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/ 19 December 2008
Breyten Breytenbach has unleashed his pen against crime in his homeland in a US magazine, prompting a rebuke from Nelson Mandela’s office.
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/ 19 November 2008
The international Red Cross is asking for -million, but acknowledged that the global financial crisis means donors will be less generous.
It’s a waiting game, and there is no one better at outlasting his competition than Zimbabwe’s longtime President Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe’s opposition chief wants to be a powerful prime minister, but would leave the presidency — and command of the military — to Robert Mugabe.
When crises break out — Zimbabwe, crime, or violence against African immigrants — South Africans expect to hear from Nelson Mandela.
All Africans must speak out about injustices in places like Zimbabwe, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf said on Saturday in Soweto.
Andrew Makoni wants change in Zimbabwe. But he won’t be there to vote for it. Instead, the human rights lawyer will be in neighbouring South Africa.
The woman with the microphone and brightly coloured knit tam-o’-shanter is speaking in Nelson Mandela’s name as she presses villagers to be honest about HIV/Aids.
Resolving the thorny question of Robert Mugabe’s fate may hold the key to breaking the impasse over Zimbabwe’s disputed presidential vote. Mugabe has not himself suggested he would be willing to step aside if he were granted immunity for alleged human rights abuses and allowed to fade into comfortable retirement.
South Africa is honouring her for helping it overcome the legacy of apartheid, but Linda Biehl says she is simply doing what any parent would after the death of a child: trying to find meaning in loss. She was speaking on the eve of a ceremony at which President Thabo Mbeki is to grant her one of the country’s highest honours.