South African President Ramaphosa criticised for 'campaign' address to the nation

27 may 2024 - 11:30:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has been heavily criticised for using a national television [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Leading politicians address Hichilema's election win

18 august 2021 - 17:28:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, the former leader of South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), says [...] Full text...

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South African billionaire strikes gold

11 january 2021 - 17:45:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africans are paying tribute to tech entrepreneur, Elon Musk, who has overtaken Amazon’s [...] Full text...

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How the #Zimbabwelivesmatter sparked a global awareness on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe (Analysis)

10 august 2020 - 17:03:46
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “Mnangagwa (Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa) has become a pig and he is eating his own children [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa has legal challenge against re-opening of schools

28 may 2020 - 11:46:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The founder of the One South Africa (OSA) movement, Mmusi Maimane, will challenge next [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Former opposition leader eyes new party

08 january 2020 - 14:17:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, the former leader of the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), is planning [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Official opposition leader throws in the towel

23 october 2019 - 16:38:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) was thrown into turmoil on Wednesday following [...] Full text...

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South Africa rocked again by xenophobic violence

03 september 2019 - 10:19:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A fresh wave of xenophobic violence swept across parts of Johannesburg and Pretoria on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa slams violence against women

09 august 2019 - 16:51:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Friday termed violence against women as a [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Public Protector makes damning finding against Ramaphosa

19 july 2019 - 12:13:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Friday ruled that President Cyril Ramaphosa deliberately misled Parliament [...] 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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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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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 Africa continues to grapple with post-apartheid education

09 february 2019 - 08:44:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nearly 42 years ago, South Africa was in the international spotlight for all the [...] Full text...

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South Africa's opposition party slams Pretoria's stance towards Zimbabwe

28 january 2019 - 10:37:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday announced that it would approach the [...] 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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Top South Africa school rocked by race row

05 november 2018 - 11:04:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A fresh race row has rocked Cape Town after a black teacher at a [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Opposition urges Ramaphosa to fire disgraced ministers

28 september 2018 - 15:41:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday called on the South African President, [...] Full text...

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South Africa enters technical recession

04 september 2018 - 11:02:27
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has officially entered a technical recession. This after Stats SA on Tuesday announced [...] 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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100th anniversary of Mandela's birth commemorated

18 july 2018 - 16:27:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa, the African continent and the rest of the world on Wednesday marked [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Mother of the Nation dead at 81

02 april 2018 - 18:47:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are flooding in for South Africa’s “Mother of the Nation” Winnie Madikizela-Mandela who [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ex-president Zuma to stand trial in massive graft case

16 march 2018 - 16:56:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shaun Abrahams on Friday announced that former South African [...] Full text...

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Cape Town taps will no longer run dry this year - Official

07 march 2018 - 13:45:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cape Town, which has experienced a major drought on Wednesday, received a welcome reprieve [...] 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 saluted for restoring dignity to South African Parliament

19 february 2018 - 14:34:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's leader of the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), Mmusi Maimane, on Monday [...] 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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South Africa salutes Zuma's departure

15 february 2018 - 10:39:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's mainstream media houses, numerous organisations and political parties have on Thursday hailed [...] 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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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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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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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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Tensions high over Zuma's uncertain future

31 january 2018 - 16:09:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are growing calls for President Jacob Zuma to throw in the towel and [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa urged to stop Zuma's allies from fleeing South Africa

17 january 2018 - 11:32:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has snubbed President Jacob Zuma and called on [...] Full text...

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South African politicians slam Trump's "abhorrent" remarks

12 january 2018 - 16:30:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African politicians on Friday joined the global chorus of condemnation over US President [...] Full text...

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President Zuma on the ropes following Ramaphosa's dramatic victory

19 december 2017 - 06:37:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following 10 turbulent years with President Jacob Zuma as leader of the ruling African [...] Full text...

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Opposition charges Zuma with perjury

14 december 2017 - 14:40:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday laid perjury charges against South African [...] Full text...

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President Zuma battered by another damning court ruling

13 december 2017 - 12:01:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Gauteng High Court on Wednesday dealt another major blow against President Jacob Zuma's [...] Full text...

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South African Parliamentary committee urges support for Zimbabwe

23 november 2017 - 07:32:03
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – South African Parliament’s International Relations and Cooperation Portfolio Committee has called on the South African [...] Full text...

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South Africa's official opposition calls for fresh elections in Zimbabwe

21 november 2017 - 17:44:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance said President Robert Mugabe’s resignation is a major [...] Full text...

