HeyJaredKate Bartlett
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South Africa reels from spate of mass shootings that killed 38 people in a week (opens the original)
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Johannesburg — A spate of mass shootings in three major South African cities killed nearly 40 people this week, with such incidents increasingly common in a country already known for its high crime rates. On Saturday night, South African police said at least 10 people were killed at a shisanyama — a common kind of local restaurant selling barbecued meat — near Cape Town, while eleven others were injured. The same night, near the commercial capital Johannesburg, 17 people were killed when a group
Thousands of people gather for a South African barbecue, aiming to set a world record (opens the original)
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Today is a national holiday in South Africa. It's Heritage Day, which celebrates the country's diverse cultures. Many are celebrating with a tradition that crosses racial and cultural lines - barbecue, or as it's known in South Africa, a braai. In fact, today, thousands of people are trying to set the world record for the biggest one ever. As they fired up their grills, NPR's Kate Bartlett was there. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Loftus Stadium. Happy Heritage Day. KATE B
South Africa 'feels like a prison' for women amid spate of femicides (opens the original)
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JOHANNESBURG — Elizabeth Moselakgomo, a 38-year-old manager, mother, and keen runner, went out for her usual afternoon jog in her neighborhood near the Johannesburg airport last week and never returned. When she failed to come home, her 8-year-old daughter called relatives, who contacted the police. Five days later Moselakgomo's half-naked body was found in the area, with her face so badly beaten it was unrecognisable. Moselakgomo is one of nine women who police say have been found slain, most o
From Appalachia to Africa: Why Dolly Parton was beloved across the continent (opens the original)
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JOHANNESBURG — Dolly Parton was truly a global star, her reach extending from the hills of Appalachia to the savannas of Africa, where she was beloved across the continent — from Lagos to Nairobi to Johannesburg. At the news of her death this week, African country music stars and fans told NPR they could relate to Parton's background and her ballads of rural hardship and struggle. Esther Konkara, a singer known as "the Kenyan Dolly Parton," said that growing up in a semi-arid, dusty Kenyan villa
Besieged Sudanese city faces relentless drone strikes and risk of mass atrocities, U.N. warns (opens the original)
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Whenever residents of the besieged city of el-Obeid look up at the sky, it is filled with drones — sometimes as many as 40 at a time. The hum of the unmanned aircraft, which have been conducting deadly strikes on the city for months, has become the soundtrack to their days. "You might get hit and killed by a drone while you're asleep at home, or while on the way to school. You could also get hit by a drone in the market," says one 25-year-old resident. The local aid worker doesn't want to be nam
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