Facebook amends 'Real Name' Policy after Protests

On Tuesday the site said it was to test new tools that allowed people to share any special circumstances they felt meant they could not use their real name.

The tool is intended to help people who may have suffered domestic abuse, or in cases where their sexuality could put them in danger.

However, Facebook stood firm on insisting people use "real names" in all but the most unusual situations.

"We require people to use the name their friends and family know them by," the company said.

University student protest for English to become primary language.

South Africa- Stellenbosch University looks set to become a fully fledged English medium university as from next year after management agreed to table the amended language policy before council later in November.

A statement released on Thursday evening by the rector’s management team said the primary language of communication and administration at Stellenbosch University would be English since it was the common language in SA.

 

All learning at Stellenbosch University would be facilitated in

North Carolina man strips naked after US Airways oversold his flight to Jamaica (WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES)

That's quite a tan line.

US Airways refused to let an elderly man on a plane no matter how naked he got.

 

The gentleman was photographed after stripping to his birthday suit as a type of bizarre protest when he was told repeatedly he would not be allowed to board his flight to Jamaica in the Charlotte Douglas International airport Wednesday afternoon.

Anti-impeachment protest rocks Ekiti

A huge protest is currently ongoing in Ado Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State, against the move of Ekiti State House of Assembly to impeach the state Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, over alleged constitutional breaches.