has condemned the deputy minister\u2019s \u201calleged violent actions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, she added that she received the news \u201cwith great shock and disappointment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On the tape recording, which is purportedly a conversation between the victim\u2019s brother and the minister, the person believed to be the minister admits to slapping the victim when she called him gay.<\/p>\n<p>He implies that other people who were with him were responsible for the worst of the violence.<\/p>\n<p>The recording then emerged in the South African press.<\/p>\n<p>Local media report that the row started over who should succeed President Jacob Zuma when he steps down as leader of the governing ANC in December.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; South Africa\u2019s Deputy Education Minister Mduduzi Manana has been accused of hitting a woman during a row at a nightclub. Mr Manana has not formally commented. However, in a recorded conversation, a person believed to be the minister can be heard admitting to slapping the alleged victim. 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