South Africans Tshepo Cameron Modisane and Thoba Calvin Sithole married this weekend in what’s being called the first Zulu same-sex wedding. “The whole notion is to quash the idea that being gay is un-African,” said one of the grooms.
“After marriage passed in the Netherlands, the movement more or less collapsed,” said the lawmaker who sponsored the Dutch marriage equality bill. Could that happen in the United States?
Former President Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital Thursday due to the recurrence of his lung infection.
A naked woman is used to “attract the reader’s eye” to Playboy SA’s cover decrying rape, a marketing tactic that isn’t sitting well with gender equality activists.
“The accused has made a case to be released on bail,” Magistrate Desmond Nair said during a bail hearing in South Africa.
Lead investigator, Detective Hilton Botha, faces seven counts of attempted murder in South Africa.
Oscar Pistorius was charged Tuesday in South Africa of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
South African President Jacob Zuma claimed that owning dogs is part of “white culture.” Black South Africans have been posting portraits and odes to their dogs on Twitter in response.
Please help us understand them.
R.I.P. Solly. What should’ve been a feel good story about saving a hippo ended in tragedy.
Also, political milk ads. I don’t want a dairy council lecturing me. Via South Africa.
Diplomacy!
5-year-old Ellie May Challis lost her hands and lower legs to meningitis. She is the youngest person on the planet to be fitted with the same “flex-foot” prosthetics that South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius used to become the first double amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics.
Add this to the list of reasons not to move there.
Congressman and Arizona Senate candidate testified in support of South Africa’s Apartheid government in 1987. UPDATED
And by that I mean you should definitely watch this infomercial for a South African band’s new album.
Clearly the most bad ass cricket match of all time. And for a good cause. Within their own community, the Massai Cricket Warriors hope to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and help do away with backwards cultural practices such as female genital mutilation and child brides.
I fink u very fashion forward, Die Antwoord. Alien Jiffy Pop and Skeezy Prep School. I honestly can’t pick which is my favorite look. And if you don’t know who Die Antwoord are, here.
As the poor sap who was mauled to death by his pet hippo unfortunately found out, hippos are not cute and cuddly—they are 5 ton murder machines. The hippopotamus is not a pet, it is nature’s morbidly obese psychopath.
So that makes this video especially creepy and oozing with tragic irony. Marius Els was a farmer in South Africa who had raised Humphrey the hippo since it was a baby. Els’ body was discovered last week, ripped apart by the hippo’s razor sharp teeth. The fate of the hippo remains unknown.
And upside down, no less. Don’t worry, the big fella is fine. This is all part of a relocation plan for black rhinos, meant to move the endangered species to less populated areas so that they have a better shot at survival. (via greenrenaissance.co.za)
This is insane and I hope it never becomes a fad. From the TV documentary An Idiot Abroad, Karl Pilkington visits a South African woman who has managed to tame, pamper, and raise a hippo into her household pet.
And to think these signs only became illegal in 1994. While overt American racial tensions of the 50s and 60s were content to divide folks into black or white, South Africa really went the extra mile. People were white, black, coloured, Asian, “other Asian” or “honorary white”, with each group having its own rules and social stigma complete with paperwork to prove what group you were part of.
Well, this is absolutely horrifying. Imagine being a worker in a morgue when a corpse comes back to life. That’s when all your training for the zombie apocalypse goes out the window and you simply start screaming like a tiny child. View List ›
South African farmer Andre Potgieter likes to sleep with his pet lion, Storm. Careful, she’s a real wild cat in the sack. Barf. View Image ›
If you try to ride an ostrich, it might get to where you’re going before you do. Watch Video ›
Say hello to the World Cup’s ONLY perfect scorer. [Thank you 4Chan and the color yellow.] View Image ›
Well this is just depressing. Poor Motumbo. View Image ›
Because even one Vuvuzela is one too many. View Media ›
The monster instrument, located in Cape Town, is said to be the world’s biggest trumpet and would have to be powered by the horn of a giant truck. Watch Video ›
