South African Village

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  African Swine Flu Reported In Kerala Village, Pigs Ordered To Be Culled

  An outbreak of African swine flu has been reported in Kanichar village in this north Kerala district, following which the district Collector ordered culling of pigs in two farms there.

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  Tokyo 2020: South African COVID-19 Cases Spark Cluster Scare In Olympic Village

  Two South African footballers and a video analyst have tested positive for the coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic Village, officials said on Sunday, raising fears of a cluster just days before the opening ceremony.

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  Tiny South Africa Beach Restaurant, With $60 Menu, Crowned World's Best

  A tiny beach restaurant in an isolated South African fishing village was named the best in the world on Monday.

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  South African Man Posed As Reincarnation Of Dead Singer

  A South African man was jailed for 22 years for masquerading as the reincarnation of a Zulu singer, causing a sensation by turning up in his village and even sleeping with his young widow, an official said Wednesday.

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  South Africa's First Black Woman Naval Commander Calls The Shots

  Zimasa Mabela grew up under apartheid in a South African village just two hours drive from the ocean, but she was 18 by the time she first saw the sea.

• South Africa to Host 2016 AIDS Conference

  South Africa's port city of Durban will host the 21st International AIDS Conference in 2016, marking the forum's return to Africa after 16 years, organisers said on Friday. Gathering scientists, policymakers and grassroots workers, the biennial conference is the biggest single get-together on the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. The 20th conference in M...

• Nelson Mandela's village under lockdown ahead of burial

  South African troops and mounted police patrolled Nelson Mandela's boyhood home of Qunu today, with the village under virtual security lockdown.

• White South Africans' uneasy love affair with Nelson Mandela

  The sidewalk blackboard outside the pizza parlor in South Africa's quaint seaside village Kalk Bay, inhabited mainly by whites, changed for the first time in months on Friday.

• In Nelson Mandela's village, death is a taboo topic

  On the rolling hills where a young Nelson Mandela once tended cattle, everybody is thinking about the herd boy who changed the course of South African history -- but few people are talking about him.

• Nelson Mandela's village prays and hopes for his recovery

  In the rural South African village where he once roamed as a boy, the lowered flags at Nelson Mandela's homestead are a constant reminder of his absence.

• Nelson Mandela returning to home village

  Former South African President Nelson Mandela is leaving Johannesburg on Tuesday to take up residence in his eastern home village of Qunu, the country's current leader said Monday. In a statement Monday, President Jacob Zuma said Mandela will stay in Qunu indefinitely.

• Snake incident has jeopardised our participation: SA boxer

  South African boxer Siphiwe Lusizi on Tuesday admitted that they were completely rattled after a snake was found in one of the rooms of the Village and said the incident had put their participation in the Commonwealth Games in jeopardy.

• Snake in athlete's room at Games Village?

  There seems to be no end to the problems confronting the organisers of the Commonwealth Games with the South African envoy here claiming that a snake was found in an athlete's room in the Village.     A snake was found in a room in the residential tower, earmarked for the South African athletes, who have not arrived yet, High Co...

• South African kids celebrate Mandela's birthday

  Children from the village where Nelson Mandela was born and another nearby where he was raised have been flown to Johannesburg to help him celebrate his birthday.