Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
| From 1994-Present over 3,000 Farmers have been murdered in S.Africa. Many thousands of their farm workers have also been murdered too. Click here for Photos & Updates - WARNING: Very Graphic & Gruesome |
| [20 Pics] S.Africa: My Pics: The Completely lawless chaotic hell of Johannesburg traffic... Thursday 12-Mar-2009: Johannesburg used to be an orderly First World city. They used to call it the "Golden City". But these days Johannesburg is quite chaotic. You can hardly drive through any part of Johannesburg any (By Jan)... | My reply to another Black American who needs to stop being so racist to Whites Saturday 14-Mar-2009: [I quite enjoy Black Americans, mainly because they're so twisted and ignorant and yet they flaunt it so openly and with such confidence. In a recent article of mine, see: [20 Pics] S.Africa: My P (By Jan)... |
| South Africa: Something to consider before the general election Saturday 14-Mar-2009: [This e-mail is doing the rounds. Most of what is said makes sense although some doesn't. However, one thing is patently clear though - please use your vote wisely. Gairk] Introduction: A few ye (By Gairk)... | USA: Why whites should demand reparations from blacks Sunday 15-Mar-2009: Blacks owe us reparations for freeing them from slavery by fighting a horrible war among ourselves that cost the lives of almost two million of our own race. Blacks owe us reparations for forcing t (By Gairk)... |
| Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Secret Murder Joke: Did Mugabe admit to killing Tsvangirai's wife but nobody noticed? Thursday 12-Mar-2009: I saw Morgan Tsvangirai on TV the other day saying that the car crash that killed his wife was an accident. But the way he said it sounded very unconvincing. I don't truly think even he believes what (By Jan)... | WWIII: A German's View of Islam Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: [This sounds like something worth our contemplation. Reader who sent us this article] A man whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II owned a number of large industries and estates. (By Gairk)... |
| S.Africa: Shocker: 41% of Boys have been raped by Adult Women with 27% raped by men & women Thursday 12-Mar-2009: [This study found the highest incidence to be in the rural areas. What is not mentioned is that the vast majority of this is black on black. Jan] The survey published in BioMed Central's Internatio (By Jan)... | News - IOL Sport: SA crime myths may ruin World Cup attendance Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: By Clayton Barnes Myths and negative perceptions abroad about South Africa's high rate of violent crime could prevent the desired number of foreign visitors from attending next year's Fifa World Cu (By Jan)... |
| [Cartoon] From: The Economist, UK: Economic Meltdown - The (Unbelievable) Obama diet... Thursday 12-Mar-2009: This is one of my all time favourite cartoons in the latest issue of The Economist. This is so well done. Its very clever... It captures very well some of the complete insanity of the Obama policies. (By Jan)... | South Africa: 'The DA will stop ANC corruption' - Learning from AfricanCrisis hey? Sunday 15-Mar-2009: [Hmmm... but isn't what Helen Zille is proposing exactly what we have been doing on AfricanCrisis for the last 9 years? We did not care about the consequences as long as we told the truth. I'm glad th (By Jan)... |
| USA: Alabama Gunman Michael McLendon Kills 10, Himself, in Shooting Rampage Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: [the world has gone mad..., Lars] Michael McLendon Kills Family Members and Random Strangers on Murderous Shooting Rampage A Kinston, Alabama, man went on a killing rampage Tuesday afternoon (Ma (By JoAn)... | [8 Pics] S.Africa: My Pics: How Team work means that you, er... work SLOWER... Thursday 12-Mar-2009: I just want to show you some of the "efficiency" or lack thereof, of some of our Johannesburg city workers. I took these photos in front of my house recently. There is some lawn in a circle as well as (By Jan)... |
| [Pic] Jeff Rense splash screen: Obama Fascism comes to America... Thursday 12-Mar-2009: This is Jeff Rense's depiction of what President Obama's rule means. (Photo) (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: DA complaints about Der Spiegel article Sunday 15-Mar-2009: The Democratic Alliance has complained to the German publication Der Spiegel over an article it believes is inflammatory and could scare visitors away from South Africa. "Der Spiegel is a prominent (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Millions of people flowing unchecked into SA Thursday 12-Mar-2009: South Africa's ineffective border patrol is of grave concern and poses a threat to the country's security, a report by Parliament's portfolio committee on defence said on Thursday. The report on th (By Jan)... | USA: Marxism Comes to America Friday 13-Mar-2009: By Paul Walter March 11, 2009 NewsWithViews.com A dire warning, from a man born and raised under communisem. Something is very, very wrong. This article is meant to get your attention. It is m (By JoAn)... |
