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Tag Archives: Sandton
Investigations continue in Malema case
Johannesburg – The curators of the estate of expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said his contempt of court case was taken off the roll on Tuesday to allow for further investigations, the SABC reported. The case could be … read more
A Once Vibrant S. African Politician Malema now homeless, penniless
OHANNESBURG — Julius Malema, the expelled leader of the ruling ANC’s Youth League in South Africa, is homeless, penniless and a pedestrian after all his cars, properties and valuables were taken this week to repay his tax debt. It is … read more
Nelson Mandela Released From Hospital
After spending Christmas in hospital, former South African president Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital. The anti-apartheid hero and Nobel Peace laureate was admitted to a Pretoria hospital on December 8 with a lung infection. Since then he has … read more
Posted in South Africa, Southern Africa
Tagged Christmas, IndepthAfrica, Johannesburg, Mac Maharaj, Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Pretoria, Sandton, South Africa
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Mandela remains in hospital
President Jacob Zuma has met with South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela, who is in hospital. A statement from the presidency said that Mr Zuma found Mr Mandela “comfortable and in good care”. It offered no other details about why … read more
Posted in South Africa, Southern Africa
Tagged IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Johannesburg, Mandela, Nelson Mandela, Pretoria, Sandton, South Africa, Zuma
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Letter to Julius Malema on Zimbabwe
If uncollected rubbish dumps, lack of running clean water and a dilapidating infrastructure inspire you Julius, then I suppose you should relocate to Harare. Greetings to you Julius. I am sure you will note that this is my second letter … read more
Rethinking racism in South Africa
Xhanti Payi for Daily Maverick The other day I went to view homes with the intention to buy one. There are few things I can imagine people value as much as they do their homes. Well, maybe their cars, if … read more
Mandela Assassination Plotter Convicted of Treason
The leader of a 2002 plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela and push blacks out of South Africa has been found guilty of treason. Mike du Toit, a former university lecturer who headed a militia known as the Boeremag, was convicted … read more
Posted in Hottest News, News, South Africa
Tagged afria travel, Africa news, africa news today, African National Congress, BBC Africa, bbc africa news, Boeremag, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Johannesburg, Mandela, map africa, map of africa, Nelson Mandela, news, news 24, news in africa, North Africa, Sandton, South Africa, south african news, Soweto, travel to africa, West Africa
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S.Africa: Winnie won’t be drawn on ‘garbage’
“I do not respond to megalomaniac garbage.” This was the angry response by ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as she avoided a public spat with Deputy Minister of Communications Stella Tembisa Ndabeni. Madikizela-Mandela spoke to The Star after visiting award-winning veteran … read more
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa, Spotlight
Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African National Congress, ANC, BBC Africa, bbc africa news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Madikizela-Mandela, map africa, map of africa, Nelson Mandela, news, news in africa, North Africa, Sandton, South Africa, travel to africa, West Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday to be celebrated in style
Johannesburg: South Africa will this year celebrate the birthday of the country’s first black president and Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela in great style with a birthday song sung by hundreds of people. The anti-apartheid hero turns 94 this year. Mandela, … read more
Connecting with the African Diaspora
Heads of State of the African Union (AU) gathered in Sandton, South Africa on Friday 25 May for the first Global African Diaspora Summit. This meeting aspired to forge closer ties between ‘Africa and its offspring’, as one of the … read more
ANCYL marchers head to Union Buildings
Pretoria – The number of ANC Youth League supporters gathered at the Caledonian Stadium in Pretoria steadily increased on Friday morning, as they started making their way to the Union Buildings. The league, with the number swelling to an estimated … read more
Posted in News, Politics, South Africa, Southern Africa
Tagged African National Congress Youth League, Caledonian Stadium, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Johannesburg, JSE Limited, Julius Malema, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Pretoria, Sandton, Southern Africa, Union Buildings, West Africa
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S.Africa: Take your time, Malema tells marchers
Johannesburg – Thousands of ANC Youth League supporters began their “economic freedom” march to the Chamber of Mines in central Johannesburg on Thursday. This happened soon after league president Julius Malema addressed the crowd at Beyers Naude Square where … read more
No Malema threats – Nathi
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Friday said that ANCYL leader Julius Malema had not reported any bomb threats to the South African Police Service (SAPS). Speaking to Talk Radio 702′s Redi Thlabi in August, Malema alleged that he was being … read more
ANC adjourns Malema disciplinary hearing
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling ANC has adjourned the disciplinary hearing against youth leader Julius Malema until next Sunday, it said in a statement on Saturday. The case had been set to resume on Monday after the ANC’s national disciplinary … read more
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
Tagged African National Congress, Botswana, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jacob Zuma, Johannesburg, Julius Malema, Kgalema Motlanthe, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Sandton, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
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The Prince of Thieves
Marmite on toast is an end-of-month culinary reality that The Point is familiar with. It is tempting to blame fiscal mismanagement, but (given that the menu for the rest of the month is cheese on toast) I suspect it has … read more
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, Government of South Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jonathan Shapiro, Maria Ramos, North Africa, Pan African News, Robin Hood, Sandton, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zapiro
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South African police fine ‘no pants’ train passengers
Dozens of men and women who tried to emulate New York’s “No pants Subway Ride” on South Africa’s first high-speed train were arrested and fined, the rail operator said on Tuesday. Gautrain said 34 people were detained after they dropped … read more
South African man linked to Iraq oil scandal believed dead
Police sought Sunday to confirm that a man found dead in his hotel was a South African accused of paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein during Iraq’s graft-plagued oil-for-food programme. The general manager of the Quatermain Hotel in the Johannesburg business … read more
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