Cape Town South Africa

WATCH: Brit Ignores Warnings, Mauled By Great White Shark

Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 01.06.2012

British expat Michael David Cohen lost his right leg below the knee, and suffered traumatic bites to his left in a shark attack in Cape Town, South Af...

Lee Speigel

UFOs Exist ... At Least On Google Earth, If You're Gullible

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 09.25.2011

At first glance, Google Earth has given us the smoking-gun UFO photos many of us have been waiting for all our lives. On second glance, it's back ...

South African Apartheid-Era Defense Minister Dies, Says Family Friend

AP | Posted 09.17.2011

JOHANNESBURG -- A family friend says one of South Africa's apartheid-era defense ministers has died. Gert Opperman says Magnus Malan died Monday morn...

PHOTOS: A Day In Fun-Loving, Historic Cape Town

Posted 09.19.2011

Cape Town, and all of South Africa, rose to prominence once again with the World Cup last summer. And for good reason: Cape Town's stunning location a...

Mendel Kaplan, 'giant in the Jewish world,' dead at 73

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

Leading South African-Israeli philanthropist Mendel Kaplan died Thursday in Cape Town after suffering a stroke on Tuesday. He was 73. ......

Race Row Threatens Power For South African World Cup

Posted 05.25.2011

By Daniel Howden, The Independent An ugly race row has left South Africa's national power company leaderless and is threatening to turn the lights ou...

Cape Town's Scariest Inhabitants Ahead Of 2010 World Cup: Baboons

AP | COURTNEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high cr...

Refugees: South Africa's New Apartheid

Alex Matthews | Posted 05.25.2011

Alex Matthews

The senseless anarchy that rocked South Africa may have calmed but, tragically, the hatred lingers and the tensions remain.

Mothers2Mothers: HIV-Positive Women Mentor Others

Razoo | Razoo | Posted 11.17.2011

In 2003, Robin Smalley was a 51-year-old TV producer in Los Angeles who longed to do something more. She found her inspiration while visiting Dr. Mit...

South Africa Election: ANC Leads In Preliminary Results

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.25.2011

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's governing party set off fireworks and popped fizzy bottles of champagne Thursday as ballots were counted in the co...

South Africa Election: ANC Party Expects Big Win

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.25.2011

JOHANNESBURG — Lines of South African voters snaked around dusty fields, up misty hills and around gritty urban neighborhoods Wednesday, all for...