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No outrage after white teen’s killing

After an independent autopsy showed that Zachary Hammond was shot by police from behind, the family of the unarmed South Carolina teen is wondering at the lack of national outrage in this case. Hammond was white. According to the police in Seneca, South Carolina, an officer shot Hammond “in self-defense” when the teen allegedly tried

Russians hack US Joint Chiefs of Staff

Investigators say they believe the same Russian hackers that carried out attacks on the White House and State Department last year and the attempted penetration of the Pentagon last month were responsible for a major cyberattack that shut down the Joint Chiefs of Staff email for the past 11 days, The Daily Beast has learned.

Bryanston couple shot while protecting daughter from robbers

Johannesburg – A Bryanston husband and wife both got shot while fighting off robbers and trying to protect their 9-year-old daughter, a report said on Thursday. The Citizen newspaper reported that Barbara Edwards screamed for help when she and her husband, Norman, were accosted by three armed robbers on their property on Wednesday morning. Edwards

Fewer blacks move back to New Orleans after Katrina devastation

A decade after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans seems to have found its rhythm again: the French Quarter is choked with tourists, construction cranes tower over the skyline, and hipsters bike to cafes in gentrifying neighbourhoods. But recovery has been uneven in the city, which took the brunt of the 2005 storm that killed more than

Ilana Mercer: Trump The Party Pooper Should Triangulate

Working people warm to Donald Trump. He appeals to a good segment of real Americans. The circle jerk of power brokers that is American media, however, lacks the depth and understanding to grasp the fellow-feeling Trump engenders in his fans. THE MEDIA STRUMPETS Amid sneers about Trump’s “crazy, entertaining, simplistic talk,” the none-too bright Joan

Finnish politician wants to ‘fight multiculturalism to the end’

A Finnish member of parliament has come under fire for a comment he made over the weekend decrying the “nightmare called multiculturalism” and rallying his compatriots to fight for “one true Finnish nation.” The MP, Olli Immonen, is a member of the populist and nationalist Finns Party, which is part of the country’s governing coalition.

Harrismith a ‘nuclear wasteland’

According to disgruntled community members in Harrismith, the town looks like a nuclear waste-land. This after the Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality failed to collect refuse for the past several months, resulting in a pile-up of refuse in the town, its suburbs and surrounding townships. The municipality’s temporary solutions are ineffective say inhabitants. Qwa Qwa and Kestell are

School principal charged with rape

A 39-year-old black principal from one of the high schools in Thabong who was arrested for allegedly raping an 18-year-old learner from his school, appeared before the Welkom Magistrate’s Court today. The Free State police say he will apply for bail tomorrow. He was arrested on Sunday. It is alleged that the man was dropping

ANC ambassador in Australia tries to have old SA flag removed from Cooma

The Cooma-Monaro Shire Mayor has defended a decision to continue flying the former South African flag at Cooma in south east New South Wales. The flag is part of the historic Avenue of Flags along the town’s main street, which was put up to represent the nationalities of workers involved in building the Snowy Mountains

US Report warns of backlash against whites

A study of the growing Hispanic immigrant population declares that the country is on the verge of the “Latinization of the United States,” a “browning of America” that by 2050 will be 29 percent Latino — and politically influential. Published in the authoritative journal “Ethnicities,” the immigration analysis by two California experts noted that while

Zuma calls for gun control

President Jacob Zuma thinks disarming whites may be a long-term solution to the country’s cop killing spree eventhough police officers are killed by blacks. He was visiting the family of a Johannesburg black traffic officer gunned down last week. Zuma called on South Africans to suggest alternative ways to stem the country’s violence. “I just

SA swimmer breaks world record

South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh set a world record for the men’s 50 metres breaststroke in the qualifying heats at the world swimming championships in Kazan, Russia on Tuesday. The defending champion’s time of 26.62 seconds broke his previous mark of 26.67 seconds, set at the world championships in Rome in 2009. Source: Reuters

Botswana bans sports hunters

The Government of Botswana made it clear on Friday that sports hunters would not be welcome in its country as it lamented the killing of Zimbabwe’s Cecil the lion by American dentist Walter James Palmer. Government spokesperson Jeff Ramsay said sports hunting had been banned in Botswana and last year the government had also moved

US ambassador to Vietnam promotes gay marriage

Since their December arrival in Vietnam, U.S. Ambassador Ted Osius and his mulatto husband have become the most prominent gay couple in the Southeast Asian country. Osius and Clayton Bond landed with their toddler son shortly before the government abolished its ban on same-sex marriage. Now the couple, who recently adopted an infant girl, find