Kenya Parliament debates motion to impeach Deputy President

08 october 2024 - 14:51:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Members of Parliament began debating the special motion to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa salutes heritage expert Muxe Nkondo

19 august 2024 - 12:08:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to well-known academic and heritage expert [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma mulls legal action following expulsion from ruling ANC

30 july 2024 - 08:57:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma's MK Party is seeking legal advice after he [...] Full text...

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Criminal complaint laid against South Africa's new Sports Minister

02 july 2024 - 14:50:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  A criminal complaint has been made against newly appointed Sports, Arts and Culture Minister [...] Full text...

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South Africa's president Ramaphosa unveils his government of national unity

01 july 2024 - 10:28:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has unveiled a large Government of National Unity (GNU) Cabinet [...] Full text...

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South African political party rocked by race row

20 june 2024 - 12:15:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African political party, Democratic Alliance (DA) which is in the process of forming [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa sworn in for second term

19 june 2024 - 12:25:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as President of South Africa for the second term [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa calls for unity after tightly contested polls

15 june 2024 - 07:14:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa in the early hours of Saturday called on South Africans to [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling ANC discusses poor election results

06 june 2024 - 09:47:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Supporters of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday protested against the party [...] Full text...

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Legal challenges over South Africa's disputed elections

03 june 2024 - 12:11:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Monday confirmed that it has received court papers [...] Full text...

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Fresh inquests to probe deaths of anti-apartheid activists

14 may 2024 - 09:00:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has announced that the inquest into the death of former [...] Full text...

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Outcry over South Africa opposition’s burning flag commercial

08 may 2024 - 09:42:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Cabinet Minister Zizi Kodwa has instructed government’s legal department to investigate legal [...] Full text...

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South African theatre production celebrates Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

03 april 2024 - 07:55:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Six years since her death, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is being honoured with a production at [...] Full text...

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Opposition up in arms against constitutional change in Togo

28 march 2024 - 17:35:45
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese opposition is united in its opposition to the constitutional change that took place on [...] Full text...

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Washington acknowledges South Africa's election record

15 march 2024 - 10:37:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – With the national elections looming, the United States Embassy in South Africa has praised [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Lawmakers debate whether to close Israel's embassy

16 november 2023 - 15:25:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA)  - The ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza: South Africa Jewish Board slams Pretoria's stance on Israel

10 november 2023 - 06:49:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has lamented calls for the Israeli [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ANC lauds Pretoria's decision to withdraw country's diplomats from Israel

07 november 2023 - 11:19:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday saluted the government on its [...] Full text...

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South Africa expresses concern about escalation Israeli-Palestinian conflict

09 october 2023 - 13:00:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Monday expressed grave concern over the recent devastating escalation [...] Full text...

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South African liberation hero Aziz Pahad dead at 82

28 september 2023 - 09:29:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Anti-apartheid activist Aziz Pahad, who played an important role in the liberation of South [...] Full text...

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South African retail giant Raymond Ackerman dies

07 september 2023 - 08:40:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Retail giant Raymond Ackerman died at his Cape Town home on Thursday morning. He [...] Full text...

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South Africa's opposition party to lay hate speech charges against firebrand Malema at the UN

01 august 2023 - 10:45:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official South African opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has confirmed that it will file [...] Full text...

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South Africa backtracks on decision to leave International Criminal Court

26 april 2023 - 11:33:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday backtracked on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Concern over Iranian warships docked in Cape Town

04 april 2023 - 12:06:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just weeks after hosting a joint naval military exercise with Russia and China in [...] Full text...

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South Africa commemorates Apartheid-era atrocities

21 march 2023 - 06:39:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa will Tuesday lead the national commemoration of Human Rights Day under [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tanzanian President underatkes State Visit to South Africa

16 march 2023 - 14:40:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government on Thursday welcomed visiting Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Lavish lifestyles of South African lawmakers flagged

27 february 2023 - 16:57:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The mansions occupied by governing party ministers and deputy ministers in Cape Town and [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa's ruling party defends anti-Israel stance

20 february 2023 - 17:30:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - There have been mixed reactions to the ousting of an Israeli diplomat from the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa faces legal challenge over State of Disaster

10 february 2023 - 11:47:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday confirmed that it intends to head [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party mulls President Ramaphosa's fate

02 december 2022 - 12:17:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling ANC is holding crisis talks on Friday amid concerns that President [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling ANC seems to be in a meltdown: Archbishop Makgoba

02 december 2022 - 11:22:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has said that South Africa should be [...] Full text...