| News - South Africa: Kunene trial 'becoming intolerable' Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: Bloemfontein - An affidavit by a dead policeman implicating the Presidency, the National Intelligence Agency and the National Police Commissioner's Office in an alleged conspiracy was handed in at the (By Jan)... | ZimEye say: Top People Mugabe killed - The Fatal Crash which killed Susan Tsvangirai was deliberate... Thursday 12-Mar-2009: [Look at this list of people whom Mugabe killed, many of them between 2000 to the present date. Another suspicious death is: Dr Hunzvi who was becoming very popular. Recently Perence Shiri, the former (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Parole for Derby-Lewis - readers Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: By Ainsley Daniels Clive Derby-Lewis, the convicted killer of Chris Hani, is optimistic about his chances for parole at the age of 73. IOL asked readers: "Should Clive Derby-Lewis be paroled?" (By Jan)... | News - World: 'America will fall like the twin towers' Friday 13-Mar-2009: By Ben Fox The self-professed mastermind and four other men charged in connection with the September 11 attacks declared they were "terrorists to the bone" in a statement that mocked the US failure (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: MDC 'shell shocked' at Mahlangu's comments Saturday 14-Mar-2009: Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change in South Africa is "shell shocked" at Gauteng local government MEC Dorothy Mahlangu's verbal attack on Central Methodist Church Bishop Paul Verryn. (By Jan)... | Evo Morales Threatens Mugabe-Style Land Grabs Saturday 14-Mar-2009: Now isn't this no major surprise? It seems that Bolivia's leader (By Lone Wolf)... |
| News - South Africa: Repayment worries over V&A sale loan Saturday 14-Mar-2009: By Gershwin Wanneburg and Leila Samodien The foreign investors in the V&A Waterfront deal funded the BEE portion of the sale via a loan, but none of their local partners have made any payments on t (By Jan)... | News - Soccer: 'PE Stadium won't be ready in time' Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: One football stadium in South Africa is unlikely to be completed in time for the Confederations Cup, the Fifa World Cup Committee said this week. In a development likely to spur more questions abou (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Interference in Hani killer case - Lawyer Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: Chris Hani's killer, Clive Derby-Lewis, was to have his day in court at last on Tuesday, appearing before a full bench of North Gauteng High Court judges. In December, Judge President Bernard Ngoep (By Jan)... | 'Moderate' Irish Republican Army Caused Recent Terrorist Attacks; Using Splinter Factions To Employ Attacks Saturday 14-Mar-2009: Now isn't this no major surprise? It seems that the "moderate" (By Lone Wolf)... |
| USA: The Economic Meltdown - President Obama is just making things worse... That Overconfident Big Mouth lacks sense Monday 09-Mar-2009: [I said I would enjoy the Obama presidency, and I am. Obama had such a big mouth, and he exudes so much confidence. And yet, he's not able to stop the absolute horror on the markets. In fact, there ar (By Jan)... | America: A must read book; Naive & Abroad: Mexico Painted Mask Thursday 12-Mar-2009: Naive & Abroad: Mexico Painted Mask by Marcus Henderson Wilder is without question a must read book. With the situation on the border -- gangs, drugs, violence, -- all spreading into the United States (By Gairk)... |
| LaRouche Cult Endorse Genocidal Omar Bashir Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: Now isn't this typical here? It seems that the followers of (By Lone Wolf)... | [4 Cartoons] S.Africa: That Little Spoilt Brat Muslim rat... Schabir Shaik... Thursday 12-Mar-2009: Here are some ZAPIRO cartoons about that little Muslim trash bag, Schabir Shaik, who engaged in a corrupt relationship with President-to-be Jacob Zuma, and who then spent 2 years in a hospital, faking (By Jan)... |
| [3 Pics] S.Africa: Wind power in Johannesburg... Thursday 12-Mar-2009: Quite close to my home is a company that specialises in solar, wind and other power generation methods. While driving past them one day I took these photos of these solar panels and wind turbines. (By Jan)... | U. S. A. dollar replaced by . . . digital gold? Friday 13-Mar-2009: Submitted by George: Founded 1997 Thursday, March 12, 2009 Morning Edition FROM JEROME CORSI'S RED ALERT U.S. dollar replaced by ... digital gold? Electronic currency could be global money of (By JoAn)... |
