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Map of Soweto South Africa Johannesburg: South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former first lady and her former husband Nelson Mandela were both jailed
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Ramaphosa confirmed as South Africa's President
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dies. Johannesburg
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Jacob Zuma resigns after pressure from party | President Jacob Zuma has resigned after intense pressure from his own party. In a TV statement he said he was quitting with immediate effect | |
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South Africa: ANC 'decides Zuma must go' South Africa's ruling ANC party will formally request that President Jacob Zuma step down after he refused to resign, media reports say
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Pressure grows on South Africa president to stand down
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ANC picks Cyril Ramaphosa as leader Map of Johannesburg| Johannesburg: South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has selected Cyril Ramaphosa to succeed President Jacob Zuma as the party's leader | |
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Grace Mugabe back from SA despite assault claim |
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Jacob Zuma survives no-confidence vote |
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South African men march against abuse of women and children |
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Kathrada: South Africa's anti-apartheid veteran dies. Johannesburg
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South Africa local elections: ANC loses in capital Pretoria Governing African National Congress has been defeated by the opposition Democratic Alliance in local polls in the capital Pretoria
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Local elections: ANC suffers major setback
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SA Judge finds Jacob Zuma should face corruption charges
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Jacob Zuma to repay Nkandla upgrade funds |
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South Africa's president replaces finance minister, again |
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South Africa court bid to arrest Sudan's Omar al-Bashir A South African court has issued an interim order stopping Sudan's leader Omar al-Bashir, who faces war crimes charges, from leaving the cou...
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ICC urges S Africa to arrest Sudan leader |
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South Africa opposition elects Maimane first black leader |
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South Africa anti-immigrant violence: Hundreds held |
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Zuma vows to end attacks on migrants Map of Durban South Africa South African President Jacob Zuma has visited a refugee camp in the port of Durban after a fresh outbreak of anti-foreigner violence
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SA cabinet minister killed in crash |
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Senzo Meyiwa funeral: South Africa mourns shot footballer |
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Lesotho 'coup' forces PM Thabane to South Africa The prime minister of the southern African kingdom of Lesotho has fled to South Africa, alleging a coup by the army and saying his life is in...
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Mandela buried at ancestral home Map of Qunu South Africa Nelson Mandela's body has been laid to rest in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to first black president at a state funeral service
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Nelson Mandela's body arrives home
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Mandela ANC goodbye ahead of burial
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Obama pays tribute at Mandela memorial Map of Johannesburg Johannesburg: Representatives from around the world joined street sweepers, actors and religious figures to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela
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Huge memorial service for Mandela |
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S Africa 'day of prayer' for Mandela
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'Difficult days' for Mandela family |
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SA to hold daily Mandela cortege
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Crowds celebrate Mandela's life |
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South Africa and world mourn Mandela. Johannesburg
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South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies Map of Johannesburg Johannesburg: South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95
| He South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison for his political activities. 'Our nation has lost its greatest son,' President Jacob Zuma said
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Mandela 'still unable to speak' |
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Mandela returns home from hospital
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Nelson Mandela turns 95 in hospital Nelson Mandela is set to spend his 95th birthday in hospital in Pretoria, as events take place around the world and in South Africa in his h...
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Obama praises Mandela 'inspiration'
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| Jun.28 |
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Obama homage to 'hero' Mandela |
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| Jun.27 |
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Mandela critical, but his health improved overnight
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| Jun.23 |
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Mandela critically ill in hospital Nelson Mandela has become critically ill in hospital. President Jacob Zuma said he had visited Mr Mandela and spoken to his wife and medical...
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Nelson Mandela 'recovering well' |
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Nelson Mandela back in hospital Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a lung infection, the office of South African President Jacob Zuma says
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Mandela discharged from hospital |
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| Mar.31 |
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Nelson Mandela's condition 'improves' |
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| Mar.28 |
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Zuma reassures S Africa over Mandela |
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Mandela 'responding positively' in hospital Former South African President Nelson Mandela is 'responding positively' to treatment for the recurrence of a lung infection, the presidency...
