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This article basically highlighted that South Africa will be donating about 24 million dollars for Ebola-affected countries. South Africa has already committed 3 million dollars to the fund, and wishes to finish the donation as soon as possible.

This article discusses how HIV and AIDS in South Africa dropped dramatically with the help of funding from the USA, who provided education for doctors and medicine for those who were infected. However, since the USA is now funding other countries, South Africa is now seeing another rise in AIDS, which many hope is only temporary as the country struggles to pay for more AIDS care. This relates to our research since it describes what has been done with AIDS in South Africa and what now needs to be done.

This article explains why crime is running rampant in South Africa with over 16,000 murders and 21,000 child assaults in a single year. The author makes the case that South Africa's past, including the apartheid, is to blame for the current crime rate. The laws that segregated blacks and a justice system that favored whites created a general distrust and blatant disrespect for the law, especially after some that violated basic human rights were not prosecuted even when they did not apply for amnesty. A slow redevelopment of trust in the law can possibly make the crime rate drop dramatically.

This article talks about the AIDS issue in South Africa. This connects to the issue of AIDS addressed in this activity through how AIDS has greatly affected the people of South Africa.

A roadside ad that stated "Tombstones, buy one get one free." This was the essence of AIDS in years as recent as 2008. Now South Africa is one of the most praised countries in Africa with its abilities to fight AIDS, especially during the Ebola virus outbreak.

The BDS-SA, an organization that wants to raise awareness for the Palestinians, put up billboards advertising their cause. However, they were taken down because they violated a city law about insensitive advertising. The BDS-SA made a lawsuit saying that the billboards' removal, and the city law, violated the constitution's freedom of speech. They won this case on Thursday, which shows how South Africa is recovering more from the apartheid because of freedom of speech and fair trials.

As South Africa approaches their 20 year anniversary of democracy, they also come close to election day where both candidates seem to have a fatal flaw. Jacob Zuma was found to have used twenty million dollars of government money to upgrade his house while the other candidate, Oscar Pistorius, is under trial for the murder of his girlfriend. Neither of these candidates are well liked or popular in South Africa. This applies to apartheid since it talks about the twenty year anniversary since it is also the anniversary of the end of apartheid.

This article is about war-torn areas in general, although they do mention the DRC specifically through their population displacement and the effects of war on women. This article was pretty short, but it really supplied the message that Africa is still dealing with the past and current effects of war and will continue to be for some time to come.

This article describes a Muslim man's controversial efforts to open a mosque that grants gender equality and admits anyone, regardless of religion or sexual orientation. This philosophy is a literal interpretation of the Quran (Muslim holy text), and he chose to do this because it goes against the problematic radical interpretations that lead to stereotypes and ethnic conflicts. The mosque has not yet opened, but the founder has already received numerous death threats because of the institution's non-standard philosophy. This relates to our study because it is an example of someone who is today trying to end stereotypes in South Africa, just as the ANC tried to end apartheid stereotypes.

There is a mosque opening in South Africa that will allow anyone to worship. This has created criticism as many believe that gay people should not be allowed to worship and women should not be allowed to lead prayers. This does not directly relate to apartheid but is similar in that there is discrimination happening.

People in the Democratic Republic of the Congo would like to use the Great Inga Dam to power much of Africa. If successful, this would be the world's biggest hydropower project but many power are still very skeptical about it.

70 people have died in the northern DRC from an outbreak of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis but the WHO state that it is not Ebola. It has many of the same symptoms but the death rate is not even close to the rate in West Africa as well as the DRC doesn't share any borders with the countries in West Africa.

On his way to attend the Nobel Peace conference, the Dalai Lama was denied a visa to enter South Africa. This is the third time in five years that South Africa has denied a visa to the Dalai Lama. This coordinates with our lesson as that this article deals with oppression and during apartheid, races were oppressed from various things.

Frans Viljoen believes that South Africa should have taken the leading role in the fight against the Ebola disease, as opposed to the United States. He states that the US has sent many resources and personnel into Liberia to conquer this outbreak. The most productive contribution made by South Africa was to ensure that a sufficient amount of protective clothing was available to the cause.

This article talks about a mining company in South Africa. This relates to the issues addressed in this article because of how the economy is greatly influenced by white-foreign companies.

This article tells about the photographer Ernest Cole who was a photojournalist during the apartheid. His book of photos was banned in South Africa and was only brought to major attention very recently, when there are many exhibitions. This relates because it shows how influential the little-known stories of the apartheid are, and the photographs give us a glimpse into the life of South Africans during this time.

This article discusses the 2014-2015 South African and United Kingdom Seasons, where artists from both regions showcase their artwork. This relates to the apartheid idea because this event helps to South Africa recover from the apartheid and reunite the countries.

Since the end of apartheid, South Africa made a policy that at least 50% of the professional sports team must be colored. The article says that some teams have failed to meet this requirement.

This article announced Zimbabwe's bid to host an African soccer tournament called the Nations Cup in 2017. The ability of Zimbabwe to hold such a tournament shows how much the country has advanced economically since its early independence days. This relates to our studies about Africa, because it shows Zimbabwe's progress until the now.

This article is about how Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe plan to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Zimbabwe is considering using finances from Zambia or another South African nation. This article relates to our reading because it shows how Robert Mugabe is using finances incorrectly and also tells about another failure of Zimbabwe which was about the 2000 Nations Cup which failed in Zimbabwe because they failed to follow schedule. 

This article describes how the why the people of South Africa are upset as Pistorius is found not guilty because of the lack of evidence. This relates to our previous information because almost as the people were segregated by their race, and the whites had more freedom/rights over the blacks; however in this scenario, it is applied to how this as he is a celebrity, this may have skid out of jail by his popularity rather than actual lack of evidence.