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Female fiddler crab offers sex in exchange for protection

Some animals have a strange ways of dealing with - or gaining from - violence. According to an Australian study, a male fiddler crab will happily defend a female neighbour against intruders, partly because he will get sex in return.
Published yesterday by  Miriam Mannak in Environment | 1 comment

12 Southern African Nations Exercise New Standby Force

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has expressed its satisfaction with the regional grouping’s first military standby force exercise, codenamed Exercise Golfinho.
Published Oct 4, 2009 by  Christopher Szabo in World | 2 comments

Children of Conflict:The Real Victims

Around the world children are suffering from direct consequences of war. They find themselves alone and vulnerable without their families or being directly recruited as a child soldier.
Published Jun 21, 2009 by  Natalie Peart in World

HIV babies falling through the cracks

After a UNICEF conference it has been found that an estimated 900 babies are at risk each year in Africa as their Mothers are not getting adequete treatment from the governemnt to prevent contracting HIV at birth.
Published Jun 6, 2009 by  Natalie Peart in World | 1 comment

Raped and Killed for being a Lesbian

Women across South Africa are being brutally assaulted, tortured and raped in an attempt to change their sexual identity and transform them into a 'real women' through the act dubbed as "Corrective rape" by Human Rights groups.
Published May 30, 2009 by  Natalie Peart in World | 4 comments

Opinion: A taste of Goa: food fit for gods and kings Special

The very mention of Goa evokes images of sun kissed beaches, swaying palms, Feni and a fun-loving people. But there is indeed much more to this idyllic land than just this, says Beryl Viera Coutinho in her book “A Taste Of Goa”.
Published May 29, 2009 by  Armstrong Vaz in Food | 1 comment

Satanic 'healing-safari' jailed near African power station

Four bizarre 'prophets of a Gaia-healing safari' were arrested at the crucial Cahora Bassa power station in Mozambique and held for 'sabotaging' the hydro-electric plant. They were throwing 'orgon' disks in the water, 'trying to break a Satanic curse."
Published May 8, 2009 by  Adriana Stuijt in Lifestyle | 18 comments

First Suspected Cases of Swine Flu Reported in South Africa

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and South Africa’s National Health Department have confirmed two suspected cases of Swine Flu, both in people who have recently travelled and been to Mexico.
Published May 1, 2009 by  Christopher Szabo in Health

Polygamy becomes hot election issue in South Africa

The widespread, hidden practice of polygamy among many black South African leaders was attacked headlong this week by the leader of the African Christian Democratic Party, Reverend Kenneth Meshoe. A top black journalists says he's 'sanctimonious' however.
Published Apr 11, 2009 by  Adriana Stuijt in Lifestyle | 10 comments

Cyclone Leaves Over 3,000 Homeless on Madagascar

Disaster management authorities on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar report at least 8 people are dead and more than 3,300 are homeless in the wake of tropical cyclone Jade, according to international aid agencies.
Published Apr 9, 2009 by  Christopher Szabo in World
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