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South Africa: ANC NEC reschedules special meeting to Friday

01 december 2022 - 18:05:12
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) is now scheduled to [...] Full text...

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa 'very likely' to resign

01 december 2022 - 17:20:32
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has lost the political support of the ruling African [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party under fire over Russia stance

27 september 2022 - 10:45:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Youth Wing of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has sparked an [...] Full text...

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Former President Mbeki warns South Africa faces an Arab Spring

22 july 2022 - 11:31:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Thabo Mbeki has warned that if the current state of unemployment, poverty, [...] Full text...

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Liberian opposition leader fights forgery lawsuit

26 may 2022 - 13:40:36
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia's most formidable opposition political coalition, dogged by a row over the purported forgery of documents, [...] Full text...

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South African and Ukrainian presidents discuss Russian invasion

21 april 2022 - 10:46:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ukrainian ambassador to South Africa Liubov Abravitova on Thursday confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Motlanthe condemns invasion of Ukraine

07 april 2022 - 08:29:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Kgalema Motlanthe has condemned the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. This marks a [...] Full text...

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China and South Africa address Ukraine crisis

21 march 2022 - 08:38:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – China and South Africa have agreed to continue pushing for mediation in the ongoing [...] Full text...

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Deep divisions over Pretoria's Russia stance

16 march 2022 - 09:11:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has slammed opposition parties who criticised the [...] Full text...

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South Africa's justice system 'failing sexual offence victims'

09 march 2022 - 11:42:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – As the world on Tuesday celebrated International Women’s Day and the contributions of women [...] Full text...

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Liberian opposition talks of political persecution ahead of 2023 Presidential elections

24 february 2022 - 23:48:40
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The political and judicial persecution of the leadership of opposition parties in Liberia is a threat [...] Full text...

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South African Minister under fire for attacking judiciary

13 january 2022 - 09:33:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A senior Cabinet Minister in South Africa is under fire for launching a scathing [...] Full text...

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ANC, Nelson Mandela Foundation pay tribute to Archbishop Tutu

26 december 2021 - 13:13:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has eulogised Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who passed [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa salutes Africa's last white leader

12 december 2021 - 17:52:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Sunday saluted Africa’s last white leader, FW De [...] Full text...

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South African president's top aide dies

17 september 2021 - 05:46:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy Minister in the Presidency Hlengiwe Mkhize died on Thursday. She was 69 years [...] Full text...

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Senior South African lawmaker accused of spying for China

01 september 2021 - 17:39:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A leaked intelligence report indicates that an MP with South Africa’s ruling African National [...] Full text...

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South African town renamed Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

08 august 2021 - 11:51:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A small town in South Africa’s Free State province was this weekend renamed after [...] Full text...

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Togo's ANC suspends participation in national consultation of political actors

14 july 2021 - 13:10:00
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's National Alliance for Change (ANC) on Tuesday suspended its participation in the work of the [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Deputy President seeks medical treatment in Russia

27 june 2021 - 10:52:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Deputy President, David Mabuza, on Sunday departed for Russia where he will [...] Full text...

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South African Court hears of bitter split in ruling party

25 june 2021 - 16:54:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The North Gauteng High Court in South Africa on Friday heard that Ace Magashule [...] Full text...

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South Africa mourns passing of former Zambian President Kaunda

18 june 2021 - 11:59:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday paid tribute to former Zambian President Kenneth [...] Full text...

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Bitter dispute divides South Africa's ruling party

17 june 2021 - 16:58:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ace Magashule, the suspended Secretary General of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in [...] Full text...

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Zambia’s main opposition suspends campaigns as nation mourns former president Kaunda

17 june 2021 - 16:01:25
  Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s main opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) and its alliance partners has announced the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Suspended ruling party official gets his day in court

31 may 2021 - 12:19:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's North Gauteng High Court on Monday set down two days to hear [...] Full text...

