Oscar deserved life - NFPYM

Johannesburg - Paralympian Oscar Pistorius should have been given a harsher sentence, the National Freedom Party Youth Movement (NFPYM) said on Tuesday.

"We all know that Pistorius shed crocodile tears each time he had a chance to do so, when he knew exactly that he murdered an innocent woman who had a bright future ahead of her because of his insecurities," secretary general Maria Busi Tshabalala said in a statement.

"As far as we are concerned, Oscar deserved life imprisonment."

Oscar processed, placed in cell

Johannesburg - Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been processed and placed in his cell in the hospital wing of the Kgosi Mampuru II prison, the facility's area commissioner Zebilon Monama said on Tuesday.

"He is a little bit tired and tense but the chaplain went to talk to him," he told Sapa.

"He is deurmekaar, as they say in Afrikaans. After he saw the chaplain our psychologist went to see him, just to try talk to him."

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Many people get engaged because they’re overcome with emotion in the heat of the moment — and without really thinking through all the implications of making such a serious, committed decision.

 So what can you do to ensure that you’re ready for marriage with your current partner and not just giving in to pressure from others? “It’s important to feel that you are really certain about this. Before you find yourself shopping for flowers, photographers, 

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