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SA launches satire in cyberspace
Source: BBC News

A South African satire show which was ditched by the state-owned broadcaster after its pilot episode has finally been launched - but only on the web.

Nigeria 'offended' by sci-fi film
Source: BBC News

Nigeria's government is asking cinemas to stop showing a science fiction film, District Nine, that it says denigrates the country's image.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | South Africa bans Dalai Lama trip
Source: BBC News

Three Nobel Peace Prize winners invite another Nobel Peace Prize winner and the government worries that attention will be taken off football. What's wrong with this picture?!

South Africa's president Kgalema Motlanthe gains as Zuma divides

South Africa's interim President has won plaudits for his stewardship but is his popularity straining divisions within the ANC? William Gumede in Johannesburg and Sue Cullinan in Paris

I Write What I Like...Thoughts on Gaza

First, you'll have to excuse my blatantly plagiarized title, as I borrow the headline of this post from a collection of writings from Steve Biko, a Black Consciousness leader who was brutally killed while in detention by South African Police in the 1970's.

The weird side of South African crime
Source: www.southafricalogue.com

This is how deep under the skin crime culture in South Africa has become

The Return of the AWB

The right-wing Afrikaner Resistance Movement / Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), has announced its re-activation to combat what it describes as a rapidly-deteriorating situation in South Africa.

What is 'Spaza'?

As with all emerging musical sub-divisions, 'Spaza' is still in the process of defining itself, and this makes it quite hard to pin down. The term itself seems to have been coined in Cape Town to describe artists who rap in a combination of isiXhosa and English.

South African Hip Hop Culture - Assimilation VS. Mimicry

I will never be able to take a rapper seriously who copies someone else's culture. 'real' is not about kasi, rural or urban, or about race. real is representing who you are and where you're from.

11 years in the making: A South African Super Rugby Champion

Super Rugby is now in its 12th season and to date has only been won by three teams: The Blues and Crusaders from New Zealand and the Brumbies from Australia. That is all about to change this weekend.

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