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Jul 21 2008, Muhammad Karim

On the occasion of Nelson Mandela’s birthday, I would like to highlight a lesson I have learned from him and his life.

There is no doubt, Mandela, world-wide, is the official icon of democracy and the struggle to overcome oppression. One of his...

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Jul 23 2008 by AP0 Comments

South Africa’s presidential spokesman said Wednesday that power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe’s ruling and opposition forces were under way at a secret location.

 
 
Jul 23 2008 by AP0 Comments

South Africa’s presidential spokesman says power-sharing talks are under way between Zimbabwe’s ruling and opposition forces. But there are conflicting reports about the day the talks are set to open.

 
 
Jul 22 2008 by AP0 Comments

Diplomats say talks between Zimbabwe’s ruling and opposition parties will soon get under way in South Africa’s capital.

 
 
Jul 21 2008 by AP0 Comments

South Africa’s foreign affairs spokesman says Zimbabwe’s president and opposition leader will sign an agreement to hold power-sharing talks.

 
 
Jul 21 2008 by AP0 Comments

South Africa’s foreign affairs spokesman says Zimbabwe’s president and opposition leader will sign an agreement to hold power-sharing talks.

 
 
Jul 20 2008 by AP0 Comments

The photographs of the tortured body of an opposition official are blurry but chilling.

 
 
Jul 18 2008 by AP0 Comments

South Africa’s largest mobile phone network operator said Friday it was unable to agree on a deal in talks with an Indian telecom company.

 
 
Jul 18 2008 by AP0 Comments

Double amputee runner Oscar Pistorius has failed to make South Africa’s team for the Beijing Olympics.

 
 
Jul 17 2008 by AP0 Comments

When they talk of their government’s failure, South Africans in the tangle of shacks and narrow lanes that is Alexandra point to an unfinished modern brick and steel building near the edge of the township.

 
 
Jul 16 2008 by AP0 Comments

Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan and other members of Nelson Mandela’s global crisis task force turned their attention to world hunger on Wednesday, focusing on soaring food prices.

 
 
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May 26 2008 by Deepa2 Comments

Who’s listening to radio? We all do! So lemme reframe my question. Who’s listening to green radio? And here I am not intending to the word green as a channel or color of your instrument. In my dictionary green implies to 3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse, and...

 
 
Apr 10 2008 by Sunit0 Comments

Ahead of an expected second round of presidential polls, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has unleashed his trusted terror units across the country to intimidate opposition supporters and the suffering population as a whole in a bid to hang on to...

 
 
Mar 29 2008 by Arpita Mukherjee1 Comments

Approximately 5 to 6 million South Africans are infected with HIV. Nineteen percent of the country’s adult population aged between 15 and 49 carries the deadly virus. Unfortunately, only one-third of the HIV infected South Africans have access to...

 
 
Mar 24 2008 by Atul5 Comments

Off late I’ve developed a habit of criticising Paris for all her fake deeds and stories of self-obsession but here is something which could have made me give her a pat on her back. The not-so-noble Hilton did something which wasn’t expected off her...

 
 
Mar 17 2008 by Asmita0 Comments

The Rainbow Nation finally got its first Victoria’s Secret ‘Angel’ and boy did they get it right! Just one look at the 5’ 10” Candice Swanepoel and you know instinctively that the gal possesses exactly the stuff that legends are made of....

 
 
Feb 18 2008 by Naveen0 Comments

Hovercrafts are miraculous machines and there is something bestial about them. If you love marine sports, then one of the best ways to hit the tides is in your personal Hovercraft. Check out the Eagle Range of low acquisition cost, low maintenance and...

 
 
Dec 20 2007 by Balbhadra Rana0 Comments

Jacob Zuma might have won the leadership of the African National Congress and gladdened the hearts of the poor, Zulus, students and those leaning towards the left but South Africans are worried about the future.

It was a bitter race for the party...

