Thailand: South African Woman Found With Coccaine in Her Dreadlocks
Nolubabalo Nobanda did not fit the police’s profile of a drug mule. She matriculated from one of South Africa’s top girl’s schools before heading to Wits University.
South Africa: Four Children Die in Desperate Search for Food
Ntando Makhubu – Four South African children starved to death after walking for 18km in search of food. South Africa is Africa’s richest country, and yet has some of the poorest people on the continent.
Uranium Deals: India Wants Bite of South Africa’s Yellow Cake
India hopes it can import uranium from South Africa by impressing upon Pretoria to favourably change its regime towards New Delhi, notwithstanding the implications of what is called the Treaty of Pelindaba.
Jacob Zuma’s Malema Problem – What it Means for the 2012 Elective Conference at Mangaung
AS firebrand ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema awaits his fate, we look at whether his rise through the ranks – thanks to chaotic populism – and the seeming popularity of his inflammatory rhetoric among South Africa’s unemployed is an indication of bigger things to come.
Is Africa ready for nuclear energy?
Southern Africa is facing energy shortages as climatic changes intermittently turn off the switch on hydroelectric power generation and oil prices remain exorbitantly high.
Report Warns Against Repeat of Baby Deaths in South African Hospitals Due to Crowding
An investigation into the deaths of six babies at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic hospital last year warned that there was a very real danger of this tragedy repeating itself.
Life and Death Choices as South Africans Ration Dialysis Care
By Sheri Fink, Special to ProPublica Dec. 15, 2010, 3:18 p.m. Late last August, 41-year-old Amos Phillips arrived by ambulance at Tygerberg Academic Hospital near Cape Town, South Africa. His kidneys had failed. He was confused, struggling to breathe, and desperate enough to ask doctors to end his life. The same month, a 43-year-old widow [...]
With Tales of Glue Addictions, Stabbings, The Homeless Live One Day at a Time in Jo’burg
Joseph learned to read the Bible at home, and possibly during stints in jail. He regularly sniffs glue. He also likes to clown around with passers-by, which sometimes gets him in trouble. After a woman thought he was attacking her, security guards beat him, leaving him bleeding.
Pretoria Magistrate Shuffles Porn Clips On Office Machine
How much pornography should a magistrate watch on his office computer before going to court and presiding over a case of sexual assault, child porn or rape? Well, one South African magistrate,will not respond to that question because he sits in the Commercial Crimes Court in the capital Pretoria, but should magistrates watch porn at all?
Jacob’s Ladder : A Profile of Jacob Zuma
JACOB ZUMA is a former goatherd, a master of traditional Zulu stick-fighting, a resistance hero, a one-time spymaster, a graceful dancer, and the father of some 20 children. He has been tried for rape and indicted for corruption, racketeering, and fraud. He has been called the next Mandela and the next Mugabe, a black jesus and a crass rube. By the time you read this, he will almost certainly be the new president of South Africa. Here is the story of his sometimes troubling rise—and what it portends for the future of his country.
How Julius Malema and the ANCYL Can Help Build a Progressive, Democratic South Africa
Bibi Nehanda: Many South African politicians have looted and plundered at the expense of the poor masses not only in the current administration but in the previous one as well and someone needs to take a stand so as to make sure that conniving public officials are brought to justice.
Protesters Turn to Graphic Posters in Johannesburg As Pay Woes Drag On
Tired of worded placards in their long-running protests for pay hikes, protesters in Johannesburg, South Africa, have turned to eye-catching graphic placards in bid to draw media attention to their rather simple message, “no work, no pay.” Pictures by Tawanda Mudimu.