An alarming number of people continue to be arrested for drug trafficking in South Africa, despite the recent severe Chinese sanction, where a South African woman was executed for her alleged role as a drug mule in Beijing. The South African Police Service (SAPS) on Thursday revealed that in 2011 in Cape Town International Airport [...]
Independent weather soothsayers will allegedly be given a jail sentence under a new law amendment to be passed in the Republic of South Africa. This was revealed by Gareth Morgan, spokesperson for the Democratic Alliance (DA) environmental faculty. He claims that the current government wishes to amend the South African Weather Service Law in an [...]
It is an acceptable joke that people are dying to get into cemeteries, but it is no joke that just recently the late entry into a local university led to a stampede of students and caused the death of a person. Police are still investigating the cause that led to a stampede ate the University [...]
An increasing number of beaches along the South African coastline are claimed to be unsafe – from uncontrolled dogs. South African law enforcement and special services on Thursday warned that they will take stricter measures against dog owners walking their canines on the nation’s so-called ‘blue flag’ beaches. Cape Town Assistant Police Chief Neil Arendse [...]
Hungary refused to recall its Ambassador to Iran following a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers on Thursday, news-wire MTI reported, saying it would cripple normal day-to-day operations due to its limited staff. Despite this the Hungarian Government joins is European allies in utterly condemning the attack on the Iranian British Embassy, Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos [...]
A priest, his wife and two accomplices were due to stand trial on Monday (June 13, 2011) at a court in South Africa, sources told Budapest Report. The priest and his accomplices have allegedly been charged with kidnapping, murdering and mutilating the body of a little girl for so-called “muti” harvesting purposes. The child’s remains [...]
The Republic of South Africa on Sunday (June 12, 2011) announced the establishment of a brand new, African continental Free Trade Area (FTA). The country’s 69-year-old Zulu president Jacob Zuma told reporters that the new trading bloc would be the biggest ever from Cape-to-Cairo (a term first coined by British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes in [...]
The rich have grown richer and the poorer are even more poor, according to an independent survey carried out by South African street vendors to review one year after the 2010 South African Football World Cup, to which FIFA had all rights of sales and merchandise. Mpho Tshabalala, a street Vendor in Johannesburg Central Business District (CBD) says he had had high hopes of making some real money and help secure a prosperous a future for his family, via the football spectacle.
Through a translator the 55-year-old Tswana man said, “I have helped my three kids through high school and now they all want to go to college, but I can’t afford it. Local council members promised that we will be able to make some real money during the football spectacle, but then withdrew their promises saying that FIFA has all the rights to sales in the vicinity of the stadiums and other football related merchandise.”
The Austrian Government this week confirmed its decision to deny Turkey any entry into the European Union membership, based on a recent interview with the Austrian Foreign Ministry in Vienna. Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Michael Spindelegger (see picture) said, “We consider a possible special partnership (with Turkey) and by no means do we support [...]
While the black government of South Africa is looking for a single insignia to unite all sports under one umbrella it is in fact causing a greater divide in the population, where Rugby players and supporters are allegedly boycotting the purchases of the overpriced (recomended retail price of ZAR 600!! -when the minimum monthly wage [...]
The Republic of South Africa mourns the passing away of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu, better known as Mama Sisulu – and dubbed ‘the mother of the nation.’ One anti-Apartheid struggle veteran referred to her as, “Mama Sisuslu was globally just as widely respected as Nelson Mandela.” The widow of the fellow struggle fighter Walter Max Ulyate [...]
Some big things come in small packages, but the news that the Republic of South Africa’s Competition Office (aka Tribunal) approving the “merger” (actually a 51% acquisition) between America’s Walmart and Massmart Holdings comes in one of the biggest packages the southern African country has ever seen. Much to the dissatisfaction of the American investors, [...]
Charles Zentai, a Hungarian-born Australian who was set to appear at a court hearing to appeal against extradition to Hungary for alleged war crimes lost his ability to speak due to a stroke suffered on Friday, according to the Australian Associated Press. Zentai’s son Ernies Steiner said a successful extradition procedure would kill his father. [...]
Unofficial sources claim that the newly wed Prince William and his wife kate Middleton had allegedly aborted plans for a honeymoon trip to Kenya due to being tipped off by US secret services that the Pentagon was planning to raid and liquidate US public enemy number one – Osama bin Laden. During the televised wedding [...]
Wanted dead or alive… Osama Bin Laden has reportedly been killed by American special SEAL forces in Pakistan, in the early hours of Monday (May 1, 2011). His body was said to have been buried in an undisclosed location at sea in a quick-step funeral – allegedly with an Islamic funeral, so as to avoid [...]
The Goulash Nation was recently shocked by weekly Heti Valasz after the paper revealed that the wife of Muammar Gaddafi has Hungarian roots – a secret that has been closely guarded by the blood-drenched Libyan dictator. The paper said Safia Farkash (nee Zsofia Farkas) could even apply for naturalization under the new expedited citizenship law, [...]
Perhaps Friday 11 will replace Friday 13 as being the unluckiest day in Japan after a Historic Tsunami caused havoc in the Pacific, following an 8.9 magnitude earthquake some 150 km North-east of Japan. The entire world is sending their messages of support and sympathies following the terrible reminder of what nature can do. Some [...]
The South African government has reportedly banned everything concerning out-going Libyan tyrant Maummar Gaddafi. Ironically the dictator was just recently accused by the South African government for violating human rights, ironically because he was allegedly the leading ally of the African National Congress (ANC – currently the leading party in South Africa) during the human [...]
After 30 years of the military dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak, the Arab Republic of Egypt is experiencing a power vacuum after the abrupt resignation of its president on Friday night (Feb 11, 2011). Only a 24 hours earlier Mubarak vowed he would never resign, but world politics have allegedly convinced him to change his mind, [...]
According to government sources undisclosed by origo.hu, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s trip to Egypt just days before the uprising was “hurried” by EU foreign policy leaders, although none foresaw the coming domestic crisis. The sources, close to the Hungarian Government and the Foreign Ministry, said Brussels has not criticized Orban due to the timing [...]
The majority of Poles have welcomed their recently sworn-in Black African MP John Godson, an independent survey revealed. More than 1,000 Polish commuters were allegedly asked about their views of Godson’s appointment. Some 70% said they believe he was “God-sent”, as Poland needs a modern age diverse Parliament, leaning away from the “old-school-ism.” Only 5% [...]