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Suspended South Africa's ruling party official turns to the courts

14 may 2021 - 13:12:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ace Magashule, the suspended secretary-general of the ruling ANC, on Friday asked a court [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa rebukes senior ruling party official

10 may 2021 - 15:59:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Ace Magashule, the suspended Secretary-General of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), has [...] Full text...

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South African president Ramaphosa urged to sanction former leader Zuma

15 april 2021 - 11:53:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to [...] Full text...

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South African veteran politician accused of racism again

13 april 2021 - 12:46:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Veteran South African political leader Helen Zille has once again been accused of racism [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Leading South African journalist dies from epidemic

04 march 2021 - 14:49:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Condolences are pouring in following the death of veteran South African journalist Karima Brown [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: SA liberation hero Mluleki George succumbs to COVID-19

06 january 2021 - 13:06:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in for South African liberation hero Mluleki George who died from [...] Full text...

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Improved Nigeria-South Africa relations catalyst for development of Africa - Buhari

04 december 2020 - 17:19:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed optimism that improvement in relations between Nigeria and South Africa [...] Full text...

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ANC calls for “immediate release” of two political figures arrested last weekend in Lomé

30 november 2020 - 17:00:22
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The National Alliance for Change (ANC), one of Togo's leading political parties, in a statement in [...] Full text...

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Top official of South Africa's ruling ANC arrested

10 november 2020 - 15:40:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been rocked by the arrest of [...] Full text...

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President Ramaphosa congratulates US President-elect Biden, VP-elect Harris

08 november 2020 - 09:40:24
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their wins [...] Full text...

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South African ruling party slammed for Harare trip

18 september 2020 - 10:45:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has confirmed that it will be laying criminal [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Opposition leader, Chamisa, visits recently-released political leader, Jacob Ngarivhume

14 september 2020 - 17:28:27
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, on Monday paid a courtesy call on recently-incarcerated opposition leader, [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party slams Trump

09 september 2020 - 15:55:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has joined the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s condemnation [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume granted bail

02 september 2020 - 13:28:07
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  - Jailed Zimbabwe opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, of the Transform Zimbabwe party has finally been granted ZWL50,000 [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa emerges victorious after tense ruling party meeting

31 august 2020 - 17:46:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday appeared to secure control of South Africa’s ruling African [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma takes aim at Ramaphosa

28 august 2020 - 17:23:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Friday took aim at his successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, [...] Full text...

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Deeply divided South Africa ruling ANC to meet this weekend

27 august 2020 - 12:34:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) will this weekend hold crisis talks to address [...] Full text...

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South African lawyers express alarm over Zimbabwean crisis

13 august 2020 - 12:06:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Johannesburg Society of Advocates (JSA), a body of lawyers, has expressed its disapproval [...] Full text...

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South African's President Ramaphosa under fire over Zimbabwe intervention

11 august 2020 - 12:56:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance has expressed concern after it [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Ruling party rocked by Covid-19 graft scandals

10 august 2020 - 16:46:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Senior members of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Monday slammed their own [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, and acclaimed investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono denied bail

07 august 2020 - 18:35:53
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, of the political party Transform Zimbabwe, and respected investigative journalist, Hopewell [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mbeki salutes fallen liberation hero

29 july 2020 - 18:53:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, on Wednesday paid tribute to the Soweto funeral [...] Full text...

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South Africa's last surviving treason trialist dead at 95

22 july 2020 - 07:08:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Liberation hero and the last surviving Rivonia Treason Trialist Andrew Mlangeni died on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Mandela's grandson slams Chief Justice over Israel comments

26 june 2020 - 10:26:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla Mandela on Friday called on Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ruling party condemns US police brutality on blacks

02 june 2020 - 17:45:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling ANC on Tuesday said it was concerned about the numerous incidents [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma loses another court battle

21 may 2020 - 14:07:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Former President Jacob Zuma has lost his appeal against a High Court ruling that [...] Full text...

