Flooding hits Cape Town, cleanup begins in KwaZulu-Natal

Update June 25: Residents of KwaZulu-Natal have started cleaning up the city after last week's flood. Officials are unable to estimate the cost of the damage this early in the operation; however, four people are reported misssing and the heavy rainfall broke four records, one...

South African Floods Raise Death Toll

At least 10 people have died and an unknown number are missing after serious flooding burst banks, dams and bridges in Durban, South Africa. Police and rescuers said cars had been swept away and buildings, even railways tracks were damaged."At least six people have been...

Light Aircraft Crashes on South African Beach

Two people were badly hurt as an ultralight aircraft crashed on Salt Rock Beach, on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal. "Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said the aircraft had crashed on the Salt Rock beach on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast."Two people are in a critical...

Blues made me want to kill baby

Having a baby can be both exhilarating and exhausting. It can bring much joy, but it can also challenge you in ways you never expected. Soon after giving birth, many women feel weepy and moody. You may be blessed with a beautiful baby and a loving partner, yet you find...

Thieves Rob Entire Hotel

Talk about going big... I've never heard of a hotel robbery on this scale before. "A gang of thieves held up an entire hotel in northern KwaZulu-Natal, robbing the hotel, staff and guests of cash, cellphones and cars, police said on Wednesday. Superintendent Jay Naicker said...

Gambian President Claims AIDS Cure

The thing is, I want to believe, as must every AIDS patient on the planet. However, until the patients taking President Jammeh's concoction can be independently assessed, it is very hard to take his claims seriously. Throughout Africa, claims have been made that various...

Gambian President Announces Cure for Aids

"A claim by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh that he can cure Aids in three days has been lambasted by a leading South African HIV/Aids specialist. "I'm astonished. The danger of a president standing up [to say this] is shocking," Jerry Coovadia told the BBC."According to this...

O primeiro reforço do Sporting

Passado o Natal e numa altura que as competições nacionais (no que concerne ao futebol) estão paradas (incompreensível), o mercado de transferências e as especulações à volta destas é aquilo que vai animando os adeptos. No Sporting enquanto se espera pelo desenrolar...

The 5.5-Magnitude Tremor Damages Buildings On Sumatra Island; No Tsunami Warn...

(AP) An earthquake early Monday killed at least four people and damaged scores of buildings on Indonesia's Sumatra island, which is still recovering from the 2004 Asian tsunami, witnesses and seismologists said. The 5.5-magnitude tremor was felt across western and...

Govt to tighten laws to stop female infanticide

"India plans to tighten laws banning tests to determine the sex of unborn babies in a bid to curb the killing of thousands of female foetuses, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Wednesday. India's Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act -- which outlaws doctors from...