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South Africa Fans Pin Hopes on World Cup Witchcraft

A bit of magic could boost Befana Befana

(Newser) - A bit of magic just might boost South Africa's chances in the World Cup. That's what practioners of muti—a Zulu word referring to traditional medicine and witchcraft—are hoping as they brew concoctions of plants and animal parts in a bid to help the second-lowest-ranked team in the competition,...

Zuma Sex Scandal Spices up World Cup

One of Zuma's wives 'pregnant by bodyguard'

(Newser) - With the biggest sporting event in South African history just days away, it'd take a pretty big scandal to knock the World Cup off the country's front pages—and the country's press has delivered. One of the three wives of polygamous president Jacob Zuma's is pregnant by one of her...

Fan Stampede Mars Pre-World Cup Match

At least 15 injured just 5 days before tournament begins

(Newser) - Fans stampeded outside the gates of a stadium playing host to a World Cup warmup match today near Johannesburg, injuring at least 15. A police officer was seriously hurt as violence marred the countdown to the first African World Cup, which begins Friday. " He was crushed by the gates...

Memos: Israel Offered to Sell Nuclear Weapons to South Africa

Shimon Peres angrily denies reports

(Newser) - Israel offered to sell South Africa's apartheid government nuclear weapons, according to recently declassified documents, reports the Guardian —a claim Israeli President Shimon Peres categorically denies. In minutes of top secret 1975 meetings, Peres, then defense minister, offered to sell nuclear-capable Jericho missiles to South African Defense Minister PW...

Sex Workers Hustle to Greet Soccer Fans

South Africa expects influx of 40K prostitutes

(Newser) - Prostitutes from around the world are making their way to South Africa hoping to make a fortune from frisky soccer fans at next month's World Cup. Authorities predict 40,000 sex workers will arrive to greet 500,000 foreign fans. Most are coming from South Africa's impoverished neighboring countries, although...

Cops Probe Gay Sex Link in Supremacist's Murder

'Something shocking,' says suspect's attorney

(Newser) - South African police are probing a possible gay sex link to the murder of white supremacist land owner Eugene Terreblanche. A teenager has admitted that he killed the farmer with a co-worker after Terreblanche refused to pay them wages. But police said they are probing all possible motivations, including gay...

Racist Comes Close to Blows on S. African TV

'Don't you dare interrupt me,' he tells black activist

(Newser) - As South African racial tensions continue to mount, the white supremacist leader of a paramilitary group yesterday nearly came to blows with a black activist on a TV news program. "Don't you dare interrupt me," Andre Visagie told Lebohang Pheko after she peppered him with questions. He ripped...

Boy, 15, Admits White Supremacist Murder

Says he used iron bar to beat Terreblanche on African farm

(Newser) - A 15-year-old South African farm worker has confessed to fatally bludgeoning Eugene Terreblanche after the white supremacist refused to pay him wages. A co-worker "started hitting Terreblanche with four blows to the head. Then my son took the iron rod and hit him with three blows," said the...

Zuma Scrambles to Defuse Racial Tensions

S. Africa leader warns against violence after killing

(Newser) - South African President Jacob Zuma appealed for calm yesterday as growing racial tensions in South Africa sparked fears of violence in the wake of the killing of white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche. Zuma called the murder a "terrible deed" and urged South Africans not to fall prey to "agent...

Leader's Slaying a 'Declaration of War': White Supremacists

S. African bludgeoned by black farm worker

(Newser) - A top member of a South African white supremacist group says the slaying of their leader is "a declaration of war" by blacks against whites. Andre Visagie also vowed today to avenge the death of Eugene Terreblanche and says his group will warn soccer teams to avoid the 2010...

UK Pizza Joint's New Topping: Zebra
 UK Pizza Joint's 
 New Topping: Zebra 
in case you missed it
Apr 3, 2010 1:10 PM CDT

UK Pizza Joint's New Topping: Zebra

It's legit, says owner, but animal-rights types dislike

(Newser) - A pizza joint in northwest Britain is the country’s first to offer zebra meat as a topping—and not only is it legit, it’s on menu that also includes buffalo, kangaroo, and crocodile. “The main thing I get from customers now is that they don’t believe...