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Togo opposition leader Agbeyomé Kodjo still being held by the gendarmerie

25 april 2020 - 07:26:50
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Former Togolese Prime Minister Gabriel Messan Agbéyomé Kodjo is still in the hands of investigators of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 1,048 prisoners released in Togo as prevention measure

02 april 2020 - 17:35:16
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese President, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, on preventive measures against Covid-19, has pardoned 1,048 prisoners across the [...] Full text...

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Togo opposition party calls for rerun of presidential election

11 march 2020 - 10:21:06
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's opposition National Alliance for Change (ANC), whose candidate, Jean-Pierre Fabre, came third with 4.35 per [...] Full text...

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Results from presidential election, US doubt on its transparency dominate Togolese media

01 march 2020 - 19:22:18
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The results from the Togo presidential election, which gave victory to Faure Gnassingbé for a fourth, [...] Full text...

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Provisional results give Togolese President Gnassingbé landslide victory

24 february 2020 - 09:30:16
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé has been reelected in a landslide victory in Saturday's presidential election [...] Full text...

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Polls open in Togolese presidential election with President Gnassingbe seeking fourth term

22 february 2020 - 12:02:48
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese began voting on Saturday to elect their next president with seven candidates, including outgoing President [...] Full text...

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International observers arrive in Togo for Saturday's presidential election

21 february 2020 - 13:09:26
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Nearly 300 international observers have arrived in Togo for the presidential election on Saturday, official sources [...] Full text...

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ANC candidate promises "deep political reforms" to establish rule of law in Togo

19 february 2020 - 13:03:58
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - If elected in the 22 February presidential election, the candidate of National Alliance for Change (ANC) [...] Full text...

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Togolese ANC denounces intimidation to prevent its presidential candidate from campaigning

12 february 2020 - 14:26:39
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's National Alliance for Change (ANC), the main opposition party, has denounced intimidation and attacks aimed [...] Full text...

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Political meetings gain in intensity in Togo after timid beginning of presidential election campaign

11 february 2020 - 00:00:41
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  The electioneering campaign for the presidential election is gathering momentum after the timid start on Thursday, [...] Full text...

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South Africa’s ANC to repatriate dead officials buried in Zambia

05 february 2020 - 18:33:14
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee has resolved to repatriate the remains of its [...] Full text...

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Togo's presidential election campaign kicks off Thursday

04 february 2020 - 15:22:53
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The campaign for Togo's 22 February presidential election begins on 6 February and will run for [...] Full text...

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Togo: Fabre lodges appeal to invalidate Faure Gnassingbé’s presidential bid

21 january 2020 - 23:42:35
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - The leader of the National Alliance for Change (ANC), Jean-Pierre Fabre, Tuesday lodged an appeal to [...] Full text...

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Seven candidates officially selected for presidential election on 22 February in Togo

18 january 2020 - 11:23:32
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  Togo’s Constitutional Court has selected seven of the ten candidates who filed their nominations for the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Foundation backs embattled Minister

17 january 2020 - 17:09:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation on Friday endorsed a hard-hitting statement by a group of [...] Full text...

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Togo: CDPA backs candidature of Agbéyomé Kodjo in February’s presidential election

15 january 2020 - 23:51:03
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  The Democratic Convention of African Peoples (CDPA), an opposition political party, has asked its militants to [...] Full text...

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Togo: Game of alliances has begun ahead of presidential poll

11 january 2020 - 18:08:43
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The game of alliances between political parties vying for  presidential election on February 22 is already [...] Full text...

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Togo: CENI registers 10 candidates for the presidential election in February

09 january 2020 - 17:21:04
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togo Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) has registered 10 candidates for the presidential election, scheduled [...] Full text...

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Faure Gnassingbé selected by party for February’s presidential election

07 january 2020 - 21:47:55
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé has been elected presidential candidate of Togo’s ruling Union for Republic (UNIR), [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party condemns US aggression in Iran

05 january 2020 - 10:27:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has slammed what it calls "inhumane" airstrikes [...] Full text...

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Nomination of Agbeyomé as sole opposition candidate in Togo's presidential election stirs controversy

02 january 2020 - 13:12:14
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The nomination of former Togolese Prime Minister Agbéyomé Kodjo by a fringe of the  opposition as [...] Full text...

