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In a recent review ‘Will SA’S new friends turn out so different from the West?’ ) about a public debate on 28 February over the coming Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) heads-of-state summit, South Africa’s leading foreign policy journalist, Peter Fabricius, chose … read more »
14 Feb 2013 Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP); Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP; Deputy President of the Republic, Honourable Kgalema Motlanthe; Former President Thabo … read more »
The Stallions are set to make history while the Super Eagles are hoping to win the Nations Cup trophy for a third time The route to qualification for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournament was different for both sides. … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Europe Soccer, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Soccer, South Africa, Sports, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia
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Tagged 2013 afcon fixtures, 2013 afcon tickets, afcon fixtures, afcon tickets african nations, africa cup 2013, Africa Nations Cup, african cup, African Nations Cup, Burkina Faso, cup of nations, Durban, Jonathan Akpoborie, Jonathan Pitroipa, Moses Mabhida Stadium, nations cup 2013, Nigeria, Ogenyi Onazi
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Mali goalkeeper Mamadou Samassa is set to return to the starting XI for Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations semi-final against Nigeria after suspension. His replacement, Soumalia Diakite, will drop to the bench, despite saving two penalties in the quarter-final shoot-out … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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Most champions receive a trophy – or a cash bonus. But at the African Cup of Nations, an international soccer tournament featuring the continent’s top 16 teams, at least one the nations has been offered something it’s much more difficult … read more »
Posted in Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2013 afcon fixtures, 2013 afcon tickets, afcon fixtures, afcon tickets african nations, africa cup 2013, Africa Nations Cup, african cup, African Nations Cup, Burkina Faso, cup of nations, Durban, Mali, nations cup 2013, Nigeria, Nigeria national football team, South Africa
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Hosts South Africa and debutants Cape Verde Islands reached the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals after a dramatic finale to Group A on Sunday. South Africa came from behind twice to draw 2-2 with Morocco in Durban and Cape Verde … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Cape Verde, Nigeria, Soccer, South Africa, Sports, Zimbabwe
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Tagged 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Africa Nations Cup, Angola, Cape Verde, Durban, Indepth Africa Magazine, Morocco, South Africa
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Hosts South Africa finished top of Group A after their dramatic 2-2 draw with Morocco in Durban knocked the North Africans out of the tournament. Knowing a win would take them through, Morocco twice led – only to exit the … read more »
Posted in Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged 2013 afcon fixtures, 2013 afcon tickets, afcon fixtures, afcon tickets african nations, africa cup 2013, african cup, African Nations Cup, Angola, Cape Verde, cup of nations, Durban, Issam El Adoua, May Mahlangu, Morocco, Morocco 2 - 2 Bafana, nations cup 2013, Siyabonga Sangweni, South Africa
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Johannesburg – Tickets for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) match between Bafana Bafana and Morocco on Sunday are sold out, the SA Football Association (Safa) said on Friday. Safa president Kirsten Nematandani, speaking in Johannesburg, urged those with tickets … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco, Soccer, South Africa, Sports
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Tagged Africa Nations Cup, Angola, Bafana, bafana bafana, Bafana v Morocco, Cape Verde, Durban, Morocco, Moses Mabhida Stadium, South Africa national football team
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Cape Town – Bafana Bafana have begun to restore the fans’ faith after the team broke their scoring jinx in sensational style against Angola in their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) clash in Durban on Wednesday. Bafana climbed to the … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria, Soccer, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sports, Zimbabwe
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Tagged 2013 African Cup of Nations, AFCON bafana bafana, Africa Cup of Nations, Africa Nations Cup, Angola, Bafana, Cape Verde, Durban, IndepthAfrica, Lehlohonolo Majoro, Morocco, South Africa national football team
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Durban – Cape Verde pulled off their second surprising result of the Africa Cup of Nations, and did hosts South Africa a big favour, as they held Morocco to a 1-1 draw at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Wednesday. Although Cape … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged 2013 afcon fixtures, 2013 afcon tickets, afcon fixtures, afcon tickets african nations, africa cup 2013, africa cup nations, african cup, African Nations Cup, Angola, bafana bafana, Cape Verde, cup of nations, Durban, Morocco, Moses Mabhida Stadium, nations cup 2013, South Africa, South Africa national football team
