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S.Africa bids emotional farewell to 'Mama Winnie' Mandela

11 April 2018 |

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Thousands of mourners flocked Wednesday to the heart of South Africa's sprawling Soweto township, a centre of anti-apartheid resistance, to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela's former wife and struggle hero...

South African woman jailed for racist rant in appeal bid

11 April 2018 |

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The first South African to be jailed for racist slurs went to court on Wednesday in a bid to appeal her conviction and three-year jail sentence.Former realtor Vicki Momberg, 49, was last month sentenced...

Top S.Africa court ends Pistorius's final appeal bid

9 April 2018 |

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South Africa's highest court has rejected Oscar Pistorius's request to appeal against his 13-year jail term, ending the long legal battle over his killing of his girlfriend in 2013. The former Paralympic...

S.Africa opposition leader re-elected as polls loom

8 April 2018 |

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Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance party, was re-elected on Sunday as the party kicked-off campaigning for elections due by 2019.The party which has the second...

Former leaders jailed for corruption

6 April 2018 |

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A host of former country leaders have served time behind bars for corruption committed while they were in power, with South Korea's ex-president being the latest to be jailed Friday.Some have been able...

The path to court: Zuma and the arms deal

6 April 2018 |

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Here is a timeline of major events in the corruption charges against South African former president Jacob Zuma:- Red flag -- November 1998: The cabinet approves an arms deal at a price tag of $2.5 billion....

S.Africa's Zuma to face court in graft case

6 April 2018 |

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South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma is due to appear in court in Durban on Friday to face corruption charges linked to a multi-billion dollar 1990s arms deal that dogged his time in government.Zuma's...

South Africa's Zuma due in court on graft charges

5 April 2018 |

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Former South African president Jacob Zuma is to appear in court Friday on 16 corruption charges over a suspect arms deal that dogged much of his rule before he was ousted in February.Zuma will attend...

Six S.African miners killed in bus attack

3 April 2018 |

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Six miners were killed in South Africa's northern province of Limpopo when a suspected petrol bomb was thrown into their bus, police said Tuesday, adding no motive was known for the attack."The bus immediately...

S.Africa heaps praise on flawed hero Winnie Mandela

3 April 2018 |

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South Africa on Tuesday paid heartfelt tributes to Winnie Mandela, who died aged 81, as politicians hailed her as an inspirational anti-apartheid campaigner and defended her often controversial record.The...

Tributes to South Africa's Winnie Mandela

2 April 2018 |

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African leaders and celebrities have led tributes to South African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela who has died aged 81. The former wife of South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela...

'We sing when we're hurt': Sorrow, celebration at Winnie Mandela's home

2 April 2018 |

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Crowds of mourners flocked Monday to Winnie Mandela's home in the heart of South Africa's Soweto township, a centre of anti-apartheid resistance that remained her base decades after white rule fell.Neighbours,...

Mandela and his three wives: Evelyn, Winnie and Graca

2 April 2018 |

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Nelson Mandela ducked out of an arranged marriage when he was a student, then went on to wed three times. His first two marriages collapsed under the strain of politics, but the third time around he found...

S.Africa hails Australia 'retraction' on offer to white farmers

2 April 2018 |

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The Pretoria government hailed Monday what it said was a decision by Australia to go back on plans to offer fast-track humanitarian visas to "persecuted" white farmers in South Africa.Australian Home...

Winnie Mandela: South Africa's flawed heroine

2 April 2018 |

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's marriage to Nelson Mandela and her anti-apartheid activism ensured many South Africans saw her as "the mother of the nation", but her past was littered with dark controversies.Born...