by Anne Paton (widow of Alan Paton) Liberal author Alan Paton wrote the Uncle Tom’s Cabin of South Africa, the novel Cry, The Beloved Country, which sold 15 million copies worldwide in the late 1940’s. Not so long ago, his widow fled South Africa, after having been terrorised by black criminals. Here is her parting
South African Education Department ‘burns textbooks’
Thousands of burnt textbooks have been found in a warehouse in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape, the DA said on Monday. “We have written to MEC Mandla Makupula demanding an explanation as to how valuable public resources for Eastern Cape children were allowed to be destroyed in this irresponsible way,” Democratic Alliance provincial education
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Anti-Afrikaner human rights violations in the spotlight
Human rights violations against Afrikaners are increasingly under the spotlight, as the Commonwealth Human Rights Unit has started to monitor the issue and an American expert on genocide, Dr. Gregory Stanton, has arrived in South Africa. Speaking on the nation-wide radio station RadioSonderGrense yesterday morning, Dr. Dan Roodt of PRAAG said that there were “systemic
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Americans flock to Batman movie, regardless
The three 18-year-olds, friends since middle school, are about to go off separately to college this fall. But on Sunday, these avid fans of the Batman film franchise had no doubt where they wanted to be: Together, at the movies, watching “The Dark Knight Rises.” “What happened in Colorado was horrible, but that guy was
70% of children in Limpopo province fail school
Johannesburg – Failure to deliver textbooks to schools in Limpopo has affected exam results in that province, the Sunday Times reported. According to the paper, 70% of Grade 10 pupils in 25 Limpopo schools failed their June exams. This amounted to 3174 of 4529 pupils. Principals told the paper the dire results were likely to
Free Clive! petition
State President Jacob Zuma and Mr Sibusiso Ndebele, Minister of Correctional Services, I hereby demand that Mr. Clive-Derby Lewis, a former Conservative Party Member of Parliament of South Africa, be released from Pretoria Central Prison forthwith. Not only has Derby-Lewis been recommended for parole by the Parole Board after almost 20 years in prison, but
Zuma made honorary professor
President Jacob Zuma was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of International Relations by the Peking University in Beijing, China, on Friday, the presidency said. Zuma was in the country attending the fifth Forum of China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) meeting, the presidency said in a statement. In his acceptance speech, Zuma said the award was a
No use looking for mass murder motives, says US expert
Tempting as it might be, it’s futile to dwell on the motives behind a mass murder like the one at the midnight Batman screening in Colorado, a police officer turned threat assessment expert says. Doing so means diverting critical attention from the real objective –spotting telltale behavior in an individual about to perpetrate a bloodbath,
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Obama, Romney silent on gun control after theater shooting
The shooting that killed 12 people at a Colorado movie theater sidetracked the U.S. presidential race but President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney both stayed away from the polarizing topic of gun control. The massacre Friday obliged both candidates to cast aside the increasingly bitter tone of the race and reach for a
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Batman shooter James Holmes was a ‘loner’
The man suspected of shooting 12 people dead at a screening of the new Batman movie in Colorado was often seen carrying guns to and from his home and was described Friday as a “loner.” James Holmes, 24, was enrolled since June 2011 as a student in neuroscience at the University of Colorado, but was
Corrupt police chief Jackie Selebi released on medical parole
Pretoria – Corruption-convicted former police commissioner Jackie Selebi will be released from prison on Friday, Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele announced in Pretoria. “Mr Selebi will be going home today [Friday],” he told a media briefing in Pretoria. “The department has limited capacity to provide for palliative care needed by some offenders,” said Ndebele. Palliative
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Cancer patients dying in South African hospitals due to non-treatment
Public hospitals are the lifeline of most South Africans, with 41 million people dependent on the public health system. Of the 50 million people in South Africa , only about eight million are covered by medical insurance . Yet poor service delivery due to easily rectifiable issues has led to the demise of many patients.
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Russia and China again veto Syria resolution
Russia and China again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution Thursday aimed at pressuring President Bashar Assad’s government to end the escalating civil war in Syria, sparking dire warnings of even greater bloodshed and spillover to the wider region. The 11-2 vote, with two abstentions from South Africa and Pakistan, was the third double veto of
The ‘Great Leader’ Mandela
by Karin Roodt This week South Africa, and seemingly the entire planet, celebrated Nelson Mandela’s birthday. Around Mandela a personality cult has been built that exceeds that of a Stalin, a Mao, a Kim Jong Il and a Hitler. In a global survey it was found that Mandela was a more famous brand than Coca-Cola.