SA Has Second Highest Gun-Related Deaths Worldwide
A recent shooting incident in the USA has once again highlighted a glaring gun control problem in the country – but closer to home, South Africa faces problems of its own. A study conducted by American medical professionals using data from the World Health organisation and Cambridge University’s Small Arms Survey, found the top countries […]
Telkom To Undertake in Controversial ‘All White’ Restructuring Process
Race will be one of the factors considered by Telkom during its controversial restructuring process, the trade union Solidarity said on Monday (23 June). Telkom announced earlier this month that it plans to cut 4,400 jobs through voluntary severance packages or voluntary early retirement packages. It also confirmed that 3,400 employees will be transferred to […]
Pictures:South Africa’s top CEOs sleep on the streets of Joburg to raise funds
CEO’s from across SA spent a night on the Joburg streets as a part of the 702 Sun International CEO Sleepout challenge, which aimed to to raise money for Girls & Boys Town. Please follow and like us:
Unemployed man from SouthAfrica builds his own helicopter
All he wanted to do was fly in a helicopter. So an unemployed man at Siza informal settlement near Rustenburg decided to follow his dream and build his own helicopter. Now he is calling on aviation experts or experienced pilots to check if it would be safe for him to take his home-built helicopter on […]
Man caught having sex with a goat in South Africa
A case of bestiality has been opened after a man was caught having sex with a goat in Sharpeville, Gauteng police said on Saturday. At around 18:30 on Friday a shepherd caught the man when he heard the goat frantically bleating, spokesperson Major Mack Mngomezulu. “The man undressed himself and then caught the goat, strangled […]
Should Teachers Be Allowed to Spank children?
The practice of caning children has existed since time immemorial and this was a form of punishment aimed at bringing unruly children into either submission or obedience. I recently watched a young boy hurling insults at his mother on a video that has gone viral on the Internet, something I could never imagine happening when […]
Angola’s Luanda, the most expensive city for ‘expats’
For the third year in a row Luanda, the capital of Angola, has held its grip on the title of being the most expensive city in the world for privileged migrant workers commonly known as expats So Mercer, the reputed global research body, released its 2015 Cost of Living Rankings which names the most (and […]
A Letter from a White South African to White Americans
Dear friend, It has been an eerie thing for me these past few years: sort of a déjà vu experience to watch the news and read about Ferguson, Eric Garner, Baltimore riots, McKinney and, most recently, the horrific shooting in Charleston. I’ve been watching #blacklivesmatter trend on Twitter: grief and outrage and opinions from every […]
SA Hatched Plot to Allow Al-Bashir’s Escape
Omar al-Bashir President Jacob Zuma and four Cabinet ministers hatched a plot to ensure Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s safe travel out of South Africa, it was reported on Friday. Al-Bashir slipped out of the country moments before judges in the High Court in Pretoria ordered he be arrested. The Sudanese leader was in Johannesburg to […]
Al-Bashir’s SA Experience a Reminder of His ‘Pariah Status’
The attempt to arrest al-Bashir is the first time a court in an ICC member state has come to answering the question whether a sitting head of state can be detained and handed over to the ICC. Sudan President Omar al-Bashir’s decision to leave South Africa speedily to avoid arrest on an International Criminal Court […]
