The South African government is denying access to the Russian navy's nuclear-powered heavy missile cruiser, Pyotr Velikiy. This mean machine was meant to spend 3 days in Cape Town enroute to Libya, where Russia just sold $2-b in weaponry... (video)

A South African man in the small town of Acornhoek in the northern-most province of Mpumalanga has died from traumatic injuries after he was badly beaten by a lynch mob who had accused him of trying to rape a 17-year-old girl.

The world-famous Dutch floral and houseplant auctions realized 4-billion Euros in 2008 - an increase of 0,25 percent. In the current economic climate, people spend more money on prettying up their houses with bright blooms and plants, and less on luxury.

Three of four American pitbulls attacking a security officer in South Africa were shot dead before they could tear the terrified man apart. Now the security company is sued by the dog pack's irate owner who says the four dogs were taunted by the guard.

Two disgusting incidents of animal cruelty toward the frail fervet monkeys of South Africa have come to light today. A drunken, newborn fervet monkey was rescued from a pub, and another one from the cruelty of a stem-cell researcher who had cut her spine.

About 1,000 protestors gathered outside the US consulate in Killarney, Johannesburg, in South Africa today, demanding that the US stop selling arms to Israel. This is ironic: SA's own state-owned Denel arms company also trades extensively with Israel...

Today, the South African Press Association displays a long list of violence-driven crimes carried out over this past holiday season. Yet the SA police continue to claim that it had been 'quiet'.

AIDS-denialist David Resnick has expressed 'shock and sadness' about the death of supporter Christine Maggiore, 52, founder of the nonprofit organisation 'Alive & Well Aids Alternatives' who died on Saturday after fighting pneumonia for six months.

AIDS-denialist Christine Maggiore, 52, founder of the nonprofit organisation Alive & Well Aids Alternatives, died at her Los Angeles home Saturday after she was treated for pneumonia for six months. Her official cause of death is pending.

437 young children were raped this month in just one SA province, KwaZulu-Natal. Sowetan journalist Mary Papayya reports. Last December there were 75 reported child-rapes in this province. Some victims didn't survive: they were only a few months old.