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Nelson Mandela out of hospital. Johannesburg
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| Dec.15 |
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Mandela in hospital after surgery Johannesburg: Nelson Mandela on Saturday morning underwent endoscopic surgery to have gall stones removed, President Zuma's office said in a statement
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| Dec.8 |
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Mandela in hospital for tests 'consistent with his age'
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| Oct.1 |
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Striking South African miners' deaths probed |
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| Aug.23 |
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Zuma reveals mine probe details |
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| Aug.22 |
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SA memorials for Lonmin mine dead |
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| Aug.18 |
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Anger over S Africa miners' fate |
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| Feb.26 |
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Mandela discharged from hospital |
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| Feb.25 |
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Nelson Mandela admitted to hospital. Johannesburg
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| Dec.10 |
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Climate talks end with late deal
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| May.16 |
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Mandela voted in local municipal elections |
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| Jan.27 |
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Mandela spends 2nd night in hospital |
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| Dec.4 |
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Mbeki to mediate in Ivory Coast
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| Aug.18 |
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Mandela aide quits over diamonds |
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| Apr.4 |
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Calm urged after S Africa killing |
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Mandela's release 20 years ago marked. Cape Town
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| Feb.6 |
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Zuma 'deeply regrets pain' over love-child |
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| Jul.22 |
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Discontent in townships spreads |
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Mandela turns 91 |
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| May.9 |
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Zuma warning of economic 'pinch' |
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Zuma sworn in as South Africa's president
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| May.6 |
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Zuma elected South African leader |
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| Apr.24 |
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ANC wins 'outright poll majority' The ruling African National Congress has won an outright majority in general elections, just short of 2/3 of the approximately 17 million ballots cast
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| Apr.23 |
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ANC on course for South Africa landslide |
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| Apr.21 |
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South Africans head for the polls |
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| Apr.19 |
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Mandela boost for ANC supporters |
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| Mar.23 |
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Dalai Lama refused visa for peace summit
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| Jan.26 |
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Conflicting reports blur Zimbabwe deal |
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| Nov.9 |
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Tsvangirai rejects compromise offer |
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Zimbabwe rivals 'must compromise' |
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| Sep.25 |
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Motlanthe elected president |
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| Sep.23 |
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11 ministers resign |
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| Sep.22 |
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ANC to name Motlanthe as successor |
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| Sep.21 |
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Mbeki resigns as president Thabo Mbeki has formally resigned, a day after accepting a call by the governing African National Congress to resign
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| Sep.20 |
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President Mbeki 'to quit' |
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| Aug.17 |
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Summit ends in Zimbabwe stalemate. Johannesburg
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| Aug.16 |
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Protesters greet Mugabe at summit |
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| Aug.15 |
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Summit to target Zimbabwe crisis |
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| Aug.4 |
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Supporters rally for ANC leader |
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| Jul.18 |
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Mandela at 90 issues call for poor Nelson Mandela, the man credited with ending apartheid in S. Africa, has marked his 90th birthday by calling for the rich to do more for the...
