The Anglo-Xhosa politician and former South African president Thabo Mbeki says the legacy of Afrikaner rule still hangs over the country, and it’s now up to the youth to bring change. According to media reports, the former head of state addressed matric history students at Westerford High School in Cape Town today. The students heard
Read more: Mbeki says hated Afrikaner legacy ‘still lingering in South Africa’
Greece has officially asked for a three-year loan facility from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and agreed to quick reforms, promising to present a new plan on July 9 at the latest. “The loan will be used to meet Greece’s debt obligations and to ensure stability of the financial system,” reads the letter sent by
Read more: Greece asks for 3-year facility from EU, agrees to ‘quick reforms’
Some black people are so whipped up over the Confederate flag — and eager to silence the free speech of others — they’re willing to be run over by moving vehicles to do it. Video captures a black man running up to a semi in slow-moving traffic on the highway to rip off a Confederate
With the rise of hypersonic missiles, fleets have become largely obsolete, reduced as they are to huge sitting ducks. There is simply no defense for a large ship against an incoming MACH5 missile. Carriers can destroy small countries like Libya or Iraq, but not Russia and China. Hypersonic weapons can achieve speeds over five times
Read more: Rise of hypersonic missiles render fleets obsolete
New video out of Cincinnati shows a black mob viciously beating and choking a white man, but police have distanced themselves from an initial explanation that the incident was an “anti-white” attack. The altercation began in Fountain Square on Saturday night at around 11pm shortly after a music concert and 4th of July fireworks. The
Read more: Police deny brutal beating of white man was racist
Zimbabweans might soon resort to cannibalism if the gripping hunger stalking the nation is not averted, former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said. Biti, now secretary general of the MDC Renewal Team, told party supporters in Harare’s dormitory town of Chitungwiza that stress related deaths had gone up in the country. “If left to continue,
Nearly 150 protesters rallied in the streets of Athens Monday just hours after the Greeks voted resoundingly to reject more austerity measures in exchange for another bailout from the country’s international lenders. The triumph of the No camp in the Greek referendum means Athens will possibly default on its debt and run out of money
Girl pupils in farming communities bunk school not out of choice but out of fear of being robbed, assaulted and raped on their way to and from school, a survey has revealed. They live far from their schools and have to walk long distances either because they do not qualify for the government’s schools transport
Although the family of Olympic cyclist Burry Stander welcomed the ruling handed to black taxi driver Njabulo Nyawose, charged for culpable homicide and sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday at Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court, his lawyer has vowed to appeal against the court’s decision. Magistrate Charmaine Barnard sentenced Nyawose to six years in
Read more: Olympic cyclist’s killer may appeal ‘harsh sentence’
A warning has been circulating on social media about motorbikers being robbed at the William Nicol off-ramp on the N1 North. The warning states that bikers are being “robbed at red robots by armed men”. In the most recent incident, a man on a motorbike was confronted by two armed men while waiting at a
People with blue eyes might have a greater chance of becoming alcoholics, according to a unique new study by genetic researchers at the University of Vermont. The work, led by Arvis Sulovari, a doctoral student in cellular, molecular and biological sciences, and Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Dawei Li, Ph.D., is the first
Read more: Blue-eyed people more prone to alcoholism, genetic researcher finds
As debate rages in South Carolina over the Confederate flag on its statehouse property, a majority of Americans see the rebel flag as a symbol of Southern pride, not a reminder of racism, according to a new CNN/ORC poll out Thursday. Public opinion is about where it stood 15 years ago, when the Palmetto State
Read more: New poll shows majority of Americans are proud of Confederate flag
A 34-year-old foreign businessman was shot dead at the Tseki shopping complex in QwaQwa in the Free State. Police spokesperson Thandi Mbambo said the incident occurred on Wednesday evening. She said at around 17:50 police received a report that a man had been shot at the shopping complex. On arrival there they found a foreign
CNN anchor Don Lemon conducted an interview with Donald Trump. It went very well, for Mr. Trump, that is. So well that Lemon’s scoop is difficult to locate on CNN’s website. Instead, Mediate.com scooped the telephonic exchange. Lemon was at a loss. He got more sour-looking by the minute, as Trump bulldozed him with the