Angry Semenya: I'm Coming Back

Says her human rights have been violated

(Newser) - Tired of waiting around for the results of the IAAF tests that will determine her eligibility to compete as a woman, Caster Semenya is returning to competition, and she's angry. The South African runner said yesterday that investigations following her 800m win at last summer's World Athletic Championships have "...

Anti-Gay 'Dr. Shock' Busted on Sex Charges

Used grisly methods to 'cure' gay soldiers, abused male patient

(Newser) - A psychiatrist known as Dr. Shock for his notorious attempts to "cure" gay military recruits through electroshock therapy has been charged with sexually assaulting a male patient. Dr. Aubrey Levin, who was arrested in Calgary, Alberta, after he was secretly filmed sexually abusing a male patient, had previously been...

South Africa Seeks a Billion Condoms for World Cup

Authorities fear major spike in HIV/AIDS

(Newser) - Britain has pledged to supply 42 million condoms in response to South Africa's hunt for a massive billion condoms to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS during this summer's World Cup. Authorities fear a spike in visitor sex and some 40,000 prostitutes expected to travel to Johannesburg to...

Frail Nelson Mandela Won't Recreate Walk From Prison
Frail Nelson Mandela Won't
Recreate Walk From Prison
20 YEARS OF FREEDOM
Feb 10, 2010 8:22 PM CST

Frail Nelson Mandela Won't Recreate Walk From Prison

91-year-old taking limited role in South Africa events

(Newser) - Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from a South African prison, but the 91-year-old won’t return to the site of his 27-year incarceration to join in a retracing of his steps to freedom over concerns that he’s too frail for the task. The abrupt...

Foe Rips Zuma as 'Sex Addict' Like Tiger Woods

South African President Needs Help, Says Disgusted Critic

(Newser) - Man-of-many-wives South African President Jacob Zuma is a "sex addict" who needs treatment like Tiger Woods, said a disgusted member of parliament after Zuma had his 20th child. The baby was born outside a generous wedlock that includes three wives (and another on the way). Zuma is coming under...

South African President Fathers 20th Child

Polygamist Jacob Zuma welcomed daughter before 3d marriage

(Newser) - South African president Jacob Zuma became a father for the 20th time when a friend's daughter gave birth to a baby girl in October. Zuma, 67, later married his third wife and is planning a wedding to a fourth woman, neither of them the baby's mother, the Times of London...

Bus-Sized Shark Eats Cape Town Tourist

Witnesses watch in horror as skindiver disappears in jaws

(Newser) - A great white shark "bigger than a minibus" ate a tourist about to skindive off a Cape Town beach as stunned onlookers watched, helpless to save the man. Zimbabwe visitor Lloyd Skinner's diving goggles and a patch of blood were all that remained. "That shark was huge. Like...

Tiger Woods Hits Sex Rehab in South Africa


 Tiger Woods 
 Hits Sex Rehab 
 in South Africa 
REHAB NO. 2, IF YOU'RE COUNTING
Jan 13, 2010 9:39 PM CST

Tiger Woods Hits Sex Rehab in South Africa

Golfer said to be on 6-week stint at $8K a week

(Newser) - In our mission to let no Tiger Woods rumor go unreported, we take you tonight to South Africa, where locals say the notoriously unfaithful golfer has entered a facility noted for its sex rehab. Woods, 34, is said to have arrived in Cape Town between Christmas and New Year’s,...

Caster Semenya Will Return to Competition

Coach says she'll run even as gender inquiry continues

(Newser) - The South African runner at the center of a controversy over gender plans to return to racing next month. Caster Semenya, the women's 800-meters world champ, will run in a few local races in advance of a return to international events, her coach tells the BBC . The move comes despite...

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