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Springboks sister speaks out on campus attack

                   
sabcnews.com
May 15, 2008
        
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Springbok Rugby Player Schalk Burger's sister has confirmed reports that she was abducted and raped earlier this month. René Burger was abducted by three men at the Tygerberg Campus of the University of the Western Cape, near Bellville, and raped. Burger says to fall victim to this kind of crime... [read full story]                    

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Madiba calls René Burger

 news24.com May 17, 2008
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Raped girl Schalk Burger's sister

 news24.com May 15, 2008
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Madiba calls René Burger

news24.com
May 17, 2008
        

Cape Town - Former President Nelson Mandela has spent 20 minutes on the phone to René Burger, sister of Springbok rugby player Schalk Burger , whose abduction and rape in Cape Town has made headlines. Johannesburg's Star newspaper reported on Saturday that Mandela phoned the 20-year-old Rene on...

                   

The remarkable courage of rape survivor

iol.co.za
May 17, 2008
        

Rene Burger, 20, was one of at least 145 South Africans raped on May 5, if last year's crime statistics are to be believed. But thanks to her courage in speaking out as a survivor of a horrifying ordeal that is all too common - as well as to the fact that she is the sister of Springbok rugby star...

                   

Back to class for Rene Burger

iol.co.za
May 16, 2008
        

By Murray Williams and Natasha Prince René Burger, the brave younger sister of Springbok rugby player Schalk, has vowed to return to her classes and to the Tygerberg Hospital campus from where she was kidnapped and taken to be raped. Speaking on behalf of the family this morning, journalist and...

                   

Rene Burger's courage hailed

news24.com
May 16, 2008
        

Sarietha Engelbrecht, Die Burger Cape Town - A brave René Burger, 20, broke her silence on Thursday when she confirmed that she was the student who had been kidnapped from Tygerberg Hospital and raped. René, who is Springbok rugby player Schalk's younger sister, was overpowered by three men in a...

                   

Schalk Burger: sister‘s gang rape ordeal

epherald.co.za
May 16, 2008
        

HERALD CORRESPONDENT THE younger sister of Springbok hero Schalk Burger spoke out bravely yesterday as she confirmed that she was the unnamed student who was abducted and gang raped. Since the news broke on Saturday, the media has respected a request by the family to keep the player‘s identity...

                   

René Burger's courage hailed

news24.com
May 16, 2008
        

Sarietha Engelbrecht, Die Burger Cape Town - A brave René Burger, 20, broke her silence on Thursday when she confirmed that she was the student who had been kidnapped from Tygerberg Hospital and raped. René, who is Springbok rugby player Schalk's younger sister, was overpowered by three men in a...

                   

Schalk's Sister 'Holds No Bitterness'

allafrica.com
May 16, 2008
        

Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Murray Williams and Natasha Prince Cape Town The younger sister of Bok hero Schalk Burger spoke out bravely on Thursday as she confirmed that she was the unnamed student who was abducted and gang-raped. Since the news broke on Saturday, the media has respected a...

                   

South Africa: Schalk's Sister 'Holds No Bitterness'

allafrica.com
May 16, 2008
        

Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Murray Williams and Natasha Prince Cape Town The younger sister of Bok hero Schalk Burger spoke out bravely on Thursday as she confirmed that she was the unnamed student who was abducted and gang-raped. Since the news broke on Saturday, the media has respected a...

                   

Schalk Burger's sister speaks out about rape at UWC

mg.co.za
May 15, 2008
        

Rene Burger, the sister of Springbok rugby player Schalk, has decided to confirm that she was raped last week at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), a family spokesperson said on Thursday. "She is amazingly brave and courageous," said Elna Boesak, appointed to speak on behalf of the family.

                   

Schalk's sister 'fighting back'

news24.com
May 15, 2008
        

Verashni Pillay Cape Town - René Burger, the young woman who was brutally gang raped after she was kidnapped from the Tygerberg hospital parking lot, wants to send out a message to other rape survivors that they have nothing to be ashamed off, a family spokesperson said on Thursday. "René wants...

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