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| Jul.10 |
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Zimbabwe rival parties hold talks |
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| Jul.5 |
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Mbeki in Harare for crisis talks. Zimbabwe
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| Jun.28 |
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Tutu urges Zimbabwe intervention |
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| Jun.25 |
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Mandela condemns Mugabe 'failure' |
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| Jun.24 |
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ANC 'dismayed' by Zimbabwe crisis |
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| Apr.17 |
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S Africa joins Zimbabwe vote call |
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| Feb.27 |
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Outcry in SA over 'racist' video
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| Jan.13 |
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Scandal-hit Interpol chief quits
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| Dec.21 |
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Mbeki to serve out presidency |
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| Dec.18 |
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Zuma elected ANC president |
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| Jun.13 |
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Strike escalates |
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| Nov.14 |
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S Africa approves same-sex unions |
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| Nov.1 |
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Mandela pays tribute to Botha |
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| Oct.31 |
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Botha, bastion of white rule, dies Former President P.W. Botha was the defiant face of white rule at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle
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| Aug.18 |
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U.N. envoy slams South Africa on AIDS |
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| Jun.14 |
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President sacks deputy |
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| Jan.15 |
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Thousands mourn Mandela's son |
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| Jan.6 |
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Mandela's eldest son dies of AIDS |
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| Apr.27 |
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S. Africa celebrates 'Freedom Day' |
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| Apr.14 |
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ANC heading for massive victory |
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Long queues as South Africa votes |
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| Nov.29 |
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Stars give AIDS benefit |
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| Nov.19 |
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S Africa rolls out Aids programme |
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| Aug.3 |
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Conference focusing on AIDS |
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| Jul.19 |
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Mandela celebrated 85th birthday |
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| Dec.16 |
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DR Congo peace deal signed |
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| Aug.28 |
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Summit confronts water crisis |
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| Jul.8 |
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Leaders launch African Union
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| Sep.8 |
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Racism conference ends |
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| Sep.3 |
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U.S. pulls out of racism conference Israel and the U.S. have pulled out of the U.N. Conference Against Racism after compromise over condemning Israel had failed
before year 2000
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| Apr. 27, 1994 |
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South African general election ends apartheid| The anniversary of the elections, 27 April, is celebrated as a public holiday known as Freedom Day | |
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| Oct. 27, 1871 |
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Britain annexes Kimberly diamond fields Map of Kimberley South Africa| Griqualand West, together with some adjacent territory to which the Transvaal had laid claim, was proclaimed British territory | |
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| 2003 |
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| Nov.29 |
Stars give AIDS benefit |
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| 2016 |
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| Aug.6 |
South Africa local elections: ANC loses in capital Pretoria Governing African National Congress has been defeated by the opposition Democratic Alliance in local polls in the capital Pretoria
|
| Aug.5 |
Local elections: ANC suffers major setback
| 2011 |
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| May.16 |
Mandela voted in local municipal elections |
| 2009 |
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| May.6 |
Zuma elected South African leader |
|
| Apr.24 |
ANC wins 'outright poll majority' The ruling African National Congress has won an outright majority in general elections, just short of 2/3 of the approximately 17 million ballots cast
|
| Apr.23 |
ANC on course for South Africa landslide |
|
| Apr.21 |
South Africans head for the polls |
| 2004 |
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| Apr.14 |
ANC heading for massive victory |
|
| Apr.14 |
Long queues as South Africa votes |
| 1994 |
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| Apr. 27, 1994 |
South African general election ends apartheid| The anniversary of the elections, 27 April, is celebrated as a public holiday known as Freedom Day | |
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| 2003 |
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| Nov.19 |
S Africa rolls out Aids programme |
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| 2003 |
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| Aug.3 |
Conference focusing on AIDS |
| 2002 |
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| Jul.8 |
Leaders launch African Union
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| 2011 |
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| Dec.10 |
Climate talks end with late deal
|
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| 2010 |
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| Feb.10 |
Mandela's release 20 years ago marked. Cape Town
| 2008 |
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| Jul.18 |
Mandela at 90 issues call for poor Nelson Mandela, the man credited with ending apartheid in S. Africa, has marked his 90th birthday by calling for the rich to do more for the...
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| 2008 |
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| Aug.17 |
Summit ends in Zimbabwe stalemate. Johannesburg
|
| Aug.15 |
Summit to target Zimbabwe crisis |
| 2002 |
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| Aug.28 |
Summit confronts water crisis |
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| 2009 |
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| May.9 |
Zuma warning of economic 'pinch' |
|
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| 2015 |
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| Apr.19 |
South Africa anti-immigrant violence: Hundreds held |
| 2014 |
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| Aug.30 |
Lesotho 'coup' forces PM Thabane to South Africa The prime minister of the southern African kingdom of Lesotho has fled to South Africa, alleging a coup by the army and saying his life is in...
