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What would you say about a country that in 2023 saw 75 murders and 153 rapes every day for a grand total of 55,000 rapes and 27,375 murders in one year? I should add that authorities say that many of these crimes go unreported, so those figures are undoubtedly higher. With that said, I think it would be fair to describe this country as a literal hell on earth. This country is South Africa, once called the jewel of the African continent. White farmers and other Whites are getting beaten, raped, and murdered there on an almost daily basis. Too...

South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died aged 81, her personal assistant says...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday amid thunderous applause of supporters even as pro-government forces fired on protesters angered by the contentious election process that kept him in power. The inauguration capped an incredibly fraught few months for Kenya that saw an election canceled, weeks of unrest, an opposition boycott and finally a new election that gave Kenyatta 98 percent of the vote... ...Kenyatta noted that the past few months “have been a trying time” but assured the country that the elections “are now firmly behind us.” So many people tried to push...

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Few South Africans have the moral stature of retired archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who campaigned against apartheid and now laments the crime and inequality that plague the nation two decades after it cast off racist white rule. "We can't pretend we have remained at the same heights and that's why I say please, for goodness' sake, recover the spirit that made us great," Tutu said. "Very simply, we are aware we've become one of the most violent societies. It's not what we were, even under apartheid."

Nelson Mandela's former wife Winnie has turned on her ex-husband and accused him of 'betraying' the blacks of South Africa in a scathing attack. Mrs Mandela, 73, said that the former ANC Leader had done nothing for poor black people and should not have accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with the man who jailed him, FW De Klerk. In further criticisms she said her ex-husband had become a 'corporate foundation' who is 'wheeled out' by the ANC globally to collect money.

...Whether Mr. Odinga has ordered his men to commit murder and arson is unclear. But his own background does not exactly suggest enthusiasm for democracy and the rule of law. Mr. Odinga's father, Oginga Odinga, led the Communist opposition during the Cold War and Raila Odinga was educated in Communist East Germany. In 1982 he was implicated in a failed coup against the then president Daniel Arap Moi. His eldest son is named after Fidel Castro and his daughter after Winnie Mandela. Even more sinister has been Mr. Odinga's electoral pact with the National Muslim Leaders' Forum — a hardline...

SOUTH Africans have marked the 70th birthday of controversial anti-apartheid heroine Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who is re-emerging as a symbol for leftists in the nation's divided ruling alliance. Ms Madikizela-Mandela, who fought for decades against South Africa's white minority rule government, received a stream of congratulatory phone calls today, including one from her famous ex-husband Nelson Mandela. "Nelson Mandela called early in the day and they had a very lengthy discussion about life," said Udo Froese, a spokesman for Ms Madikizela-Mandela. "He called her Zami, an endearment name for his ex-wife. They spent a heck of long time on the phone."...

Winnie to keep vow to 'Tookie ' 13/12/2005 22:20  - (SA)     Related Articles Arnie 'a cold-blooded murderer' Execution team struggled How 'Tookie' died 'Tookie' Williams executed Winnie lambastes Arnie Health24:Witnessing an execution   Eduan Roos and Sapa , Beeld  Johannesburg - If it was still his family's wish for him to be buried in South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela would do everything in her power to ensure that Stanley "Tookie" Williams's body was brought back here. A spokesperson for the ex-wife of former president Nelson Mandela, told Beeld this on Tuesday. Convicted murderer Williams, 51, was executed on Tuesday in San...

S.Africa's Winnie Mandela avoids jail on appeal PRETORIA, July 5 (Reuters) South African anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela avoided going to jail today when a court reduced her prison sentence for fraud to a suspended sentence, but she vowed to appeal again. Nelson Mandela's former wife, 67, was sentenced to jail last year over a bank loan scam, but freed on bail pending an appeal. Her lawyers say she was not motivated by personal gain when she signed letters seeking bank loans for bogus employees of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League she then headed. She appeared calm at today's...

Winnie Mandela: South Africa’s Mother of Thieves By Michael Radu FrontPageMagazine.com | April 28, 2003 Once upon a time, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s admirers thought of her as the “mother of the nation” of South Africa. Today, Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, stands convicted of massive theft and faces sentencing to up to 15 years in jail by a court appointed by her own party, the ruling African National Congress (ANC). This on top of a previous conviction for kidnapping (which, but for the politics involved, should have been a conviction for murder and kidnapping). Simply put, the “mother of the...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was found guilty on 43 charges of fraud and 25 of theft in the Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday. Her co-accused, broker Addy Moolman, was convicted on 58 charges  of fraud and 25 of theft.   Delivering judgment, Magistrate Peet Johnson said the State's evidence against the two was "overwhelming".   The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) president and Moolman had pleaded not guilty to 60 fraud and 25 theft charges.   The trial got under way in July last year and proceeded in fits and starts, with 23 witnesses testifying for the State. Madikizela-Mandela and...

CAPE TOWN, Feb 18 (AFP) - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the flamboyant ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, on Tuesday said she wanted to travel to Iraq to act as a human shield, her office said. "She is seriously considering a suggestion that she travel to Iraq as a human shield against American attacks," Madikizela-Mandela's office said in a statement. Her announcement Tuesday comes as volunteers extended an invitation last week to her former husband to travel to Iraq and join them as human shields against a US-lead attack. Asked to elaborate on her offer, an aide told the...