The minister of police, national commissioner and divisional commissioner of crime intelligence of the Republic of South Africa have reportedly convinced the nation’s high court late Friday (29 Oct 2010) to stop the Sunday Independent newspaper from publishing information about dodgy appointments within the crime intelligence division, the periodical announced in a statement late Saturday [...]
The European Commission has allegedly taken decisive action against one of its biggest members for the expulsion and deportation of allegedly at least 1,000 Eastern European gypsies (generally also referred to as Roma). The EC in Brussels has reportedly launched infringement hearings against France for allegedly violating EU laws (including the anti-discrimination act and the [...]
The Republic of South Africa was represented by President Jacob Zuma, during the SA-EU Summit in Brussels on Sept 28, 2010. The summit reportedly met for the first time under the auspices of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty. South Africa and the EU signed an agreement called the Primary Education Sector Policy Support Program, allegedly the [...]
The world’s biggest retailer is reportedly says it is not convinced about the latest threat from trade unions during its acquisition attempt in the Republic of South Africa. Wal-Mart Stores Inc is said to have offered some ZAR 30-bil (about USD 4.5-bil) for South Africa’s wholesaler group Massmart Holdings Ltd, which is registered on the [...]
At least 11 people have been arrested on charges of illegal rhino hunting in South Africa, police in Pretoria confirmed to Budapest Report. They added that most of the alleged rhino-poaching syndicate members have been released on bail and will have to appear in court in April 2011. Ironically rhino poaching has become the number [...]
South African Communist Party (SACP) General Secretary Blade Nzimande claims that the planned new Media Appeals Tribunal is not aimed at curbing media freedom. He told a meeting of the Cape Town Press Club that the African National Congress (ANC) would not tell journalists how and what to write. “All we want is a fair, [...]
Former South African President Thabo Bheki, has said that African leaders who hang on to power are often the cause of wars on the continent. He said that although the continent has the means to rid itself of such tyrants, the African Union lacks the money to implement these actions. Bheki did not directly point [...]
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) expected thousands of people to take to the streets worldwide next week in support of the first ever Rhino Day. September is Rhino Month and the public are asked to use the WWF’s website to donate cash and combat poaching. Funds raised will be used to buy equipment for rangers [...]
The Majority of Britons are not so pleased with the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. After his airplane dubbed “Prayer Force 1” landed in Scotland, the pontiff received a relatively cold reception from the population who are allegedly frustrated by the role of the Catholic church and the ongoing scandals of child sexual abuse. The [...]
After Florida and France, South Africa is expecting to open the world’s third Disney theme park in its North-eastern province of Mpumalanga, officials of the National Tourism Agency said. The planned Disney World investment is expected to cost a whopping ZAR 25 billion. Experts claim that South Africa was on the top of Disney’s wish [...]
One of the biggest causes of human deaths in Southern Africa is cause by attacks from hippopotamus, experts said. But this time the hippo was at the other end of the stick, when it was allegedly killed by an oncoming train near Beira in Mozambique. Witnesses claim that the line had not been used for [...]
The corrupt police service of South Africa’s most crime infested Gauteng Province (also dubbed Gangster’s Paradise) has received a new police commissioner, who vows to be more stringent with even the smallest crimes. Police Commissioner Mzwandile Petros said at an anti-crime summit (packed with delegates from community policing forums, NGOs and members of public) that [...]
The United Nations atomic watchdog claims that Iran has once again rejected the request for inspection by international nuclear experts, under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The Islamic state denied accusations. The UN reportedly claims it is concerned that Iran is fast working on developing its own nuclear arsenal. However officials [...]
Police in Kenya have reportedly arrested operators of a morgue and cemetery for their involvement in the illegal trade of male genitalia, allegedly sold for witchcraft purposes. The police said that they received an anonymous tip-off (please excuse the pun – editor) and after investigating the issue confiscated the offending items (reportedly snatched from the [...]
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has announced they have finally paid the full amount to all police officers who worked overtime during the June-July soccer spectacle. Reportedly some 44,000 officers were deployed to work overtime during the tournament, but were not paid by SAPS for these services until just recently. It was not mentioned [...]
The Khoisan population of the Republic of South Africa (RSA) are demanding their own homeland with their own government and military, representatives told Budapest Report Wednesday. They added that the Khoisan people have already established their own defense force, despite the fact that RSA does not recognise their autonomy as yet. The indigenous San people [...]
LISBON, Sep 4, 2010 A trial that dragged on for six years amidst public outrage ended Friday in Portugal with the unexpected sentencing of prominent personalities, found guilty in a child sex abuse scandal that shook the nation. The sex ring scandal involving the Casa Pía state-run children’s home in Lisbon broke in late 2002, [...]
The taxi driver of a mini-bus taxi has appeared in a South African court where he faces charges of culpable homocide. The driver a week ago crossed the solid line of a railway crossing, skipping the security booms at a level crossing, before his mini-bus was hit by an oncoming train. Reports said that 10 [...]
BUDAPEST – Six were killed and 13 injured in a Bratislava (formerly Hungarian Pozsony -ed) in a street shooting on Monday morning, according to Bratislava Ambulance officials, InfoRadio reported. The attacker, a 15-year-old drug addict according to locals, committed suicide. The victims, including a 3-year-old boy, have been taken to Bratislava Hospital, ambulance spokesperson Dominika [...]
South African white nonagenarian Anna de Jager, the 92-year-old Orange Free State great-grandmother, will be awarded her doctorate degree within weeks. This wouldn’t be such a news item if it weren’t for the fact that she started her studies some 40 years earlier. She claims that she had tried to complete her studies several times [...]
Women have been heavily neglected in the Republic of South Africa, especially black public servants, like nurses, teachers and essential service workers. Some 1.3 million protesters, mostly underpaid and overworked women public workers, downed tools to march on the parliament of South Africa on Tuesday (Aug 11, 2010) demanding higher salaries and housing benefits. Hundreds [...]
Some things just never cease to be in news headlines. One such item is the ongoing saga surrounding the alleged rape cases of film director Roman Polanski, who this time media headlines say went too far again. It is alleged that in 1974 Polanski and Jack Nicholson had befriended a former model called Edith Vogelhut [...]
The Pentagon recently reportedly admitted that an increasing number of American soldiers were committing suicide. Authorities suggested that perhaps more soldiers die of suicides and self-destructive behavior than in combat, these days. A 300 page US Army report, considered to be just the tip of the ice-berg, reveals that in one month more American soldiers [...]
