One dead in shooting at CT International Airport

Police confirm that there is one dead and at least three people injured following a shooting inside a restaurant at the Cape Town International Airport.

 

Initial reports say that a man shot at three people before turning the gun on himself. 

 

Deidre Davids, communications manager for Cape Town International Airport said that the incident occurred on the mezzanine level above the airline check-in counters shortly after 18:00 on Wednesday evening. 

 

Police and airport security are on the scene and the immediate area around the airport terminal has been closed.

 

Airport operations and flights are continuing as normal. 

Parents discover their baby was swopped at birth, four years ago

The High Court in Pretoria has ordered an investigation into how best to deal with a recent discovery that two children were allegedly mistakenly swopped at birth in an East Rand hospital in 2010, The Star newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The two girls were born in Boksburg Hospital.

The mistake was discovered recently when one of the fathers requested a paternity test after the child's mother sued him for maintenance.

The paper reported that both parents' blood tests did not match the child's.

The woman then reportedly wanted her biological child back, but the other woman did not want to give her daughter up, The Star reported.

The Centre for Child Law was tasked with investigating the facts and to make a decision on what was in the best interests of the children.

It was not yet clear how the children were allegedly swopped.

Kidnapped girls

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Daughters can't be chiefs in Lesotho

Senate Masupha, the first-born child of a chief. Upon her father’s death, her mother was appointed as caretaker of the chieftainship. Following her mother’s death, the chieftainship was contested between Masupha’s uncle and half-brother. Masupha intervened seeking to succeed to the chieftainship as she was the first-born child. However, she was denied the right to succeed solely on the basis of her gender.

Women collects water in Lesotho

 

Women collect water from a communal tap in the village of Ha Rantismane in Lesotho’s mountainous Thaba-Tseka District

Maasai Women in Kenya Ask Tourists to Pay for Photographs

MAASAI women living near the Maasai Mara Game Reserve have appealed to the Narok county assembly to develop a law that will ensure tourists pay them when they take photographs of them.

The women of Memiri Siana Cultural Village say they have been exploited for a long time by tourists who come and enjoy their culture and pay only Sh500 per van.

Their chairperson Teresa Mpetti said the women have not benefited from the millions of shillings that change hands in Maasai Mara. When tourists visit their manyattas they take photos which are sold abroad yet they get nothing. They want the assembly to pass a law that will compel the tourists to pay $20 dollars (Sh1,700) per photo.

Nigeria's Super Eagles Squad Named

National team head coach Stephen Keshi has submitted a provisional list of 30 players for the FIFA 2014 World Cup.