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Uncle Tom’s Cabin, with white slaves

When was the last time you saw Uncle Tom’s Cabin in a theater? The answer is probably never. As far as I can tell, a theatrical version of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s controversial novel hasn’t been performed in the Philadelphia area for many decades, and that also appears to be true for the rest of the

Man shot dead in Muldersdrift

Muldersdrift, the killing field north of Johannesburg, continues to exact a harsh toll on lower middle class whites living in rental properties on smallholdings. They are being targeted by black gangs operating in the area. Sapa reports that a Muldersdrift man was shot dead during an attempted robbery at his home on Friday, according to

More back to apartheid education: teacher training colleges to reopen

Plans to re-introduce teacher training colleges were underway with one former college scheduled to re-open next week, Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande said on Thursday. Speaking at a New Age business briefing in Johannesburg, he said the first school to open would be the Ndebele College Campus in Siyabuswa, Mpumalanga. Training at the college

Sierra Leone rebels helped by Charles Taylor ‘to kill, rape and mutilate thousands’

Sierra Leone rebels depended on Charles Taylor’s logistics to kill, rape and mutilate thousands during the west African nation’s savage civil war, prosecutors said Wednesday at the end of the Liberian ex-president’s appeal. The Revolutionary United Front “relied on Taylor’s logistical assistance”, Nicholas Koumjian told the west African nation’s UN-backed special court, where the former

Shale gas boom visible from space

Oil companies at the heart of the US shale oil boom are burning off enough gas to power all the homes in Chicago and Washington combined in a practice causing growing concern about the waste of resources and damage to the environment. The volume of unwanted gas being flared off in North Dakota, the state

After child abuse, Americans have elder abuse

MASON, Ohio (AP) — She raises her hands to her snow-white hair in a gesture of frustrated bewilderment, then slowly lowers them to cover eyes filling with tears. The woman, in her 70s, is trying to explain how she wound up in a shelter that could well be where she spends the rest of her

South Africans exercising their right to loot in Sasolburg (pictures)

The following photographs will warm any white liberal’s heart: Liberated South African exercising their right to loot in the town of Sasolburg, south of Johannesburg over the last two days. Prior to 1994, such pictures were disseminated all over the world by the BBC and American network television, as being ineffable manifestations of a desire

Pimping the culture

by Ilana Mercer The marketplace doesn’t adjudicate the quality of art or pop culture – it does no more than offer an aggregate snapshot of the trillions of subjective preferences acted upon by consumers. That snapshot, in 2013, tells us that when it comes to “Bread and Circuses,” Rome and its provinces wallow in the

Dotcom launches Mega

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is upbeat about the investigation against his now-defunct file-storage site, his possible extradition to the US, the future of Internet freedoms. The United States government says that Dotcom, a German millionaire formerly known as Kim Schmitz, masterminded a vast criminal conspiracy by operating the file-storage site Megaupload. Dotcom, on the other

Fatal attraction

Is it African symbolism, or just plain attraction? The buzzing insect stole the show as the President announced two new members of his second administration, cutting wild loops around the leader of the free world before landing squarely on his forehead. The official White House transcript simply reads: “This guy is bothering me here –

Zuma praises Charlize

President Jacob Zuma congratulated South African-born actress Charlize Theron on Wednesday for scooping the World Economic Forum’s crystal award for her humanitarian work. “We are proud of our Charlize,” Zuma said in a statement. “She has succeeded in an extremely competitive environment, and is a visible and hardworking ambassador for her country.” The Charlize Theron

He’s back again!

Eighty years after Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, a novel that imagines his return to modern-day Berlin has become a bestseller in Germany, though a comedy about the Fuehrer is not to everyone’s taste. Instead of committing suicide in his bunker on April 30, 1945, in “He’s Back” (Er Ist Wieder Da), Hitler wakes up

Erotic novel will feature Barack and Michelle Obama

Hollywood has finally totally invaded American politics. A forthcoming erotic novel being described as “fan fiction” will feature the first couple as protagonists-in-chief. According to Pop Culture Public Relations, the firm representing the book’s publisher, the novel, a version of a “personalizable” erotic tome, will be printed with the first couple’s names in it and available

Oxfam: Inequality rises after Apartheid

The world’s 100 richest people earned a stunning total of $240 billion in 2012 – enough money to end extreme poverty worldwide four times over, Oxfam has revealed, adding that the global economic crisis is further enriching the super-rich. “The richest 1 percent has increased its income by 60 percent in the last 20 years