| [Cartoon] A Brilliant Mugabe cartoon... On the road again... Thursday 12-Mar-2009: I love this ZAPIRO cartoon of Mugabe the trucker... No doubt Mugabe thinks its business as usual... meanwhile... his rotten country... is going nowhere. I still think that even now, people do not trul (By Jan)... | S.Africa: On the death of a pothole... Saturday 14-Mar-2009: [This was sent to me by one of our long-time supporters. She is referring to this article which I put up. It is here: [8 Pics] S.Africa: My Pics: How Team work means that you, er... work SLOWER... Jan (By Jan)... |
| The Washington Times: Obama not ready for new war in Gulf Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: Submitted by List: Here a fresh article from The Washington Times about possible war with Iran. The point is: the war is coming soon, be ready for $15/gallon. Something is uncorrect in the arti (By JoAn)... | News - South Africa: Cape Flats killings linked to gang turf wars Monday 09-Mar-2009: An attempt by the notorious 28s prison gang to extend its deadly tentacles out of prisons and across the Cape Flats is being linked to a string of recent murders. The gang is suspected in the killi (By Jan)... |
| [Pic] Jeff Rense splash screen: The dumbing down of America... Thursday 12-Mar-2009: Here is another Jeff Rense splash screen, this one mocking the dumbing down of American kids. Yeah, well in SA the ANC is doing their best to make the black children as dumb as possible. If you want t (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Learn to live with Zim aliens - Mbeki Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: South Africans will just have to learn to live with the millions of illegal immigrants flooding the country, President Thabo Mbeki told MPs on Thursday. "I think that is something we have to live w (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Baghdad exit plan is on track - US Monday 09-Mar-2009: About 12 000 United States soldiers will leave Iraq by September under President Barack Obama's pledge to end America's combat role there, officials said on Sunday, hours after a Baghdad suicide bombe (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: ANC not committed to corruption battle - COPE Thursday 12-Mar-2009: COPE presidential candidate Mvume Dandala praised former president Thabo Mbeki for his 2005 decision to fire his then deputy and current ANC leader Jacob Zuma. Dandala said the controversial sackin (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Ireland killings spark peace protests Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: Belfast - Thousands of people joined peace vigils in Northern Ireland Wednesday to protest the killings of a policeman and two soldiers which threaten to re-ignite sectarian conflict after a decade of (By Jan)... | Russia/USA: Russia may base bombers in Cuba Saturday 14-Mar-2009: MOSCOW - Russian strategic bombers may be based in Cuba in the future, a Russian Air Force chief told Interfax news agency on Saturday. Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, chief of staff of Russia's long (By JoAn)... |
| News - South Africa: It's time to serve the people - Zuma Saturday 14-Mar-2009: By Kevin Ritchie Jacob Zuma is an excited man. He is thrilled about the way, 15 years into democracy, ordinary people are getting worked up about the upcoming elections. The Independent Elec (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Mugabe attends Tsvangirai funeral Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: Harare - President Robert Mugabe joined thousands of Zimbabweans mourning the wife of the prime minister on Tuesday, wishing his rival-turned-coalition partner strength for the nation-building work ah (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Foreign aid workers kidnapped in Darfur Friday 13-Mar-2009: Khartoum - The kidnappers of three foreign aid workers in Darfur have demanded a ransom for their release, a Sudanese official said on Thursday amid security fears following the arrest warrant against (By Jan)... | Continuity Irish Republican Army Behind Recent Attacks In Northern Ireland Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: It certainly seems that the stupidity of the Western elite has gotten the better of them. Doesn't matter if it's dealing with "moderate" Palestinian or ANC terrorists, it seems in Northern Ireland, "f (By Lone Wolf)... |
