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South African paramilitary unit plotted to infect black population with Aids, former member claims

1st February 201931st January 2019 Josie McFarlane 183 Views 0 Comment #HIV, #South Africa, Aids, BAME, black, Black people, community, Faith, government, health, parliament

A shadowy Apartheid-era South African paramilitary unit plotted to infect the continent’s black population with Aids, it has been claimed. An ex-member of the

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South African school denies being racist

12th January 201911th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 979 Views 2 Comments #South Africa, black, Children in Need, Racism, school

A board member of a school in South Africa caught in the middle of a race row – after a picture of

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South African maths whizz answers complex arithmetic questions in seconds

9th January 20199th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 216 Views 0 Comment #South Africa, black, Child, education, genius

South African ten-year-old Sibahle Zwane is a maths whizz who has gained fame on social media by doing incredible arithmetic

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When circumcision can mean death in South Africa

3rd January 201919th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 267 Views 1 Comment #South Africa, Circumcision, dying, health, male, Traditions, young boys

Many boys and young men have died in South Africa from injuries sustained during ritual circumcision. This has led to

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South Africa’s Chicken Licken colonialism of Europe advert banned

29th December 201819th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 219 Views 0 Comment #South Africa, Advert, Africa, banned, black, chicken, Colonialism, community, Europe, Racism, television

A fast-food outlet in South Africa has been ordered to withdraw a commercial showing an African explorer conquering Europe in

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South Africa’s coloured community complains of ethnic marginalisation

14th December 201813th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 224 Views 0 Comment #South Africa, black, community, marginalises, mixed race, Racism

South Africa’s coloured community, the official term for mixed-race people in the country, were alienated during the country’s apartheid regime.

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Namibia’s success in the fight against HIV

6th December 20184th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 369 Views 0 Comment #HIV, #South Africa, Aids, antiretroviral drugs, community, health, Health Minister Dr Bernard Haufiku, Medical care, Nambia, World Aids Day

Harvey Davis comes to open the gate to his dusty, wind swept compound in the remote part of northern Namibia.

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South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela remembered five years on

5th December 20185th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 221 Views 0 Comment #South Africa, Africa, anniversary, birthday, black, Death, mourning, Nelson Mandela, President

South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela died exactly five years ago, on December 5 in Johannesburg,

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Gospel Goes Classical South Africa – Africa Worship Edition By Segodi Leshalabe, South Africa Correspondent

27th November 201825th November 2018 Becky Wybrow 476 Views 0 Comment #South Africa, Africa, artist, BAME, black, Carnival, Christ Revealed, Christian Music, community, culture, Entertainment, Faith, God, Gospel, Interview, Lebo t, music, Segodi Leshalabe, singer, Todd Dulaney, tour

Lebo talks to Keep The Faith about performing for the first time in Gospel Goes Classical South Africa, performing with

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SA community wins fight against mining giant

25th November 201823rd November 2018 Josie McFarlane 304 Views 0 Comment #South Africa, Amadiba Crisis Committee, Australian firm Transworld Energy and Minerals, Business, community, company, Mining, North Gauteng High Court, organisation, TEM, Xolobeni community

The North Gauteng High Court in South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, has ruled in favour of the Xolobeni community – finding

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Lurine Cato – Chosen To Serve by Marlene Cato

24th November 201829th November 2018 Becky Wybrow 411 Views 0 Comment #South Africa, #Windrush, Amanda Holden, black, blood donors, christian, community, Faith, Give blood, God, Grenfell Memorial, industry, Lurine Cato, Marlene Cato, music, NHS, serve

Lurine Cato is proving why her track, ‘Chosen To Serve’, is so timely. Being an ambassador; singing at the Grenfell

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Who should own South Africa’s land?

15th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 290 Views 0 Comment #South Africa, displaced black people, government, historic constitution, Land, rights, white ownership, White rule

Twenty five years ago this month South Africa’s leaders agreed an historic constitution that paved the way for the end

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Google celebrates South Africa’s first black woman novelist

12th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 239 Views 0 Comment #South Africa, activist, author, birthday, celebrated, google, Google image, legacy, Miriam Tlali, Novelist, writer

Internet giant Google yesterday celebrated the legacy of author and activist Miriam Tlali, South Africa’s first black woman to publish

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The South African sound taking over Europe

5th November 20185th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 262 Views 0 Comment #South Africa, Artists, black, Durban's Distruction Boyz, Gqom, MTV Europe Music Awards, music, New, Popular music

Gqom is a type of South African house music that’s becoming increasingly popular in clubs across Europe. Durban’s Distruction Boyz

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South Africa shocked by live rape trial of Timothy Omotoso

29th October 201828th October 2018 Josie McFarlane 1123 Views 0 Comment #Pastor, #South Africa, Africa, black, Cheryl Zondi, church, community, Faith, human trafficking, Jesus Dominion International church, Rape, sexual assault, televangelist, television, Timothy Omotoso, trial

A televised rape trial in South Africa has prompted a furious public backlash after a witness – who says she