south africa

Really diggin this album. 1980s boogie through the lens of South Africa

South Africa’s scandal-plagued president, Jacob Zuma, was clinging to power Tuesday despite growing pressure to step down. Zuma is a member of the African National Congress, the ruling party that has led the country since the end of white minority rule and the election of Nelson Mandela, but...

Here's a sample of his poetry: NO SERENITY HERE - Poem by Keorapetse Kgositsile An omelette cannot be unscrambled. Not even the one prepared in the crucible of 19th century sordid European design. When Europe cut up this continent into little pockets of its imperialist want and greed it was...

1. Depending on who you believe/talk to, South Africa may once again Africa's largest economy. 2. The race to replace Jacob Zuma as President and leader of the African National Congress (ANC) has begun. The two front-runners are Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. 3. Zuma placed the...

(Source: ']http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-37978833) Most people in three African countries have an optimistic outlook despite continuing anger at corruption and economic woes, a survey has found. South Africans, Nigerians and Kenyans all say healthcare and education will be better for...

The earliest evidence of cancer in the human fossil record has been discovered in a cave in South Africa, an international team of scientists say. The aggressive tumour was found in a 1.7 million-year-old toe from an ancient human ancestor. The toe belonged to one of the early hominins, either...

A high court judge has come under fire after a Facebook conversation, in which she expresses her belief that rape is part of black culture, was made public. Snippets of the conversation have been posted online by social justice activist Gillian Schutte in which judge Jansen says “in their...

I'm consciously not posting on the Coli as much as before, and I'm especially not posting in as many 'race' threads as before, but nevertheless I thought you might want to hear about the Rhodes Must Fall campaign which started in South Africa and eventually found its way to Oxford University...

BRICS are making a of big moves lately, latest news is Germany planing on joining the BRICS.:leon: Can the BRICS really challenge the West and defeat the doller to bring balance of power to the world?:ohhh: Or is it just wishful thinking and the BRICS might not get that far?:patrice: