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Hans India
10 hours ago
- Health
- Hans India
Regular yoga promotes healthy living
Ongole: Prakasam district collector A Thameem Ansariya, Ongole MLA Damacharla Janardhana Rao, SN Padu MLA BN Vijay Kumar, APTDC Chairman Dr Nukasani Balaji, and others flagged off a yoga rally from the Collectorate to the Mini Stadium here on Monday, as part of the ongoing Yogandhra-2025 campaign. Speaking at the event, collector Ansariya explained that extensive yoga programmes are being conducted district-wide to encourage participation from all communities in the Yogandhra campaign. She noted that International Yoga Day is celebrated annually on June 21st, and this year's event in Visakhapatnam will see the participation of the Prime Minister alongside approximately 5 lakh people. She emphasised that regular yoga practice promotes healthy living with renewed energy and recommended incorporating yoga and meditation into daily routines. MLA Janardhana Rao highlighted the campaign's role in showcasing yoga's excellence through daily awareness programmes throughout the district. He stressed the importance of making the upcoming International Yoga Day celebration on June 21st successful. MLA Vijay Kumar noted that yoga benefits both physical and mental health. Dr Balaji mentioned that yoga programmes are being organised extensively from tourist destinations to village levels under district administration guidance. Joint Collector R Gopala Krishna explained that as part of the Healthy Andhra Pradesh initiative, yoga rallies are being conducted at every village secretariat, mandal, and district headquarters level. Several district-level officials, department heads, public representatives, yoga practitioners, and members of the public joined together in the rally.
The Citizen
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Citizen
Siphephelo Ndlovu on his hiatus from music, getting into the family business of TV, as he returns to stage
Siphephelo Ndlovu is the son of Muvhango creator and TV producer Duma Ndlovu. Siphephelo Ndlovu, known on stage as The SN Project has released a new body of work. Picture: Supplied Siphephelo Ndlovu, known on stage as The SN Project, has been involved in music all his life. From being asked to sing at family gatherings by his mom at a young age, to attending the Drakensberg Boys' Choir School, to acquiring a bachelor of music with honours from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2017, music has always been there. In 2020, he released his debut album, Afrikanization. However, SN hasn't released another body of work until now, except for Pantomime Vol. 1 in May. The singer-songwriter is the son of Muvhango creator and TV producer Duma Ndlovu. Following the release of his debut, he decided to take a break from music to learn the family trade. ALSO READ: 'Muvhango' axed by SABC 2 less than a year after relaunch Taking a break and getting into TV 'Straight after university, I start recording Afrikanization. As that's happening I'm working with the family business at the same time,' SN tells The Citizen. 'Juxtaposed that [music] with growing up with a father who's in the industry, who's made really important work in this country on television, that's also part of my life,' says SN. 'I also lived that life. I'm also going with him to work, seeing him doing rehearsals. I'm also going with him on tour…so I have those two worlds co-existing in my life from a young age,' shares the musician. He says both his parents are his biggest supporters of his music. 'They're like front row seat supporters.' Proud father moment! Sphephelo graduates from Wits, BA music (hons) — Duma Ndlovu (@duma_ndlovu) July 7, 2018 'A couple of things were happening between Afrikanization and Pantomime Vol.1. After I released Afrikanization, I wanted to learn how to make films and I just wanted to do filmmaking,' he says. During his hiatus from music he was learning how to direct and was involved in local productions. 'I was heavily involved in some local productions,' he says. SN has credits on shows like Muvhango and Sibongile & The Dlaminis. 'My goal is to write and direct a feature length film. That is something I'm currently working on. I'm really excited to branch out into that, I have gotten a bit of experience with television, I've been involved in these productions as a director.' ALSO READ: Mandisi Dyantyis running for the Methodist Church at this year's Comrades Marathon SN's new sound As much as the hiatus from music saw him drift toward the more visual side of things, he also used that period to tweak his sound around 2022. 'I start making my new project in 2022. It doesn't go too well,' he says. Afrikanization, a jazz album, had a live music setup, where he played with a band. The sound was mature beyond his years, with songs like Mina Nawe and Ismabulo. These are ditties that one would hear being played on Sunday on Kaya FM or 702. 'I've changed my approach to music, I'm trying to learn a different approach. I'm trying to experiment with new things,' he says of the period between 2022 and now. His new body of work, Pantomime Vol. 1, is more electronic because SN wanted to produce it. 