Snippets From South Africa: August 2007

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*Jacob Zuma Tells the “Church” to Speak Out on Morality!
*South Africa Shows Its True Colours at the UN, Supporting Dictatorships All Over the World
*Increasing Media Freedom Violations in South Africa
*SA Broadcasting Corporation Must Not Give the Perception that It is a Government Mouthpiece, Says the ANC
*Nurses and Teachers Go on Strike: Massive Intimidation [...]

The Crime Epidemic Continues

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*The Latest Crime Statistics Released by the South African Police
*Torture Being Increasingly Used by Criminals in South Africa
*Hijackers Blockade Freeway to Rob Motorists
*Baby Shot in Highway Attack
*Black Youth Kills His Grandmother and Mutilates the Corpse - and Gets a Mere 13 Year Sentence!
*Brave Boy (12) Saves His Family During an Armed Robbery
*Boy (12) [...]

Smacking Of Children To Be Banned

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For years now, South Africa has refused to allow corporal punishment in schools. This was bad enough. But now, if a new bill is signed into law by President Mbeki, as it looks almost certain to [...]

Gandhi: “Struggle Hero” or Segregationist and Indian Supremacist?

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In October 2006, because of its large Indian population and M.K. Gandhi’s close association with the country, many in South Africa celebrated the 100th anniversary of his philosophy of Satyagraha - passive resistance - as [...]

The Passing Away of the “Big Crocodile”

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South Africa’s former State President, P.W. Botha, died on October 31, 2006, at the age of 90. He passed away peacefully at his home in the Western Cape province.
The South Africa of today [...]

Snippets from South Africa, October 2006

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Things happen so fast in South Africa these days that reporting on it all can be exhausting. No sooner is an article completed than another has to be begun. Here, then, are the details on some of [...]

Snippets from South Africa, September 2006

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CRIME, CRIME, CRIME: THE WORD THAT DEFINES SOUTH AFRICA TODAY
Violent crime is so epidemic in SA that it is impossible to fully describe what living with it is like, to those who are not citizens here. It affects [...]

Thabo Mbeki’s Distortion of the Holy Scriptures

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South African President Thabo Mbeki delivered an address at the annual Nelson Mandela Lecture, held at Wits University on the 29th July 2006. This was broadcast on SABC 2 on the 30th July. I [...]

Snippets from South Africa, June 2006

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MINISTER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY: “PEOPLE WHO WHINE ABOUT CRIME CAN LEAVE THE COUNTRY”
In early June, South Africa’s Safety and Security Minister, Charles Nqakula, a Communist, said that people who whine and whinge about crime in the country can [...]

Snippets from South Africa, March 2006

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South Africa’s “Culture of Rape”
South Africa’s former deputy president, Jacob Zuma, is on trial for rape. He, like all citizens, must be viewed as innocent until proven guilty, and this “snippet” is not about him. It is [...]