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The year 2020 bears hope for revival of Togolese nation -Jean-Pierre Fabre

31 december 2019 - 23:36:46
Lomé, Togo (PANA)   - The leader of the national alliance for change (ANC), Jean-Pierre Fabre, in his message to the [...] Full text...

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Pretoria rebuked over fugitive scandal

27 december 2019 - 12:12:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday urged Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African anti-Apartheid hero dead at 92

09 december 2019 - 21:22:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Tributes are pouring in for South African liberation hero Ben Turok who died here [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party rebukes African telecom giants

04 december 2019 - 08:45:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has asked South Africa’s telecom giants, Vodacom and [...] Full text...

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More pregnant women, children protected from malaria, but more needs to be done: WHO

04 december 2019 - 07:28:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of pregnant women and children in sub-Saharan Africa sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets and benefiting [...] Full text...

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ANC calls for improved electoral framework for Togo's 2020 presidential poll

22 november 2019 - 15:49:42
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's main opposition party, National Alliance for Change (ANC), on Friday issued a statement in Lomé [...] Full text...

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Coalition C14 urges public support for transparent election in Togo

22 november 2019 - 14:12:26
Lome, Togo (PANA) - A coalition of opposition parties in Togo on Friday called on the Togolese people to mobilize [...] Full text...

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2020 Togo presidential election: Opposition political parties quit dialogue with government

19 november 2019 - 23:51:38
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - Opposition political parties in Togo have withdrawn from a dialogue with the government, shortly after the [...] Full text...

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Political parties, civil society organizations call for a halt to the electoral process in Togo

14 november 2019 - 17:21:41
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - A group of political parties and civil society organizations, under the group, "Democratic Forces" movement, with [...] Full text...

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ANC sends memorandum to joint UN-ECOWAS mission for free, fair election in Togo

12 november 2019 - 21:56:57
Lomé, Togo (PANA)   -  The National Alliance for Change (ANC), Togo's main opposition political party, Monday presented to the joint [...] Full text...

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Togolese presidential election to be held 19 February, 5 March - Constitutional Court

31 october 2019 - 22:58:38
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - The presidential election in Togo could be held between 19 February and 5 March, 2020, a [...] Full text...

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Togo: Former PM Kodjo appointed MPDD candidate for 2020 presidential election

22 october 2019 - 19:44:31
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  Former Togolese Prime Minister Agbeyomé Messan Kodjo has been nominated by his political party, the Patriotic [...] Full text...

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Jean-Pierre Fabre appointed ANC presidential candidate in 2020 in Togo

21 october 2019 - 16:51:44
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The National Alliance for Change (ANC, opposition) has appointed its president, Jean-Pierre Fabre, as its presidential [...] Full text...

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Jean-Pierre Fabre dares Faure Gnassingbé

19 october 2019 - 00:03:21
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - Jean-Pierre Fabre, leader of the National Alliance for Change (ANC), has challenged President Faure Gnassingbé over [...] Full text...

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Togo: New Mayors assume office amid fears they cannot exercise their full responsibilities

16 october 2019 - 17:22:22
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Political stakeholders said on Wednesday in the Togolese capital that although the new mayors, elected last [...] Full text...

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Togo: ADDI leaves Coalition of 14 opposition political parties

28 september 2019 - 18:03:20
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's Coalition of 14 opposition political parties (C14) has registered a new defection of the Alliance [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party condemns xenophobic violence

10 september 2019 - 09:55:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday slammed the recent spate of [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma loses bruising court battle

06 september 2019 - 10:51:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma has lost a bruising court battle. The KwaZulu-Natal High [...] Full text...

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South Africa’s ruling ANC salutes Mugabe

06 september 2019 - 08:22:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ace Magashule, the Secretary General of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Friday [...] Full text...

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South Africa picks up the pieces after xenophobic carnage

05 september 2019 - 08:19:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An uneasy calm has returned to parts of Johannesburg and Pretoria following days of [...] Full text...

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Former South Africa president Zuma defends defamatory tweet ahead of court case

22 august 2019 - 10:36:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma has taken aim at his ex-Cabinet Minister Derek [...] Full text...

