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Ritual circumcision kills 23 men and boys in South Africa
South African police said Friday they had launched a series of murder inquiries after 23 males died while undergoing circumcision during traditional rites of passage into manhood. The 23 — aged between 13 and 21 — died in various places across the country’s northeastern Mpumalanga province over the course of…
World’s largest HIV treatment program finally reducing AIDS-related deaths in South Africa
One in ten South Africans is HIV positive but AIDS-related deaths are falling as ramped-up treatment begins to have an impact, the country’s official statistics agency said Tuesday. After years of dragging its heels on the HIV/AIDS crisis, since 2004 South Africa has developed the world’s largest HIV treatment programme.…
Singer Annie Lennox: Men need to be feminists
Scottish singer and activist Annie Lennox spoke in Capetown, South Africa Thursday about violence against women and the importance of men joining the movement to liberate all women. According to South Africa’s iOL News, Lennox stressed the need for all people to work together to make the world a safe…
Britain to end direct aid to South Africa in 2015
Britain announced Tuesday that it will cut off direct aid to South Africa in 2015, citing its status as Africa’s biggest economy. London currently gives £19 million of bilateral aid a year to Pretoria, down from a peak of more than £40 million in 2003. Britain said its relationship with…
South Africa sees record tourism
A record 9.2 million tourists visited South Africa last year, President Jacob Zuma said Thursday, revealing a surge in visitors from China. The number of tourists travelling to South Africa grew by more than 10 percent, despite the global economic crisis. “This phenomenal tourism growth is evidence that we are…
South Africa to get its first porn channels
South Africa’s broadcasting regulator has granted a local satellite television service permission to air the country’s first pornography channels, amid resistance from religious and community groups, a statement said Wednesday. The Independent Communications Authority (ICASA) ruled that “there is no law of general application prohibiting the production and distribution of…
DNA blueprint of ‘living fossil’ coelacanth helps scientists track evolution of creatures from sea to land
Biologists on Wednesday said they had unravelled the DNA of the coelacanth, a “living fossil” fish whose ancient lineage can shed light on how life in the sea crept onto land hundreds of millions of years ago. Analysis of the coelacanth genome shows three billion “letters” of DNA code, making…
South Africa creates offshore marine refuge
South Africa has turned two small islands in the southern Indian Ocean into its first offshore marine protected area, the environment ministry said Tuesday. The protected status for the windswept Prince Edward islands, lying 1,777 kilometres (1,104 miles) from the South African mainland, aims in part to help toothfish populations…
New one-pill, $10-per-month anti-retroviral AIDS treatment debuts in South Africa
South Africa’s health minister on Monday launched a new single dose anti-AIDs drug which will simplify the world’s biggest HIV treatment regime to just one life-saving pill a day. The three-in-one combination anti-retroviral (ARV) was secured at a record-low price and will cost the state 89 rand a month ($10,…
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