Former President Nelson Mandela’s grandson Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela is expected to be sentenced in the Mthatha Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday. He was convicted of assaulting Mthatha teacher Mlamli Ngudle two years ago. While the Chief of Mvezo, Mandela was found guilty of assault, he was acquitted on a charge of pointing
Sleeping cops go viral
Social media was abuzz on Monday after pictures of police officers sleeping while on duty circulated. Posted by Amoré Sameera Jooste, the images show the two officers in deep sleep in a Wierdabrug police van. The men were parked outside a Pick n Pay Express shop at the BP petrol station in Eldoraigne around 04:00
American woman bitten to death by lion at Johannesburg Lion Park
The Johannesburg Lion Park is situated on the outskirts of the City of Gold, just a few kilometres from luxury gated residential estates and luxurious shopping centres. Yet so close to this refined environment, an American woman was dragged to her death and another person seriously injured after being pulled through their car window by
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Flying the old flag
The “old South Africa” is still alive and well on the Cape Flats. The country’s old “oranje, blanje, blou” flag was spotted fluttering over a Coloured [mixed race] residence in Fifth Road, Heathfield. But neighbours say the flag is an insult to those who fought for freedom, and reminds them of the brutal days of
Record 4,200 migrants rescued at sea by Italian coastguard
Up to 4,200 migrants sailing across the Mediterranean Sea were rescued by European ships on Friday, but 17 people died during the journey on unseaworthy boats. The number rescued in 24 hours appears to be one of the highest in recent years. The 17 bodies were found on three inflatable dinghies, from which over 300
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Expert warns Syria about to fall into ISIS hands
According to Doctor Natasha Underhill, an expert on terrorism in the Middle East from Nottingham Trent University in the UK, the Islamic State could be on the verge of a breakthrough in Syria. The lecturer at Nottingham Trent University told Express.co.uk that ISIS militants seized huge phosphate mines depriving the Syrian regime of a desperately-needed
Interpol warns that ISIS is gaining ground
A growing number of extremist groups from Africa to southeast Asia are shifting their allegiance to the Islamic State group, leading to greater risks for “cross-pollination” among conflicts beyond Syria and Iraq, the head of Interpol said Friday. Juergen Stock cited this shift as an emerging trend at a UN Security Council meeting along with
Liberal MP calls African migrants a threat to white race
Kristiina Ojuland, a former Foreign Minister of Estonia and former member of the European Parliament, voiced her disapproval of the European Commission’s migrant quota plan on her official Facebook page, by calling for a pan-European campaign against admitting any refugees in the EU. In a post that was more reminiscent of a far-right extremist, than
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SA heading for internet censorship
The Film and Publication Board (FPB) has refuted rumours that its Draft Online Regulation Policy will censor internet usage in South Africa. It says the proposed regulations are to ensure that commercial media distributions do not publish or promote illegal material such as pornography, violence and hate speech outside of the guidelines. The FPB held
Radioatcive leak at New Delhi airport
A radioactive material leak was detected at New Delhi’s international airport on a shipment of nuclear medicine from Turkey before being plugged by emergency teams, officials said. The incident happened near the cargo area of Turkish Airlines where four cartons containing nuclear medicine material were found to be damaged, an official in the National Disaster
US clamps down on cancer scam
The US government has charged four cancer charities with misusing more than $187m in donations, with two agreeing to be dissolved and two fighting the allegations, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. The FTC, 50 states and the District of Columbia charged the Cancer Fund of America, Cancer Support Services Inc, the Children’s Cancer
Scotland warns Britain over Trident
Alex Salmond has given warning that it would be a “fatal mistake” for the UK government to proceed with its plan to renew Britain’s nuclear deterrent, refusing to rule out calling a second independence referendum if it does so. “This government would be making a fatal mistake if they believed that for the sake of
Baltimore gets even bloodier
A 31-year-old woman and a young boy were shot in the head Thursday, becoming Baltimore’s 37th and 38th homicide victims so far this month, the city’s deadliest in 15 years. The most recent killings claimed the lives of Jennifer Jeffrey and her seven-year-old son, Kester Anthony Browne. They were identified by Jeffrey’s sister, Danielle Wilder.
Blatter understands New World Order
Fifa boss understood very early that there’s a new world order in which westerners don’t matter much, writes Simon Kuper in the FT. Blatter knows which of the soccer nations have money, and that is why he will be re-elected. In the 19th century, it was the British, later Americans, then Russians and currently Gulf