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South Africa opposition calls for fresh Zimbabwe elections

16 november 2017 - 11:58:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday said the instability in Zimbabwe [...] Full text...

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Official opposition charges South Africa's President Zuma yet again

06 november 2017 - 14:51:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday announced that it is taking President [...] Full text...

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South African President, Zuma, ridiculed in parliament again

02 november 2017 - 15:07:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There was chaos in the South African Parliament on Thursday as opposition lawmakers hurled [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Opposition leader uses Mandela's prison to attack Zuma

30 october 2017 - 13:55:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance, on Monday visited [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Top court clears way for Zuma to stand trial on corruption charges

13 october 2017 - 10:37:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday rejected, with costs, President Jacob Zuma’s appeal [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zambian High Commissioner slams visiting opposition leader

01 september 2017 - 14:45:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zambia's High Commissioner to South Africa on Friday accused visiting opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African DA supports Zambia’s opposition UPND

01 september 2017 - 08:56:07
South Africa, Cape Town (PANA) – South African opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane on Thursday hosted Zambian opposition [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African, Zambian opposition leaders meet in Cape Town

31 august 2017 - 14:49:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, the leader of the South African official opposition, Democratic Alliance (DA), on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Official opposition calls for dissolution of Parliament, snap election

09 august 2017 - 14:37:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday called for the dissolution of the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma narrowly survives secret 'no confidence' vote in South African parliament

08 august 2017 - 17:37:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday came within a whisker of being removed from office [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Petition with one million signatures urges Zuma to go

02 august 2017 - 11:12:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, the leader of the official opposition Democratic Alliance, on Wednesday handed over [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa commemorates Mandela's 99th birthday

18 july 2017 - 17:43:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel and British billionaire Sir Richard Branson on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Parliament cleared to have secret Zuma ballot

22 june 2017 - 14:33:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a significant setback for South African President Jacob Zuma, the Constitutional Court on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Official opposition united again after colonialism debacle

13 june 2017 - 13:24:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), which is hoping to unseat the ruling [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition leader slams Zambia over 'political witch-hunt'

09 june 2017 - 10:48:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), on Friday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Former AU chairperson under fire over VIP bodyguards

07 june 2017 - 10:26:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police Minister Fikile Mbalula on Wednesday confirmed that South Africa’s VIP protection unit continues [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Leading politician suspended over colonialism tweet

03 june 2017 - 12:57:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Saturday announced the suspension of its former [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Battered Zuma lashes out at his enemies

29 may 2017 - 10:09:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – While President Jacob Zuma has survived yet another attempt to have him forced out [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition leader vows to return to Zambia following customs debacle

26 may 2017 - 18:14:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), on Friday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition leaders to attend Zambia treason trial

25 may 2017 - 13:36:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), on Thursday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma prevented from addressing May Day rally

01 may 2017 - 15:07:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s biggest trade union federation was forced to abort its main May Day [...] Full text...

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South Africa: New finance minister embarks on international roadshow

19 april 2017 - 14:00:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Three weeks after President Jacob Zuma sparked a political crisis in South Africa by [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA opposition parties unite for major anti-Zuma march

12 april 2017 - 16:58:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than 30,000 protestors on Wednesday marched through Pretoria to the Union Buildings demanding [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Former opposition leader faces disciplinary charges

02 april 2017 - 14:14:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's opposition party, Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday said its former leader Helen [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Turmoil over Zuma's cabinet reshuffle

31 march 2017 - 09:01:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has been plunged into a fresh political crisis after President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Growing calls for Zuma to step down

30 march 2017 - 12:30:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – It’s been a turbulent 24 hours for President Jacob Zuma who has seen his [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Liberation struggle hero Ahmed Kathrada dead at 87

28 march 2017 - 07:22:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are flooding in from around the world following the death of liberation hero [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Official opposition moves to sanction senior official over offensive tweet

22 march 2017 - 11:28:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday confirmed that a hearing into the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africans reflect on 1960 Sharpeville Massacre

21 march 2017 - 14:06:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africans on Tuesday marked the 57th anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, where [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Leading politician under fire over colonialism tweet

16 march 2017 - 11:04:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The political future of one of South Africa’s most powerful politicians is in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA opposition charges ministers over al-Bashir debacle

24 february 2017 - 14:08:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The leader of South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), Mmusi Maimane, on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa commemorates 100th anniversary of World War I tragedy

21 february 2017 - 14:45:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday marked the historic sinking of the ship, SS Mendi, during [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Official opposition labels Zuma "an enemy of the people"

14 february 2017 - 17:23:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday used the State of the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tensions high ahead of State of the Nation address

09 february 2017 - 09:10:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions are running high ahead of Thursday night’s State of the Nation address following [...] Full text...

