For decades, if not centuries, the Amazon dwellers of southern Colombia didn’t make too much of the cacay nut. They fed it to their livestock, used it to treat wounds and chopped down its trees for firewood. But then, a few years ago, the global jet-setting crowd found out what the yellow-ish oil from the
Gunter Grass warned of ‘sleepwalking’ into world war in final interview
Germany’s Nobel-winning author Gunter Grass, translated into Afrikaans by PRAAG, said he feared humanity was “sleepwalking” into a world war, in the last interview he gave before his death on Monday. “We have on the one side Ukraine, whose situation is not improving; in Israel and Palestine things are getting worse; the disaster the Americans
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EU announces antitrust suit against Google
The European Union will accuse Google on Wednesday of abusing its dominant position in Internet searches, opening the US tech company up to a risk of massive fines and enforced changes in its business model, the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday. However, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that
007 gets license to save
As secret agent James Bond, Daniel Craig has a license to kill, but on Tuesday the United Nations gave the British actor a “license to save” by appointing him as the first global advocate for the elimination of mines and explosive hazards. Craig, who has been filming his fourth movie as the dapper,martini-drinking agent 007,
North West fails to quell Ledig uprising
A plan by the North West Local Government to quell the on-going tensions in Ledig, near Sun City, has failed. The community have been on a rampage since the weekend , alleging that millions of rands in a form of royalties belonging to the community has been misused. These royalties are paid into the coffers
Obama says Cuba no longer terrorists
President Barack Obama told Congress on Tuesday that he plans to remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, removing a major obstacle to restoring diplomatic relations and reopening embassies. Obama’s decision follows a summit in Panama where Obama and Cuban President Fidel Castro sat down on Saturday for the first meeting
Black SA athlete banned for 2 years
Simon Magakwe, the first South African to break the sub-10-second barrier in the 100 metres, has been banned for two years for refusing to submit a sample to doping officials. Several months ago, Magakwe refused to give a urine sample when approached by testers in an an out-of-competition test. Athletics SA has confirmed to The
SA beauty feels less ‘patriotic’ after armed robbery
Lee-Ann Liebenberg is feeling less “patriotic” and is still in shock after being held-up by three armed black men outside her house in Johannesburg, News24 reported. The South African beauty took to social media on Tuesday to share news of the traumatising incident, saying she and her family were followed home from Hyde Park Shopping
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Police clash with Medupi strikers
Police have clashed with striking workers at various hostels housing construction workers of Medupi Power Station in Limpopo. The workers had barricaded the streets and entrances to the hostels preventing buses to pick up workers to the construction site. They are burning tyres and pelting stones at motorists. Police nyalas and water tankers have been
Khaya Lam land reform project launched
On Wednesday, 15 April 2015 the Khaya Lam Land Reform project delivered property ownership to 159 more Ngwathe, in the Free State. Pledges of free hold titles were announced for more than 200 other tenants in Ngwathe. The Khaya Lam Land Reform initiative is a partnership between the Ngwathe Municipal Council and the Free Market
Putin lifts ban on S-300 missile system supplies to Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to lift the ban on supplies of S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran. “The decree cancels the ban from transit through Russia (including by air), transportation outside the territory of Russia to the Islamic Republic of Iran and also handover to the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Customers fail to recognize Hillary
She ordered the burrito — incognito. Hillary Clinton made a Chipotle pit stop in Maumee, Ohio, on her everywoman road trip from New York to Iowa on Monday — and the staff and nearly all the customers failed to recognize one of the most famous women in the world. Security video showed Clinton, 67, and
Wilders rallies thousands of PEGIDA followers
Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders rallied thousands of PEGIDA followers in eastern Germany Monday to counter society’s “Islamisation”. The “Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident”, founded half a year ago in the city of Dresden, had aimed to top their previous record from January of 25,000 people joining a rally. Many were waving Germany’s
Police to investigate union leader’s death
Police have launched an investigation into the killing of SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) Gauteng secretary general Chris Nkosi after he was shot dead in his car. Spokesman Lt-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said it was not clear how many people attacked Nkosi along the N17 on Monday while on his way home from work.