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An 18 years South African woman who just won the gold medal in the women's 800 meters race at the world track and field championships in Berlin in what is her first major championship event, is stirring controversy over her gender. With her unusual muscular physique and the ease at which she won the race, race officials have doubts about her sexuality and have ordered her to take a gender test.
Yep! There is an app for that.

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Labels: 800m Womens World Championship, Caster-Semenya, gender test, IAAF, South Africa, South African athlets, Womens-800m-gold-medalist, World track and field championships, World-Championship-race

A village in South Africa has created a new fine of about $10 for people holding a funeral after 9 AM. The main reason given in imposing such an unusual measure is to save people time by allowing them to be able to go about their business by 9 AM after attending a funeral.
"The aim is to save time. After the funeral, people must still be able to go shopping or farm their fields" said the village spokesperson.
In other words, the dead must no hold up the livings.

Original story in news24.com

Labels: fines, funeral, South Africa