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South Africa: President Zuma mourns passing of DRC opposition leader

05 february 2017 - 06:04:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma, has conveyed his condolences to the government and people [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pretoria moves to downgrade Tel Aviv embassy

17 january 2017 - 13:51:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has called for the downgrading of the status [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition leader's Israeli trip hits nerve

14 january 2017 - 07:37:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A war of words has broken out between the ruling African National Congress (ANC) [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma calls for unity in ruling ANC

08 january 2017 - 14:19:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President, Jacob Zuma, on Sunday urged members of the ruling African National [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa rocked by fresh race row

16 november 2016 - 16:01:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Another major race row is sending shockwaves around South Africa after two white men, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition lays criminal charges against Zuma

15 november 2016 - 15:52:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday laid criminal charges against President [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma survives another no-confidence vote

10 november 2016 - 19:18:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There was more mud-slinging in the South African Parliament on Thursday as opposition MPs [...] Full text...

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Ghana: African leaders congratulate Trump; Rights groups caution him to 'set new tone'

09 november 2016 - 16:39:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – African leaders on Wednesday congratulated US president-elect Donald Trump on his victory in the 2016 US [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma congratulates Trump

09 november 2016 - 11:58:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday joined other world leaders in congratulating Donald Trump on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mbeki denies leaking Zuma's letter

08 november 2016 - 17:30:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The lengthy rift between former South African president Thabo Mbeki and President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma withdraws application to block damning report

02 november 2016 - 10:23:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a dramatic development relating to the latest crisis threatening to cripple Jacob Zuma’s [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Charges against South African Finance Minister dropped

31 october 2016 - 11:34:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Head of South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Shaun Abrahams on Monday withdrew fraud [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pretoria under fire over ICC withdrawal plans

24 october 2016 - 12:09:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The fallout from South Africa’s shock decision that it plans to withdraw from the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition calls for no confidence vote on President Zuma

20 october 2016 - 12:20:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday announced that it will present a [...] Full text...

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South Africa: New Public Protector refuses to release 'state capture' report

19 october 2016 - 11:55:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s new Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Wednesday said she would not release [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma gets temporary reprieve as court blocks damning report

14 october 2016 - 11:54:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following a week of high drama, the North Gauteng High Court on Friday approved [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition DA calls for progress report in Gupta family probe

29 august 2016 - 13:50:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) in South Africa on Monday demanded a progress [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Finance Minister refuses to report for questioning

25 august 2016 - 12:22:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has defied an order to present himself to [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africans commemorate historic women's march

09 august 2016 - 18:00:34
Cape Town, South African (PANA) – A 21-gun salute at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Tuesday signalled the 60th [...] Full text...

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South Africa: How a white farmer captured Mandela's region in South African poll (Analysis by Craig Urquart, PANA Correspondent)

06 august 2016 - 13:44:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – While the ruling African National Congress continues to lick its wounds following the most [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ruling ANC licks its wounds as election results show significant losses

05 august 2016 - 10:48:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Vote counting in South Africa’s fiercely contested local government elections continued on Friday, with [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africans vote in hotly-contested local govt. elections

03 august 2016 - 15:11:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans on Wednesday voted in this year's local government elections, the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition claims ruling ANC has abandoned Mandela's values

02 august 2016 - 12:09:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – On the eve of South Africa’s hotly-contested local government elections, the official opposition Democratic [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Voters with special needs vote in South Africa's local govt. polls

01 august 2016 - 15:24:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Polling stations around South Africa were partially opened on Monday to allow voters with [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Politicians wrap up campaign for local govt. elections

29 july 2016 - 13:11:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s political parties will this weekend wrap-up their campaign ahead of Wednesday’s hotly-contested [...] Full text...

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South Africa: National broadcaster forced to drop protest ban

20 july 2016 - 11:59:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The North Gauteng High Court on Wednesday granted an order interdicting South Africa’s national [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africans commemorate 1976 Soweto riots

16 june 2016 - 18:41:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africans on Thursday marked the 40th anniversary of Soweto riots, a 1976 black [...] Full text...

