South Africa: Faith healing…

… you’re doing it wrong.

Times LIVE

A man died of renal failure at a Christian rally in the Cape Town stadium at the weekend, the Cape Times reported on Monday.

Simon Williams, 56, a pastor, had been discharged from an intensive care unit on Friday before attending the “Higher Life World Conference”, where televangelist Chris Oyakhilome was said to perform miracles and cure the sick.

It was believed another person may have died in hospital after also attending the conference.

About six other seriously ill people were rushed from the stadium to hospital on Friday evening.

South Africa: Even God hates environmentalists

 

So much money to spend, so little time left...

Telegraph

As delegates arrived in the coastal South African city of Durban on Sunday, dark skies gave way to thunder and lightning storms and torrential rain which waterlogged parts of the city’s conference venue and swept away tin shacks in townships on the outskirts of the city, killing eight people.

Remember the snowstorms in Copenhagen, and the cold snap in Cancun? It’s called the Gore Effect, and it’s real.

Well, it’s as real as anthropogenic global warming, anyway.

South Africa: Rape to ‘fix’ lesbians

SMH.

A 13-year-old girl has become the latest victim of ”corrective rape” as the trend of violent attacks on lesbians shows no signs of letting up.
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Last month Noxolo Nogwaza, a well-known activist, was found murdered after an attack that appeared to have been motivated by her being a lesbian.

Iraq: Islamic bomb plot against World Cup

SMH

There’s that missing word ‘Islamic’ again. Doesn’t the SMH realise their stories don’t make sense without a motive? I was taught that journalism should answer the questions When, Where, Who, How, What — and Why. SMH scores a big zero for Why.