Dr. Mamphela Ramphele is reportedly the first South African managing director of the World Bank. She allegedly made a name for herself after obtaining a medical degree in 1972 during the height of Apartheid, when she was also an anti-Apartheid activist and has been voted one of the top 100 Great South African, receiving the [...]
America is no longer the land of the free, it is the land of the free-to-do-as-you-like, according to legal experts who are defending three law abiding citizens in Florida. His clients are being sued by a convicted inmate Michael Dupree for some USD 500,000 in compensation for alleged disabilities and traumas he suffered after wanting [...]
In a global economy knowledge is the new international currency that businesses can’t afford to miss out on, according to experts at Discovery Invest, an authorized life investment services company, which has invited Rudy Giuliani, the charismatic leader and former Mayor of New York City as one of its key-note speakers at its leadership summit. [...]
South African Police have arrested three suspects in connection to the recent brutal murder of an entire family, involving a 28-year-old mother and her two daughters (8 months and 3 years old). The business woman was already a widow as her husband had allegedly been murdered some months earlier. Police believe that the motive could [...]
On August 6, 2010, the United States Customs and Border Protection agency announced the implementation of a $14 fee beginning September 8 for applications made through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). This fee is based upon the costs incurred for administering the system and as established by the Travel Promotion Act of 2009. [...]
Some kids have lots f trouble getting up and catching the bus to school. That’s why their parents may be glad to hear that an Indianapolis speed-freak in the United States has developed a super-fast school bus with a top speed of almost 590 kph. He had to reinforce the entire framework, undercarriage and the [...]
Sounds just like the conditions in Hungary today. The Slovakian Government is reportedly dumping 20,000 public servants this year. That’s about 9% of the total 230,000 pen-pushers working for the central budget. It seems that the new Slovak Government is following the sober decision of the new center-right Hungarian Government, which reduced its ministries to [...]
Social networking sites like Facebook reportedly cause the British economy an annual GBP 14-billion loss. Allegedly at least 17 million (50% of all) of the United Kingdom’s some 34 million registered employees have admitted to being addicted to the social networking platforms. The majority of them do their chat, shopping, match-making, and businesses via these [...]
The Polish Parliament has inaugurated Bronislav Komorowski as Poland’s new president in Warsaw on Friday (August 6, 2010). His predecessor Lech Kaczynski passed away in a dodgy but tragic aircraft accident (with his wife and official government delegation) en route to a Polish commemorative event in Russia earlier this year. The early presidential election saw [...]
Unconfirmed sources say that the Republic of South Africa is to construct new state-of-the-art nuclear power stations (similar to that of its 1,800 MW Koeberg plant – pictured), based on, and involving, Russian and Chinese expertise and technologies. This is perhaps one of the reasons South African president Jacob Zuma and his 11 ministers, accompanies [...]
The capital city of the Russian Federation is covered in thick smog, based on reports from Moscow. The problem is reportedly causing several businesses and schools to close down due to health risks. Moscow has a population of some 10 million people, about the same as the entire population of Hungary. A thick blanket of [...]
The Dutch Government has announced that its NATO troops have started their withdrawal from Southern Afghanistan. This makes Holland the first NATO country to pull out of the mission there after spending an alleged USD 1.8 million of Dutch tax-payers money, wasting four years and at least 24 soldiers’ lives. Nevertheless this did not stop [...]
The worst Monsoon floods in the history of Pakistan have left some 3 million people homeless and almost 2,000 dead, UN reports said. The government has announced a state of emergency and appealed for international aid. The death toll will most probably increase as the rains continue. The military-wrecked North-western Swat Valley is said to [...]
World military powers have reportedly welcomed the enforcement of the ban on cluster bombs as of Sunday (Aug 1, 2010). The Convention on Cluster Munitions (adopted in 2008 and signed by 37 nations) prohibits the production, storage and use of such inhumane weaponry after it had allegedly resulted in decades of killing and maiming millions [...]
United States space agency NASA is carrying out more space walks than originally intended in the hopes of repairing a major cooling system of the joint Russian American international space station, technically referred to as the ISS. Reportedly the walks on the wild side are necessary because a pump in the system has allegedly failed [...]
Russia’s worst drought and heat waves (exceeding 40C) since 1975 have forced grain prices to soar on the international commodity exchanges worldwide. Wheat prices have reportedly reached a two-year high following the dramatic developments in Russia, which is responsible for about 25% of exports to the world. Grain prices in August have allegedly soared 50% [...]
Former Interpol head and National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, Jacob (Jackie) Sello Selebi (60,) has been sentenced to 15 years prison for charges of corruption on Tuesday (Aug 3, 2010). Presiding Judge Meyer Joffe called Selebi a “ stranger to truth, ” an “ unreliable witness ” and an “ embarrassment to [...]
International watchdogs fear the illicit trade of illegal blood diamonds from Zimbabwe will continue without international intervention, while thousands of villagers and illegal miners are being abuse, exploited and murdered. Every day between 100 and 1,000 smugglers do errands for alleged Zimbabwean military officers when they smuggle diamonds into Mozambique, where they are reportedly sold [...]
The Iraqi war was never supposed to come about according to most Americans, citing that it was merely a profit orientated, money-guzzling political stunt. Finally President Barack Obama has announced that a decision will be made to withdraw US military troops from Iraq. Initially America had attacked Iraq and arrested dictator Saddam Hussein for possessing [...]
The Lipizaner stud farm and Spanish riding school at Kyalami, in the Republic of South Africa this year celebrates the 60th anniversary, experts said. The breed is the oldest man-bred horse in the world, dating back to the Carthaginian empire. It is believed that Hannibal rode on a Lipizzaner. However the breed as we know [...]
Police in Zimbabwe have reportedly received an increasing number of reports that dogs have gone missing in various neighborhoods in and around the capital city Harare. It is believed that the increasing number of Chinese immigrants are buying up young dogs for their traditional cuisine. At the same time high demand has increased the black [...]
Red Sea ports of Eilat and Aqaba (in the border region of Israel and Jordan) were struck by short range military rocket missiles on Monday (Aug 2, 2010), allegedly fired from Egyptian territory, reports claim. Preliminary reports said that there were several casualties and deaths among civilians from both countries. Israe4li and Jordan police launched [...]
After a three day trial a South African judge at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court has promptly sentenced four white male ex-university students (RC Malherbe, Danie Grobler, Johnny Roberts and Schalk van der Merwe- known as the ” Reitz-4 “, pictured) to a suspended 12 months jail sentence and the equivalent of about USD 3,000 for [...]