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South Africa: S. Africa's prosecuting authority to appeal damning Zuma ruling

23 may 2016 - 09:51:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Monday announced that it will seek leave to [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma labelled "criminal" in Parliament

04 may 2016 - 15:44:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There was chaos in the South African National Assembly on Wednesday after members of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition parties target battered Zuma

30 april 2016 - 12:38:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s two biggest opposition parties on Saturday took aim at President Jacob Zuma, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Deeply divided South Africa commemorates 1994 all-race elections

27 april 2016 - 13:13:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A deeply divided South Africa on Wednesday commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the country’s [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma survives historic impeachment vote in South African parliament

05 april 2016 - 18:25:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The National Assembly of South Africa on Tuesday voted against removing President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma faces historic impeachment debate

04 april 2016 - 11:50:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The executive committee of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is holding fresh talks [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma apologises over constitutional crisis facing South Africa

01 april 2016 - 18:13:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma on Friday apologised to South Africa over the crisis facing the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ruling party holds crisis talks over Zuma scandal

01 april 2016 - 14:02:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The fallout from Constitutional Court’s damning ruling against President Jacob Zuma on Thursday continues [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma humiliated by Constitutional Court ruling

31 march 2016 - 11:12:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Thursday sharply rebuked President Jacob Zuma, the ruling African National [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Top court rules against government in al-Bashir case

15 march 2016 - 11:48:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal on Tuesday dismissed the State's appeal against a [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma vows to address economic instability

18 february 2016 - 15:49:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday vowed that his government would implement the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: President Zuma ridiculed in Parliament

16 february 2016 - 15:41:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Opposition parties on Tuesday ridiculed President Jacob Zuma, saying he is personally to blame [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma hits back at hecklers

12 february 2016 - 09:23:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma on Friday hit back at MPs who repeatedly disrupted his State [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma on the ropes ahead of State of the Nation address

11 february 2016 - 10:25:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions are running high in Cape Town ahead of Thursday night’s State of the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition threatens to disrupt Zuma's State of the Nation address

04 february 2016 - 13:10:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema on Thursday warned that his party was [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma backs down ahead of court challenge on home upgrade

03 february 2016 - 09:55:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a major about-turn, President Jacob Zuma has backtracked on the Nkandla scandal which [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ongoing racism undermines the Mandela miracle (A PANA feature by Craig Urquhart)

08 january 2016 - 11:23:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Twenty-two years after Nelson Mandela was swept into power on a ticket of racial [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Television presenter suspended after mocking South African minister

07 january 2016 - 13:44:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A national television presenter has been suspended after mocking Education Minister Angie Motshekga live [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Race row continues to grow

06 january 2016 - 09:00:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A race row sparked by comments posted on social media sites by two white [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma calls for pursuit of economic transformation

31 december 2015 - 13:14:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma of South Africa on Thursday pledged that “the pursuit of economic [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Thousands expected to march against President Zuma

15 december 2015 - 11:22:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Thousands of people are expected to take part in protests across South Africa on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Growing calls for Zuma to step down

14 december 2015 - 06:15:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are growing calls for President Jacob Zuma to be axed following a massive [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Rand plummets after Zuma axes Finance Minister

10 december 2015 - 05:18:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African currency, the rand, has tumbled to its lowest levels ever following [...] Full text...

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South Africa: MPs blocked from questioning President Zuma about luxury jet

19 november 2015 - 17:34:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Parliamentary Speaker Baleka Mbete on Thursday prevented members of the House from [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma backs down as protesters threaten to storm seat of government

23 october 2015 - 14:25:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following chaotic scenes at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, President Jacob Zuma on Friday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Protesters storm South African Parliament over university fees

21 october 2015 - 14:12:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – For the first time in history, protesters on Wednesday stormed Parliament as tensions [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Official opposition rocked by race row

01 october 2015 - 13:30:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A leading member of the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has been caught up [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Building where Mandela was tried in focus on Heritage Day

25 september 2015 - 10:08:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - As millions of people on Thursday celebrated South Africa's Heritage Day, the historic building [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pretoria urged to account for al-Bashir visit

07 september 2015 - 15:48:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague on Monday called on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma meets al-Bashir, agrees to visit Sudan

03 september 2015 - 14:39:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday met Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir in China [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Parliament grills President Zuma over al-Bashir

06 august 2015 - 14:07:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma, on Thursday reiterated his government’s stance that Pretoria had [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition moves to have Zuma impeached over Al Bashir saga

04 august 2015 - 12:57:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday gave notice in the National Assembly [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Police commissioner on the ropes over mine massacre report

26 june 2015 - 11:58:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega, who has come under fire for her [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African official opposition elects its first black leader

10 may 2015 - 17:14:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, parliamentary leader of the official South African opposition Democractic Alliance, on Sunday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Official opposition expected to elect first black leader

