Tag Archives: South Africa under apartheid

South Africa’s Mandela back in hospital with lung infection

March 28, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

(Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection, the government said on Thursday. A statement said the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader was admitted shortly before midnight. It gave no … read more »

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Rethinking racism in South Africa

October 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

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 »

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South African Zionism – Apartheid Squared

September 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

South Africa, 1987. (Photo: Supplied) By Shafiq Morton – Cape Town Recently there has been a determined, if not desperate flurry of letter writing to the press by the South African Zionist Federation. Strong sentiments on Israel at the African … read more »

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South Africa: White arrogant voice v black apologist voice

August 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Lukhona-Mnguni A while back, I penned a letter titled, “Dear White People in South Africa” and it raised mixed discussions, some marred by bigoted racism of the worst kind from the white community and a patch of disorganized apologetic voices … read more »

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South Africa: white supremacist Terre’blanche killer get Life – video

August 22, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A black farmworker has been sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa for the murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terre’blanche in 2010. The court ruled that Chris Mahlangu killed his victim with an axe over a pay dispute. The … read more »

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South Africa to probe mine deaths

August 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

South African President Jacob Zuma has announced an inquiry into violence at a mine in the north-east of the country, calling the deaths there “tragic.” BBC reports that at least 34 people were killed when police opened fire on striking … read more »

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South Africa mine shooting leaves 34 dead and a nation reeling

August 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

One of the bloodiest police shootings since the days of apartheid has killed 34 miners and injured 78 at a South African platinum mine, leaving the nation in crisis and searching its soul over the rising levels of violent protest … read more »

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Whites still control SAfrica economy, Says Zuma

June 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

South Africa’s economy is still mostly under the control of whites who held power under apartheid and the government needs to take more drastic steps to make sure the black majority can benefit from its wealth, President Jacob Zuma said … read more »

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Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday to be celebrated in style

June 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

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 »

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Under Our Skin: A White Family’s Journey Through South Africa’s Darkest Years by Donald McRae – review

June 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

There was only one news story in South Africa at the end of last month. A painting of President Jacob Zuma’s penis swept the national agenda and ignited pungent debate on the web. Zuma’s supporters called it disgusting, racist and … read more »

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White South Africans: Are we all racist?

June 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

I am a white, and I am South African, so it would be easy to make a sweeping generalisation that because of the colour of my skin and my nationality, I am probably a racist. And because I am a … read more »

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Nelson Mandela released from hospital

February 26, 2012 by benim

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital after a diagnostic procedure for an abdominal problem, the government says. President Jacob Zuma’s office said he was sent home after the checks “did not indicate anything seriously wrong”. … read more »

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Economic horizons darken for ANC-ruled S. Africa

January 6, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Jon Herskovitz (Reuters) Trevor Ghavala has grown up in post-apartheid South Africa, and like nearly half his young adult contemporaries he is unemployed and has little chance of escaping a social underclass in which millions are trapped. “I don’t … read more »

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Tutu: Israel has forgotten the scriptures

November 5, 2011 by benim

Cape Town – The suffering inflicted by Israel on the Palestinian people shows that it has forgotten the Jewish scriptures, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said on Saturday. “They have forgotten their own history. They have forgotten what their own prophets … read more »

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Zuma says Malema should be helped, not banished

September 13, 2011 by benim

South Africa’s ruling ANC does not plan to throw firebrand youth leader Julius Malema out of the party and he should be helped “to do the right things” rather than be punished, President Jacob Zuma said in an interview published … read more »

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12 million children wish Mandela ‘Happy Birthday’

July 18, 2011 by benim

Millions of children around the country are singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to former South African President Nelson Mandela, to celebrate his 93rd birthday. More than 12 million school pupils sang a special version of the song, written for the anti-apartheid leader, … read more »

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South African Airways re-brands planes for Mandela

July 4, 2011 by benim

South African Airways on Monday unveiled the first aircraft in its fleet to be branded with the Nelson Mandela Day logo, ahead of the anti-apartheid icon’s 93rd birthday. The United Nations has recognised his July 18 birthday as Mandela Day, … read more »

