Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from Pretoria hospital after treatment for pneumonia, the government has announced. Nelson Mandela, 94, was admitted on March 27 for a recurring infection of the lungs and had fluid drained from them. He served as South Africa’s first black president from 1994 to 1999 and is [...]
Churches across South Africa are holding prayers for former President Nelson Mandela, who has been in hospital for four days being treated for pneumonia. Several hundred people gathered at the Regina Mundi church in Soweto – once a focal point of the struggle against apartheid. On Saturday, South Africa’s presidency said Nelson Mandela, 94, was [...]
Nelson Mandela has been re-admitted to hospital in South Africa with a recurrence of a lung infection. A statement from the South African presidency said former President Nelson Mandela, 94, had been admitted just before midnight. Nelson Mandela spent 18 days in hospital in December undergoing treatment for a lung infection and gallstones. He is [...]
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is raising the alarm as at least 28% of schoolgirls in South Africa are HIV positive compared with 4% of boys because “sugar daddies” are exploiting them. Aaron Motsoaledi said 94,000 schoolgirls also fell pregnant in 2011, and 77,000 had abortions at state facilities, The Sowetan newspaper reports. About 10% of [...]
The South African government has sought to clarify remarks by President Jacob Zuma that angered dog lovers. The president was quoted as saying at a rally on Wednesday that having pet dogs was part of white – not African – culture. But presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj said Jacob Zuma was simply warning against loving animals more than [...]
Former South Africa’s President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital, the South African presidency says. Nelson Mandela, 94, will continue to receive treatment at his home in Johannesburg until he has fully recovered, according to a statement from President Jacob Zuma’s office. South Africa’s first black president was admitted to hospital 18 days ago. [...]
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has been re-elected as leader of country’s governing African National Congress. Jacob Zuma, 70, received an overwhelming majority of votes cast by some 4,000 delegates at the party’s Mangaung conference. Kgalema Motlanthe has been replaced as deputy president by anti-apartheid veteran Cyril Ramaphosa. Jacob Zuma had been favourite to secure [...]
South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) is holding its party congress at which members will vote for its next leader. President Jacob Zuma is being challenged for the top job by his deputy, Kgalema Motlanthe. ANC congress, held every five years, is taking place in Manguang, where the party was formed a century ago. [...]
Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s former leader, has been admitted to hospital in the capital Pretoria to undergo tests, officials say. The office of President Jacob Zuma said 94-year-old Nelson Mandela was doing well and there was “no cause for alarm”. Nelson Mandela spent more than two decades in jail under the white minority apartheid regime. [...]
The first banknotes featuring the face of former President Nelson Mandela have gone into circulation in South Africa. They are the first South African notes to bear the image of a black person – they replace notes with wild animals and rural and industrial scenes. President Jacob Zuma says the banknotes were a “humble gesture” [...]
A new South Africa census figures reveal the income of white households is six times higher than black ones. President Jacob Zuma said the census showed the black majority is still at the “bottom of the rung”, 18 years after white minority rule ended. The statistics showed that while the income of black households had [...]
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), the world’s biggest platinum producer, has fired 12,000 striking South African miners after a protracted strike over wages. Amplats said three weeks of illegal strikes by 28,000 workers in Rustenburg had cost it 39,000 ounces in output – or 700 million rand ($82.3 million) in revenue. South African mining has been [...]
South African politician Julius Malema has appeared in court to face money laundering charges. A large crowd of his supporters has gathered outside the court in Polokwane, capital of his home state of Limpopo. There is a heavy police presence and long stretches of barbed wire fencing have been put in place. Julius Malema says [...]
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of South African politician Julius Malema, his lawyer says. South Africa’s elite Hawks unit has been investigating corruption claims against Julius Malema for months, but the details of the charges are not known. The authorities have refused to comment on reports about the arrest warrant, but lawyer [...]
South African police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters near a mine owned by Anglo American Platinum, a day after a deal ended a strike in Marikana. “We are not tolerating any illegal gatherings,” a police spokesman said. Workers at the Lonmin-owned Marikana platinum mine ended their six-week strike after accepting [...]
South African prosecutors have decided to provisionally drop murder charges against 270 miners at Lonmin Marikana platinum mine whose colleagues were shot dead by police. The charges cannot be dismissed formally until the end of the inquiry, but prosecutors said all detained miners would be freed. Local authorities used a controversial apartheid-era law to accuse [...]
Miners arrested at Lonmin Marikana mine in South Africa will be charged later with the murder of 34 colleagues shot by police, an official has said. A prosecuting authority spokesman said that 270 workers would be tried under the “common purpose” doctrine. They were in the crowd which confronted the police, who opened fire, sparking [...]
Miners are being intimidated into staying away from work at the South African Lonmin platinum mine where 34 people were recently shot dead by police, the owners say. Lonmin says just 13% of workers have reported for duty on Monday and says miners have been threatened. Hundreds of miners have reportedly gathered outside the mine, [...]
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has given details of the commission that will investigate the circumstances around the deaths of 44 people at Lonmin Marikana platinum mine. The actions of mining company Lonmin, the government, police, unions, and individuals will all be examined. Thousands of people, some crying uncontrollably, earlier attended a memorial service for [...]
Mining giant Lonmin has dropped its threat to fire miners who failed to return to work at a South African mine after deadly clashes last week. Lonmin’s decision came after the government appealed to the firm to drop its ultimatum to sack workers if they failed to end their strike by Tuesday. Last week, police [...]
Workers have trickled back to Lonmin platinum mine in South Africa where police shot dead 34 striking workers last Thursday, but not in enough numbers to resume operations, its owners said. Lonmin said the Marikana mine reopened but no ore was produced after fewer than a third of staff turned up. It also said a [...]
South African President Jacob Zuma has announced an inquiry into violence at Lonmin Marikana platinum mine, calling the deaths there “tragic”. Thirty-four people were killed when police opened fire on striking platinum miners on Thursday. At least 78 people were injured in the confrontation. President Jacob Zuma said he was “saddened and dismayed” at the [...]
At least 30 people have been killed after South African police clashed with striking miners at Lonmin Marikana mine on Thursday, the police minister has said. According to witnesses, police opened fire on strikers armed mostly with clubs and machetes. The Lonmin-owned platinum mine has been at the centre of a violent pay dispute, exacerbated [...]
South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) has expressed its “disgust” at a cartoon of President Jacob Zuma depicted as a penis. The cartoon, by prominent artist Jonathan Shapiro, known as Zapiro, also features a poem, which refers to Jacob Zuma as a “dick”. The latest row comes just weeks after the ANC forced [...]
Goodman Gallery in South Africa has agreed not to display the controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed after reaching a deal with the ANC. The painting has sparked fierce debate about the balance between freedom of expression and the right to dignity. Hundreds of ANC supporters protested outside the gallery on [...]
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