South Africa's whites-only town, Orania, 'not racist'
Posted by: willsteven
Pretoria :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-20 04:37:22 -0700 | causes-news
WELCOME to Orania, South Africa: a whites-only enclave established in 1991 during the dying years of apartheid. The town in the sparsely populated Karoo district is inhabited only by Afrikaners. These descendants of Dutch-speaking migrants who arrived in South Africa...
America Contributing Money Towards Nations Supporting Al-Qaeda?
Posted by: Africadesk
Pretoria :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-18 17:55:56 -0700 | political-news
When former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was in South Africa in August last year, she was dancing, praising the ANC government and pledging close to 200 million dollars to SA. This is the same ANC that has been...
Second top oncologist quits KZN hospital
Source: News 24
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-18 01:47:52 -0700 | sports-news
A second top oncologist has quit in the wake of the KwaZulu-Natal health department's failure to keep two state-of-the-art radiotherapy machines operational at Durban's Addington Hospital, Sapa was told on Friday. Professor Amo Jordaan, who headed up the hospital's oncology...
For Discussion: Police Launch Murder Investigation After 23 Men Die From Undergoing Circumcision… ...
Source: Datzhott
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-17 23:32:00 -0700 | entertainment-news
Police Launch Murder Investigation After 23 Men Die From Undergoing Circumcision Should Ritual Circumcision Be Banned? Males Die In South Africa From Circumcision According to Raw Story South African police said Friday they had launched a series of murder inquiries...
LAURIE DANN RAMPAGE, 25 YEARS LATER
Source: Chicago-Sun Times
Glencoe :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-17 20:02:36 -0700 | political-news
Staff Reporter bschlikerman@suntimes.com May 17, 2013 9:22PM It has been 25 years since Laurie Dann, who grew up in Glencoe, went on a rampage that left one child dead and five other kids and a neighbor wounded. File Updated: May...
Smiley PBS milestone
Source: New York Post
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-17 19:51:12 -0700 | entertainment-news
May 17, 2013 Next Friday marks the 2,000th episode of Tavis Smiley on PBS and the show's host says there's still one guest who's eluded him in the past 10 years. Nelson Mandela is at the top of my list,...
Water untouched for a billion years found
Source: The Herald
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-17 18:47:59 -0700 | technology-news
Los Angeles Times Nearly 1.5 miles beneath Earth's surface, scientists have discovered pockets of water that have remained in isolation for more than a billion years. What you see in that picture above is probably some of the oldest water...
The Shining Girls is one of the best serial killer tales ever written
Source: io9
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-17 17:30:23 -0700 | technology-news
Lauren Beukes won critical acclaim for her first two novels, Zoo City and Moxieland , both of which were urban fantasies set in her native South Africa. Now she's set her imagination loose on a different continent, to explore the...
Does fixing a match or one aspect of it amount to cheating?
Source: The Hindu
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-17 16:17:20 -0700 | business-news
The Delhi police have once again found credible evidence that cheating in cricket a subject of surmise and suspicion for years is a reality. The best-known and least-acknowledged scandal in the subcontinent has seen its cover blown off for more...
The boy who never grew up
Source: The Hindu
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-17 16:17:02 -0700 | sports-news
Sreesanth, who was at the non-striker's end, got hit on the helmet by a ferocious straight drive from his captain. In the post-match press conference, Dhoni, frustrated as he was on having to constantly deal with the shenanigans of his...
15 Reasons Why I Like Crystal Cruise Line
Source: Forbes
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-17 16:16:43 -0700 | business-news
Crystal isn't cheapin 2014, the full cruise-only fare for this voyage will be $24,270 for two in the lowest level cabin. (Penthouse Deck cabins like the one I had are $59,280 for two.) However, the line offers Book Now discounts...
Why Taban is still angry
Source: Daily Nation
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-17 14:59:41 -0700 | allnews
Rating In Summary Taban is disillusioned that the soldiers who fought for his homeland's freedom have started pillaging the country's resources. He doubts that he will still be a celebrated author once he has given the leadership a piece of...
Why Taban is still angry
Source: Daily Nation
Cape Town :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-17 14:59:41 -0700 | allnews
Rating In Summary Taban is disillusioned that the soldiers who fought for his homeland's freedom have started pillaging the country's resources. He doubts that he will still be a celebrated author once he has given the leadership a piece of...
Over 20 South African boys die in circumcision rituals
Posted by: Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-19 00:25:25 -0700 | political-news
Innocent victims died in South Africa But who is responsible for this incident? In South Africa on Thursday that more than 20 boy died over the past week during the rituals related to puberty The authorities attributed the likely cause...
Law group backing pleases protector
Source: News 24
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-18 00:04:28 -0700 | sports-news
She is further encouraged by the society's commitment to partnering to promote a 'just and corrupt[ion]-free state' and ensuring that victims of administrative wrongs of the state get justice," her office said in a statement. "The public protector thanks all...
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