south africa
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Black Girl Magic Wins Again! South Africa’s Zozibini Tunzi Is Miss Universe 2019
“Tonight a door was opened and I could not be more grateful to have been the one to have walked through it,” Miss Universe 2019, Zozibini Tunzi, told the media after her triumphant win on Sunday night (h/t BBC News). “May every little girl who witnessed this moment forever believe in the power of her…
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A Duke, a Duchess and…a Documentary About the Royal Couple (and Archie!) Is Coming
Lights, camera, action—we’re getting some behind-the-scenes scoop about Prince Harry and Megan Markle’s South Africa tour! According to W Magazine, ITV News anchor Tom Bradby has been inspired to film a documentary about the royal couple’s second official tour (their first being in Australia). “Just finished filming a documentary on Harry and Meghan in Africa,”…
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On Her 1st Trip to South Africa, Meghan Markle Speaks to Locals 'as a Woman of Color and as Your Sister'
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is currently making her first visit to South Africa, as part of a royal tour of Africa with husband Prince Harry and son Archie. But as the duchess acknowledged during a speech at the Justice Desk initiative, which focuses on child protection and female empowerment, her bonds to the continent run…
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South African Politician Calls on Mobs to Direct Their Anger at Ruling-Class Whites Instead of Other Africans
The leader of a South African opposition party is making waves for calling on mobs to turn their anger over continued economic disenfranchisement on the country’s wealthy white minority as opposed to foreign African nationals. Johannesburg has been plagued of late by mob violence targeting businesses owned by foreigners from other African countries, Newsweek reports.…
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Steve Harvey’s Bringing His Shtick to Africa, Y’all!
Steve Harvey has landed a major deal to bring his popular Family Feud to Africa. According to Shadow and Act, Harvey’s Steve Harvey Global has won the licensing rights to Fremantle’s syndicated game show for airing in Ghana and South Africa. As Deadline explains: In an unprecedented deal with Fremantle, Harvey’s media company Steve Harvey…
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South Africa Bans ‘Gratuitously’ Displaying Apartheid-Era Flag, Will Be Considered Punishable Hate Speech
South Africa’s Equality Court has banned flying the country’s apartheid-era flag, saying that “gratuitous” displays of the flag are acts of hate speech and racial discrimination. As the Washington Post reports, the decision was handed down Wednesday by Judge Phineas Mojapelo, who said flying the Old Flag violated anti-racism and harassment laws under the Equality…
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30 Days of Musical Blackness With VSB, Day 5: Letta Mbulu, 'Mahlalela (Lazy Bones)'
Today, we’re going international with our Black Music Month love. As a hip-hop head who also tried his hand at music production, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time crate digging, searching through entire obscure record label catalogs, hoping to come across the perfect sample. Well, that’s how I came across Letta Mbulu’s banger of…
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Caster Semenya Can Run Free—For Now—As Court Rules She Won’t Have to Take Drugs to Lower Testosterone Levels
Calling it a victory for women’s “human rights,” South African runner Caster Semenya and her legal team are cheering a Swiss court’s ruling that allows her to continue competing without taking testosterone-lowering drugs while she continues her appeals. At issue is an International Association of Athletics Federation rule that governs how much natural testosterone female…
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Archie Goes to South Africa? Baby Sussex’s First Trip May Already Be in the Works
He’s not even a month old yet, but Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor’s first intercontinental trip is reportedly already in the planning stages, according to multiple royal reporters. Prior to the birth of the royal progeny fondly known as “Baby Sussex,” CNN, among others, reported that Buckingham Palace was considering temporarily relocating the Sussex family to Africa,…
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Trump Appointed Members of Mar-a-Lago and His Private Golf Clubs to be Ambassadors: Report
Apparently it doesn’t take much these days to become the ambassador of a country like say, South Africa. In fact in Trump’s administration it seems the only things that are needed are paid memberships to his resorts or private golf cubs. Maybe ambassadorships are included in the exclusive package deals at Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago resort…