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Yesterday marked the celebration of Youth Day in South Africa. In 1976 an estimated 20,000 young people from Soweto led a demonstration against the segregated Bantu Education system which forced many blacks into poorly paid, subservient positions of...
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In what could be a first in the world, a fish species known as cichlids has been observed by scientists in the act of splitting into two distinct species in Lake...
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The ex-headmistress of Oprah Winfrey’s school for girls in South Africa sued the talk show host for defamation, claiming Winfrey falsely suggested she tried to...
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The crew of a Norwegian research base in the Antarctic was racing to clear snow and ice from a closed airfield so an injured team member could be flown to South Africa...
made popular Oct 6 2008
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Former South African President Thabo Mbeki will continue efforts to mediate an end to the political crisis in Zimbabwe.
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This route, the myth goes, is the descent into dictatorship, the free-fall into hunger and poverty and the collapse of institutions such as an independent and vigorous...
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If you’re a South Africa or someone who has recently visited the country, take a cruise over to these two websites and tell me if you notice anything out of...
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A group of us were sitting around discussing South African education over a cup of coffee. We weren’t really talking about the problems in education today, or the...
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The political events in South Africa over the last week have been historical –- a relatively ’smooth’ change of presidency without bloodshed in Africa! No doubt...
made popular Sep 29 2008
Well, I moved away from South Africa because some people were just...well, nasty. And being from a small section of the Uk where people are genuinely nice, it was...
made popular Sep 29 2008
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South Africa’s new president went on television Sunday seeking to calm the nation after a week of political drama, saying the government is pressing ahead to...
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In the wake of recent serial killings and severe discrimination of the Africans by mainly the Malaysians I wish to advice my fellow Africans who were made to believe...
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Good guerrillas often make indifferent democrats. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe may be the clearest proof that the very qualities that make an effective insurgent...
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At the rate it is going, South Africa could soon be expelled from the African Union for “setting a bad example” to the rest of the continent.
made popular Sep 26 2008
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The South African Parliament has elected a new president to replace Thabo Mbeki, who was ousted in a power struggle within the African National Congress.
made popular Sep 25 2008
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has described as “devastating” the removal from office of his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki, who is seen as...
made popular Sep 25 2008
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Former trade unionist and freedom fighter Kgalema Motlanthe becomes South Africa’s president Thursday in an atmosphere tense with fears of political and economic...
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PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has held talks with Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe over the formation of a government of national unity in the South African country.
The...
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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress’ (ANC) hopes for a smooth transition of power after its ousting of President Thabo Mbeki were quashed...
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Since the year 2003, African stock markets have been growing in exponential proportion. Only that you do not read it on the pages of the newspapers. It has been hush,...
made popular Sep 24 2008
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Thirteen members of the same family, including a two-week-old infant, have been found dead in their home after apparently taking herbal medicine, the South African...
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Something like this was very unexpected, especially from a place like South Africa which prides itself in overcoming one of the greatest obstacles of institutionalized...
made popular May 24 2008
Having recently moved from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg, I have noticed a difference in the racial ‘climate’ up here. The Afrikaans people are a lot different...
made popular May 15 2008
The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for a lawsuit against major international companies accused of aiding South Africa’s apartheid system.
The court said it...
made popular May 14 2008
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The Supreme Court tossed itself off a big case Monday.The court couldn’t take up an apartheid dispute involving some of the nation’s largest companies...
made popular May 12 2008
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The Supreme Court says it can’t intervene in an important dispute over the rights of apartheid victims to sue U.S. corporations in U.S. courts because four of the...
made popular May 12 2008
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An appeals court Friday reinstated some of the class-action claims of millions of people who say they suffered under apartheid while living in South Africa because of...
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We all know Iraq and Afghanistan as the victims of US ‘war on terror’. However, in these two countries, there is another war going on except this. Well, you...
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The growing apartheid between Muslims and US, fierce altercations and war against US are evident as there are surmounting suspicions of terrorist attacks that are...
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Women’s Day, which was held on ninth of this month in South Africa, was observed with stupendous caravan of demonstrations and speeches about women rights and...
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Polygamy, in Malaysia, continues for the Muslims only.
Women have no right to their child.
Even though progressive laws are enforced, it...
made popular Mar 11 2006
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