Qummergal grimaced as she bared her face to a camera for the first time. But when she saw her portrait, she giggled with delight. ”I can’t believe it’s me,” she said. ”Look at me. It’s wonderful!” Qummergal was registering to vote in Afghanistan’s first elections since the advent of war 25 years ago.
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A third man has been arrested in connection with an incident outside former president Nelson Mandela’s home on Tuesday in which a disgruntled former soldier was shot dead, police said on Wednesday afternoon. The man was arrested in Knysna in the Western Cape around 10pm on Tuesday, according to police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Selby Bokaba.
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The Democratic Alliance on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille, saying she is getting a ”free ride” in the build-up to the April 14 elections.
Education Minister Kader Asmal has called on South Africans to tell their stories of how apartheid education had affected them, his spokesman said on Wednesday. Molatwane Likhethe said in a media statement the submissions would form a historical record of how the education system was before democracy in South Africa.
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Pieter-Dirk Uys — better known in his drag role Evita Bezuidenhout who plays the former ambassadress to the imaginary apartheid homeland of Bapetikosweti — has resigned as a member of the official opposition Democratic Alliance.
A Pretoria judge reserved judgement on Wednesday on whether one of the 22 Boeremag treason trialists should be released on bail. Judge Anna-Marie de Vos has heard argument in Dr Lets Pretorius second bail bid and was asked on Wednesday to refuse his application.
The exploitation of Swazi mineral resources has long been a sensitive area of debate, as the colonial era saw a considerable portion of these resources being depleted by foreigners. However, the overtures of a South African businessman might be about to change all that.
Tanzania’s National Aids Control Programme (NACP) has called for increased donour assistance to replenish stocks of condoms, saying a looming shortage could adversely affect campaigns against HIV/Aids.
There were no al-Qaeda cells operating in South Africa, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said on Wednesday. He was responding to a question from U Managing Conflict director Yvette Geyer at an international criminal justice conference in Cape Town.