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by Anita Powell onOctober 3, 2012
South Africa's Jacob Zuma fancies a bigger role for the continent on the Security Council. Will he get his wish?
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by Anita Powell onAugust 23, 2012
The police shooting of strikers reveals how money and power divide the country.
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by A. Hawes onJune 3, 2012
The Traditional Courts measure, which gives power to local chiefs, threatens to undermine democracy.
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by A. Hawes onMay 26, 2012
An explicit painting of South Africa's president could jeopardize the country's hard-won freedoms.
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Real Housewives of Atlanta has officially gone too far.
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May 26, 2011
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by Sylvester Monroe onFebruary 12, 2010
A former Time correspondent recalls his first encounter with the great South African when he was freed 20 years ago.
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December 27, 2009
Mexico reconsiders its war on drugs, Poet and activist Dennis Brutus dies, and Percy Sutton, New York politician and businessman, 89, gone.
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