Nazi Germany war crime hunting organization, the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s third most wanted war criminal has finally been arrested after more than 60 years after committing his crimes. Samuel Kunz (88) – pictured – was arrested for allegedly participating in the murder of some of 430,000 Jews at the Belzec Nazi death camp in Poland [...]
Police in Northern France have reportedly charged Dominique Cottrez (46) with the murder of 8 newborn infants. Police were alerted by a person who found the dead corpses of two infants in plastic bags while digging in his garden. It turns out that the property formerly belonged to Cottrez’s late parents. Cottrez, a nurse, confessed [...]
South Africa’s Stellenbosch University has developed a revolutionary idea that it wishes to now commercially market. Researchers have discovered how various non-fiber carbon placed into a simple tea filter bag (pictured) that fits into the palm of a hand is capable of purifying 1 liter of heavily polluted water, so that it can instantly be [...]
American tax-payers are freaked out after they heard that the US Defense Ministry claims that they have been ‘robbed’ of USD 8.65-bil for which the Pentagon can’t give account for. Tax-payers said that they believe the Pentagon had reportedly laundered their money via shady deals during the reconstruction of Iraq, even promising countries like Hungary [...]
British Petroleum Plc (BP), once Britain’s biggest profit-maker, was forced to announce its biggest profit loss ever in the company’s recent quarterly report. In a mere three months the company went GBP 11-bil into the red on reported revenues of GBP 21-bil. The good news is that the company’s big-shot Tony Haywood has parachuted to [...]
US senators have allegedly demanded Britain’s biggest company, British petroleum (BP) to hand over documents concerning their role in persuading the British government to the release infamous Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Alegrahi (spelling may vary, as he is also known as al-Megrahi). They reportedly believe BP wanted to get favorable options for exploration and production [...]
South Africa has the highest unemployment rate on the continent and experts say that nothing is expected to change before the end of the year in this regard. Reports said that some 25.3% of the working population are unemployed. Of the 49 million people living in the rainbow nation, only 12.7 million have jobs. Economists [...]
Thousands of South African school children allegedly stayed at home after parents heard the early morning news that 18 month old Panjo, the tiger had escaped from its owner’s one-tone pick up truck (commonly referred to as a bakkie, by the locals) while it was being taken to the local veterinarian for its annual shots. [...]
The South African Education Ministry has agreed to permit worm-eating among school children in certain parts of the country, especially the Vhembe region of its Limpopo province. Schools in the impoverished regions of Limpopo have asked for special permission to be allowed to feed their pupils the traditional food called Mashonza (the Mopane worm, Latin [...]
Government investigators have proclaimed that there are no persons responsible for the six deaths of new-born babies in a hospital in South Africa. However heath professionals are demanding an explanation as to why and how the infants were allowed to die under alleged sterile-clean hospitals. Initially hospital staff complained that there was a lack of [...]
South African radio reports show that merely less than 4% of all women’s rape cases saw perpetrators being convicted. This disturbing factor has raised eyebrows amid international women organisations, who have pledged to take immediate action and lobby for more stringent laws and regulations to be introduced, to not allow perpetrators to be acquitted. Reports [...]
South African professional golfer, Louis Oosthuizen (27), has dedicated his win of the classic British Open on Sunday (July 18, 2010) to the world’s best known icon, Nelson Mandela. He stunned everyone at St. Andrews, considered the home of golf, winning by seven shots. It was his first major here and the last person to [...]
Namibia is to murder some 80,000 Cape fur seals this year to “reduce” the seal population because they are allegedly “eating” too much fish. I’ve never seen seals eating out at McDonald’s, but perhaps the Namibian government doesn’t know seals eat only what fish they need, the rest they just simply leave in the ocean. [...]
The Polish election office said Monday (July 5, 2010) that based on the counted votes the next president of the Polish Republic will be Bronislaw Komorowski (pictured). He is a center-right candidate of the Civic Platform party, which won 53.01% of all legible votes (a political scenario similar to Hungary where the centre-right government is [...]
Rhodesian-born celebrity and international swimmer Charlene Lynette Wittstock (32) has agreed to marry the frog crown prince of the mini state of Monaco. The lucky guy is Crown Prince Albert II (52) of Monaco and the pair have officially announced their engagement on Wednesday (June 23, 2010). The couple say they have been seriously dating [...]
French President Nicholas Sarkozy (of Hungarian descent) has expressed his fury over the imcompetence of his national team, slagging French squad coach Raymond Domenech for his unorthodox conduct and slacking to be a deserving ambassador to France when he declined to shake hands with South African coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, after the host nation of [...]
The driver of the car that killed little Zenani Mandela (the 13-yeqr-old great-granddaughter of South African political icon Nelson Mandela) has allegedly been arrested and charged with drunken driving and manslaughter, police revealed on Friday (June 11, 2010). Nelson Mandela cancelled his attendance to the opening game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup between the [...]
South African icon Nelson Mandela is mourning the death of his 13-year-old great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela, just two days after her birthday. Her death is shadowed as football world cup fever takes off in Africa prior to the opening match between the host nation South Africa and Mexico, at Soccer City, in Johannesburg. The great-granddaughter passed [...]
The Polish administration has allegedly accused Russian police of having ‘looted’ the Moscow: Poland has accused three Russian police of looting the Polish presidential plane following its tragic air crash in Russia in April (please see earlier www.budapestreport.com article about deceased Polish president). However Russian officials have denied any police wrongdoing. Those who died in [...]
International children’s protection agencies have expressed their fury after South Africa’s alleged corruptible judicial system reportedly allowed an incurable pedophile wrestling coach to go scot-free despite the fact that he had pleaded guilty to possessing a major collection of hard core child pornography. Former president and wrestling coach of Pretoria University (TUKS) Andries van Heerden [...]
The final 23-member squad to represent the Republic of South Africa has been named Tuesday morning (June 1, 2010). Five of the short-listed initial 28-member ‘Bafana Bafana’ (common name for the host nation’s national squad) team were left out of the final line-up to represent their country in the 2010 South African Football World Cup, [...]
Professor John Robertson, lead cancer researcher of the UK-based University of Nottingham, has revealed that it is possible to take blood tests for monitoring early detection of cancer in humans. He claims that patients may view the threat of cancer detection months or years in advance before actually being diagnosed with cancer. He said that [...]
