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SAA No Longer Accepting Pilot Applications From White Males
17 Aug 2012 by Albi P / 15 Comments
Dreaming of conquering the skies as an SAA pilot? Well, it’s time to get your head out of clouds if you’re a white male because SAA are no longer accepting any more cadet pilot training applications from that particular demographic.
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Local Men Protest Against Physical Abuse From Wives
03 Jul 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
Dozens of men were protesting in Hillbrow, Johannesburg this morning – chanting slogans such as “say no to men abuse.” They claim that they are doing this in a bid to seek protection from their abusive wives, who beat them at home on regular occasions.
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Shocking Footage Of Klerksdorp Air Show Plane Crash [VIDEO]
02 Jul 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 8 Comments
This past weekend, pilot Gianfranco Cicogna Mozzoni died in front of thousands of people at the Klersdorp Air Show. This shocking footage taken the moment it happened, includes some of the crowd reactions, and can be seen inside. Please note that this might be upsetting to sensitive viewers.
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Protests Cost Cape Town R2 Million
29 Jun 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
In a classic case of defeating the point so badly that the point goes into the corner and cries for its mommy, recent protests around Cape Town – usually focused on service delivery – have destroyed R2 millon worth of city property, the city has revealed.
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Oliver Hermanus Readies New Biblical Film
22 Jun 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
South African director, Oliver Hermanus, is out to make waves again when he begins work on The Well. His most recent success came in the form of the Afrikaans film, Skoonheid, that debuted at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard in 2011. The Well will see Hermanus reteam with Didier Costet, his French producer-distributor on Skoonheid.
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Violence Breaks Out At DA March, Journalist Injured [PICS]
15 May 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
The DA’s march against Cosatu in the Johannesburg city centre became violent earlier. Cosatu members allegedly stormed the march and rocks were thrown. In the process, DA supporters and a journalist from the Mail & Guardian were injured after being hit with stones.
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Fire Breaks Out At Mitchells Plain Hospital
09 May 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Firefighters are currently battling a fire that broke out on the construction site of Mitchells Plain Hospital. Not a lot of details are known at this stage. EWN is reporting that emergency officials are on the scene, and that site managers are trying to keep the media away from taking pictures.
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SANRAL CEO, Nazir Alli, Hands In Resignation
08 May 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
The SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) has confirmed that CEO, Nazir Alli has resigned. Even though they did not provide more details, Alli’s resignation comes close on the heels of the recent Gauteng e-toll system disaster.
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Man Fighting For His Life After Court Shooting This Morning
24 Apr 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
This morning a man was shot in the neck outside the Cape High Court, and is currently fighting for his life. His attackers are unknown and immediately fled the scene. According to people who know the victim, he was attending a murder trial involving five members of the Junky Funkie Gang.
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BREAKING: Soweto Gang Rape Victim Found Alive
18 Apr 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 3 Comments
This morning we told you about the horrible incident that saw a group of boys in Soweto kidnap and gang-rape an underage girl on camera. Concerns were even higher, as the girl featured in the video was reported missing as well. The good news is that she has reportedly been found alive and is currently at the Dobsonville police station.
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Tuks Student Accidentally Shoots Herself At Graduation Ceremony
12 Apr 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
I’ve heard of the saying, “don’t take a knife to a gunfight”, but taking a gun to your graduation ceremony is just plain ridiculous. A female student at the University of Pretoria was wounded yesterday when she sat down, only to have a gun go off inside her graduation gown. She was wounded in her stomach and is “seriously injured.”
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Security Guards Caught On Camera Beating Foreigners With Sjamboks [VIDEO]
11 Apr 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
Very disturbing video footage has emerged – involving security guards beating foreign nationals with sjamboks outside a home affairs office in Pretoria. The foreigners were waiting in a queue to renew their refugee papers.
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Murder Accused Claims Eugene Terre’Blanche “Sodomised” Him
11 Apr 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Yesterday the Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial resumed in Ventersdorp. One of the accused, Chris Mahlangu, claims that he killed the former AWB leader out of self-defense after being sodomised in his farmhouse. His excuse, however, was questioned in the High Court.
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Vaalwater Police Brutality Victim Speaks [VIDEO]
16 Mar 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 3 Comments
Norman Mokau, the victim of a brutal attack at the hands of a Vaalwater police officer in Limpopo last year, says he is still in pain after the incident. Mokau was beaten up by a police officer in November last year and the officer has only just been suspended.
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Umkhonto We Sizwe: “Malema Would Have Faced Firing Squad During Struggle”
15 Mar 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
The Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans’ Association (MKMVA) has kicked up quite a bit of dust over a statement they’ve made about Julius Malema. They say that if this was still the struggle era, Malema would have been killed by a firing squad for “the way in which he was rude to the ANC leadership.” See the ANCYL’s response after the jump.
