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Robert Mugabe absolutely hates Roy Bennett. Bennett is a wealthy white farmer who is extremely popular among black people who then voted him in as a member of parliament. Bennett is a strong character who once even punched one of Mugabe’s officials in the mouth in parliament some years ago, which earned him quite a long stint in jail. The black people absolutely love this white farmer and they... 

Durban photographer Snowy Smith is waging a one-man war with the city, using his growing armoury of by now 7,000 pictures proving that the city is no longer a pristine tourist mecca, but a filthy slum instead. A photographer in Durban, South Africa is waging a lone battle against the city’s claims that the Indian-ocean harbour city is a clean, well-run, safe tourist mecca. Oceanside resident... 

These photos were taken of a 77 year old female living in modern day SOUTH-AFRICA. She was brutally attacked by robbers who only stole 3 bottles of shampoo and a cellphone. This happened in November 2007 and not even the local media will print these images.  Read More »

The day before yesterday evening, a paraplegic prayed continuously and begged three armed robbers not to abduct his mother and little sister just after they shot his father dead before him. Mr. Henry Locke (39), an automotive electrician from the Elands game reserve near Cullinan, north-east of Pretoria was shot in the heart and collapsed in his living room where his paralyzed son Dawie (23) lay. 13... 

Bianca Warburton – Educational Psychology Intern (2009) Educational Psychology Intern (University of Witwatersrand). Assistant (sic) in the Ububele Umdlezane Parent Infant Project. A 24-year-old woman, believed to be an intern social worker, was shot dead in an attempted hijacking in Alexandra on Wednesday, Johannesburg police said. Blonde-haired Bianca Warburton had stopped her car at a stop street... 

The Republic of Congo has signed an agreement to lease 200,000 hectares of land to South African farmers. Congo’s agriculture minister said it would bring expertise to the country and reduce its dependence on imports. South African farmers’ union Agri SA, which signed the deal, said the ANC government’s land policy was forcing white farmers to seek land abroad. The ANC is seeking... 

“I CAN’T wait for my feet to heal properly so I can wear my first pair of shoes.” This was the excited response of one of the Mthembu twins, Bongiwe, as she and her sister Bongekile left Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital yesterday after successful operations. The twins were born with deformed feet and hands. Bongiwe and Bongekile, from Jozini, were admitted to the Durban hospital last week to have... 

The civil rights initiative, AfriForum, is consulting with Canadian and international human rights experts re the possibility to act as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the Canadian government’s proposed challenge of the decision of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board to grant asylum to Capetonian, Brandon Huntley. This follows in response to the Canadian government’s announcement... 

Pretoria – An occupational therapist and mother of two died on Wednesday after her throat was cut by attackers, who also stabbed her several times. They first attacked her daughter, Alicia O’Dell, 17, with a crowbar in a bedroom, presumably during an attempt to rob the house in Noordheuwel, Krugersdorp. They then killed her mother, Marinda O’Dell, 48. Police found one of the alleged... 

South Africa says elephant overpopulation is damaging the environment. South Africa plans on lifting its ban on the culling (government sanctioned slaughter) of their elephants, claiming they have too many. Biologist and elephant conservationist, Kristal Parks speaks about this and shows live video of a cull.  Read More »

G4S, the world’s biggest security firm, will not operate at next summer’s soccer World Cup in South Africa because of concerns over the tournament’s organisation, the group’s chief executive told Reuters. “We are not going to be involved because we don’t think the security is going to be that good — they are not that well organised yet,” Nick Buckles said in an interview. But Danny... 

Dumisani Rebombo had not been circumcised, did house chores considered girls’ work and was sick of being taunted for not being a man. So he took the only other course considered “manly” in his rural South African village: He raped a girl. He was 15, the victim younger. Twenty years later he searched for the woman to beg her forgiveness — a rarity in a nation where a culture... 

President Barack Obama has told African leaders it is time to stop blaming colonialism and “Western oppression” for the continent’s manifold problems. Ahead of a visit to Ghana at the weekend, he said: “Ultimately, I’m a big believer that Africans are responsible for Africa. “I think part of what’s hampered advancement in Africa is that for many years... 

Twelve-year-old Joseph Kasirye never made it to the village well after leaving his home in Kayugi in southern Uganda. As he walked to fetch water on Oct. 27 last year he was hit on the head with a hoe, allegedly by a man he knew — Umar Katerega, the local witch doctor. His head and genitals were then cut off and given to property tycoon Godfrey Kato Kajubi who, according to police, wanted to...