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Book of Nelson Mandela quotations released

June 27, 2011 by benim

JOHANNESBURG – The editors of a new Nelson Mandela book want to ensure the world gets his words right. “Nelson Mandela By Himself,” a collection of quotations by the anti-apartheid icon, was released Monday. U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama got … read more »

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South African anti-apartheid veteran Asmal dies

June 22, 2011 by benim

JOHANNESBURG – Kader Asmal, a prominent member of South Africa’s governing African National Congress who pressed his party to keep its democratic promises, died Wednesday, the ANC said. He was 76. In a statement, the party said Asmal died in … read more »

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Mandela Message Uplifts Mourners at Anti-Apartheid Veteran’s Funeral

June 11, 2011 by benim

Former South African president Nelson Mandela called anti-apartheid icon Albertina Sisulu “one of the greatest South Africans,” as mourners paid their final respects during funeral services in Soweto Saturday. Mandela’s message, read by his wife Graca Machel, triggered a rejoicing … read more »

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South Africa mourns anti-apartheid veteran Sisulu

June 10, 2011 by benim

South Africans are mourning a woman celebrated for her role in the fight against apartheid, and for her nurturing of a new generation of leaders. Crowds singing hymns and songs from the anti-apartheid era began gathering hours before Albertina Sisulu’s … read more »

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My Turn to Visit my own Genesis

June 6, 2011 by benim

Any Ethiopian who read ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ with a queer memory like mine would easily spot that I took a leaf from the autobiography of the great man of Africa with just one look at the heading of this … read more »

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Mandela to vote in South Africa poll next week

May 13, 2011 by benim

South Africa’s ailing former president Nelson Mandela is expected to cast his vote in upcoming local government elections, his office said Friday. “Having spoken to him, we know that he will vote,” daughter Zenani Dlamini said in a statement. “We … read more »

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SAfrica president slams police killing protester

April 28, 2011 by benim

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s president has condemned police for killing a man during a protest, saying at a news conference Thursday that the force needs to reform. President Jacob Zuma was asked at a news conference Thursday about the April … read more »

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S. African government spokesman says race matters

April 18, 2011 by benim

JOHANNESBURG – The government spokesman isn’t apologizing for saying race still matters in post-apartheid South Africa, even though his pronouncements on mixed-race South Africans have competed in the headlines with his statements on policy. Jimmy Manyi, who is black, told … read more »

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South Africa: Winnie was sworn at, says bodyguard

January 13, 2011 by benim

The crude exchange between ANC MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and a police officer has emerged for the first time. In a statement on Wednesday last night, her bodyguard Jacob Monare claims the police officer, identified as Jannie Odendaal, pointed a finger … read more »

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Winnie Mandela ‘abused traffic policeman after being pulled over’

January 12, 2011 by benim

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former president Nelson, abused a South African traffic policeman when he pulled over her speeding car, before reporting him to his superiors and demanding an apology, it has been claimed. Winnie Mandela Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGES Warrant … read more »

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Biography of Desmond Tutu

January 12, 2011 by benim

Desmond Tutu was born in Klerksdorp, in the South African state of Transvaal. The family moved to Johannesburg when he was 12, and he attended Johannesburg Bantu High School. Although he had planned to become a physician, his parents could … read more »

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Biography of PW Botha, Apartheid Era President

January 7, 2011 by benim

PW Botha was the archetypal kragdadige (hardheaded) Afrikaner politician. Known as the Groot Krokodil (‘Great Crocodile’) because of his abrasive nature, he lead South Africa’s white-minority government during the most violent years of anti-Apartheid resistance. Born: 12 January 1916, Telegraaf … read more »

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Winnie Mandela threatens legal action over film

December 27, 2010 by benim

The film is likely to detail the fraud, kidnapping and murder controversies that have surrounded the anti-apartheid leader’s former wife. Mrs Madikizela-Mandela, as she has been known since her divorce from Mr Mandela in 1996, is one of South Africa’s … read more »

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