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|
| 2012 |
|
| Oct.1 |
Striking South African miners' deaths probed |
|
| Aug.23 |
Zuma reveals mine probe details |
|
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| 2009 |
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| Jan.26 |
Conflicting reports blur Zimbabwe deal |
| 2002 |
|
| Dec.16 |
DR Congo peace deal signed |
|
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| 2013 |
|
| Jun.29 |
Obama praises Mandela 'inspiration'
|
| Jun.28 |
Obama homage to 'hero' Mandela |
| 2006 |
|
| Aug.18 |
U.N. envoy slams South Africa on AIDS |
|
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| 2008 |
|
| Jun.28 |
Tutu urges Zimbabwe intervention |
|
| Jun.25 |
Mandela condemns Mugabe 'failure' |
|
| Jun.24 |
ANC 'dismayed' by Zimbabwe crisis |
|
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| 2010 |
|
| Dec.4 |
Mbeki to mediate in Ivory Coast
| 2008 |
|
| Nov.9 |
Tsvangirai rejects compromise offer |
|
| Nov.9 |
Zimbabwe rivals 'must compromise' |
|
| Jul.10 |
Zimbabwe rival parties hold talks |
|
| Jul.5 |
Mbeki in Harare for crisis talks. Zimbabwe
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| 2018 |
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| Feb.16 |
Ramaphosa confirmed as South Africa's President
|
| Feb.14 |
Jacob Zuma resigns after pressure from party | President Jacob Zuma has resigned after intense pressure from his own party. In a TV statement he said he was quitting with immediate effect | |
|
| Feb.12 |
South Africa: ANC 'decides Zuma must go' South Africa's ruling ANC party will formally request that President Jacob Zuma step down after he refused to resign, media reports say
|
| Feb.4 |
Pressure grows on South Africa president to stand down
| 2017 |
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| Aug.15 |
Grace Mugabe back from SA despite assault claim |
| 2016 |
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| Apr.29 |
SA Judge finds Jacob Zuma should face corruption charges
|
| Feb.3 |
Jacob Zuma to repay Nkandla upgrade funds |
| 2015 |
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| Dec.13 |
South Africa's president replaces finance minister, again |
|
| Jun.14 |
South Africa court bid to arrest Sudan's Omar al-Bashir A South African court has issued an interim order stopping Sudan's leader Omar al-Bashir, who faces war crimes charges, from leaving the cou...
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| Jun.13 |
ICC urges S Africa to arrest Sudan leader |
|
| Apr.18 |
Zuma vows to end attacks on migrants Map of Durban South Africa South African President Jacob Zuma has visited a refugee camp in the port of Durban after a fresh outbreak of anti-foreigner violence
| 2013 |
|
| Nov.17 |
Mandela 'still unable to speak' |
|
| Aug.30 |
Mandela returns home from hospital
|
| Jul.17 |
Nelson Mandela turns 95 in hospital Nelson Mandela is set to spend his 95th birthday in hospital in Pretoria, as events take place around the world and in South Africa in his h...
|
| Jun.27 |
Mandela critical, but his health improved overnight
|
| Jun.23 |
Mandela critically ill in hospital Nelson Mandela has become critically ill in hospital. President Jacob Zuma said he had visited Mr Mandela and spoken to his wife and medical...
|
| Jun.15 |
Nelson Mandela 'recovering well' |
|
| Jun.7 |
Nelson Mandela back in hospital Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a lung infection, the office of South African President Jacob Zuma says
|
| Apr.6 |
Mandela discharged from hospital |
|
| Mar.31 |
Nelson Mandela's condition 'improves' |
|
| Mar.28 |
Zuma reassures S Africa over Mandela |
|
| Mar.28 |
Mandela 'responding positively' in hospital Former South African President Nelson Mandela is 'responding positively' to treatment for the recurrence of a lung infection, the presidency...
