Cotard's Syndrome is an exceedingly rare psychological disorder where people believe they are effectively dead. In some cases, this amounts to the belief that they are essentially zombies, existing in rotting bodies. Others are convinced that they have left the living world and are now experiencing the afterlife.Patients with Cotard's Syndrome engage in self-neglect and risky behaviors because i

The South African State said on Friday it will argue a case of pre-meditated murder against Oscar Pistorius for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.There are perpetuating reports that Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend was shot behind the bathroom door and that there had been arguments before the fatal incident.South African newspaper Beeld newspaper had the headline "Dood agter deur [Dead behind doo

News UpdatePolice in the Eastern Cape, South Africa are investigating the rape of a 100-year-old woman.Captain Jackson Manatha said a man was taken in for questioning in King Williams town on Monday, but was released pending the results of forensic tests.The partially blind woman was allegedly at her home in Holela Village on Saturday, said Manatha."The victim's granddaughter noticed the suspect

Alice Maja (44), from Harare has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for swindling family friends of over US$200 000.She lured them into investing in a bogus company and Harare magistrate Mr Hosea Mujaya suspended four years on condition of good behaviour. A further three years were suspended on condition Maja restitutes US$248 938 on or before September 30 this year. In passing the sentence Mr Mu

Karmello, 23, from Detroit, Michigan, US, is addicted to black market bum-boosting injections.She has told how she used the dangerous jabs to swell her backside from a size four to a size 10.She also says 54 injections over the last three years have filled her buttocks with a whopping two litres of liquid.But she claims she needs even MORE of the jabs full of unknown chemicals to obtain the "perf

An angler had a miracle escape when his fishing weight flew back at him 'like a bullet' and lodged in the side of his face.Steve Redhead, 51, was hoping to land some carp fish but became the catch himself after his lead weight snagged on overhanging branches.He yanked his rod a couple of times to free the line before the bulbous object suddenly flew 50 feet through the air and struck him in the f

A female member of the Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) group, Bertha Sibanda, stripped naked in front of police officers, just as 180 members were arrested following their annual Valentine Day human rights protest on Wednesday.WOZA members in Harare and Bulawayo conducted their traditional Valentine’s Day protests which were reportedly marred by beatings and arrests and subsequently led to Ms Si

A 30-year-old first-time mother has delivered a healthy boy along with a headless baby. The malformed fetus, known in medical terms as acardia monster baby, was stillborn, said doctors at Bombay Hospital, near New Marine Lines, on Thursday. "The parents are still in a state of shock after seeing the stillborn baby," said Dr Shilpa Ambekar, the gynaecologist who was treating the mother throug

Prophet Uebert Angel on Tuesday took his miracle sessions to South Africa where congregants received miracle money while dysfunctional electrical gadgets started working.Angel, who together with Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa have attracted every form of attack known in Christian circles, declared that God wanted to prove that at the name of Jesus all things should bow, of things in heaven and on eart

Doctors in Turkey have described what they claim to be a real-life vampire with multiple personalities and an addiction to drinking blood.The 23-year-old married man apparently started out slicing his own arms, chest and belly with razor blades, letting the blood drip into a cup so he could drink it. But when he experienced compulsions to drink blood "as urgent as breathing," he started turning

Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell, 48, who plays mechanic Kevin Webster in the ITV1 soap, who was originally arrested and questioned in September 2011 over child sex allegations, but no charges were brought has been charged with 19 child sex offences, including rape.Greater Manchester Police confirmed late last night that Le Vell, real name Michael Turner, will appear in court in two weeks

More than 400 people in western Siberia are reported to have been injured, most from breaking glass due to reported meteorite shower.The trail of a falling object is seen above an apartment block in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Friday in an image taken from video.RelatedBut four hours after the objects fell to earth, emergency officials had reported no deaths.Yelena Smirnykh, a spokeswoman for the Min

News UpdateStanley Madikane is alleged to have killed his wife by cutting off her head with a saw and was caught with her head in a plastic bag.“We’re shocked by this terrible murder,” said Phumeza, Stanley's niece. “My uncle doesn’t drink or take drugs. We didn’t expect anything like this. We’re very unhappy.” She said the children are with social workers and receiving trauma co

Ben Zweli (50) has been hit twice by lightning and lived to tell the tale.The first time Ben was hit was while he was driving a tractor on a farm seven years ago.He was knocked off his tractor and the left side of his body was affected.His wife Sophy Khiba (51), warned him then that he had to be cleansed with muthi to avoid a second strike.“But I didn’t listen to her,” Ben told the Daily Sun

A  in Bulawayo will live to regret the day he decided to rape the wife of a fellow dancer after he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.Philani Mabasa (28), a dancer with Hloseni Arts Ensemble, pleaded not guilty to three counts of raping the 20-year-old woman.He was staying at the Amphitheatre where the traditional dance group was based for rehearsals when the offence was committed.Senior We