| S.Africa: We were right about HIV/AIDS all along... the ANC eventually exposes its own lies... Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: I appeared on Jeff Rense's show to discuss the recent attempt at killing Morgan Tsvangirai. I don't believe that even Tsvangirai himself TRULY BELIEVES this was not an assassination attempt. Looking t (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: The new face of an extraordinary dynasty Thursday 12-Mar-2009: By Daniel Howden In a time of increasing political uncertainty for South Africa there is one name that almost everyone in the country would like to see on the ballot in the coming election: Mandela. (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: So who tops the parly pops? Sunday 15-Mar-2009: By Agiza Hlongwane Public name-calling, political turf wars and increasingly innovative ways to woo voters - that's just some of the ingredients that define the run-up to Election '09. While th (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Security guards for Zuma cost SA millions Friday 13-Mar-2009: By Carien du Plessis and Sivuyile Mangxamba Protection for African National Congress President Jacob Zuma - despite his not being a public office-bearer - is costing the taxpayer about R1-million a (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Four killed in Mosul attacks Monday 09-Mar-2009: Mosul - Four people died in attacks near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, police said, in the latest in string of clashes and bombings in the area. Three civilians were killed and four o (By Jan)... | News - Health: Forget the fads and try fasting Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: By Roger Dobson London - Forget about cutting the carbs, bin the brown rice, dump the detox and stop chomping on raw carrots. If you want to lose weight, avoid heart disease, deafness and dement (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Handcuffs for 28 after attacks on COPE fans Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: The Independent Electoral Commission is to intervene urgently to defuse tensions after a knife attack on a COPE member and the arrest of 28 people, mainly supporters of the ANC, for attacks on COPE me (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Mugabe: We must not fight each other Saturday 14-Mar-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Saturday denounced political violence and urged Zimbabweans to work together following the formation of an inclusive government with opposition leader Mo (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Gunmen kill cop in Northern Ireland Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: By Anne Cadwallader Belfast - Suspected dissident republican gunmen killed a police officer in Northern Ireland late on Monday, the third killing in recent days, raising fears of a return of sectar (By Jan)... | Leftist National Organization For Women Denies 'Honor Killing' Label On Aasiya Z Hassan's Death Friday 13-Mar-2009: Now isn't this typical among Leftist groups, especially "feminist" groups? It seems that leaders of the Leftist "feminist" group known as the (By Lone Wolf)... |
| News - World: Two interrogated for N Ireland cop shooting Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: By Eamonn Mallie Belfast - Two men were being questioned Wednesday over a second deadly attack on Northern Ireland's security forces in 48 hours, prompting warnings the province faces a return to v (By Jan)... | News - World: German killer's online warning faked - police Friday 13-Mar-2009: Winnenden, Germany - An Internet warning ascribed to a German teenage gunman who killed 15 people in a bloody rampage before turning the gun on himself was a fake, police and a state minister said. (By Jan)... |
| "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (12-03-2009) Thursday 12-Mar-2009: Howzit "On Wednesday thousands of people converged on the rural home of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in Buhera, to bury his beloved wife Susan. The horror car crash last Friday claimed the life (By The BeardedMan)... | News - World: Motorcycle bomber strikes in Baghdad Monday 09-Mar-2009: A motorcyclist killed 52 people and injured 35 more when he detonated explosives strapped to his body outside a police recruitment centre in Baghdad, medics said. Hundreds of men had gathered outsi (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: 'Bad Brad' to the rescue Thursday 12-Mar-2009: Former Big Brother housemate and security specialist "Bad Brad" Wood has helped police arrest robbers after a shootout that left one robber dead, another injured and a policeman shot in the arm. (By Jan)... | USA: The Day the Dollar died Friday 13-Mar-2009: [Note: This is from the guy who wrote Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Jan] On August 15, 1971 the U.S. dollar died. On that day, without authorization from Congress, President Nixon severed the relationship be (By Gairk)... |