| 2012 |
|
| Dec.26 |
Nelson Mandela out of hospital. Johannesburg
|
| Dec.15 |
Mandela in hospital after surgery Johannesburg: Nelson Mandela on Saturday morning underwent endoscopic surgery to have gall stones removed, President Zuma's office said in a statement
|
| Dec.8 |
Mandela in hospital for tests 'consistent with his age'
|
| Feb.26 |
Mandela discharged from hospital |
|
| Feb.25 |
Nelson Mandela admitted to hospital. Johannesburg
| 2011 |
|
| Jan.27 |
Mandela spends 2nd night in hospital |
| 2010 |
|
| Aug.18 |
Mandela aide quits over diamonds |
|
| Feb.6 |
Zuma 'deeply regrets pain' over love-child |
| 2009 |
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| Jul.17 |
Mandela turns 91 |
|
| May.9 |
Zuma sworn in as South Africa's president
|
| Mar.23 |
Dalai Lama refused visa for peace summit
| 2008 |
|
| Sep.25 |
Motlanthe elected president |
|
| Sep.23 |
11 ministers resign |
|
| Sep.22 |
ANC to name Motlanthe as successor |
|
| Sep.21 |
Mbeki resigns as president Thabo Mbeki has formally resigned, a day after accepting a call by the governing African National Congress to resign
|
| Sep.20 |
President Mbeki 'to quit' |
|
| Jan.13 |
Scandal-hit Interpol chief quits
| 2007 |
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| Dec.21 |
Mbeki to serve out presidency |
|
| Dec.18 |
Zuma elected ANC president |
| 2005 |
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| Jun.14 |
President sacks deputy |
| 2003 |
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| Jul.19 |
Mandela celebrated 85th birthday |
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| 2017 |
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| May.20 |
South African men march against abuse of women and children |
| 2012 |
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| Aug.18 |
Anger over S Africa miners' fate |
| 2009 |
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| Jul.22 |
Discontent in townships spreads |
| 2008 |
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| Aug.16 |
Protesters greet Mugabe at summit |
|
| Aug.4 |
Supporters rally for ANC leader |
| 2007 |
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| Jun.13 |
Strike escalates |
|
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| 2015 |
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| May.10 |
South Africa opposition elects Maimane first black leader |
| 2008 |
|
| Feb.27 |
Outcry in SA over 'racist' video
| 2001 |
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| Sep.8 |
Racism conference ends |
|
| Sep.3 |
U.S. pulls out of racism conference Israel and the U.S. have pulled out of the U.N. Conference Against Racism after compromise over condemning Israel had failed
|
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| 2006 |
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| Nov.14 |
S Africa approves same-sex unions |
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| 2018 |
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| Apr.2 |
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies at 81 Map of Soweto South Africa Johannesburg: South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former first lady and her former husband Nelson Mandela were both jailed
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| Feb.14 |
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dies. Johannesburg
| 2017 |
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| Mar.27 |
Kathrada: South Africa's anti-apartheid veteran dies. Johannesburg
| 2015 |
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| Mar.15 |
SA cabinet minister killed in crash |
| 2014 |
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| Nov.1 |
Senzo Meyiwa funeral: South Africa mourns shot footballer |
| 2013 |
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| Dec.15 |
Mandela buried at ancestral home Map of Qunu South Africa Nelson Mandela's body has been laid to rest in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to first black president at a state funeral service
|
| Dec.14 |
Nelson Mandela's body arrives home
|
| Dec.13 |
Mandela ANC goodbye ahead of burial
|
| Dec.10 |
Obama pays tribute at Mandela memorial Map of Johannesburg Johannesburg: Representatives from around the world joined street sweepers, actors and religious figures to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela
|
| Dec.9 |
Huge memorial service for Mandela |
|
| Dec.7 |
S Africa 'day of prayer' for Mandela
|
| Dec.7 |
'Difficult days' for Mandela family |
|
| Dec.7 |
SA to hold daily Mandela cortege
|
| Dec.6 |
Crowds celebrate Mandela's life |
|
| Dec.6 |
South Africa and world mourn Mandela. Johannesburg
|
| Dec.5 |
South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies Map of Johannesburg Johannesburg: South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95
| He South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison for his political activities. 'Our nation has lost its greatest son,' President Jacob Zuma said
|
| |
| 2012 |
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| Aug.22 |
SA memorials for Lonmin mine dead |
| 2006 |
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| Nov.1 |
Mandela pays tribute to Botha |
|
| Oct.31 |
Botha, bastion of white rule, dies Former President P.W. Botha was the defiant face of white rule at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle
| 2005 |
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| Jan.15 |
Thousands mourn Mandela's son |
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| Jan.6 |
Mandela's eldest son dies of AIDS |
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| 2017 |
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| Aug.8 |
Jacob Zuma survives no-confidence vote |
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