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Government under pressure as provincial police commissioner claims country’s police chief colluded with criminal gangs.
Ruth First, born 100 years ago, was a South African freedom fighter, journalist and scholar who worked against the racist ...
Mandela Day encourages each of us to dedicate 67 minutes of service to others, symbolising the 67 years Madiba spent fighting for justice and freedom. But these 67 minutes are not just symbolic; they ...
JOHANNESBURG -- Dozens of South African chefs, community cooks, caterers, and culinary students joined forces Friday in Johannesburg to make 67,000 liters (17,700 gallons) of soup to feed the hungry, ...
The MK Party has given Cyril Ramaphosa an ultimatum to resign as president on Mandela Day or face serious consequences.
Former players reflect on Nelson Mandela's inspirational role in South Africa's first Rugby World Cup triumph 30 years ago.
"...This approach of working together was repeated earlier today by President Thabo Mbeki in a seminal speech which he ...
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A legacy of liberation and defiance
Mandela Day is a tribute not just to Nelson Mandela’s life, but to the enduring ideals he championed Nelson Mandela, the South African leader, has a lot in common with Mahatma Gandhi. Both fought ...
At an Oval Office press conference last month, Donald Trump described present-day South Africa as “the opposite of apartheid”—a phrase so perfectly weird that the man sitting across from him, South ...
Judy Sandison is an award-winning broadcast journalist and editor. She founded the SABC’s new media unit, and has worked as parliamentary reporter, managing editor and regional editor, with a stint as ...