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South Africa News Sun March 21, 2010
Namibia celebrates 20th independence anniversary
Namibia is marking the 20th anniversary of independence from apartheid-era South Africa.
South Africa marks 50th anniversary of massacre
A half century ago, police officers massacred 69 black South Africans in the township of Sharpeville, where protesters had burned the passbooks that the white-led apartheid government required them to carry at all times.
Shrine at scene of kaffir animal horror killing.
A sombre scene greeted Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa when she visited the home of slain teenager Anika Smit on the eve of her funeral. Ramokgopa and several mayoral committee members called at the home to pay their respects to Anika's father, Johan Smit, and mother, Charlotte Eksteen. Smit found Anika dead in her bedroom on March 10. She had been stabbed and her forearms had been hacked off and were missing. In the lounge yesterday, a shrine had been set up, with pictures of Anika surrounded with flowers. Eksteen broke down and the mayoral committee member responsible for community safety, Dikeledi Lehobye, tried to comfort her as she wept.
Cruise record: Port Everglades sets record on cruise passengers in a single day
ZEW! Life is good in the first world. Spring Break meant record-break at Port Everglades this weekend. People took to the seas and returned from Caribbean vacations in record numbers at the port Saturday. The last record was set on Jan. 3, 2009, when 49,234 passengers sailed in and out of the port in a single day, Port Everglades spokeswoman Ellen Kennedy said. "It's spring vacation and people recognize there's a great value in taking a cruises," Kennedy said. "All your food and entertainment are included." Nine cruise ships sailed from Port Everglades on Saturday, including the world's largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas. The massive ship brings cruise passengers these firsts at sea: a Central Park replica, an aquatic amphitheater with high-dive performances and a zipline. Kennedy attributes the new record to larger ships such as Oasis, which can hold 6,000 passengers. The nine cruise ships are two less than when the last record was set. If lined up, the nine cruise ships docked at Port Everglades would stretch 8,233 feet, or the equivalent of nearly 27 football fields.</p>
Kaffir insanity: Jub Jub trial: ANC calls for end to violence
Accused murderer and hip-hop artist Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye is to hire private security guards, Gauteng police said on Saturday. Jub Jub had said in court during his bail hearing that he would hire private security guards to protect his safety, said Inspector Kay Makhubela. Jub Jub and his co-accused, Themba Tshabalala, have been charged with murder following the deaths of four learners on March 8, allegedly after the two were drag racing. Protesting students have promised to kill Jub Jub and burn the homes of his close family members. Makhubela said that police were patrolling the area of Protea Glenn on Saturday, in particular around the area of a butchery and grocery owned by Jub Jub's father.
SA girls to testify against Oprah
Several schoolgirls from the Oprah Winfrey Academy are due to fly to the US next week to be witnesses in a defamation trial. The queen of talk-shows is being sued for defamation by the school's founding principal, Nomvuyo Mzamane, who Winfrey fired in 2007 after revelations of a sex abuse scandal rocked the exclusive school, situated south of Joburg. Former academy matron Tiny Makopo is currently standing trial on 14 charges of indecent assault, common assault and crimen injuria. During a press conference in SA at the time, Winfrey said she had "lost confidence" in Mzamane and was "cleaning house from top to bottom".
Taxi driver accused of raping student
A university student was allegedly raped by the driver of the taxi she boarded to her home in Butterworth, Eastern Cape police said on Saturday. Captain Jackson Manatha the 17-year-old Walter Sisulu University student boarded the taxi at around 9pm intending to go to her home. Instead the taxi driver took another direction and drove to the nearby township where he stopped at a container depot and raped her.
Mob of kaffirs tries to hijack houses
About 150 young people tried to hijack low-cost housing in Alexandra on Saturday morning, according to acting housing MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza. The houses were allocated to people whose names were on a low-income housing list.
Opposition uniting: Zille
The signs were good for taking the relationship between opposition parties to the next level, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said.
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