US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has opened a $US40 million school for disadvantaged South African girls picked by LatueOfStiberty 3 years ago

Nuclear Facility in South Africa attacked. Four armed men broke into the control room of the Pelindaba Nuclear Research Center, shooting "a senior emergency officer" in the process. The government nuclear agency Necsa insisted the paper not run this story. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

South Africa has rejected "with contempt" claims by jailed British mercenary Simon Mann that it backed his plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea.

Background here picked by thenegativeone 2 years ago

The principal and other staff members at South Oak Cliff High School were supposed to be breaking up fights. Instead, they sent troubled students into a steel utility cage in an athletic locker room to battle it out with bare fists and no head protection, records show. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

The Hell family says it may tell a Catholic school in Australia where to go after it objected to enrolling their son because of his name. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Lidia Schaefer was troubled by what she saw when she visited her native Ethiopia. She saw children walking 3 hours to school. The final straw came when a young girl was killed by a hyena. She started putting aside her tips and part of her salary, even selling her home and car to pay for a school for the children of Ethiopia. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Animal rehabilitation officials are trying to find a home for a king penguin that turned up in Cape St. Francis, South Africa. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Does anyone really believe universal, publicly funded preschool will help improve high school test scores? Yet this is what the South Dakota Department of Education seems to be touting. Perhaps it is time to evaluate what is happening in our high schools instead of funding two or more years of public management of preschool-age children with the outside hope that their test scores and social lives... read full post picked by GKar975 3 years ago

Young male lizards in South Africa imitate females to fool aggressive older males into leaving them alone, in an example of transvestism in the natural world, researchers have found. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Two words that do not belong together. Their very juxtaposition in the headline should give you shudders. In South Africa the "cure" for lesbians is rape.

Further information here picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

Cash machines offer an ever-growing menu of services beyond merely dispensing money. For tampering criminals, this now includes a squirt of pepper spray in the face . picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Earthwatch scientists in South Africa have discovered 18 new species of invertebrate including spiders, snails, millipedes, earthworms, centipedes and true bugs. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Bartlett school officials said that was unacceptable, and sent him home.
His parents trimmed the boy's hair to what they said resembled a military cut.
The next time Derby went to school, the principal had a faculty member shave the boy's head.
*I'm so tired of people telling us what do and how to live!* picked by bornbad 6 months ago

A woman left her three-year-old daughter at a central Queensland school to teach her a lesson after she was naughty. The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found wandering alone around Glenmore State School in Rockhampton's north just before 10am. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A new research lab at the prestigious Parsons design school aims to develop video games with a conscience — called "serious games" — and study whether playing them can be a force for social good. picked by punthe 2 years ago

At least three students were suspended from Marysville-Pilchuck High School after displaying the Confederate flag. The students say the flag is a symbol of culture and heritage, but the school district says it's also a symbol of hatred. picked by muppet 10 months ago

Tahoma High School is in lockdown after a student allegedly brought a loaded handgun to school Monday. picked by muppet 2 years ago

A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito. picked by deepchill 2 years ago

South Dakota is involved in a pilot program that will bribe high school students to pass Advanced Placement tests. picked by SoothSayer 2 years ago

A school has had to apologise after a confidential report was found that called pupils "away with the fairies" and said one mother was "quite rough". picked by TheStep 3 years ago