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Togo's ruling party wins more seats in local by-elections

21 august 2019 - 14:24:59
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The ruling Union for the Republic (UNIR) has won 42 of the 63 municipal council seats [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Jacob Zuma sued by ex-cabinet minister

13 august 2019 - 11:24:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma is being sued by one his ex-cabinet ministers Derek [...] Full text...

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Togo to hold by-election of municipal councillors on 15 August

30 july 2019 - 10:02:22
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - By-elections of municipal councillors will be held on 15 August in three municipalities in Togo, according [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party rocked by fresh row

25 july 2019 - 07:52:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been rocked by fresh infighting after the [...] Full text...

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Togolese newspapers focus on final results of local elections

22 july 2019 - 14:31:32
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese newspapers on Monday devoted most of the front pages to reports and comments on the [...] Full text...

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South Africa commemorates Nelson Mandela's birthday

18 july 2019 - 11:02:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Thursday commemorated the annual birthday of its greatest son, Nelson Mandela, [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma appears before anti-graft commission

15 july 2019 - 12:17:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Monday appeared before the Commission of Inquiry probing massive [...] Full text...

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Togolese 'impatiently' await results of 30 June local elections

02 july 2019 - 13:00:47
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese are impatiently awaiting the results of the 30 June local elections, the first in 32 [...] Full text...

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Outcry over Mandela tweets continues

25 june 2019 - 11:27:42
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The outcry over the conduct of former President Nelson Mandela’s youngest daughter, Zindzi, refuses [...] Full text...

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Togo’s constitutional court rejects ANC’s request for reforms

01 june 2019 - 06:36:02
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Togo’s constitutional court has rejected the request made by the National Alliance for Change (ANC) demanding [...] Full text...

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Kenya seeks $750 million loan from World Bank

29 may 2019 - 13:28:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s Treasury has reached out to the World Bank for a US$750 million loan to support [...] Full text...

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South Africa Deputy President throws in the towel ahead of inauguration

22 may 2019 - 11:20:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy President David Mabuza on Wednesday “postponed” his swearing in as MP just two [...] Full text...

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ANC refers to Court for annulment of 26 amended articles in Togo Constitution TRA

16 may 2019 - 12:38:40
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's opposition National Alliance for Change (ANC) is seeking annulment of 26 of the 29 articles [...] Full text...

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ANC veterans urge President Ramaphosa to expel 'rogue elements'

15 may 2019 - 09:38:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A group of liberation heroes is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to drop corrupt [...] Full text...

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President Kagame congratulates ANC’s Cyril Ramaphosa over election win

13 may 2019 - 20:48:26
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday sent a congratulatory message to the African National Congress (ANC) [...] Full text...

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ANC’s election victory in South African polls confirmed

11 may 2019 - 12:35:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has won re-election with an absolute majority [...] Full text...

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South African ruling ANC continues to lead SA elections

10 may 2019 - 10:04:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – With nearly two-thirds of the votes counted, the African National Congress (ANC) still holds [...] Full text...

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South African commission to investigate claims of voter fraud

09 may 2019 - 13:16:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African police said on Thursday 19 people have been arrested in three KwaZulu-Natal [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ANC leading poll but support down

09 may 2019 - 08:31:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – With the vote counting completed at 6,640 polling stations across South Africa (28% of [...] Full text...

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South African gov't hails another vibrant and smooth national election

08 may 2019 - 17:13:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The government on Wednesday welcomed South Africa’s "smooth” national and provincial elections .   "Millions of [...] Full text...

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Togolese opposition denounces government ‘interference’ in election preparations

08 may 2019 - 14:40:37
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Togo's National Alliance for Change (ANC) has denounced the ‘flagrant interference’ of the government in the [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: Millions of South Africans cast their votes in general election (Eds: Adds quotes of President Ramaphosa)

08 may 2019 - 10:26:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans on Wednesday began queuing at polling stations across the country [...] Full text...

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Millions of South Africans vote in general election

08 may 2019 - 09:50:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans on Wednesday began queuing at polling stations across the country [...] Full text...

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South Africa gears for national elections

07 may 2019 - 14:46:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Independent Electoral Commission said South Africa is ready for Wednesday’s national election which is [...] Full text...

