June 2012

Can Zuma's 'Second Transition' Take Us Off the Boil?

Submitted by AA South Africa on Fri, 29/06/2012 - 11:34

[SACSIS]

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201206290427.html

Wife and son jailed for husband's murder

Submitted by AA South Africa on Fri, 29/06/2012 - 10:53

Get 5-year sentence after telling court he was abusive towards them

Source:

http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/06/29/wife-and-son-jailed-for-husband-s-m...

Social Issues

Rape suspect stoned to death

Submitted by AA South Africa on Fri, 29/06/2012 - 10:51

About 150 people tied a rope around the man's neck and killed him

Source:

http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/06/29/rape-suspect-stoned-to-death

ANC 'occupies' KZN council meeting

Submitted by AA South Africa on Fri, 29/06/2012 - 10:48

The ANC in Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal forcibly occupied the local council chamber to thwart a motion of no confidence in mayor Emily Molefe on Thursday, the DA said.

Source:

http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/06/29/anc-occupies-kzn-council-meeting

Cruelty to dog linked to school principal!

Submitted by AA South Africa on Fri, 29/06/2012 - 10:27

SHOCKING: A school principal and two of the school’s janitors are to go on trial in August, charged with cruelty to animals.

Source:

http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2012/06/29/cruelty-to-dog-linked-to-school-pri...

Tragedy makes parents realise being gay is no sin

Submitted by AA South Africa on Fri, 29/06/2012 - 10:23

SAD: Son became victim of hate crime, and then committed suicide. Now his parents regret their lack of support for their son because of his homosexuality

Source:

http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/world/2012/06/29/tragedy-makes-parents-realise...