08 may 2015 - 12:12:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) is expected to nominate Mmusi Maimane as [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition Chieftain denies sexual misconduct allegations

04 may 2015 - 14:54:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ahead of the elective congress of South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Rainbow Nation becomes beacon of hatred (By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, South Africa)

17 april 2015 - 12:20:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Just 20 years ago, South Africa was a moral beacon for the entire planet. [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma survives no confidence vote in Parliament

17 march 2015 - 20:14:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma was shot down by the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition vows to hold Zuma accountable

12 march 2015 - 12:10:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The stand-off between the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and opposition parties continued on [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma grilled by MPs in Parliament

18 february 2015 - 14:18:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday spent his second day on the firing [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma on the ropes after State of the Nation debacle (By Craig Urquhart, PANA correspondent)

15 february 2015 - 06:21:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Not since Apartheid-era Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was assassinated by a knife-wielding messenger in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Chaos in Parliament during Zuma's State of the Nation address

12 february 2015 - 20:00:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There were chaotic scenes in Parliament on Thursday night after police and security personnel [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa gears up for "dramatic" State of the Nation address (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)

07 february 2015 - 06:39:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa is gearing up for what is likely to be the most riveting [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa reflects on historic speech that ended Apartheid

02 february 2015 - 16:55:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Monday marked the 25th anniversary of former President FW De Klerk’s [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa perfectly poised for the presidency (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA correspondent)

29 november 2014 - 08:01:07
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - With President Jacob Zuma reeling in the wake of a series of crippling scandals, the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Deputy President moves to restore order in Parliament after last week's chaos

18 november 2014 - 15:45:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a damage control exercise following last week’s chaotic scenes in Parliament when riot [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition threatens legal action over chaos in Parliament

14 november 2014 - 13:05:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Julius Malema, the firebrand leader of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), on Friday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Chaos in South African Parliament as MPs defy Speaker

13 november 2014 - 16:29:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Chaos erupted Thursday in the South African National Assembly after Speaker Baleka Mbete attempted [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA faces constitutional crisis over Zuma scandal - opposition

03 october 2014 - 13:15:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s so-called “Nkandlagate” scandal took a new turn on Friday with the country’s [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Parliament reeling as opposition parties defy ruling ANC

27 september 2014 - 09:00:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tension between South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the country’s leading opposition [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Deputy President gets the middle finger in Parliament

17 september 2014 - 16:35:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – For the second time in less than a month, Economic Freedom Fighter leader Julius [...] Full text...

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South Africa: 'South African troops rescued Lesotho PM'

31 august 2014 - 08:22:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African special forces crossed the Lesotho border on Saturday to rescue beleaguered Prime [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pretoria addresses Lesotho coup reports

30 august 2014 - 18:54:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are unconfirmed reports that Lesotho’s Prime Minister Tom Thabane has fled to South [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ruling party rallies around Zuma over housing scandal

30 july 2014 - 08:56:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The political scandal over South Africa's President Jacob Zuma’s multi-million-dollar private home has refused [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Opposition targets Zuma again over luxury home

29 july 2014 - 13:30:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday tabled a motion in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma slammed for "lack-lustre" state-of-the-nation address

18 june 2014 - 08:46:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s opposition political parties have criticised President Jacob Zuma over his “lack-lustre” state-of-the-nation [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Maimane to run for parliamentary leader

23 may 2014 - 09:24:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Mmusi Maimane, the rising star of South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), has [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa’s housing problem, political hot potato, by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, Pretoria

29 april 2014 - 09:55:16
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Ahead of South Africa’s general elections in May, the country's housing problem, especially housing shortages, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Court admits text message accusing Zuma of theft

04 april 2014 - 14:55:23
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – In another setback for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC), the High Court in [...] Full text...

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Zuma casts aspersion on Africa, causes outrage

23 october 2013 - 10:30:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has talked himself into trouble after casting a [...] Full text...

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Goodwill messages pour in for Mandela

02 september 2013 - 06:06:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Messages of goodwill continue to pour in for global icon Nelson Mandela following his [...] Full text...

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Greenpeace lodges complaint with Public Protector and the SA Human Rights Commission

18 november 2012 - 10:17:16
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Greenpeace Africa and the South African History Archives (SAHA) have lodged a formal complaint with [...] Full text...

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Malawi promoters arrested for duping South African gospel songstress

01 december 2010 - 18:58:49
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Police in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, Wednesday arrested three officials of a cultural arts group for [...] Full text...

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