Aldicarb is a potent poison generally available under supervision for agricultural pest-control purposes. To have any unlicensed quantities is officially illegal, but that doesn’t scare criminals who can acquire the poison which readily available from illegal dealers at taxi-ranks, muti-shops. Aggressive and violent crime syndicates are using the poison to kill family dogs (see picture [...]
The South African Police Services (SAPS) has confirmed international reports that die-hard English football hooligans have been apprehended prior to the 2010 World Cup in the host nation – The Republic of South Africa. “South African police have stopped renowned English football hooligans from sneaking into the country prior to the World Cup,” Nathi Mthethwa, [...]
The Israeli Defense Force has eliminated at least 10 alleged peace keepers in a surprise attack on an embargoed sea convoy called the Gaza Aid Flotilla. The convoy went on to attempt entering into ‘blockaded’ waters despite earlier diplomatic and military Israeli warnings, believing that aid shipments had included military equipment for the alleged terrorist [...]
The German national squad has been told that it cannot stay in its planned hotel complex in Pretoria as the owner had illegally built the complex, and does not hold certain licenses required to operate the establishment. The German government has demanded a formal explanation by the host nation, while FIFA is Pilatus, washing its [...]
The US Government has fired Elizabeth Birnbaum, Director of Mining Management Services, with immediate effect, according to reports. The announcement was made by US Interior Secretary in Congress. Her dismissal was directly related to the worst ever oil spill off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico. It was alleged that [...]
It’s just over a fortnight before the most beautiful game kicks off in the Republic of South Africa, on June 11, 2010. Organizers say that the whole world’s media is now behind South Africa, despite the fact that the majority had been skeptical, saying that the Rainbow Nation wouldn’t be ready in time. Reports said [...]
British citizens evading tax payments to the national revenue office, shouldn’t feel bad about it, economist in London say, as Duchess of York Sarah “Fergie” Furgerson’s ex-hubby, the Duke of York, Prince Andrew is happily squandering tax-payers’ money without their knowing about it. Economist in London said Monday (May 24, 2010) they don’t know how [...]
The state of Israel on Monday denied allegations that it had donated nuclear arms to the Republic of South Africa. Israeli President Shimon Peres had categorically denied press reports that he had offered nuclear warheads to South Africa in 1975, at the time he had been the state’s minister of defense. Press reports had cited [...]
Following a week of investigations, South African investigators have uncovered child trafficking circles in the impoverished central business district (CBD) of greater Johannesburg. One 19-year-old Zimbabwean lady was prepared to sell her unborn baby to child traders in the CBD for as little as ZAR 30,000 (about three months’ salary of an average skilled artisan). [...]
Australia has officially announced the expulsion of an Israeli diplomat after a probe allegedly revealed that perpetrators used fake Australian passports when engaged in the assassination of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in the United Arab Emirates in Feb 2010. The probe revealed that allegedly 4 Australian passports were doctored. Officials in Dubai claim that they [...]
With less than 19 days left for the first match of the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup, South African President Jacob Zuma has warned all foreigners against illicit child abuse and trafficking for begging and other purposes during the World Cup. He said that it was a time when women and children were “taken advantage [...]
The Zimbabwean state is determined to prosecute white Zimbabwean national Senator Roy Bennett who is treasurer of the only home-grown political party the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and the potential candidate to become the country’s next Deputy Minister of Agriculture, a post that has heavily been neglected in the past 30 years. The latest [...]
South African President Jacob Zuma has interfered with the supposedly “independent” National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) after halting Chief Prosecutor Menzi Simelane’s plans to restructure the organization. Zuma has ordered the Director to “wait for instructions from his cabinet,” which the president claims has yet to finalize a decision concerning the future of the NPA. The [...]
US investigators claim they have arrested three people linked to a suspect in the failed Times Square bomb attempt during raids this week in various suburbs of New York, Boston and Philadelphia. Authorities said that no new threats are expected. US Attorney General Eric Holder, said that the three arrested suspects may have supplied Faisal [...]
Legally blonde ex-attorney Cezanne Visser’s lawyers on Friday (May 14, 2010) confirmed that they are allegedly “extremely disappointed that the Supreme Court of Appeal declines not hear her case.” The convicted child sex offender’s application for leave to appeal request was turned down at the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein on Thursday turned down. Because of [...]
Reporting from Johannesburg/Tripoli It was the spring holidays and The Netherlands-based van Assouw’s were discussing what they would do and allegedly it was decided that the family should take a short trip to the Republic South Africa and go for a game drive at one of the prominent safari parks there. It was a highlight [...]
It’s OK to call the BBC a bastard and an agent, according to South Africa’s governing party the African National Congress (ANC). The party on Wednesday (May 12, 2010) ended an extended hearing of its youth league leader’s disciplinary hearing. Other than a few slaps on the wrist the ANC ‘cautioned’ its youth leader, Julius [...]
The aviation authority of the Republic of South Africa has sent its own team of investigators to Tripoli, Libya following the tragic crash of flight-771 of Libya’s Afriqiyah Airlines. An Airbus technical team of aviation safety advisors and engineering flight specialists are among those to begin their investigations. The plane departed from Johannesburg’s Oliver Reginald [...]
It was a sunny bright morning when Libyan airliner Flight 771 was preparing to touchdown at 6.am local time Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at Tripoli International Airport after departing at 1.am local time from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport. But somnolent passengers never lived to made it to the runway. Nobody knows what happened as [...]
US President Barack Obama has commissioned Hungarian American Peter Orszag to squeeze every penny possible, out of British oil and gas giant BP for fouling the Gulf of Mexico with its recent oil spill that may take years to return to normal, according to experts in Washington. But who is this minority Hungarian and why [...]
Pre-1990 Apartheid era South Africa had many things going, what it never had were white squatter cams. But now hardly a month before the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off several white south Africans (predominantly from the ethnic Afrikaaner group, who have absolutely no excuse for being under educated or jobless) are having to deal [...]
Britain’s parliament has a 650-seater lower house, aka the House of Commons and any ruling political party require at least 326 seats to win a majority, otherwise two or more parties are required to form a coalition to win. As predicted the May 6, 2010 British parliamentary elections saw a conservative victory, but hardly enough [...]
In a political move South African Police Services (SAPS) Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Thursday claimed that a number of arrest have been made in connection with a right-wing plot to launch an attack against a majority black populated township near the capital city Pretoria. However the minister could not yet provide substantial details or evidence [...]
