What makes South Africa so special
Being transported from the Melkbosstrand area through to Cape town at a cost of about R4 million rand. The boat is impressive in size out of the water, but guess in the water very small considering it was the Capes notorious storms that sent this boat sand surfing in the first place.
Much of life can never be explained but only witnessed
NAIROBI (AFP) – A baby hippopotamus that survived the
tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong
bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal
facility in the port city of Mombassa , officials said
The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about
300 kilograms (650 pounds), [...]
Three contractors – one from Soweto, another from Pretoria,
and the third from Benoni – are bidding to fix a broken fence at
the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
They go with a Union Buildings official to examine the fence.
The Pretoria contractor takes out a tape measure, does some
measuring, and then works some figures with a pencil.
“Well,” he says, [...]
Many have been forced to flee Zimbabwe. Millions have suffered years of threats, poverty and intimidation at the hands of Robert Mugabe’s men.
Is this a glimpse of what South Africans can expect in the near future?
Black Power Farm is now used as a headquarters for the war veterans in the area.
First Zimbabwe, next South Africa. [...]
Mud races refuse to use toilets even when made available – they prefer to go around crapping on the ground. Forty-eight percent of India still squat down and crap whenever and wherever the urge strikes. Everywhere you drive in South Africa, you will be treated by the sight of Africans pissing on side walks, [...]
Robber shot dead in Sandringham heist
A 30-year-old man was shot dead by police as a gang of five gunmen attempted to rob a cash-in-transit van in Sandringham in Johannesburg on Wednesday, Gauteng police said.
Inspector Moses Maphakela said security guards from a cash-in-transit company stopped at a Shell garage in George Avenue to collect money [...]
Black cop sexually assaults woman, baby dies
Durban – A Pietermaritzburg policeman arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a satellite police station is expected to be served with formal suspension papers this week, the Witness newspaper reported on Monday.
An unemployed 32-year-old woman claimed that she had gone to the Copesville satellite police station to [...]
JOHANNESBURG – The South African police are allowing convicted murderers, rapists, armed robbers and corrupt officials to run around with guns and police uniforms.
Responding to a parliamentary question by the opposition Democratic Alliance, the Minister of Safety and Security revealed that despite being found guilty of serious and violent crimes, at least 31 police officers [...]
An interesting story about SAA. Taken from a reader at news24. Never fly SAA.
Some time ago there was some discussion around the airlines that might have to raise their tariffs to compensate for the increase in fuel costs. Some airlines also came out and indicated that they will be raising tickets accordingly, but that they [...]
One of South Africa’s controversial new submarines, the SS Constitution, has broken the record for the deepest dive after its novice crew accidentally sank the vessel and wedged it into a seabed canyon in the South Atlantic. The navy has confirmed that the crew are “elated and will savour the achievement until the batteries and [...]
Hyperinflation is raging so fiercely in the beleaguered African nation of Zimbabwe that it threatens to wipe out the supply of local currency.
With prices in the country doubling every few days, the official inflation rate is running at more than 2 million percent — and at least four times faster in reality, according to [...]