First Nudist Beach opens in South Africa
The KwaZulu-Natal Naturist Association has hailed the official opening of South Africa’s first nudist beach as a complete success. Naturists defied the threat of arrest and a confrontation with angry residents at KwaZulu-Natal’s first nudist beach as they let everything hang loose at the unofficial opening last weekend. Dozens of people turned up to use…
South Africa Convicts Former Tennis Star for Rape
Former Australian tennis Grand Slam champion, Bob Hewitt, has been found convicted by a South African court of raping underage girls. Hewitt, 75, had denied two charges of rape and a third charge of sexual assault. The alleged rape took place in the 1980s and 1990s, when the former tennis star was coaching the women,…
South Africa: Woman Arrested For Stabbing Popular Rap Artist
A woman has been arrested in South Africa for allegedly stabbing and killing a well-known local rapper. Nkululeko Habedi, known as Flabba, 38 died, in his home in Alexandra, a Johannesburg, South Africa, township. Police have said his girlfriend will be charged with murder and will appear in court “within 48 hours.” Habedi became popular…
South Africa to Ban Foreigners from Land Ownership
Under the new proposals outlined by President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, foreigners will be banned from owning land in South Africa. Also, locals will have limits set on the size of their farms under the proposals. “Land has become one of the most critical factors in achieving redress for the wrongs of the past,”…
South Africa Grants Apartheid Assassin Parole
South Africa has granted the infamous apartheid-era death squad commander, Eugene de Kock, a parole after 20 years in prison. De Kock, 66, was nicknamed “Prime Evil” for his role in the killing and maiming of activists fighting white minority rule in the 1980s and early 1990s. He was sentenced to two life terms in…
Okah Was Procured To Assassinate Me – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday, alleged that Henry Okah, jailed leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND was hired to assassinate him. A South African court convicted Okah in 2013 for masterminding the October 1, 2010 bombing in Abuja during the celebration of the country’s independence. “Okah was procured by…
Hostages killed during Yemen Rescue Bid
Luke Somers, US journalist and Pierre Korkie, South African teacher have been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue bid. The operation, which was carried out on Saturday, was done by a joint US and Yemeni special forces in the southern Shabwa region In a statement, Chuck Hagel, Defense Secretary said that…
Lagos Mourns ex-Minister Ashiru
Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor, has expressed condolences to the people and government of Ogun State over the death of Olugbenga Ashiru, former Minister of Foreign Affairs. In a condolence statement signed by Hakeem Bello, Special Adviser to the governor on Media, Fashola expressed shock and sadness over Ashiru’s death with special condolences to his…
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