South Africa: ANC leader Jacob Zuma to wed fifth wife

By Miriam Mannak Just a year after tying the knot for the fourth time, Jacob Zuma - the president of South Africa's ruling party, the ANC - is to wed his fifth wive.  According to the South African media...

And the award for best record store goes to...

What exactly makes for a good record store?  Is it a certain elegant insouciance on the part of staff? A deliberately lo-fi yet charming decor? An overwhelming potpourri of dusty record sleeves?The folks over...

Zulu actor Ivor Emmanuel dies, 80

"Ivor Emmanuel, renowned for his rendition of Welsh song Men of Harlech in the classic film Zulu, has died. He was born in 1927, in Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot, the same village as fellow actor Richard Burton. The Hollywood star helped give him his theatrical break, and he...

All In A Day

"Something is faster than a Federal Cabinet Minister putting his foot in his mouth then taking it out and shooting it. His communications staff destroying the public evidence on his webpage."

Rocked by Aids, Zulu kingdom now faces even worse foe: incurable TB

"The first clue to the hidden killer stalking villages in the Zulu kingdom revealed itself at a small rural hospital long besieged by epidemics."

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