South Africa's crime epidemic - 30 June 2008
of South Africa's youngest victims of crime ... a girl shot and injured before she was even born. ... Aljazeera Al ... South Africa is the richest country on the African continent. But it also has one of the highest crime rates in the world. Kalay Maistry meets one of South Africa's youngest victims of crime ... a girl shot and injured before she was even born. (more) (less)
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Today it feels good to be an African...
SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM'S TV ADVERTISMENT
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Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town Athlone, Cape Town 1985 Segment taken of parents and students reopening school in Mitchell's Plain with police and army on guard. [00:01] Images taken in Athlone of Belgravia Senior Secondary School parents and students leaving school premises. [01:48] Interview with a school teacher and images of a student protest. Students hold signs reading "Carter voetsek" (Jimmy Carter go to hell) and "Carter doen Botha se vuit werk" (Jimmy Carter is doing Botha’s dirty work). [02:11] Footage of arrested students, police preparing and firing teargas, onlookers applauding the arrested comrades, people and media flee the teargas and some throw the teargas back at police. [04:11]
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a report on the possible withdrawl of South African and Cuban forces ...
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The latest is that the Springboks will now be known as the Proteas and the emblem will pretty much remain as the same, with the protea over the heart and the bok on the right side. POLITICIANS SHOULD KEEP THEIR NOSES OUT OF SPORT.Why don't the ANC get a life and get to grips with the real issues in South Africa. It's heading downhill so fast it wont be long before it will be like visiting any other poor African Nation. The Springbok emblem of the South African rugby team came under fire during a National Sports Indaba in Durban last week ... The Springbok emblem of the South African rugby team came under fire during a National Sports Indaba in Durban last week. Sports Portfolio Committee chairman Butana Komphela told delegates that, "the Springbok divides us. We have a responsibility to unite our country on one national emblem". Zoopy took to the streets of Jo'burg to find out what the public think. (more) (less)
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South Africa provides sensational news again
Since the end of apartheid in 1994, the world lost interest in South Africa, because there were no longer nice and juicy ... Since the end of apartheid in 1994, the world lost interest in South Africa, because there were no longer nice and juicy news stories to be had. This situation is changing now, and the very things that the white government tried to prevent all these years by clinging to political power, are now starting to happen under black rule. (more) (less)
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South Africa faces, which could eventually effect the 2010 World Cup. The current government is not solving the many ... Xenophobic South Africa This clip illustrates the current political situation that South Africa faces, which could eventually effect the 2010 World Cup. The current government is not solving the many problems within South Africa. (more) (less)
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AWB - Pretoria Stadsaal - Deel 1
Eugene Terre Blanche ... eugene terre blanche awb pretoria stadsaal brits south africa suid afrika rasisme racism ...
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South Africa - Let's turn the lights back on
Stop ridiculous and destructive affirmative action. Let's all work together so that South Africa can reach it's full ... Stop ridiculous and destructive affirmative action. Let's all work together so that South Africa can reach it's full potential again. Masakhane South Africa (more) (less)
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[Sky News] South Africa: Crime epidemic drives emmigration
the highest crime rates in the world. Emma Hurd reports. ... Sky News South Africa crime violence murder rape robbery ... 2008.06.10 Every day in South Africa some 50 people are murdered, and countless others fall victim to car hijackings and armed robberies. The country, due to host the World Cup in two years, has one of the highest crime rates in the world. Emma Hurd reports. (more) (less)
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South Africa Says: Ready for World Cup
have begun around the globe for the World Cup -- football's (soccer's) quadrennial world championship. The next World Cup ... Qualifying matches have begun around the globe for the World Cup -- football's (soccer's) quadrennial world championship. The next World Cup in 2010 will be held for the first time in Africa and attention is focusing on host nation South Africa. In anticipation, sports and tourism officials are making assurances the country will be ready for the championship. They appeared at a major trade fair in the port city of Durban. Correspondent Scott Bobb was there and has this report. (more) (less)
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South Africa - Where is the Rainbow Nation?
