The change is in your pocket

Thousands of white-clad revellers swarmed onto Cape Town’s Grand Parade on Saturday and braved monstrously long queues in the heat to take part in the city’s first Holi One Festival. Inspired by the Holi festival celebrated by Hindus across the globe, revellers splashed coloured powder at each other and partied to a line-up of local and international DJs. Photographer Jac Kritzinger was there to capture the colourful fun (visit relevantreality for more of his work). (read more…)

Mississippi doctors make medical history made with first ‘functional cure’ of unnamed two-year-old born with the virus who now needs no medication, reported The Guardian. (read more…)

The DNA Bill, which could help police take serial rapists, murders and other violent criminal off the streets, has suffered another red tape delay. (read more…)

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) decision to revisit its race-based admissions policy has been met with mixed reviews by students from various backgrounds. (read more…)

A bill which could see serial rapists and murderers quickly identified and taken off the streets is due to be adopted in parliament tomorrow after a four-year wait. (read more…)

Barclays has announced that it will no longer speculate on food — a practice that’s been blamed for driving up food prices globally.

The announcement came following revelations that, while many in developing nations across the globe struggled to put food on the table due to soaring prices, the bank made an estimated £278 million (R3.7 billion) from food speculations in 2012, according to the World Development Movement (WDM). (read more…)

In a dingy Parisian back street, diners at a one-of-a-kind bistro tuck lustily into breaded horse brain, pan fried heart of horse and broiled cheek, along with prime rump steaks the chef cuts from the bone himself. 

Seasoned aficionados queuing at one of the few horse butchers left in Paris say they prefer theirs raw as minced “tartare”, pepped up with olive oil, lemon juice and pepper. (read more…)

As the dust settles after multiple One Billion Rising protests yesterday and a Black Friday rape crisis awareness protest outside parliament today, the question many charged-up South Africans are asking is: what’s next? (read more…)

Johannesburg – Power utility Eskom spied on the activities of green organisations in the country, Earthlife Africa and Greenpeace claimed on Wednesday, according to a report by News24. (read more…)

Rape is now a national pastime for South African men, with more than a quarter having raped at least once, while almost half of these men have raped twice or more.

This staggering statistic is according to research by South Africa’s Medical Research Council (MRC), which surveyed 1 738 men from all race and economic groups, as well as from both rural and urban areas. (read more…)