| News - World: Shootings revive debate on gun laws Friday 13-Mar-2009: Berlin - Politicians and experts on both sides of the Atlantic were squaring up Thursday to calls for tougher gun laws and tighter monitoring of video games, after two more horrific massacres. The (By Jan)... | S Africa: 'My yster skiet wittes ook' Monday 09-Mar-2009: Afrikaans news Brief translation below Submitted by Grazy: 24.com News24 Die Burger Volksblad Rapport Sake24 LitNet ‘My yster skiet wittes ook’ sê polisielid glo Mar 08 2009 10:02:46:850 (By JoAn)... |
| News - World: Alabama gunman carried gripe list - police Thursday 12-Mar-2009: Samson, Alabama - The unemployed Alabama man who killed his mother and nine others on a vicious shooting rampage made a list of people who had done him wrong and stocked up on survivalist gear, offici (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Egyptians tell of 'days of terror' Sunday 15-Mar-2009: Cairo - The 25 Egyptian crewmen aboard the Blue Star never had a chance in the attack by Somali pirates. Seven pirates armed with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades were threatening to destroy their (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Lesbians raped to 'cure' them Friday 13-Mar-2009: Johannesburg - South African lesbians are suffering rapes by men trying to "cure" their homosexuality, in what is becoming one of the most common hate crimes against gay women here, a new study said F (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Mugabe offers condolences to MDC leader Monday 09-Mar-2009: Susan Tsvangirai, the wife of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, will be buried on Wednesday, according to an official of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). She died in a road acci (By Jan)... |
| South Africa's Health care system should have collapsed through AIDS, but did not - Will Obama destroy American healthcare? Monday 09-Mar-2009: [I am enjoying Obama. There is nothing Obama isn't meddling with in America that I haven't seen Govts in Africa meddling with. And they used the same lines, the same logic, the same excuses and the re (By Jan)... | Liberal White Journalist Peta Thornicroft tells a big fat lie: There was no Professional Police Force in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Thursday 12-Mar-2009: The Flame Lily Association is composed of Rhodesians here in South Africa. I am a member of their organisation, and I get a monthly newsletter from them. Peta Thornicroft is a White journalist who (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Malema is a wombat , says Zapiro Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: By Heinz de Boer Two of South Africa's most controversial media personalities, writer Max du Preez and cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (aka Zapiro), are in Durban for the 12th Time of the Writer Festiv (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: State walks the talk on farm policy Friday 13-Mar-2009: Johannesburg - The South African government took over a farm this week for the first time under a controversial new policy of taking back unproductive farms allocated to blacks as part of a land redis (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: DA is big enough to take on the ANC - Zille Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: The Democratic Alliance is the party to stop the African National Congress's attempt to gain a two-thirds majority, its leader, Helen Zille, says. "The more power the ANC gets, the more power it ab (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Bruised MDC leader plans funeral Monday 09-Mar-2009: Harare - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was expected back in Zimbabwe on Monday to prepare his wife's funeral after undergoing treatment in Botswana as controversy swirled over the car crash that to (By Jan)... |
| Did Bangladesh Prevented A Mumbai-Style Attack? Friday 13-Mar-2009: Now here's something that's brewing in Bangladesh, as it seems that there was a recent mutiny attempt on the border. Yet things could have spiral out of control even further and end up something like (By Lone Wolf)... | News - South Africa: 'I curse the day he was born' Sunday 15-Mar-2009: By Niyanta Singh 'I curse the day I gave birth to him. I never thought my son would be responsible for one of the most terrible crimes against women. So says Nomusa Chili, mother of Ntuthuko Ch (By Jan)... |