 
 
Dec 20 2007 by Sameer Kumar0 Comments

Some people would do anything to get a drink and that I mean in a very positive way. They can travel long and hard and find the most unusual location to make sure that their days do not end up dry. In fact there is nothing like the will of a man in...

 
 
Dec 18 2007 by Sunit0 Comments

South Africa’s most prominent and popular political party the African National Congress(ANC)is bitterly divided over its leadership with the country’s President Thabo Mbeki facing a stiff challenge from the popular left-leaning former vice-president...

 
 
Dec 8 2007 by Rhapsodysinger1 Comments

The BBC is glad that South Africas crime rate is dropping. The BBC correspondent in Johannesburg, Peter Biles is anxious to see rape, murder and armed-robberies reduce there. And who runs the BBC? Oops, the same people who have led to South Africas...

 
 
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Muhammad Karim, Durban
ANC President, Jacob Zuma Jacob Zuma, has had a very polarising effect amongst the South African population. You either love him or hate him, there is no in-between. ...
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Alice Vosloo, Johannesburg
With Mandela’s 90th birthday coming up, a lot of South Africans out there will be getting more nervous by the day, all as a result of an urban legend that has...
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Muhammad Karim, Durban
With all of the recent comment going back and forth regarding Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe and the sham election in which he was sworn in for yet another term in office, few...
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Jonny, Pretoria
The most exciting and nerve wrecking election in history is going on in Zimbabwe. The candidate list in alphabetical and no ranked order is; Robert G. Mugabe. In charge...
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Jonny, Pretoria
Can you believe it? For the second time now I’ve been interrogated by executives at work! Why? Because my wife is on a business trip to Norway! I’ve got no reasons...
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Muhammad Karim, Durban
It came as a quite a shock when Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), called it quits on the election run-off between himself and...
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Jonny, Pretoria
Part of my fascination with South Africa is the wild and the open plains and untouched nature like in the Wild West. It’s not harnessed by civilization, and you can...
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Philippe Boucher, Pretoria
Mugabe is a Cancer So Mbeki’s off on another jaunt, this time to visit his crony, Mad Bob. Presumably the visit’s aim is to bribe that harelipped son of a...
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Alice Vosloo, Johannesburg
“South Africa’s white supremacist paramilitary leader, Eugene Terre’Blanche, is back and he wants his own homeland.” This is according to an article that...
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His birthday has been the party that much of the world wanted to attend. But, in the end, Nelson Mandela turns 90 today with only friends and family to mark the...
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Andre Leroux, Windhoek
The computer glitch that hit the Johannesburg stock exchange yesterday cost billions of rands in potential trade.
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President George W. Bush on Tuesday signed a bill removing Nelson Mandela’s name from its lists of terrorists — over 14 years after he was elected South...
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Desh, Shimla
South Africa is close to brokering a deal that would see Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai negotiate a unity government, a...
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He is simply a wonderful husband. We met in life at time we were both settled. We were grown up, we were settled, we knew the value of a companion, of a partner....
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Some U.S. lawmakers are trying to pass legislation to remove former South African President Nelson Mandela from a U.S. list of terrorists by his 90th birthday next...
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Pooja, Shimla
Tonderai Ndira was a shrewd choice for assassination: young, courageous and admired. Kill him and fear would pulse through a thousand spines. He was an up-and-comer in...
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Trish Smith, Baltimore
BSB Design, a firm that has created unique residential homes for over 40 years, has come up with an amazing new type of home that could benefit millions of people in...
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Brenton, Denver
A South African court has banned unauthorised trials of vitamin therapies for Aids, which some say are a health risk.
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Asmita, Shimla
BSB Design has developed a low-cost, high-quality, prefab house for South Africans. The entire home is shipped in one box and can be easily assembled in one day by four...
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Cape Town:

Susannah Gutierrez, right, from the U.S. performs her routine as judges look on during the World Rope Skipping Championships in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Athletes from 19 countries including South Africa and the U.S. are taking...