Tag Archives: Jeff Radebe

S.African Police booted Malema out of Marikana

September 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

North West – Julius Malema was sent packing under police escort from strife-torn Marikana on Monday, and threatened with arrest if he didn’t leave the area at once. Malema and his entourage had arrived in two cars at Wonderkop stadium … read more »

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Concern over ‘weapon’ sales to Zimbabwe

September 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

SOUTH Africa exported more than R2bn-worth of weapons in the second quarter of this year but it is the R2,2m sale of equipment to Zimbabwe that has caused concern. The second-quarter report of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee, chaired … read more »

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Who Rules South Africa? Negotiating the complex web of ANC politics

July 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Martin Plaut and Paul Holden, Who Rules South Africa Jonathan ball, Johannesburg and Cape Town, 2012. Midrand and beyond By Keith Somerville The ANC policy conference in Midrand at the end of June was a forerunner for what is to … read more »

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A man at SAfrican miniskirt march

February 20, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Protestors marched to the high court in Johannesburg on Friday demanding the rights of women be respected and for the end of harassment at taxi ranks. GREG NICOLSON joined the crowds of men watching the miniskirt march and wondered about … read more »

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S.Africa anti-graft chief quits in blow for Zuma

December 16, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

  The head of one of South Africa’s top anti-corruption agencies, widely seen as an ally of President Jacob Zuma, has resigned after only two weeks in the job, the latest in a series of high-profile departures. Opponents had accused … read more »

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S.Africa: Dudu Zuma ties knot

April 24, 2011 by benim

President Jacob Zuma’s daughter Duduzile married Lonwabo Sambudla on Saturday in “a Parisian-theme ceremony” described as South Africa’s wedding of the year. ( Exclusive Pictures here @ IndepthMultimedia) The Sunday Times reported that an army of private security guards, police … read more »

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South Africa lawmaker challenges arms sale to Libya

March 24, 2011 by benim

A South African opposition lawmaker was ejected from parliament on Wednesday after suggesting a minister had “blood on his hands” for authorising the sale of arms to Libya. David Maynier, a member of the opposition Democratic Alliance, was ordered to … read more »

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US extradition request for Nelson Mandela son-in-law rejected

February 11, 2011 by benim

Tefo Myambo said there was “clearly no substance” to the 17-year-old charges faced by Dr Isaac King Amuah and that “even by the standards of the Americans themselves”, he never would have been convicted. Ghanaian Dr Amuah, 55, who is … read more »

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South Africa: Winnie leaves ‘in tears’

January 28, 2011 by benim

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was in tears after visiting Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on Thursday where former president Nelson Mandela was being treated. She wiped her eyes and blew her nose as she left the hospital around 1.30pm. Madikizela-Mandela was with Mandela’s … read more »

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South Africa: Zindzi’s 50th big on family

January 17, 2011 by benim

At a lavish sponsored party at Randlords nightclub, in downtown Johannesburg, on Saturday night, Zindzi said she “would never have made it without the support of her parents”. Madikizela-Mandela – recently in the news for her run-in with Johannesburg traffic … read more »

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South African Government Refuses to Reply to ‘Corrective Rape’ Activists

December 22, 2010 by benim

Each week, more than 10 lesbians in the South African city of Cape Town are taken by men into a makeshift shack, a back room, or dark street and violently raped with the goal of ‘turning them straight.’ Over 30 … read more »

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South Africa: Where ‘Corrective Rape’ Is Not a Hate Crime

December 11, 2010 by benim

South Africa. Nelson Mandela’s “Rainbow Nation.” Home to one of the most vibrant, active and creative activist movements of the 20th century. The first nation on earth to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation in the constitution. The first African … read more »

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