ethnic cleansing. We need all South Africans to stay and help build our Rainbow Nation. We do NOT need to import Chinese ... Affirmative action and Black Economic Empowerment the way that the ANC is implementing it in South Africa today, are subtle forms of ethnic cleansing. We need all South Africans to stay and help build our Rainbow Nation. We do NOT need to import Chinese, Cubans, Eastern Europeans and Africans from other parts of Africa. (more) (less)
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South Africa's crime epidemic - 30 June 2008
of South Africa's youngest victims of crime ... a girl shot and injured before she was even born. ... Aljazeera Al ... South Africa is the richest country on the African continent. But it also has one of the highest crime rates in the world. Kalay Maistry meets one of South Africa's youngest victims of crime ... a girl shot and injured before she was even born. (more) (less)
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Andrew Skurka visits Johannesburg ... Johannesburg South Africa Soweto Apartheid Skurka ...
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A course we went in Johannesburg, South Africa where there are aprox. 70000 car hijacks per year. ... hijacking ...
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Persecution of Crime Tolerance
In South Africa crime is a way of life that's tolerated by the corrupt ANC government. ... South Africa racism ...
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South Africa: ATM Bombings July 2008
ATMs bombed in 1 night by 15 armed thugs... 40 ATMs bombed since April 2008... ... crime south africa ATM bank bomb ...
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2010 World Cup stadium tour South Africa
Have a look at all the 2010 World Cup venues in South Africa. ... 2010 World Cup stadiums South Africa venues ...
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Looney's Storm waves - KwaZulu-Natal, June2008
at Margate Beach, KwaZulu-Natal, South-Africa - during the floods in June 2008. ... waves storm flood margate natal south ...
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South Africa State of Emergency 1980's
the death penalty. The rest is history... ... South Africa State of Emergency violence nelson madela PW Botha vlakplaas ... Rare footage of the increasing civil unrest and township violence that led to the government declaring a State of Emergency on 20 July 1985, giving it the power to deal with resistance to apartheid. More human rights were violated during this period than ever before. It became a criminal offence to threaten someone verbally or possess documents that the government perceived to be threatening. It was illegal to advise anyone to stay away from work or oppose the government. It was illegal, too, to disclose the name of anyone arrested under the State of Emergency until the government saw fit to release that name. People could face up to ten years' imprisonment for these offences. However, although the government increased its repressive measures, it was not enough to secure a lasting position in power. Then-President P.W. Botha declared the State of Emergency in 36 magisterial districts. Areas affected were the Eastern Cape, and the PWV region ("Pretoria, Witwatersrand, Vereeniging"). Three months later the Western Cape was included as well. During this state of emergency about 2,436 people were detained under the Internal Security Act. This act gave police and the military sweeping powers. The government could implement curfews controlling the movement of people. The president could rule by decree without referring to the constitution or to parliament. Four days before the ten-year commemoration of the Soweto uprising, another state of emergency was declared on 12 June 1986 to cover the whole country. The government amended the Public Security Act, expanding its powers to include the right to declare certain places "unrest areas". This allowed the state to employ extraordinary measures to crush protests in these areas. Television cameras were banned from entering "unrest areas". The state broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) provided propaganda in support of the government. This version of reality was challenged by a range of pro-ANC alternative publications. In 1989, with the State of Emergency extended to a fourth year, Prime Minister Botha met Mandela and agreed to work for a peaceful solution to the conflict in the country. Talks commenced with the ANC, prominent business leaders, the Commonwealth and the Eminent Persons Group. The state of emergency continued until 1990, when F.W. de Klerk became the State President, and lifted the 30-year ban on leading anti-apartheid groups the African National Congress, the smaller Pan Africanist Congress and the South African Communist Party. He also made his first public commitment to release jailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela, returned to press freedom and suspend the death penalty. The rest is history... (more) (less)
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