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WATCH: Beret-Wearing, Popped-Collared Julius Malema Discussing His Catch-22 [VIDEO]
15 Feb 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
Yesterday Julius Malema’s struggle with the South Africa’s judicial system surfaced in the media. See the video of him discussing his love-hate relationship with his white lawyers inside, but also keep an eye on our boy’s outfit. Once again he reminds us that just because you are a beret-wearing revolutionary, there is no excuse for not popping at least two collars in the process.
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Remains Of Ship Discovered Underneath Waterfront Construction Site [VIDEO]
10 Feb 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
There is great excitement in Cape Town after the discovery of a ship found buried in a pit on the construction site at the No. 1 Silo at the V&A Waterfront. Read more about the excavation process, and see a video of the process, after the jump.
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This Week In Sham Statistics: South African White People Are Going Extinct
06 Feb 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Here is a good reason why statistics should rather be left to the professionals. A new report by the South African Institute of Race Relations “revealed” that South Africa’s white population was declining by about 0.3% every five years. The City Press then “extrapolated” the figures and concluded that whites would be extinct by the year 2161. Now people are freaking out.
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Ambulance Stopped And Forced To Pay Chapman’s Peak Toll Fee
17 Jan 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 6 Comments
Cape Medical Response recently got a call to transfer a patient to Constantiaberg as an emergency. But they were stopped at the Chapman’s Peak toll first. According to Entilini Concession – the company that operates the road – even ambulances must stop and pay the toll fee, “irrespective of whether it is an emergency.”
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BREAKING: Jackie Selebi Loses Appeal, Must Report To Jail In 48 Hours
02 Dec 2011 by Matt McDonald / 1 Comment
BREAKING NEWS: Former Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi has lost his appeal against a conviction for receiving benefits from convicted drug trafficker Glenn Agliotti, and has to report to jail within 48 hours.
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K53 FAIL: Weltevreden Park Driving Test Gone Wrong [PIC]
01 Dec 2011 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
This picture was taken in Weltevreden Park, Johannesburg, earlier today. The events leading up to the picture being taken are not known, but I think it is safe to assume that the driver did not pass his or her K53 test.
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Mandla Mandela: “Sexual Age Of Consent Is A White, Western Notion”
25 Nov 2011 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
Three prominent gender rights organisations met with Mandla Mandela yesterday. This, after he made statements regarding South Africa’s sexual age of consent last year, saying that when it comes to culture, the sexual age of consent is a “white, Western notion.” He was specifically referring to the ukuthwala practice, where girls as young as 14-years-old are abducted and forcefully married to older men.
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Tenth Tibetan Monk In 12 Months Sets Fire To Himself In China
27 Oct 2011 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Yet another Tibetan Buddhist monk doused himself in fuel and set fire to himself in China yesterday. This brings to ten the total number of monks who’ve resorted to this extreme form of protest since March this year.
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ASA Pulls Axe Advert Because It Offends Christian Viewers [Video]
26 Oct 2011 by Steyn du Toit / 8 Comments
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that an Axe deodorant advert be pulled. In the ad, angels can be seen falling from heaven because they are attracted to a man’s deodorant. But a viewer laid a complaint, claiming it offends Christians. According to him, angels aren’t supposed to forfeit their heavenly status for mortal desires.
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Schoolboys From Oudtshoorn High Arrested Over Sex Video
18 Oct 2011 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
Three boys from Oudtshoorn High School have been arrested after a sex video did the rounds at the school. The clip involves them and a girl engaging in some rather disturbing after-school activities. The 15-year-old girl laid a charge of statutory rape against them, after the video’s existence became public knowledge.
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Robert McBride Has Been Jailed For Drunk Driving
08 Sep 2011 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride has been sentenced to two years in prison for drunken driving. As you know, he was found guilty in April for drunken driving and defeating the ends of justice. He crashed his government-allocated car on the R511 near Hartbeespoort Dam in Pretoria.
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Woman Forced To Strip In Front Of Colleagues To Prove She’s Female
01 Sep 2011 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Two weeks ago Precious Msibi was forced by her HR manager of all people to strip naked in front of colleagues, including males – during Woman’s Month! The strip was done to “prove that she was female”. After assurances by the police that the guy would be arrested, she claims that nothing has been done so far.
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BREAKING NEWS: Floyd Shivambu Also Charged
19 Aug 2011 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
The news broke earlier today that the ANC will charge Julius Malema for infringing upon the ANC’s constitution. The party spokesperson Keith Khoza has now confirmed that Floyd Shivambu will also be charged with bringing the ANC into disrepute and sowing divisions. Shivambu is the current ANC Youth League spokesperson.
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