The Bantu people are mostly found in southern, central and eastern Africa. They comprise about a third of Africa’s total population whose languages have similarities. Within these over 400 languages, some words and expressions are similar, but the people are very diverse culturally and are actually...
South Africa's Eugene Terreblanche, the founder of the supremacist group Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) was killed as he slept at Villanova, his South African farm in Ventersdorp, on Friday, April 3, 2010. Terreblache was sixty nine when one 21 year old suspect and one 15 year old accomplice...
Nelson Mandela is one of the world’s famous figures for human rights and advocacies on equality and non-discrimination. He was the first president of Africa that was elected under a democratic system. His efforts against apartheid have been instrumental in his political career which gained him the...
A whale lands on a yacht near Cape Town, South africa. Paloma Werner and Ralph, her companion, were sailing on July 18, 2010 near Cape Town when a 10 meter long whale breached on their boat Intrepid. The only casualty because of the incident occurred when vessel's mast snapped under the...
Black History Month is the annual remembrance of the events and individuals in the history of African diaspora beyond their traditional homeland. The United States and Canada have celebrated Black History Month every February since its inception in 1976, with the United Kingdom recognizing Black...
nbsp;Dr. Sonnet Ehlers invents female rape condom. After 40 years of practicing medicine in South Africa and treating women who lived in a country with the highest incidence of rape in the world, Dr. Ehlers devised a female rape called "Rape-aXe" condom. The device is inserted in a...
Sensationalism in the media is not always intentional. When a celebrity or public figure is elderly or ill, drafts of obituaries are often prepared in advance. While this can be convenient, it can also lead to disaster when these drafts are released prematurely. Other times when the media kills...
A Libyan plane crash leaves one ten year old survivor. A plane approaching Tripoli's airport carrying 104 passengers crashed on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 and left one 10 year old Dutch boy the sole survivor. Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende reported that the Afriquiyah Airways Airbus...
Societies across the globe are facing the dire consequence that life as we know it is clambering to chaos. Worldwide infrastructures are crumbling, popular culture has become the baseline for values, and dysfunctional governments are now controlling the world. Here are 10 Signs The World Has Gone...
The World Health Organization has identified a gonorrhea superbug. The sexually transmittable disease has sexual health experts in the United Kingom, Africa, and Asia concerned that without innovative treatments, gonorrhea could potentially become antibiotic resistant. A WHO conference scheduled...
