Global Assembly for the World Movement underway in Johannesburg

21 november 2024 - 07:41:42
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Communist Party (SACP) has denounced the hosting of the Global Assembly for [...] Full text...

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Time to dismantle legacies of slavery and colonialism impacting African diaspora

09 november 2024 - 05:49:08
New York, US (PANA) - Despite progress over the past 10 years to promote and protect the human rights of [...] Full text...

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Mandela’s funeral dome to serve as temporary Parliament

18 october 2024 - 07:44:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Plans are underway to use the dome structure that was constructed for Nelson Mandela’s [...] Full text...

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2025 AFCON qualifiers: Fixtures for Day 4 matches to be played on Monday and Tuesday

14 october 2024 - 05:29:28
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for Day 4 qualifying matches for the 2025 TotalEnergies Africa Cup [...] Full text...

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Prominent South African judge Willem Heath dies

11 october 2024 - 11:41:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African judge Willem Heath has died in Cape Town after a brief [...] Full text...

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South African Gospel musician Solomon Molokoane dead at 65

03 october 2024 - 09:35:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Gospel musician Solomon Molokoane died after a short illness on Wednesday. He was 65."It [...] Full text...

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Remains of anti-apartheid activists returned to South Africa

27 september 2024 - 13:05:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday honoured the 42 liberation fighters who died [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Abdulrazak Gurnah to deliver Nelson Mandela Lecture

23 september 2024 - 16:17:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The 22nd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture will be delivered by Abdulrazak Gurnah in Johannesburg [...] Full text...

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UN General Assembly wraps up with calls for unity and resolve

11 september 2024 - 05:34:16
New York, US (PANA) - The 78th session of the UN General Assembly closed on Tuesday, concluding a tumultuous year [...] Full text...

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Benin prisoners penned into overcrowded, dirty cells - Rights group

01 august 2024 - 08:29:15
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Prisoners in Benin were subjected to filthy, overcrowded cells and denied clean water and medical treatment [...] Full text...

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Minister says South Africans have failed Mandela

01 august 2024 - 07:55:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has encouraged citzens to [...] Full text...

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Build a better world, urges UN chief marking Mandela Day

18 july 2024 - 20:58:24
New York, US (PANA) - As Nelson Mandela Day got underway on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres, remembered the former  [...] Full text...

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South African Minister calls for restraint following Trump shooting

17 july 2024 - 08:21:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s International Relations and Co-operation Minister Ronald Lamola has condemned the assassination attempt [...] Full text...

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UN remembers Nelson Mandela’s commitment to fight poverty and inequity

15 july 2024 - 18:59:09
New York, US (PANA)  - The UN paid tribute on Monday to the life and legacy of the first democratically [...] 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 President-elect Ramaphosa calls for unity ahead of inauguration

18 june 2024 - 17:35:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa has called for unity ahead of his inauguration on [...] Full text...

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Egypt extend lead while Guinea, Ghana win away as FIFA WC qualifiers intensify

07 june 2024 - 11:07:36
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The race to securing a place in the FIFA World Cup™ 2026 took an interesting turn [...] 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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Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during 77th World Health Assembly

01 june 2024 - 11:25:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During a special ceremony at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Friday, awards were [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa marks 30 years of democracy with historic election

29 may 2024 - 13:28:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Millions of South Africans on Wednesday lined up to vote in what is expected [...] Full text...

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South Africa's President Ramaphosa hails historic all-race elections

27 april 2024 - 12:13:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday led the 2024 Freedom Day national celebrations [...] 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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South Africa's president Ramaphosa salutes former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney

04 march 2024 - 14:44:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday expressed his sadness at the passing of former Canadian [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa to attend Palestine solidarity football match

10 february 2024 - 13:43:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that he will attend the Football for Humanity match [...] Full text...

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Auction of Mandela's personal possessions suspended

30 january 2024 - 12:25:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Global auction house Guernsey's on Tuesday announced that an auction of more than 100 [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa hails South Africa's genocide victory at The Hague

26 january 2024 - 16:18:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed South Africa’s extraordinary victory at the International Court of [...] Full text...

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2ND UPDATE South Africa welcomes provisional measures ordered by ICJ against Israel

26 january 2024 - 15:47:18
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa has hailed Friday's "landmark ruling" by International Court of Justice (ICJ) of provisional measures [...] Full text...

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South African artist injured in flying incident

11 january 2024 - 06:04:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Grammy award-winning DJ Nkosinathi “Black Coffee” Maphumulo is recovering in an Argentina [...] Full text...

