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S.Africa’s last apartheid president FW de Klerk dies

YoopyaNovember 11, 2021June 13, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 11, 2021June 13, 20230166

FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last white president, who freed anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela from jail, died on Thursday aged 85, his foundation announced. De Klerk...

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South Africa’s Zulu king is buried amid praise, controversy

YoopyaMarch 18, 2021June 13, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 18, 2021June 13, 2023018

The traditional leader of South Africa’s 12 million Zulu people, King Goodwill Zwelithini, has been laid to rest in a private ceremony early Thursday. Zwelithini,...

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Covid-19: Police break up fake vaccine network in China and South Africa

YoopyaMarch 3, 2021June 30, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 3, 2021June 30, 2023037

Police in China and South Africa have seized thousands of doses of counterfeit Covid-19 vaccine and made dozens of arrests, Interpol says. In China, police...

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Semenya taking case to European Court of Human Rights

YoopyaFebruary 25, 2021June 13, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 25, 2021June 13, 2023027

Caster Semenya is going to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge discriminatory rules that prohibit her from competing in certain track events because...

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Oscar Pistorius injured in prison brawl

YoopyaDecember 12, 2017July 2, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 12, 2017July 2, 202301

South African athlete and convicted murderer suffered bruising after fight with another inmate over public phone. Oscar Pistorius, the former Paralympic champion and convicted murderer,...

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Oscar Pistorius has six-year jail sentence for murdering model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp increased to 13 years

YoopyaNovember 24, 2017June 7, 2023

by YoopyaNovember 24, 2017June 7, 202303

Pistorius was imprisoned in July last year after being found guilty on appeal of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013. Oscar Pistorius has...

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South Africa: Opposition supporters march against president

YoopyaApril 16, 2016June 7, 2023

by YoopyaApril 16, 2016June 7, 202301

South Africa’s biggest opposition party on Friday evoked Nelson Mandela’s legacy while pressuring President Jacob Zuma to quit over a state spending scandal. Opposition supporters...

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South African court rejects Winnie’s claim to Mandela rural home

YoopyaApril 16, 2016July 2, 2023

by YoopyaApril 16, 2016July 2, 202301

A South African court ruled Thursday that Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has no rights to his rural home. The court in Mthatha town dismissed...

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South Africa’s top court orders Zuma to reimburse state

YoopyaMarch 31, 2016June 11, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 31, 2016June 11, 202305

South Africa’s constitutional court ordered President Jacob Zuma on Thursday to pay back some of the $16 million of state money spent upgrading his private...

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South Africa’s Louw has sympathy for crocked Vermeulen

YoopyaJuly 8, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 8, 2015July 1, 202307

By Nick Said CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa flank Francois Louw has sympathy for fellow loose-forward Duane Vermeulen whose Rugby World Cup participation has...