south africa incidents

I was saddened to read about the wildfire on Table Mountain. I hope that any posters that live there or thereabouts are safe. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56793317 I like Cape Town and I particularly like Table Mountain. Back in 2005 I was completely unprepared when I climbed it...

The dead, only slightly moving man, in the coffin, is brought back to life. To the delight of the stunned family and his preaching supporters. Is the resurrected person now considered a zombie? Discuss... https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=CKaIr_1551701369 Benny Hinn has nothing on this guy.

Is it wrong of me for laughing?

South African President, Jacob Zuma has finally resigned at the last minute. This comes after months of pressure. At the recent ANC elective conference, a new ANC president and working council was elected. This put Cyril Ramaphosa as the new ANC president. Since taking over the governing...

The story as far as I can reconstruct it is this. On the 13th of April, the South African Huffington Post ran a blog post entitled "Could It Be Time To Deny White Men The Franchise?" as an opinion piece. As might be guessed from the title the writer suggested that it might be a good idea. The...

Henri van Breda is the 20 year old survivor and chief suspect of a brutal family murder. Both his parents and his older brother were axed to death. His 16 year old sister is stable, but with serious injuries. The police investigation at this point is focused on Henri as the killer. Initial...

Caster Semenya is getting married to her girlfriend and has sent her parents to pay Lebola (esssentially a bride price). http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Athletics/South-Africa/Caster-pays-lobola-for-wife-20140512 I think its an interesting question to deal with when something like gay...

I am surprised there is no thread for this fascinating case. So, I'm starting one :) And I am also committing myself to a position of pro-innocence for Shrien Dewani. He married Anni Dewani on 29th October 2010 in Mumbai and arranged for her murder in Cape Town, SA, on 13th November (so it...

From why, just why files if true. Story.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/girl-13-the-latest-victim-of-rapes-to-fix-lesbians-20110508-1ee8q.html#ixzz1Lx4kzQrL No mention in the article on whether the treatment was successful or not...