International football fans, gearing up to the launch of the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup, will not only see the ball on the pitch, but also possibly rolling heads, as the host nation tries to referee its side-line racial issues on the political field. This surreal picture is greatly depicted via one of the works [...]
Czech international Radovan Krejcir is allegedly being treated as a state witness in the murder case of South African strip king Lolly Jackson. He is reported to have offered full cooperation to investigators. Jackson was allegedly shot 15 times on Monday (May 3, 2010) in Johannesburg. A Cyprian man by the name George Smith is [...]
The FIFA World Cup trophy is due to arrive with red carpet treatment in South Africa on Tuesday (May 4, 2010). While the trophy is expected to pass through every African nation, less than 1% of the FIFA Football World Cup 2010 host nation’s population will be allowed to see the icon ahead of the [...]
Investors are bailing out of mining interests in booming Australian mining companies following the recent announcement that the government down under has unveiled a new tax on mining from July 2010. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said, “This long-term plan … builds a stronger economy by using super profits earned from the resources owned by all [...]
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela has been caught in a controversial crossfire of political money laundering after details of an unlawful funding scheme was revealed. Just recently the South African media leaked “secret documents” drawn up by the ruling parliamentary party African National Congress (ANC), showing that the [...]
The tiny nation of Greece has finally reached a historic deal with the euro-zone and International Monetary Fund after having unconditionally begged for a massive bailout. However this is expected to bring stringent austerity measures that could economically plunge the nation back some 20 years. Despite the new money the Hellenic nation still has its [...]
Since Henry VIII many Britons prefer to see the Catholic Pope on the end of a hemp rope, and we’re not talking about the Swedish chocolate coated cake delicacy. This hasn’t changed much according to a recent email (reportedly drafted in March) that almost caused the Vatican to declare spiritual warfare on NATO, of which [...]
South Africa is in a state of pandemonium joy with only 50 days left for 2010 Football World Cup. Schools will be closed down for the duration of the tournament. Official celebrations in Kimberly have launched and organizers said that they have all engines running and are “more than ready.” The number of people expected [...]
International artists and members of the home brew have been selected to perform the official 2010 Football World Cup song. Latin Americans singer Shakira and South Africa’s group Freshly Ground have been requested to compose a song called Time for Africa. The expected new hit song should be released via radio stations worldwide within a [...]
Thirty years isn’t much in a country’s history, but it certainly is half the lifetime for most Zimbabweans. It has been 30 years since Zimbabwean blacks won independence from white rule. The country’s president Robert Mugabe today celebrated 30 years of the country’s independence, amid organized supporters and kids in military uniform. For more than [...]
Oscar winner actress Angelina Jolie is reportedly hounding her Golden Globe-winner co-star Johnny Depp on and off the set during the filming of The Tourist, a new drama-thriller film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, due to hit the big screen in 2011. According to People magazine Jolie has ‘approached’ Depp in several ways and [...]
South Africa, the host nation of FIFA Football World Cup 2010, is launching a whole new dance ton inspire football fans. Dance trainers said that they expect fans to be influenced by the so-called ‘Diski’ dance, just as much as they have been influenced by the ‘Mexican wave. A troop of dancers is touring South [...]
Four South African United Nations’ peace keepers have been kidnapped in Sudan, according to UN reports. The Darfur group known as the “People’s Movement for Democratic Struggle” claiming to be the kidnappers and demanded a ransom to the equivalent of USD 450,000 in local currency. The four peace keepers were last seen leaving their base [...]
Brazil, India and the Republic of South Africa have jointly agreed to develop and launch a new satellite into space. They believe that the satellite will benefit the three nations as it detects natural disasters, studies climate and is utilized for various kinds of scientific research. The agreement was formally announced at what was dubbed [...]
Rescue workers at China’s recent earthquake (first announced at 6.9 magnitude, but later changed to 7.1) believe that the number of people who died could reach 1,000. There are currently 791 dead and almost 300 presumed missing as rescue teams in Qinghai province worked around the clock in their attempt to push on their search [...]
The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto may have involved members of her own government as it was allegedly avoidable, according to the findings of the United Nations Fact Finding Commission. She died in a gun and suicide bomb attack in Dec 2007. Heraldo Munoz, Ambassador leading the UN Commission, said that the [...]
An increasing number of international long haul flights have been grounded to the increasing spread of volcanic ash originating in Iceland. The busiest airports of Europe have been turned into an absolute “no-fly-zone” except for emergency, national security and scientific purposes. Icelandic scientists and experts, on board a reconnaissance airplane, managed to get close enough [...]
South Africa’s First National Bank FNB, the chief sponsor responsible for the international football body’s (FIFA) ticket sales in the host nation of the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup, says that its online specialist are working around the clock to “ensure smoother ticket sales” to the South African public on Friday (April 16, 2010). On [...]
Hundreds and thousands of underpaid municipal workers are engaging in the fifth day of strikes to demand better working conditions, accessories and payment for their efforts, according to municipal strike leaders. The announced strike erupted on Monday (April 12, 2010) and started peacefully in most areas, with participants dancing and demonstrating giant posters demanding their [...]
International airlines catering to the world’s busiest airport London Heathrow (UK) have expressed have stopped flights amid concerns of accumulating clouds of volcanic ash arriving from Wednesday’s (April 14, 2010) volcanic eruption in Iceland. Currently only lots of emotions are flying high at the British capital as the ash is affecting air traffic throughout Europe. [...]
America’s legendary talk show host Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger on Nov 19, 1933) has dumped his 8th wife after 13 years of marriage, according to Los Angeles radio news reports. The 76-year-old son of a Brooklyn restaurateur has filed for divorce (on April 14) from his 53-year-old former singer and television host Shawn [...]
Nearly a million die-hard football fans stormed ticket centres throughout South Africa after it was announced that the last 500,000 seats for the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup would go on sale only for members of the public of the host nation. South African soccer fans braved the cold over-night standing in kilometer long lines [...]
The national guard is on standby in Iceland, as thousands of people have been warned and at least 800 residents have been evacuated from the Eyjafjallajokull glacier region due the second eruption of a volcano that has been dormant for some 200 years underneath the glacier. Emergency experts said that flowing larva has caused melted [...]
Millions of Poles worldwide are mourning the death of their First Lady Maria Kaczynska (Aug 21, 1942 – April 10, 2010), wife of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski (June 18, 1949 – April 10, 2010). Her body was recently returned from Russia with military ceremony. The presidential couple led a delegation who lost their [...]
