Buffoon: Jacob Zuma with one of his four wives Jacob Zuma is a sex-obsessed bigot with four wives and 35 children. So why is Britain fawning over this vile buffoon? Spare a thought for the Buckingham Palace protocol officials tomorrow when His Excellency President Jacob Zuma arrives in London for his first state visit to these shores. For this incoming ‘One hundred per cent Zulu Boy’, as... 

Lucky escape: The actress was injured by flying glass Actress Victoria Smurfit has revealed she came within inches of death when a gunman opened fire on a taxi she was travelling in while holidaying in South Africa – the nation that will stage the World Cup in just six months. The glamorous actress, who has starred in ITV police drama Trial & Retribution and the BBC’s Ballykissangel, was injured... 

A neodymium magnet, commonly used in motors, loudspeakers and other appliances. Neodymium is a rare earth element. Neodymium is one of 17 metals crucial to green technology. There’s only one snag – China produces 97% of the world’s supply. And they’re not selling. Britain and other Western countries risk running out of supplies of certain highly sought-after rare metals that are vital to a... 

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... 

Although provincial police commissioner Mzwandile Petros often visits crime scenes, he was reluctant to attend the site where the body of three-year-old Viwe Mnembe was found at the weekend. Speaking at a police briefing yesterday, Petros, who took the opportunity to announce new appointees, said his reluctance to visit the bushes where the toddler’s body was found was fuelled by his incomprehension...