| News - World: School killer was trained in guns Saturday 14-Mar-2009: The psychological profile of a teenager who went on a shooting spree at his former school and killed 15 people began to take shape as investigators described a withdrawn young man from an intact famil (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Military rule looms in Madagascar Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: By Gregoire Pourtier Antananarivo - Madagascar's army chief warned on Tuesday that his troops would take control of the Indian Ocean island if political leaders failed to resolve a worsening crisis (By Jan)... |
| Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe has once again clashed with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: Bulawayo (ZimEye) - President Robert Mugabe has once again clashed with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over a ministerial retreat that was scheduled for this month. The meeting which was organise (By Gairk)... | News - South Africa: Foord identified rape suspects at parade Monday 09-Mar-2009: By Kamini Padayachee All four men accused of robbing a Waterfall father and his daughter, and gang-raping the daughter near a dam in Hillcrest last year, were pointed out by the two at an identity (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: JZ defends Shaik Saturday 14-Mar-2009: By Kevin Ritchie Jacob Zuma, the ANC president, has lashed out at South Africans for wanting Schabir Shaik dead. Speaking exclusively to the Saturday Star yesterday, Zuma said he had been "deep (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Notorious gang leader is behind bars Thursday 12-Mar-2009: By Alex Eliseev Magistrate Renier Boshoff often compares prison to a hungry crocodile, snapping its jaws at criminals. On Wednesday, the crocodile swallowed five members of the notorious Sandto (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Convicted rapist claims sex addiction Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: By Karen Breytenbach Convicted serial rapist and former naval seaman Tsediso Letsoenya told the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday that he was a sex addict and wanted to be evaluated by a female ps (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Shaik could return to jail - Muntingh Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: If it is found that convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik was released on medical parole incorrectly, there is a provision in the law that could see him return to jail, according to the Civil Society Pris (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: ANC not taking poll pledge seriously Thursday 12-Mar-2009: By Deon de Lange and Carien du plessis Opposition parties have accused the ANC of contravening the Electoral Code of Conduct just hours after political leaders committed their parties to an electio (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Mugabe pays his respects to Mrs Tsvangirai Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: By Angus Shaw Harare - President Robert Mugabe joined thousands of Zimbabweans mourning the wife of a rival turned government partner, calling on Tuesday for an end to political violence and wishin (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Ravalomanana urges army to remain neutral Friday 13-Mar-2009: Antananarivo - Madagascar's president went on national radio on Thursday to urge the army to remain neutral in his confrontation with a political rival, as a planned conference to resolve the crisis f (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Girl shocked by exposed cable dies Friday 13-Mar-2009: By Mogomotsi Magome The Soshanguve schoolgirl who was admitted to hospital after being shocked by an exposed electrical cable almost three weeks ago has died. Her death has resulted in outrage (By Jan)... |
| News - World: Journalists killed in Abu Ghraib bombing Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: By Kim Gamel Baghdad - An Iraqi TV cameraman and a reporter were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bombing west of Baghdad, highlighting the dangers facing journalists as they increasingly take to the (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Protest against lesbian killings Friday 13-Mar-2009: By Mziwandile Nkosi A year ago their bodies were found dumped in the veld. They had both been shot. But today the families of lesbians Sizakele Sigasa and Salome Maoosa are still no closer to fi (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Cops, robbers in shootout after failed heist Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: By Clayton Barnes An attempted cash-in-transit heist on Wednesday morning resulted in a dramatic shootout between police and three suspects in the Joe Slovo informal settlement, after two cars ramm (By Jan)... | USA/CHINA: US Navy ship got into scrape with Chinese vessels Wednesday 11-Mar-2009: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy ship that got into a scrape with five Chinese vessels last weekend in the South China Sea was looking for threats such as submarines — presumably Chinese — in waters that Ch (By JoAn)... |