An earthquake – measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale – struck China in the early hours of April 14, 2010. The thee after-shocks of magnitudes of as much as 5.8 also rattled the highland mountainous region of Tibet. The epicenter of the quake is said to be the mountainous plateau separating the Tibetan Yushu county [...]
The South African Government has issued a warning to tourists visiting Mozambique. The Department of International Relations (alias the Foreign Ministry) confirmed reports that several families had been ‘hijacked’, tied up and robbed of their valuable and possessions in the tourist frequented parts of Southern Mozambique. South Africa’s high commissioner to Mozambique has contacted the [...]
Anglican bishop Maru Walter, the one-time fullback New Zealand’s indigenous Maori rugby team, has publicly announced that a test match he played in against the South African Springbok side had allegedly been rigged. The final score was Maori – South Africa 0-37. The surprise announcement comes more than 50 years after the questionable game, played [...]
The lawyers of the two suspects (aged 15 and 27) charged with the murder of South African AWB white supremacist party leader Eugene Terre’Blanche had tried to get his defendants drunk before having sex with one or both of them. They then allegedly murdered the Afrikaaner leader on his bed on April 3. Police would [...]
Angry members of community recently set fire to the house of a witch-doctor (Sangoma) in the area of Soshanguve area, outside the capital city Pretoria, because he was accused of being involved in the so-called ‘muti murder’ (where human body parts are used for magic purposes) of a minor. nine-year-old Masego Kgomo went mission on [...]
Law-bringers and decision makers are about to face another civil issue in months to come, as the age of 18-19 is still too young to for certain licenses like drinking alcohol, driving vehicles, joining various organizations, clubs. However they are not too young to be sent forward into battle in live combat. Almost 25 years [...]
The living conditions of an increasing number of white South Africans have slipped below the poverty line, sociologists said. They added that it is no longer the case that only blacks are impoverished and only whites are millionaires. President Jacob Zuma has promised millions of impoverished South Africans that he is working on their case. [...]
Political analysts are questioning why unity has not yet taken place in the new Republic of South Africa. As a young democracy (merely 16 years old) the majority of the nation seems to be working towards a national unity for a so-called “rainbow nation”, but there are still ample implications of hate speech, racism, corruption [...]
The long awaited public disciplinary action of the African National Congress (ANC) youth leader Julius Malema has finally taken place, political experts said. Jacob Zuma, President of the South African Republic, has verbally publicly slagged his party’s young protégé adding that Malema’s behavior is no longer acceptable. However he did not demand that the youth [...]
It is the first time in the history of the Methodist Church of South Africa (MCSA) that it is being dragged to court by one of its preachers – on grounds of discrimination as the MCSA suspended her after she entered into a homosexual marriage. Rev. Ecclesia de Lange (pictured) says she is now fighting [...]
South Africa’s anonymous criminal hotline ‘Crime Line’ has allegedly led some 1,000 arrest in three months. Law authorities have arrested criminals confiscated assets and drugs amounting to several millions of Rands (ZAR). Police have cracked down on robbers and recovered dozens of stolen vehicles and luxury goods. Just recently the Pretoria drug unit cracked down [...]
South African is divided over the Jan 11 – April 11, 2010 midnight Gun Amnesty, as citizens believe there is strong government corruption in the South African Police Services (SAPS; note: SAPS is a “service” and no longer a “force” – Editor!). Citizens said they believe that the SAPS and the South African Defence Force [...]
The family of Eugene Terre’Blanche (pictured top left) has announced that they are relieved that he has finally been laid to rest on his farm 10 km outside South africa’s Western province town of Ventersdorp. The white Afrikaaner farmer and leader of South Africa’s fascist movement AWB, was murdered by allegedly two black farm workers,on [...]
South Africa’s National Press Club (NPC) has turned to President Jacob Zuma with a complaint about ANC youth chairman Julius Malema’s bizerk behavior against BBC journalist Jonah Fisher on April 8, 2010. Editors and journalists said that the kindergarten king had “gone too far this time”and discussed how they would continue to handle the situation [...]
A South African woman (Known only as Linden, 35), arrested for drug smuggling, has been sentenced to death in China, according to the International Relations and Cooperations Ministry (IPCM) on April 9, 2010. She was arrested at an airport in China in 2008 and is accused of possessing more than 3 kg of crystal methamphetamine. [...]
ANC Youth League chairman Julius Malema said he fully supports the policies of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU PFP party. He had been on a four-day official visit to Mugabe’s proverty stricken man-made paradise over the Easter long weekend. He said that he had learned “lots” about how a country can be run [...]
Returning from ‘Uncle Bob’s farm’ ANC youth leader Julius Malema adopted his uncle’s attitude, insulting journalists. At a press conference Malema picked on BBC correspondent Jonah Fisher, who remarked his speech. Malema was enough to give anyone indigestion with slick words criticizing the Zimbabwe (the former Rhodesia) opposition party (Movement for Democratic Change), arguing they [...]
According to a survey, the majority of South African citizens are against their government borrowing a USD 3.25-bil (ZAR 28-bil) loan from the World Bank to finish the outstanding 25% of the new 4,800 MW (6x800MW) Medupi power plant (the biggest of its kind in the southern hemisphere of its financially troubled power generating and [...]
Seasoned Afrikaaner Andre Visagie, secretary general of the white ultranationalist group AWB, threw a major tantrum when he was continuously interrupted by his opponent, black political analyst Lebohang Pheko. The two guests were invited to express their political views on South African television. In the heat of the moment Visagie tore off his hidden microphone. [...]
South Africa’s right wing nationalist group Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) Tuesday (April 6, 2010) demanded a “piece of land” for its people to govern and call their own homeland within South Africa. Pieter Steyn, Spokesman for AWB told journalists in the northwestern province town of Ventersdorp said, “We want a piece of land in South Africa [...]
South Africa’s Deputy health minister Molefi Sefularo (53) died in a car accident on the N4 motorway just west of the capital city Pretoria on Sunday. Sefularo was appointed deputy minister in May 2009. Police have confirmed that Sefularo had been in a Black Lexus when he allegedly hit a highway barrier near Lotus Gardens [...]
A very nervous south African president, Jacob Zuma (pictured second row far right), went before the nation after a lengthy wait, in his attempt to calm the nation, which was shocked by the brutal murder (pictured top row far left and middle) of Eugene Terre’Blanche a prominent white farmer and leader of the radical Boer [...]
