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This article reports that 67 South Africans were killed in the collapse of a Nigerian church. Eighty bodies have been recovered and 131 people rescued alive. The church collapsed on September 12.

Friday morning a church collapsed in Nigeria killing at least 70 people, many of which were definitely from South Africa. President Zuma said that 67 of his compatriots died on Friday night, which is thought to be one of the worst tragedies in South African history, even more than many of the massacres during the time of Apartheid.

Desmond Tutu argues that racial integration is not occurring on the rugby field and the negative effects of apartheid are still being felt. As a result, a new regulation proposes that there must be at least seven non-white players on South Africa's Springboks next year. This relates to the integration of colored people into aspects of society after the fall of apartheid.

This article relates how Belgium took millions of dollars of Zimbabwean diamonds. Ever since the UN lifted the sanction on diamonds in 2013, these gems have been a large contribution to the debt-stricken economy. This relates because the database article discusses how sanctions on exports can negatively affect the economy, and how land reform is causing disputes on whose property is whose.

Belgian authorities took Zimbabwean diamonds that were at an auction waiting to be purchased. A court order gave compensation to a South African mining company that had lost that concession. On September 12, around 500,000 ounces of diamond worth $45 million belonging to Zimbabwean shareholders was seized. The World Diamond Center wants to sell 12 million carats of diamonds from Zimbabwe this year. Zimbabwe has the second largest metal deposits behind South Africa.

Belgian authorities seized about 500,000 ounces worth roughly $45 million and belonging to companies with Zimbabwean state shareholdings were seized on Sept. 12. A court ruling stated that a South African Mining company would given compensation for the concession they had lost.

Although South Africa is developing quickly and may be Africa's most advanced country, the youth unemployment rate has drastically soared to about 36%. Many people believe that the youth unemployment statistic is more accurately 50%. In addition, the brand new parliament in this nation is at "war with itself," in that there is a disagreement in socialist and capitalist views. Some believe that the new method will not work or pay off and the country should return to the previous socialist system.

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.

This article relates to two South African issues: education and HIV. Unplanned pregnancies give women an unfair disadvantage in schooling systems. These pregnancies also cause health issues among women (HIV), leading to a high dropout rate and hurting the education systems.

This connects to the issues of the activity because the article describes how white people in South Africa are still dominating most of the land. This still occurs even 20 years after apartheid.

A new map has been made available in South Africa that shows Nelson Mandela inspired tourist attractions. It includes his old house and also the place where he was imprisoned.

The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial has been placed under police protection after her controversial decision to acquit the athlete. Some groups in South Africa have expressed concern of Judge Thokozile Masipa which they say could amount to racism.

After Oscar Pistorius was charged of manslaughter for killing Reeva Steenkamp, the Judge was placed under police protection for clearing the paralympian for murder. This trial has sparked angers around the world and many protests throughout South Africa.

Nigerian rescue workers claim that at least seventy bodies have been recovered from the collapsed church. Officials believe that the cause of the collapse was the addition of floors to the church that the foundation of the building could not support. There had been at least five South African tour groups visiting the church at the time of the collapse. This is the first time in recent history that a massive number of South Africans have died on foreign soil.

This articles describes the lack of growth and development of women extending into high education. This relates to the poor education systems in South Africa because as it experienced apartheid and as it was hard enough to get/have well educated teachers to teach the class now there is an issue to get well educated female teachers in higher education. In short, education continues to be a problem within South Africa, however the problems have down scaled, but are equally important.

Former African President F. W. de Klerk argues that the ANC should not implement drastic changes to current property laws in South Africa, as the new laws could cause economic collapse. This land redistribution issue is one that sprang from the end of the era of apartheid. The fact that it is continuing to be an issue highlights the great effect that apartheid had in South Africa.

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. 

Schools in South Africa are creating new rules that are racist to black students. The schools are making rules that discriminates people by their hair.

This article describes the battle of HIV that Africa has continually fought against for decades. With the poverty stricken hospitals and low medical care it has become increasingly difficult to handle this disease. All in all, this disease has decreased the population as well as the life expectancy rate/age.

Somaliland wants independence from Somalia, and it is very clear. They have wanted independence since 1991 and they wonder why they are not given it after seeing South Sudan gain independence, and Scotland hold a referendum on whether or not to become an independent country. It is mainly believed that if Somaliland gained independence it would cause other African countries to want to be free. Also, it is believed that Somaliland independence could disrupt the peace that exists between Somaliland and Somalia.

This article tells how the Somali pirates are now almost out of business and are being replaced by South Asian pirates. This refers to the first article because groups in Somalia used terror as a way to earn money and create business.

Russians have started a new 3 billion dollar platinum mine in Zimbabwe. This just happened right after 45 million dollars worth of diamonds were seized by a South African company and sent to Paris. This relates to the article discussing the many mining opportunities in Zimbabwe.