"Insensitive' comments by Radio 5FM traffic reporter Sol Penduka and radio station breakfast-show manager Brendon Lombard lead to their suspension
after comments made on air on Thursday morning shortly after the news of the triple-murder on the Afrikaner family emerged.
Marli van Breda 16, the critically-injured Afrikaner teenager, may hold the key to the axe-murder triple-killing of the Van Breda family in Stellenbosch yesterday.
"Sol Phenduka was talking about the murders of the Van Breda family in Stellenbosch on the "Fresh or Vrot" segment on Thursday morning when he made offending comments.
The Van Breda family were attacked in their home in the De Zalze Golf Estate in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Marli van Breda's father Martin van Breda, 55, his wife Teresa, 54, and older brother Rudi, 22, were killed. Her other brother Henri, 20, survived.
Marli van Breda, 16, is currently in a critical condition.
"Sol - who included referring to her as 'gorgeous' that he would 'like to axe her out by that he wouldn't X her' -- referred to her survival as 'fresh' because she was the only person who can identify her killer," 5FM said in a statement.
His comments, which included him saying she was 'gorgeous' and that he would 'like to axe her out', but that he 'wouldn't X her', have been seen as insensitive, with social media accusing him of making jokes far too soon after such a tragic event."
5FM apologised to its listeners who were offended by Phenduka's comments saying it had decided to suspend him and the show's producer.
The station has also decided to pull the "Fresh or Vrot" feature from the morning show.
"5FM management considers this morning's Fresh and Vrot feature on Fresh@5 to be in utterly poor taste and would like to apologise unreservedly for these comments.
"The station has suspended two members of the team and has also decided to remove the Fresh and Vrot feature completely from the show, effective immediately," it said.
Phenduka took to social networking site Twitter to apologise for his comments.
"I would like to apologise to @5FM listeners who took offence in today "fresh & vrot ". The intention wasn't to offend," he wrote.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2015/01/29/5fm-dj-producer-suspended-over-marli-van-breda-comments
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Murdered 29 Jan: 3 of 5 members of AfrikanerVan Breda family, hacked to death on Stellenbosch estate. Had returned from Perth Australia
http://www.censorbugbear.org/farmitracker/reports/view/3126
Murdered: Martin van Breda 44, wife Theresa 54, son Rudi 22, injured daughter Marli 16, son Henri 20 Stellenbosch
Three members of a Perth family now living in South Africa have been found murdered in their home and a fourth, a teenage girl, is fighting for life.
Martin van Breda, 55, his wife Theresa, 54, and son Rudi, 22, were found dead at their home in the exclusive De Zalze Golf Estate in the Stellenbosch region of South Africa early this morning.
Daughter Marli, 16, was taken to hospital with severe injuries and son Henri, 20, was treated at the scene for injuries. It was reported that Henri had been taken away for questioning as a potential witness. Police spokesman Andre Traut said there had been no arrests.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/26129294/perth-family-slaughtered-in-south-africa/
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