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Finish line for Oscar Pistorius trial in sight

YoopyaAugust 7, 2014September 2, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 7, 2014September 2, 2023012

Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp are presenting their final arguments on Thursday...

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South Africa: Striking South African Workers Consider Latest Wage Proposal

YoopyaJuly 23, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 23, 2014July 25, 202303

The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA), the country’s largest labor union, is considering the latest offer from employers aimed at ending...

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South Africa: Pistorius accosted at nightclub, family says

YoopyaJuly 15, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 15, 2014July 16, 2023011

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius recently visited a nightclub with a cousin and was accosted by a man who aggressively questioned him about his murder...

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South Africa: Nadine Gordimer, Nobel laureate, activist, dies

YoopyaJuly 15, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 15, 2014July 16, 202304

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nadine Gordimer was first a writer of fiction and a defender of creativity and expression. But as a white South African who...

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South Africa: Pistorius defense team closes case

YoopyaJuly 8, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 8, 2014July 16, 202305

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The defense team for Oscar Pistorius closed its case in the athlete’s murder trial on Tuesday, bringing a legal case that has...

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South Africa: Reports: Pistorius not mentally ill during killing

YoopyaJune 30, 2014September 7, 2023

by YoopyaJune 30, 2014September 7, 202300

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A panel of mental health experts has concluded that Oscar Pistorius was not suffering from a mental illness when he...

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Africa news: South Africa miners return to work after longest platinum strike

YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 25, 2023013

(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of South African platinum miners returned to work on Wednesday after wage deals ended the longest and most damaging strike...

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Africa news: South Africa platinum union, mines sign wage deal but job cuts loom

YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 25, 2014July 25, 202301

(Reuters) – The world’s three biggest platinum firms signed a wage deal with South Africa’s AMCU union on Tuesday but said that fallout from a...

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Africa news: South African officials arrested over Mandela memorial fraud

YoopyaJune 24, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 24, 2014July 25, 202302

(Reuters) – Six senior South African government officials were arrested on Monday for alleged fraud relating to the memorial service in December of former president...

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Africa news: South Africa mining union includes ‘back to work arrangements’ in rally programer

YoopyaJune 24, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJune 24, 2014July 25, 202302

(Reuters) – South Africa’s striking AMCU mining union on Monday handed its members a program that included sections titled reading of agreements and back to...