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18/07/2011 - South Africa

Mandela celebrates birthday with family in childhood village

Millions of South African schoolchildren sang happy birthday to Nelson Mandela as he celebrated his 93rd birthday on Monday while politicians and ordinary citizens did charity work to support his ...

21/06/2011 - South Africa

Nelson Mandela meets US first lady at his home

US First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters met with 92-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela on Tuesday on the first leg of a six-day visit to southern Africa.

18/05/2011 - South Africa - report

Polls open in South Africa's third post-apartheid local elections

Polls opened across South Africa shortly after sunrise Wednesday for more than 23 million voters to cast their ballots in the country’s third local elections since the end of apartheid 17 ...

22/04/2011 - South Africa - report

ANC's Malema hits back at hate-speech trial

The hate-speech trial of the youth leader of the ruling ANC has dominated South Africa's headlines this past week. The fiery Julius Malema faced a two-day grilling on the stand.

09/08/2010 - South Africa

Journalists fear return to Apartheid-era press restrictions

Journalists in South Africa have criticised plans by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to introduce restrictions on news coverage, accusing the government of behaving like its Apartheid-era prececessor.

28/07/2010 - South Africa

Race-hate video students to be sentenced Friday

Four white Afrikaner students are to be fined for making a film humiitating domestic workers at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein.

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