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July 27, 2009
Demanding higher wages, thousands go on strike in Johannesburg...
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July 22, 2009
Anger mounts on some of the country's poorest regions as those living their claim they are without basic services...
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July 20, 2009
South Africa celebrates the former president and activist's life...
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July 15, 2009
Preparations for next year's World Cup are back on schedule though some agreement details need ironing out...
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by Charlayne Hunter-Gault onMay 6, 2009
This weekend, Jacob Zuma will reach the crowning moment of a career that has all the elements of a political thriller. Can South Africa survive Jacob Zuma?
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by Charlayne Hunter-Gault onApril 22, 2009
With nearly a third of voters too young to remember apartheid, South Africans go to the polls looking beyond that iconic struggle for freedom.
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by Charlayne Hunter-Gault onApril 20, 2009
As Jacob Zuma prepares to become president of South Africa, the world is watching to see if he can steer the country clear of the kind of tumult that has been the hallmark of his own life.
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by Charlayne Hunter-Gault onApril 13, 2009
We can pretty much guess what will happen in South Africa's election. What we don’t know is how this young democracy will handle its growing pains.
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by Charlayne Hunter-Gault onJanuary 8, 2009
Can Mbeki—and South Africa—survive the challenge?
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by Charlayne Hunter-Gault onDecember 30, 2008
A new party, formed by disaffected members of the ruling African National Congress, was launched in Bloemfontein earlier this month. The brash, new political kid on the block, known as the Congress of the People (COPE), says the ANC has forgotten where it came from.
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