The US Government has called for calm while thousands of Hungarians have contacted their Consulates in the US requesting information about loved ones and relatives living in Southern California, following the April 4 earthquake. Unconfirmed reports say that there are at least 2,000 Hungarians or people of Hungarian origin living in the area. The latest [...]
The fact that than 300,000 white extremist South Africans have sworn to avenge the bloody massacre of their radical leader could lead to the bloodiest civil war in African history, according to local news reports. Eugene Terre’Blanche (65), also dubbed ‘ET’, was the leader of South Africa’s ultra-right wing group Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB, which he [...]
The international policing group Interpol announced that it will have the biggest ever security presence in the host country of the FIFA 2010 World Cup. Ronald Noble, Secretary General of Interpol told reporters on March 31, that the biggest deployment would be contributed by as many as 32 teams from their respective countries. He explained [...]
The South African Embassy in Budapest and others, worldwide, are sad to see South Africa’s fraud-busting Department of Home Affairs Director General, Mavuso Msimang, retire in April this year. They claim they have had some of the smoothest and best years of administration since democratic changes took place in 1994. The Embassy of the Republic [...]
Although the Republic of South Africa is a leader in many fields of modern medical research many of its citizens can only expect a reduced life expectancy – as low as 36 years. Television, radio and print media are flooded with public announcements for South Africans to undergo screening for HIV and tuberculosis (TB). Various [...]
The world’s leading multilingual e-commerce secure payment scheme PayPal has finally arrived to South Africa. The first transactions in the Rainbow nation were carried out shortly after the national launch on 11 am on March 25, 2010. Until now South African internet users were able to make e-commerce purchases, but not sales using the service. Ironically PayPal’s prototype was [...]
South African farmers say they are deeply offended by Julius Malema, Chairman of the African National Congress Youth League (ANC-YL), for vowing to continue singing a controversial anti-Apartheid struggle song, “Kill the Boer” (boer = farmer). “Ït’s part of our legacy!” The 28-year-old Malema said, while the ANC has been criticised several times by other South African parties for [...]
Citizens of the capital of South Africa have called for the dismissal of Pretoria’s executive mayor (since 2006) Gwen Ramakgopa after she and her motorcade sped through the Jacaranda city at 140 km per hour. They questioned the rights of any public servant being allowed to dash through a residential area at such high speed [...]
Recent British tourists’ concerns about the safety and security of visiting the Republic of South Africa during the FIFA 2010 Football World Cup, seems to be exaggerated after the release of new report that statistically shows South Africa is a much safer destination for Britons than Germany, Spain and Thailand is. Based on a survey [...]
On March 21, the world of motor racing, family and friends commemorates the 50th anniversary of the brith of Brazilian Formula One legend Ayrton Senna da Silva. He started racing under the surname da Silva, but switched to Senna (his mother’s maiden name) when racing in the UK’s Formula Ford 2000 championship, which he also [...]
Jeff Radebe (pictured in inset), who was 6 at the time of the Sharpville Massacre, is currently South Africa’s Minister of Justice Constitutional development. This year, March 21 (2010) marks the 50th anniversary of what has been dubbed one of the bloodiest massacres in modern day South Africa. On this day of March in 1960 policemen [...]
South Africa’s hard-liner Afrikaaners have pledged to take up a fight if they must. This they will do to stop the renaming of their predominantly Afrikaaner populated cities, they said. They are shocked and disgusted about planned name changes announced this week by the Orange Free State and Gauteng committees for geographical names. The South [...]
Only 100 days left before the starting whistle of the kick-off for the 2010 FIFA World Cup takes place in the Republic of South Africa. Then the rainbow nation will be the centre of the universe for football fans and the media. It is the first ever such world cup to take place on the [...]
An excellent condition first edition ‘Superman’ comic, in excellent condition, was sold via the Internet for a whopping USD 1-mil, according to US radio reports. Experts estimated that only some 100 copies of Action Comics No. 1 exist. According to sources this is an all-time record. The 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1 ‘super comic’ [...]
Muti-killings are not uncommon in South Africa, the host country for the 2010 Football World Cup. Abducted adults and children’s organs are sold to on the black market to illegally practicing witchdoctors, also known as ‘Muti’. Traditional bantu healing and black magic is still a common practice today, despite the widespread of scientifically proven produced [...]
Julius Malema, the infamous President of the Youth League (ANCYL) of South Africa’s biggest political party, the African National Congress (ANC), is alleged to have cash-purchased two ‘mansions’ (one home is 1,500 sqm) for the sum of 4.6-mil South African Rands (ZAR) (USD1=ZAR7, GBP1=ZAR12, EUR1 = ZAR10). Nobody knows how he could afford such a [...]
One of the first amendments to a constitution is the clause respecting the national flag. While the legal eagles or Pretoria’s Magistrate Court go past the national flag on a daily basis during the last three months, their pride and prejudice fail to notice that the tattered and torn, faded national flag, sulking over the [...]
South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has waged a war against corruption and ineffective public services, while attempting to boost jobs and reduce poverty. In his recent speech the minister forecasted an economic growth of 2.3% for 2010, expected to increase to at least 3.6% by 2012. He expressed a 6% inflation hike and a [...]
The South African Government launched its “Proudly South African” logo and has initiated labour opportunities and unemployment programs.
Members of the South African Police Service have accused National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele of wasting tax payer money.
South African Civil rights organisation AfriForum has pledged to help all proponents take ‘every possible legal step” to retain the name of South African capital city Pretoria.
The South African Government has rebuked African National Congress Youth League (ANC-YL) leader Julius Malema’s initiative to nationalize all mines in South Africa.
The Egyptian football squad (dubbed the Pharaohs) won its third consecutive African Nations (Confederation of African Football – CAF) Cup title.
South Africa’s Competition Office has launched a probe into the alleged price fixing collusion attempt of several airlines.
The world football governing body has come to the defence of the Republic of South Africa, the country that was accused by many British and German football fans of being the “unsafest place on Earth.”
South African civil rights interest group AfriForum has acquired permission to initiate legal action against the Zimbabwean government.
Millions of people are homeless in one of the world’s poorest countries, according to officials in Haiti.
South Africa’s Gautrain, the official railway line catering for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, has started test runs.
Fans of South Africa’s most celebrated rugby team, the Blue Bulls, are raging mad and seeing red, following the latest political inclination to blacken the name of the team.