'Ever since I released Afrikanization, I said next project I want it to be a bit electronic because I want to get more into the production aspect of it.' He says that, because of his perfectionist tendencies, he couldn't allow himself to release the new sound he produced because he wasn't happy with it. 'Fast forward to 2023, the first song that I'm actually happy with, comes out as a single because that's all I had so far,' he says referring to Falling (I just wanna know). ALSO READ: 'It cannot carry on as things have been' – Gayton McKenzie as he cuts funding for Downtown Music Hub An answered question Between 2023 and now, he says he dedicated himself to learning as much as possible about production through tutorials. 'Pantomime is literally an answer to a question I've been asking myself between 2022 and 2025. I finally figured it out. I feel like a scientist that's discovered a formula. The formula is my new sound.' As the name of the album suggests, SN's sound on the new project is playful and more accessible to a younger audience. It's imaginable that youthful stations like YFM or 5FM could feature songs like Again and Mine on their playlists. Despite its sonic bounciness, Pantomime Vol.1 features heavy lyrics that speak to heartbreak and the challenges of romantic encounters. 'Pantomime is a collection of experiences, not a hundred percent personal. Maybe just a little in some way or another,' he shares. He will share the new and old sound this weekend at Joburg's Untitled Basement with a performance on Saturday. He also confirmed that Pantomime Vol.2 is in the works and should be out this year. NOW READ: A 'cultural warrior' remembered: Joburg Theatre launches the Mbongeni Ngema Festival
RNZ News
5 days ago
- General
- RNZ News
Australian man jailed for sexual abuse that led daughter to develop multiple personalities
The child abuse trial heard from multiple personalities. Photo: ABC News/Sharon Gordon A Newcastle man, whose sexual abuse of his children led to one developing dissociative identity disorder (DID), has been sentenced to 21 years in jail. In December, a Newcastle District Court jury found the man, who can only be named as SN, guilty of the child sexual abuse of siblings, known to the court as LN and AB. During a five-week trial LN, who has been diagnosed with DID, was sworn in as separate identities, known as alters. She gave evidence as a woman in her 30s, a five-year-old child and a 13-year-old girl. She called her identities "system members", created in response to severe, prolonged trauma. The jury accepted LN's DID diagnosis and found SN guilty of 23 charges involving child sexual abuse. LN today condemned her father in a victim impact statement, describing a life of horror and isolation. "The whole scenario seems like the blurb on the back of a book," she said. "It is a book of horror though and not one I would choose to read." LN said each of her "system members" had suffered. "I don't think our experiences can ever be put into words by me for the suffering our system holds in different ways," she said. "I don't feel words can cover the profound and enduring suffering we have been left with." Newcastle District Court heard LN created alters to survive alleged abuse by her father, spanning several years. Photo: ABC News/Michael Parfitt LN today also paid tribute to other alters who did not speak during the trial. "I hope what I say also gives a nod to system members who cannot openly communicate at this time," she said. After giving a victim impact statement today as herself, LN switched to her 13-year-old alter. Her voice changed pitch, she sobbed and paused, her vocabulary filled with attitude and slang. "I used to be happy. I did used to be happy, you know. I am not happy no more. "I can't do it no more, I don't want to be touched no more. "You took away everything that made me happy. "You just keep lying and you don't even say sorry." She ended firmly and abruptly. "I am done … that's all you got." In sentencing, Judge Ian Bourke said the father's behaviour was depraved and not "isolated aberrations". "All of the offences involved a grave breach of trust and authority, given that the offender was their father," the judge said. "It has been said that sex abuse by a father of their own child involves a breach of trust of the highest order. District Court Judge Ian Bourke presided over the trial where the same witness was sworn in under different personalities. Photo: ABC News "All of the offences occurred in a location that was the victim's home, where she was entitled to feel safe. "I have no doubt the offender had actual knowledge his sexual acts with LN were without her consent." Justice Bourke said both children were subjected to intimidation, physical and emotional abuse, and isolation. He also referred to alleged offending in Western Australia and Queensland saying "proceedings are either on foot or maybe commenced" in those states. The case was the first of its kind in Australia. There was a case in 2019 involving a woman given permission to give evidence as different personalities against her father, but no alters were sworn in after her father pleaded guilty mid-trial. That woman delivered victim impact statements as different alters - a different process to giving evidence. During the trial of SN, LN told the court she had at least 22 alternate identities and there could be more. SN has maintained his innocence. Their father will be eligible for release in 2038. - ABC
