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Police keep watchful eye on Alexandra Township
sabcnews.com 10 hrs ago 10 related
Police have beefed up security in Johannesburg's Alexandra Township for the weekend. This follows xenophobic attacks throughout the week. Two people have died and scores of others have been arrested for public violence. The situation has calmed down in Alex, but xenophobic attacks have spread to...
One death, arrests reported in xenophobic attacks in South Africa
earthtimes.org 1 hr ago 2 related
Johannesburg - At least one person was reported dead amidst a series of xenophobic attacks around the South African city of Johannesburg, reports said. According to the Sapa news agency, at least one man was shot and killed and two others injured in ...
Double-Amputee Allowed To Compete for Olympic Bid
washingtonpost.com 11 hrs ago 2 related
Appeals Court: No Edge Gained From Blades Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, May 17, 2008; Page A01 JOHANNESBURG, May 16 -- An international appeals court on Friday cleared the way for double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius to make a historic bid to appear in the Beijing Olympics, ruling...
SA unions protest against xenophobia
sabcnews.com 2 hrs ago
South Africa's working class was turning its anger against immigrants instead of the "true enemy", the capitalists, several socialist organisations said at a march held in Johannesburg today. Speaking at the march, organised by the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu), the left-winged...
Man crushed in feed mixer
news24.com 8 hrs ago
Johannesburg - A 21-year-old farmworker was killed when he fell into the grinder of a cattle feed mixer in Frankfort, Free State police said on Friday. Sergeant Philani Mvuna said Abram Mabaso was feeding bags of mielies into the feed mixer to make feed for dairy cattle at 08:30 on Friday. Two...
Sunette sues ex for R1.2m
news24.com 5 hrs ago
Johannesburg - Afrikaans singer Sunette Bridges appeared in the Pretoria High Court on Friday where she is suing her ex-fiancé for breach of contract. Bridges who has been married four times is claiming R1.2m from Deon (Skip) van Jaarsveld, a citrus farmer in Patensie in the Eastern Cape. She...
Gran raped in front of kids
news24.com 4 hrs ago
Johannesburg - A 22-year-old man has been arrested for raping a 72-year-old grandmother in Butterworth, Eastern Cape police said on Saturday. Spokesperson Jackson Manatha said the grandmother was asleep at home in Zingqayi village on Friday, when the man broke into the house and demanded money...
MDC claims assassination plot
news24.com 2 hrs ago 6 related
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not return home on Saturday after his party learned of an assassination plot against him, a party spokesperson told AFP. "We received information from a credible source this morning concerning a planned assassination attempt on...
South Africa: Townships in Turmoil Raise Fears That Xenophobia Will Spread
allafrica.com 22 hrs ago 7 related
Violence against foreigners has flared up over the past week in Alexandra, a township in northern Johannesburg, South Africa, leaving two dead and more than 60 injured. Up to 1,000 people are still seeking refuge at a local police station and there are fears that xenophobic attacks will spread.
SOUTH AFRICA: Military’s HIV ban unlawful
irinnews.org 21 hrs ago 11 related
South Africa's military will have to present a new health classifications policy within six months JOHANNESBURG, 16 May 2008 (PlusNews) - South Africa's High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the military's exclusion of HIV-positive people from recruitment, promotion and foreign deployment is...