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Who Are the Bantu People?

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...

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Whale Lands on Yacht Near Cape Town, South Africa

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...

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South Africa's Eugene Terreblanch Killed

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...

Murdered by the Media: 25 Premature Celebrity Obituaries

Murdered by the Media: 25 Premature Celebrity Obituaries

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...

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Dr. Sonnet Ehlers Invents Female Rape Prevention Condom

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...

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Martin Luther King Speech - Beyond Vietnam

Martin Luther King Speech - Beyond Vietnam Martin Luther King Speech Beyond VietnamNew York, N.Y.4 April 1967 Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here tonight, and how very delighted I am to see you expressing your concern about the issues...

10 Signs the World Has Gone Mad

10 Signs the World Has Gone Mad

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...

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What Are the 10 Strangest Traffic Laws in the World?

 

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    New York University Online

    New York University offers its online programs through the Paul McGhee Division.

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    Rhodesian Ridgeback Dog Breed

    Originating from Zimbabwe in South Africa, the Rhodesian Ridgeback was developed from crossing ridge backed dogs imported into the country with breeds like the Mastiff, Deerhound, local dogs kept by the KhoiKhoi tribes and also possibly the Great Dane. In the old days, the breed has been known by...