News.com.au
5 days ago
- General
- News.com.au
Man jailed for 21 years over sexual abuse of two daughters
A predatory father who committed ongoing sexual abuse against his two daughters has been jailed for 21 years, as a judge labelled his actions a 'breach of trust of the highest order'. The man, who can only be called SN, was found guilty of 23 charges – including multiple counts each of indecent assault and sexual intercourse without consent – after a landmark trial before the NSW District Court last year. During the trial, one of the victims gave evidence as several of her 22 different personalities. On Thursday, the court heard of the horrific abuse the girls were subjected to at their family home in the Hunter Region over six to seven years, and how SN has shown no remorse. Judge Ian Bourke recounted how one of the girls, AB, was abused in bedrooms, in the bath and on several occasions in the shower after being cornered by her father. On one occasion, when AB came to tell SN their other family members had left the home, he said: 'Good, we get some alone time'. She tried to leave the room but he ordered her to 'sit the f*** back down' before sexually abusing her. After one of the incidents a distressed AB told her father she would 'cut off' his penis if he ever tried to abuse her again. Judge Bourke said he believed the accounts of both AB and her sister LN that the charged incidents were not the only cases of sexual abuse they were subjected to by SN. 'Depraved' actions This meant, the judge said, the offences for which he was to be sentenced could not be considered 'lapses' or 'isolated aberration'. 'It has been said the sexual abuse by a father of their own child is a breach of trust of the highest order,' Judge Bourke said. There was nothing in SN's past that could 'explain, let alone mitigate' his actions, the judge said. 'The offender preyed on his two children for his own selfish and depraved sexual gratification,' Judge Bourke said on sentence. 'The offender maintains his innocence and so there is no remorse.' Both victims – who were aged in their teens at the time of the incidents – also spoke of ongoing physical and emotional abuse from their father, the court heard. During the trial, the court was told LN had been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder and was just one of 22 'system members' – or distinct personalities. 'We tell the truth' She gave evidence over 10 days and was sworn in under multiple personalities, including that of a five-year-old girl. On the stand, LN told the jury she had no memory of her life before the age of 18 when she 'solidified' her identity. Later, the jury watched as the entity of the little girl emerged on request from SN's barrister after LN put on some headphones and listened to music. She sucked on her pointer finger and clutched a stuffed bunny rabbit as she answered Garry Sundstrom's questions in a childlike manner. The court heard the five-year-old entity, who spoke in third person, told police she did not like 'the tickling game' her father allegedly played with her. '[I] say 'no daddy no',' she said. Speaking as LN, she said under cross-examination the system members 'do nothing but tell the truth, Garry'. 'And we will die saying what our father did – no matter if it's me or other system members – happened.' Judge Bourke sentenced SN to a non-parole period of 14 years, backdated from when he was taken into custody in December, meaning he would first be eligible for release in 2038. A domestic violence order was also set down to remain in place until 2047, two years after SN's head sentence would expire in 2045.
ABC News
5 days ago
- ABC News
Newcastle man jailed for sexual abuse that led daughter to develop multiple personalities
A Newcastle man, whose sexual abuse of his young daughters led to one developing dissociative identity disorder (DID), has been sentenced to 21 years in jail. In December, a Newcastle District Court jury found the man, who can only be named as SN, guilty of the child sexual abuse of his daughters, known to the court as LN and AB. During a five-week trial LN, who has been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID), was sworn in as separate identities, known as alters. She gave evidence as alters, including a woman in her 30s, a five-year-old child and a 13-year-old girl. She called her identities system members, created in response to severe, prolonged trauma. The jury accepted LN's DID diagnosis and found SN guilty of 23 charges involving child sexual abuse. SN will not be eligible for parole for 14 years.
