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Another initiation video surfaces at University of the Free State

A second initiation video has surfaced at the University of the Free State, this time with white students as the "victims". It shows four white students at the predominantly black Villa Bravado men's residence having water thrown at them. They are made to stand on one leg and later crawl around in the water on the floor as other students look on.

Students brought the video to the university management's attention earlier this year, and it took note of the initiation "with great dismay", it said in a statement on Monday. The video was made in October 2009.

Dean of student affairs Rudi Buys suspen...

Video: Dan Roodt in support of Israel

Dan Roodt, leader of PRAAG, comes out in support of Israel.

View the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THDu-2A_Ya0

Twelve SA leaders charged at ICC, The Hague

The International Criminal Court has confirmed receipt of the detailed complaints by a Rustenburg farmer against twelve of South Africa’s top politicians - including the country's president Jacob Zuma -- on charges of genocidal hate-speech and human-rights violations.

Among the many charges, there’s also a mention of incitement to kill Afrikaner farmers by youth league league president Julius Malema because of his publicly chanting “Shoot the Farmer’ at many youth league meetings countrywide.

There are twelve co-respondents in the case, said Fanie van der Walt, the farmer’s lawyer in a media st...

Al Qaeda 'planned World Cup attack from Iraq'

A senior Al-Qaeda militant had been planning an attack against the football World Cup which kicks off in South Africa next month, an Iraqi security spokesman said on Monday.

The 30-year-old Saudi national, who was arrested two weeks ago, had been in contact with Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri as part of his planning for the attack, though no further details were made available. Abdullah Azzam Saleh Misfar al-Qahtani "participated in the planning of a terrorist act in South Africa during the World Cup," Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim Atta said at a news conference in the ...

ANCYL leaders to undergo military training

The ANC Youth League's national executive committee, led by its president Julius Malema, will undergo military training in September, it was announced on Thursday. Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu had agreed to make the necessary arrangements, the ANCYL and defence ministry said in a joint statement. This was agreed to while Sisulu addressed the ANCYL's national executive committee (NEC) on proposed national service for unemployed youth, they said.

Sisulu had highlighted the benefits of the programme and received ANCYL input on how national service should be implemen...

White motorists slain on SA Roads

Mr Gideon Ehlers, an engineer of occupation and a father of two sons, was killled this weekend when a rock "as big as a wheel" was thrown onto his mov...

Businessman shot in Jeffreys Bay

A 61 year-old man was shot dead while opening his cash loans shop in Jeffreys Bay at 7.30am on Monday, police said. "Three men approached the shop ...

Guards injured in Rand Airport robbery

Three guards were injured when they were assaulted during a robbery at Rand Airport in Germiston, Gauteng police said on Monday. Captain George Rap...

Pietermaritzburg farmer in serious condition after attack

A 61-year-old Pietermaritzburg farmer is in a serious condition after he was attacked on his Thornville farm, Netcare 911 said on Friday.

Spokesman Jef...

Cosas Gauteng wants Afrikaans medium schools closed

The Congress of SA Students (Cosas) on Friday called for the closure of Afrikaans medium schools.

"Cosas condemns any racial tendencies that seeks to c...

ANCYL wants 'radical' land reform

Johannesburg - The ANC Youth League supported President Jacob Zuma's call for a review of the "willing buyer willing seller" land redistribution str...

SA sewage standards bad -- Report

Only seven percent of South Africa's waste-water treatment systems comply with international standards, reported Business Day on Wednesday.

According t...

Man killed on Boschkop farm

A man in his 40s was killed on a farm in Boschkop, Pretoria on Wednesday morning, paramedics said. The farm owner was found lying in a pool of bloo...

Attacks upon Afrikaner children must cease

The recent attack by two young black men upon a one-year old Afrikaner baby, Marzaan Kruger, leaving her in a critical condition with severe skull fra...

Olifants river contaminated: study

The Olifants River in Mpumulanga is highly contaminated, researchers said on Friday.

Microbiologist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Resear...

Iran's president Ahmadinejad visits Zimbabwe

President Robert Mugabe has welcomed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Zimbabwe, a meeting of two leaders united in fierce opposition to the We...

Extraordinary general meeting for South Africa's central bank?

Two SA Reserve Bank (SARB) shareholders have formally requested an extraordinary general meeting to discuss the privatisation of the central bank's ow...

Taxi operators force their way into union buildings

Chaos broke out on Wednesday as members of the National Taxi Alliance (NTA) forced their way into the main entrance of the Union Buildings in Pretori...