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South African opposition concerned over "rushed" oil deal with South Sudan

06 may 2019 - 15:02:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are growing concerns over South African Energy minister Jeff Radebe’s plans to finalise a [...] Full text...

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Mbeki campaigns for ANC saying the party has recognised past mistakes

24 april 2019 - 08:09:54
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has said it would have been dishonest of him [...] Full text...

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Anti-Mandela club under fire in the UK

18 april 2019 - 11:18:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A private club catering for white South African and Zimbabwean immigrants in the UK [...] Full text...

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South African university honours liberation heroes

14 april 2019 - 12:30:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Liberation heroes Andrew Mlangeni and Denis Goldberg have received honorary doctorates from the Cape [...] Full text...

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Pretoria quiet over Al-Bashir's fall

11 april 2019 - 16:23:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The removal from power of President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan has again put South [...] Full text...

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Tensions high in sprawling Johannesburg township

08 april 2019 - 15:40:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police and soldiers are on high alert in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township following days of [...] Full text...

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Togo's ANC condemns hindrance of former interior minister to return from exile

01 april 2019 - 07:14:27
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Togo's National Alliance for Change (ANC) has strongly condemned the hindrance of former Interior minister François Akila-Esso [...] Full text...

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South African motorists hit by petrol price hike

06 march 2019 - 12:38:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A hike in petrol prices which came into effect on Wednesday saw South African [...] Full text...

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Ruling party rocked by rape allegation

24 february 2019 - 08:42:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A senior member of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa on [...] Full text...

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Budget shows South Africa heading for serious economic and political trouble - Report

23 february 2019 - 16:19:11
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)   South Africa is sailing into very serious political and economic trouble, the South African Institution of Race [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ANC in talks with Zimbabwe

23 january 2019 - 15:59:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday confirmed that it has [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa attends WEF

22 january 2019 - 10:57:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF) where [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa delivers ruling party's 2019 election manifesto

12 january 2019 - 14:04:06
Durban, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday told 85,000 supporters that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) [...] Full text...

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Ex-president Zuma seeks permanent stay of prosecution in graft case

16 november 2018 - 15:06:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – After a 17-year legal battle which dramatically changed the course of South African history, [...] Full text...

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South African liberation heroes' relatives shot dead

02 november 2018 - 15:53:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The nephew of liberation hero Ahmed Kathrada and his son, who was a Muslim [...] Full text...

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FW de Klerk stable in hospital

28 october 2018 - 09:48:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s last apartheid head of state, FW de Klerk, is recovering at a [...] Full text...

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Trial date set for suspect in liberation heroes' death

22 october 2018 - 14:50:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Gauteng High Court on Monday set a trial date of 28 January, [...] Full text...

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South African Liberation hero fights for life in hospital

04 october 2018 - 15:22:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – One of the last two remaining Rivonia treason trialists, Andrew Mlangeni, is fighting for [...] Full text...

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ANC Women's League calls for the castration of rapists

03 october 2018 - 15:26:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Women’s League of the ruling African National Congress (ANCWL) in South Africa has [...] Full text...

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ANC calls for immediate stimulus package as SA economy dips into recession

05 september 2018 - 17:32:52
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has called for ‘aggressiveness’ in implementing an economic [...] Full text...

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Soweto rocked by xenophobic violence

30 august 2018 - 09:05:02
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday condemned an outbreak of xenophobic violence in [...] Full text...

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SA opposition condemns President Ramaphosa's land expropriation announcement

01 august 2018 - 09:35:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been a major reaction to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party reconsiders ICC withdrawal threat

06 july 2018 - 10:16:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress on Friday said Cabinet will have to consult the [...] Full text...

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South Africa's struggle hero Zola Skweyiya dead at 75

11 april 2018 - 11:13:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Liberation hero Zola Skweyiya died in Pretoria in the early hours of Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Former South African diplomat dies

07 april 2018 - 14:57:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government has confirmed the death on Friday of former top diplomat [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma back in the dock

06 april 2018 - 09:03:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma made his long-awaited appearance in the Durban High Court on [...] Full text...

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South Africa's top artist slammed for performing in Israel

04 april 2018 - 17:49:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday called for a cultural boycott [...] Full text...

