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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 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.

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.

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.

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.

This article explains the faults in South Africa's education system, including the fact that teachers are not able to correctly teach their children to read since they do not have enough training themselves. In addition, the teachers often do not take school seriously, and many text all day and give their students the answers to tests to ensure a high pass rate. Since teachers do not recognize the importance of reading and education and do not instill of love of learning into students, the schools in the country are becoming worse and worse. This relates to the assignment since it discusses the problems that still remain in South African education after years of improvements.

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 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.

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.

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.

This article is about a black South African who was exiled because of his writings about the apartheid government. This connects to the issues addressed in this activity because is shows how serious apartheid is and how is still exists.

This Article describes how the sport of rugby in South Africa still takes apartheid into account. In general, in South Africa, black people played soccer, while white people often played rugby. This is shown as the Springboks has 56 black players as opposed to 182 white players.

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 focuses on South Africa's closed business ties China and has previously denied Dalai Lama's entry into the country for a Nobel Prize Initiative. The current predicaments brought outrage ton the international community.

Rescue workers identified 62 of the 84 South Africans killed in the Nigeria building collapse. The building is a guesthouse of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) at Ikotun in Lagos. The collapse is currently being thought of as an accident.

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.