South Africa
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Known by different names around the globe, Elon Musk is considered an enigma, one that has the power to change world markets with a single tweet–but that’s not everything you should know about him. Image shows Musk alongside Talulah Riley in 2009. Credit: AP He keeps himself busy on projects ranging from electric cars to…
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In a major step forward for gender equality and gender action in international air transport, ICAO and South Africa’s Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) were joined by over 500 leaders and experts from around the world in Cape Town for the opening of the first-ever Global Aviation Gender Summit. Representing Member States and the entire range…
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At least three suspected poachers who were apparently hunting for rhinos have been mauled to death and eaten by lions on a game reserve in South Africa, the owner said on Thursday. The men entered the Sibuya Game Reserve on the southeast coast armed with a high-powered rifle and an axe in the early hours…
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A woman was sent off a Kulula flight for using the K-word against a pilot on Friday. An unnamed person overheard her use of racial slurs few minutes before take-off, and the airliner took decisive actions in an effort to free South Africa from racism, sexism, and intolerance. The incident occurred at O. R. Tambo.…
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The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has described the killing of Clement Nwaogu, another Nigerian in Rustenburg, South Africa as unfortunate. Daily Post reports that Nwaogu’s death came less than 10 days after another 30-year-old Nigerian, ThankGod Okoro, was murdered. Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement in…
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The words of former South African president Jacob Zuma when he addressed a sea of supporters on Friday in Durban was a heartfelt wish, a very painful one as it was, in light of the alleged political conspiracy against him. “One day they will wish the case never continued,” he said, according to a report…
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Katie Hopkins, the popular English media personality and columnist who had stints with The Sun and later Daily Mail, was arrested in South Africa and banned from leaving the country on charges of spreading racial hatred. The England-born celebrity had her passport confiscated, according to a video she posted on Twitter after the troubles she caused. Image: Katie Hopkins “I…
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South African president Jacob Zuma was drilled at a parliamentary session on Thursday and one of his remarkable shortcomings was a decision to avoid giving answers to a question about how much he has invested as legal fees since charges of fraud, corruption and racketeering were dropped. Opposition party members from the Democratic Alliance (DA)…
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In what appears to be a case of “everyday for the thief and one day for the owner,” a South African big-game hunter was killed last Monday in far away Zimbabwe. Image shows the big-game hunter Theunis Botha (Right) and his partner. According to AFP, the trophy hunter suffered a painful death but was “lucky” to…
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Karabo Mokoena was murdered in cold blood by her South African boyfriend barely two days ago, but the recent killing of another two pretty girls by an unidentified butcher, rapist and kidnapper, has sparked a huge wave of panic and anger around the country. The remains of two friends, Popi Qwabe (24) and Bongeka Phingula…
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A church pastor in South Africa has sent five of his members to an early grave while eight others are in critical condition after drinking an ‘anointed rat poison.’ He offered them a bottle of water laced with noxious Rattex, saying it has the potency to ‘nourish their bodies’ and ‘heal their sickness.’ The church pastor…
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A South African man has committed suicide after catching his wife cheating on their matrimonial bed. Image shows Shumba Tapiwa. According to local media reports, the disappointed husband named Tapiwa Shumba is from Matambe, a location in Mwenezi. The deceased had traveled to another city for work, and was scheduled to return the next day but plans changed.…
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Two Chinese nationals have received jail sentences from a Cape Town court, after they were convicted of smuggling abalone and growing dagga. Image shows a typical abalone harvested in the sea or on rocks. The judgement was issued at Khayelitsha Priority Crimes Court on Friday. According to the statement from Western Cape police: “Han Ran, 31,…
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South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to six years in jail on Wednesday for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his home three years ago. Image: Oscar Pistorius in court. High Court judge Thokozile Masipa listed several mitigating factors for sentencing him to less than half the minimum 15-year term for murder, including the…
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South African President Jacob Zuma should reimburse the state for $507,000 in a scandal over upgrades to his private home, according to a report by the national treasury released Monday. Image: South African Presidenf, Jacob Zuma. The money amounts to a “reasonable percentage” of costs for improvements to Zuma’s Nkandla home that were unrelated to…
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Jay-Z surely have 99 problems and now South African UK-based comedian has become one. Thenjiwe Moseley shared a hilarious online video in which she claims to be Beyonce’s mother. She said Queen Bey is her biological daughter. Thenjiwe went on urging the famous singer to make haste and return home to KwaMashu in Durban, South…
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