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Cape Verde were denied a historic Africa Cup of Nations upset, after Morocco levelled to draw 1-1 in Durban. Striker Platini coolly chipped over Moroccan goalkeeper Nadir Lamyaghri on 35 minutes for Cape Verde’s first-ever Nations Cup goal. Morocco equalised … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d'Ivoire, Morocco, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports
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Tagged 2013 afcon fixtures, 2013 afcon tickets, Abdelaziz Barrada, afcon fixtures, afcon tickets african nations, africa cup 2013, Africa Nations Cup, african cup, African Nations Cup, Cape Verde, cup of nations, Durban, Indepth Africa Magazine, Morocco, Morocco 1 - 1 Cape Verde, Nadir Lamyaghri, nations cup 2013, Youssef El-Arabi
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Khaya Mthethwa (25) won a nationwide vote against 23-year-old Melissa Allison on Tuesday, ending the dominance of racial minorities since the contest, based on Britain’s Pop Idol, launched in 2002. The gospel-influenced Mthethwa, from Durban, had been the favourite to … read more »
This week, Durban’s International Convention Centre (ICC) hosts 1300 delegates to a Shopping Centre Congress sponsored by one of South Africa’s most environmentally-destructive financial institutions. (As the country’s second largest coal lender and a proponent of failed carbon trading, also … read more »
THE CONFEDERATION of African Football has announced that the final draw for the South 2013 Orange CAF Africa Cup of Nations will now take place on October 24 in Durban. Fifteen teams will join hosts South Africa in the draw … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, News, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Nations Cup, Confederation of African Football, Côte d'Ivoire, Didier Drogba, Durban, IndepthAfrica, Port Elizabeth, Rainford Kalaba, Zambia
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By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times MAVELA, South Africa — Her grandmother was an alcoholic and her mother was a prostitute, strangled by a client. The child of another of her mother’s customers, Nicolene Marx grew up in a poor … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa, Special Reports
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, afria travel, Africa news, AIDS, BBC Africa, bbc africa news, Department of Basic Education, Durban, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, KwaZulu-Natal, map africa, map of africa, MAVELA, Mother, news, news in africa, North Africa, South Africa, travel to africa, West Africa
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The bad publicity generated by the dubious dealings of two of President Jacob Zuma’s children and other relatives is unlikely to have a bearing on the president’s fortunes at the ANC’s elective conference in Mangaung. But it has been described … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, ANC, Durban, EThekwini, Jacob Zuma, Mangaung, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Zuma
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Kingdom’s historical borders offer adventure travelers spectacular sights Author: By George Webster CNN CNN) – Spread across a 600-kilometer stretch of South Africa’s east coast, the former Zulu Kingdom boasts one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most eclectic blends of wildlife, history … read more »
Posted in African Safaris, News, Travel to Africa
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, africa news today, African news, Battle of Blood River, BBC Africa, bbc africa news, Durban, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, KwaZulu-Natal, latest africa news, map africa, map of africa, news, news 24, news in africa, North Africa, South Africa, south african news, travel to africa, Umgeni River, West Africa, Zulu, Zulu Kingdom
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Unfreedom Day March – 27 April 2012 Friday is freedom day. This means that the time for annual lies to our democracy has come. The time to pretend that democracy and freedom came to everyone in 1994 has come. … read more »
Posted in News, Press Releases
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Tagged Abahlali baseMjondolo, afria travel, Africa news, African news, Durban, Eskom, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kennedy Road Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, New York City, Nigel Gumede, Poverty
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Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma is to marry his long-time fiancée, Bongi Ngema, next weekend, the Sunday Times reported in its early edition on Saturday evening. The president’s spokesperson, Mac Maharaj, confirmed to the newspaper that the president would formalise … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bongi Ngema, Durban, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Jacob Zuma fourth wife, KwaZulu-Natal, Mac Maharaj, Nkandla, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Zuma