| News - South Africa: Fire chief resigns after airport safety shock Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: By Caryn Dolley Two-thirds of the 62 firefighters stationed at Cape Town International Airport are "poorly trained" and have little or no general firefighting experience. Only 15 percent are ful (By Jan)... | News - World: Six killed in Afghan violence Sunday 15-Mar-2009: Kandahar, Afghanistan - A bomb apparently directed at an Afghan city mayor killed a civilian man on Sunday, police said, as the US military reported that its troops had killed five alleged militants. (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: 'Look, I cannot feel my body' Sunday 15-Mar-2009: By Chris Makhaye Three weeks after a horror attack on a gospel group that left gospel singer Philani "Amen" Mkhanyawo dead and several injured, ceramic tiler Elridge Volkwyn, can barely recall what (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: ANC 'victimising our jobs' Sunday 15-Mar-2009: More leaders of the breakaway Congress of the People are feeling the ANC's wrath as they are removed from their jobs in government and in companies linked to the ruling party. The latest casualty (By Jan)... |
| News - Africa: Zimbabweans bid farewell to Mrs Tsvangirai Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: Harare - Zimbabweans began making their way by foot and car Tuesday to a stadium in the capital Harare to bid farewell to Susan Tsvangirai, the popular wife of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who was (By Jan)... | News - Africa: Al-Bashir issues warning to foreigners Monday 09-Mar-2009: By Sarah El Deeb El Fasher - Sudan's president threatened to kick out more aid groups and expel diplomats and peacekeepers on Sunday during his first trip to Darfur after an international court iss (By Jan)... |
| Iran Signs 3.2 Billion Dollar Natural Gas Deal With Communist China Sunday 15-Mar-2009: Now isn't this no major surprise? It seems that Iran has just signed onto a 3.2 billion dollar natural gas deal with (By Lone Wolf)... | News - World: Group counts the cost of Gaza offensive Friday 13-Mar-2009: Gaza - Israel's 22-day offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killed 1 434 people, including 960 civilians, 239 police officers and 235 fighters, a Palestinian human rights group said on Thursday. (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Death of prisoner puts parole issue in focus Friday 13-Mar-2009: A prisoner with a terminal illness died at Durban's Westville Prison hospital, raising further questions about the prisons' parole system on Friday. The Justice for Prisoners and Detainees Trust (J (By Jan)... | News - World: Tigers fingered for mosque attack Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: Akuressa, Sri Lanka - Fifteen people were killed and another 60, including a government minister, wounded on Tuesday in a suicide bombing at a Muslim celebration in Sri Lanka, officials said. Milit (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Has the bell finally tolled for Jingles? Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: By Alex Eliseev With his tattoos hidden under a smart button-up shirt, a skullcap on his head and a cellphone glued to his ear, the burglar they call "Jingles" snooped around unnoticed in some of g (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: He was going to kill his wife - Visser Monday 09-Mar-2009: Pretoria - Dirk Prinsloo threatened to kill former advocate Cezanne Visser and her mother, the Pretoria High Court heard on Monday. He also planned to murder his former wife, Visser testified. S (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Serial rapist could be declared dangerous Friday 13-Mar-2009: Cape Town - Tsediso Letsoenya, the ex-naval seaman convicted of 28 rapes and 28 indecent assaults, is to be assessed by a female psychiatrist as he requested. He believes he has a sexual addiction (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Shaik doctors face probe Tuesday 10-Mar-2009: By Louise Flanagan, Angela Quintal and Solly Maphumulo The cardiologist who reportedly told hospital authorities that Schabir Shaik should be discharged also recommended last year that the fraudste (By Jan)... |
| News - South Africa: Wife of alleged 28s gangster held Monday 09-Mar-2009: By Lavern de Vries The wife of alleged 28s gangster and murder suspect George "Geweld" Thomas is to appear in court soon - on charges relating to the illegal possession of drugs. The charges rel (By Jan)... | News - South Africa: Boesak urged to sue DA Monday 09-Mar-2009 |
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