Yearly Archives: 2013
New South African UN Women chief: “we have to become smarter” on women’s issues
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the newly appointed Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and former Deputy Prime...
Tutu refuses to worship homophobic God
Noble laureate and Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Desmond Tutu caused a stir last week when, speaking at the launch of a UN gay...
New Zealand to deport South African chef for being “too fat”
Immigration authorities in New Zealand have told South African chef Albert Buitenhuis, who weighs 130kg (286 pounds) he is too fat to be allowed...
FG commits to clearing Nigeria
The Nigerian Government, last Tuesday, constituted a committee to expedite Nigeria’s removal from the list of countries known to be on the Financial Action...
Cisse about-turns on shirt sponsor
Newcastle United's Senegalese striker Papiss Cisse has said he will wear the club's Wonga-sponsored kit after consulting his Islamic teachers.
The 28-year-old missed Newcastle's training...
Litigious wedding planner was not hired, claims Real Housewife
Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes is being sued by her “celebrity wedding planner” for a million dollars in expenses that she says...
Destiny’s forgotten child quashes beef rumours
Plenty of speculation exists about alleged acrimony between the original Destiny’s Child line-up and the replacements that became household names, but LeToya Luckett says...
Killing Me Softly director fathered his six grandchildren
Aswad Ayinde, the award-winning music video director, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison, having been found guilty on a second count of...
Burundi make history in CHAN qualifiers
Burundi have reached the finals of a CAF senior national team competition for the first time after fighting back to draw 1-1 with Sudan...
Okagbare sets new African record
An African record was set in the 100m finals over the weekend by Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria who was competing at the IAAF flagship...