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South Africa’s Winnie Madikizela-Mandela passes on

02 april 2018 - 15:04:17
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, veteran of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) and ex-wife of former [...] Full text...

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Johannesburg woman jailed for racial outburst

28 march 2018 - 15:04:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Johannesburg court on Wednesday jailed a white woman who sparked a national outcry [...] Full text...

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South African politician under fire for assaulting journalist

20 march 2018 - 16:08:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A senior official with the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has apologized after being [...] Full text...

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South African president Ramaphosa addresses land expropriation issue

14 march 2018 - 14:52:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nearly 25 years after the collapse of apartheid, white South Africans still own about [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition scales down rhetoric after Odinga-Kenyatta accord

12 march 2018 - 18:45:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition has scaled down on its political rhetoric after the meeting between its leader Raila [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Opposition parties turn against each other

02 march 2018 - 14:27:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions between South Africa’s two largest opposition parties have reached boiling point with the [...] Full text...

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Mixed reaction to Ramaphosa's Cabinet reshuffle

27 february 2018 - 08:57:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been mixed reaction to President Cyril Ramaphosa's first Cabinet, which was announced [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa's vows to tackle corruption in maiden State of the Nation Address

17 february 2018 - 07:38:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Opposition parties have unanimously welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address (SONA) [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Cyril Ramaphosa elected new South Africa President

15 february 2018 - 13:12:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Parliament on Thursday elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country's new president. He [...] Full text...

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Post-Zuma gov't must ensure access to justice for victims of rights violations - AI

15 february 2018 - 07:21:43
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) said on Thursday that the successor of South African [...] Full text...

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Humiliated South Africa's President Zuma throws in the towel

14 february 2018 - 22:21:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Jacob Zuma on Wednesday night resigned as President of South Africa following a lengthy [...] Full text...

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South African President Zuma refuses to step down

14 february 2018 - 16:49:54
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma has refused to step down, saying the National Executive Committee [...] Full text...

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Defiant South African President Zuma refuses to go

14 february 2018 - 15:18:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A defiant President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday indicated that he was not prepared to [...] Full text...

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No Confidence Motion scheduled to force President Zuma out

14 february 2018 - 11:29:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In another day of high drama, the governing African National Congress (ANC) has served [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party confirms Zuma's recall

13 february 2018 - 13:24:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ace Magashule, Secretary-General of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday confirmed [...] Full text...

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Knives are out as South Africa gears for Zuma’s final fall (News Analysis by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

13 february 2018 - 10:50:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been scathing criticism of the manner in which President Jacob Zuma has [...] Full text...

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President Zuma recalled by ruling party

13 february 2018 - 07:38:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – It appears that President Jacob Zuma’s chaotic term in office is coming to an [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Opposition wants Parliament dissolved over Zuma saga

12 february 2018 - 15:09:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The national executive committee of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is meeting [...] Full text...

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'South African President Zuma will be recalled on Monday', Ramaphosa hints

11 february 2018 - 14:31:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cyril Ramaphosa, leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), on Sunday gave the [...] Full text...

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Zuma on the ropes as ANC marks Mandela's centenary

11 february 2018 - 09:50:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Sunday officially launched the centennial celebrations [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa addresses South Africa's political crisis

07 february 2018 - 15:21:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cyril Ramaphosa, the leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), on Wednesday moved [...] Full text...

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Nelson Mandela Foundation says Zuma 'not fit to govern'

06 february 2018 - 11:48:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation on Tuesday joined the chorus of calls for President Jacob [...] Full text...

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ANC to decide Zuma's fate as SA President on Wednesday

05 february 2018 - 19:38:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following a day of high drama which included running street battles outside the Johannesburg [...] Full text...

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Clashes in Johannesburg as Zuma refuses to resign

05 february 2018 - 09:21:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions are running sky-high as the governing African National Congress (ANC) prepares to hold [...] Full text...

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Senior ANC officials in crucial talks to determine Zuma's fate

04 february 2018 - 13:35:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Senior members of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) are locked in talks with [...] Full text...

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Is South Africa's Zuma on the way out?

30 january 2018 - 16:07:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are unconfirmed reports that the National Working Committee of South Africa’s ruling African [...] Full text...

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