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27 January 2012 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement The Interim Eviction Order Against the Shallcross Occupation has been Set Aside The interim eviction order granted by the Durban High Court to evict residents of Shallcross (Ekuphumeleleni, Inkanyezi Housing Project) … read more »
Posted in Press Releases
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Tagged Abahlali baseMjondolo, Durban, EThekwini, eviction, Gumede, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, press release, Shallcross, South Africa
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Climate gamblers have been led astray since 1997 when the Kyoto Protocol was amended to let corporations buy the right to pollute in exchange for endorsing the treaty. Predictably, Washington has refused to honour this ever since. In the middle … read more »
Posted in Article, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, Durban, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kyoto, KyotoProtocol, Peter Kent, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United States, Washington
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25 January 2012 An urgent call for media intervention Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Shack Dwellers Currently Under Police Attack in Shallcross The eKuphumeleni Abahlali branch in Shallcross, in ward 17 under Councillor Shembe Nomvula (073 782 7358), … read more »
Posted in Press Releases
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Tagged Abahlali baseMjondolo, African National Congress, Durban, EThekwini, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, SAPS, South Africa, South African Police Service
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NAIROBI, Kenya, January 13, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UNDP’s Africa Adaptation Programme’s (AAP) week-long ‘Training-of-Trainers’ workshop starts Monday Kenyan youth journalist Audrey Wabwire to speak on her journey by bus caravan to COP17 WHO: Joachim Buwembo and Emmanuel Wongibe, … read more »
For Immediate Release 7January 2012 GLOBAL SOLIDARITY ACTIONS FOR KWAMASHU COMMUNITY DISPLACED BY COP17 Activists from Around the World Call Councillor Lucky Mdlalose of KwaMashu London – Councilor Lucky Mdlalose’s of KwaMashu’s phone was ringing non-stop on Friday as … read more »
Posted in Press Releases
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Tagged Durban, Friday, Global Day of Action, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, KwaMashu, London, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, United States
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With international diplomacy at the UN deadlocked on issues like climate change, new regional formations offer a way forward. An air of busyness fills the conference chamber of the United Nations in Geneva. Arabic dances past French on the escalators, … read more »
Posted in Article
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Tagged Durban, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, India, Kyoto Protocol, New York City, Non-Aligned Movement, United Nations, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United States
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Is China’s aim to surpass the major capitalist powers, or to build ‘an alternative economic system that can reclaim the earth and start the long road to human emancipation’, asks Horace Campbell. The COP 17 climate conference in Durban ended … read more »
Posted in Asia, Global Issues
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Tagged Canada, China, Developing country, Durban, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, KyotoProtocol, State Council Information Office, United States
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Barely 24 hours after it signed a new global climate change agreement in Durban, South Africa, Canada became on Monday the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, the only legally binding treaty to reduce emissions causing climate … read more »
Posted in Canada, Global Issues
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Tagged Canada, Climate change, Durban, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kyoto, KyotoProtocol, Peter Kent, Sierra Club Canada, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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DURBAN, South-Africa, December 11, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On the closing of the latest round of UN climate talks in Durban Greenpeace today declared that it was clear that our Governments this past two weeks listened to the carbon-intensive … read more »
U.N. climate talks stalled after a rebellion by developing states most at risk from global warming, forcing host South Africa to push the conference into extra time on Saturday in an effort to prevent the negotiations collapsing. Deliberations were due … read more »
Rich and poor nations at climate change talks are lining up behind an EU plan for achieving a global pact on cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2015, under pressure to reach some kind of a deal before Friday’s planned end … read more »
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