Nairi's LJ

Shock at Murder of World-Renowned South African Ranger
https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00082910.html

The murder of 49-year-old Timbavati Private Game Reserve ranger Anton Mzimba has sent shockwaves of grief and anger across the nation, with many calls being made for his killers to be arrested. Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Barbara Creecy paid tribute to Mzimba, who was employed at Timbavati for 25 years. He was gunned down outside his home.

11-Year-Old Iranian Girl Gets the Highest Mensa IQ Score, Beating Einstein, Hawking
https://www.sci-nature.com/2022/05/11-year-old-iranian-girl-gets-highest.html?fbclid=IwAR31AvSQsUac70MJK3Rtr2iQF9uJdRwf4liT__Un7V9zZcuat3wYI6ui3FE

Tara Sharifi, a student at Aylesbury High School, recently took the Mensa IQ test in Oxford where she scored well above the “genius benchmark” of 140. The 11-year-old student scored 162 points on the test, which is two points ahead of Einstein, a theoretical physicist who is considered as one of the two pillars of modern physics, and famous cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking.

Absa to Continue to Bring Colour to the World of Possibilities at this Years KKNK Festival
https://www.sagoodnews.co.za/absa-to-continue-to-bring-colour-to-the-world-of-possibilities-at-this-years-kknk-festival/

2022 marks the 27th edition of the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK), with Absa as a proud partner and sponsor for the past 17 years. After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this years festival looks to once again shake its tail feathers as the town of Oudtshoorn welcomes South African’s back to celebrate the productions, exhibitions and experiences of this renowned national arts festival from 29 March until 3 April 2022.

Interesting post on racial segregation in US churches here.

It seems to me that church segregation is one of many manifestations of prevalent racial and ethnic segregation that has existed in US society since its inception. Same could probably be said about many other Western societies, including ones in Europe, but probably not to the same extent and of course they all have their specific dynamics.

South African woman gives birth to 10 babies in Pretoria - reports
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57400074

A South African woman has reportedly given birth to 10 babies in what would be a new world record.

Gosiame Thamara Sithole's husband says they were astonished by decuplets after scans only showed eight in the womb.