“I am a normal South African who happens to be extremely pissed off at you.” These words appear in one of Kavisha Pillay’s frequent missives addressed to President Jacob Zuma….
A Texas police officer gave a 5-year-old boy a hero’s sendoff by attending the child’s funeral dressed as Spider-Man. Joshua Garcia drowned in a pool April 2, just moments after…
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The Ecuador earthquake is the strongest temblor in nearly 40 years and has left hundreds dead and thousands injured. The death toll in Ecuador rose to 350 on Monday morning following…
26 kindergarten students at Rio Vista Elementary School in California have just had their educational futures guaranteed by a total stranger. Marty Burbank is pledging to fund each student’s tuition…
An endangered white-backed vulture found on a road in central Harare is being given infrared therapy as vets try to determine whether he will get the use of his legs…
A home is not just a “place.” It provides roots, identity, safety and a sense of responsibility. Those who do not have a home know this all too well. We…
Nosipho Nguse notched up two life milestones in one night with a graduation proposal! Nosipho’s boyfriend popped the question as she walked off the stage during her graduation ceremony at the…
An award-winning science project by two Cape Town matric pupils could save thousands of lives. Khayelitsha teens Kholiswa Ntshinga, 18, and Yolanda Nkala, 17, have discovered low-cost ways to reduce…
What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being, to generate a true…
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