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Legendary South African photographer Peter Magubane dies

02 january 2024 - 07:51:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Peter Magubane, the anti-apartheid activist and renowned photographer, died on Monday at the age [...] Full text...

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South African threatre producer Mbongeni Ngema killed in car crash

28 december 2023 - 08:43:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South theatre producer and musician Mbongeni Ngema was killed in a vehicle accident [...] Full text...

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Draw inspiration from human rights advocates worldwide, urges Guterres

16 december 2023 - 06:42:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday called on citizens everywhere to draw inspiration from the work [...] Full text...

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South African music legend Zahara dead at 35

12 december 2023 - 08:14:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Multi-award winning South African musician Zahara has died after a long illness. She was [...] Full text...

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Uphold freedoms, fulfill the promise of human rights, urges UN chief

11 december 2023 - 17:47:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called on world leaders to rely on the Universal Declaration [...] Full text...

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Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai salutes Mandela

06 december 2023 - 09:43:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai and Deputy President Paul Mashatile have honoured former President [...] Full text...

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Visit to South Africa of Senior Hamas officials sparks outrage from Jewish Board

01 december 2023 - 11:33:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The visit to Cape Town by a senior delegation of Hamas officials has sparked [...] 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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Man jailed for stealing Mandela's prized boxing belt

26 october 2023 - 09:02:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Soweto man who stole Nelson Mandela's Sugar Ray Leonard boxing belt has been [...] Full text...

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South Africa President Ramaphosa hosts Dutch royal couple

19 october 2023 - 11:17:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday welcomed King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa hails SA musician after New York concerts

10 october 2023 - 14:41:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa on Tuesday saluted South African musician [...] Full text...

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South African artist gears for Madison Square Garden gig

03 october 2023 - 11:29:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African musician, Black Coffee, is preparing for the gig of his life – [...] 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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Mandela’s granddaughter dead at 43

26 september 2023 - 08:08:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zoleka Mandela, the granddaughter of liberation heroes Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela, died [...] Full text...

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Mandela’s childhood farmhouse stripped by vandals

14 september 2023 - 10:40:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela’s childhood farmhouse in the Eastern Cape has been striped by vandals who [...] 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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Killer of South Africa's former First Lady granted parole

15 august 2023 - 08:06:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The man convicted of murdering former first lady Marike De Klerk has been granted [...] Full text...

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Winners of 2023 UN Human Rights Prize announced

21 july 2023 - 06:45:41
New York, US (PANA) - The President of the General Assembly Csaba Kőrösi on Thursday announced the winners of the prestigious [...] Full text...

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UN celebrates Nelson Mandela, ‘a colossus of courage and conviction’

18 july 2023 - 19:16:53
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for action to build a better world in his message [...] Full text...

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South Africa marks International Mandela Day

18 july 2023 - 08:16:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday marked International Mandela Day with President Cyril Ramaphosa saying his [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South AFrican Minister addresses Russia crisis with German counterpart

28 june 2023 - 17:09:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - International Relations and Co-Operation Minister Naledi Pandor says the aborted mutiny in Russia will [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Chiba proud of his players despite failure to clinch title

21 may 2023 - 07:49:29
Constantine, Algeria (PANA) - Morocco’s head coach Said Chiba said he was proud of the performance and fighting spirit of [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Entertaining party draws curtains tournament

20 may 2023 - 08:35:06
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - After three weeks of competitive action on the pitch, the curtains of the TotalEnergies Under-17 Africa [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Sawane scores winner as Senegal clinch title

20 may 2023 - 08:22:53
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Mamadou Sawane headed home the winning goal seven minutes from time as Senegal scored twice in [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Senegal in thrilling showdown against Morocco in finals

19 may 2023 - 05:53:25
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The stage is set for what promises to be a thrilling final between Senegal and Morocco [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Coach Dia delighted to guide Senegal to first-ever final

15 may 2023 - 07:44:10
Annaba, Algeria (PANA) - Senegal’s head coach, Salio Dia, was an elated man after guiding the team to their first-ever [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Former Champions Mali, Burkina Faso eliminated in semi-final

15 may 2023 - 07:37:33
Constantine, Algeria (PANA) - Two former champions, Mali and Burkina Faso, were on Sunday eliminated after gruelling semi-final matches at [...] Full text...

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CAF announces Best XI of the TotalEnergies U-17 AFCON group phase

14 may 2023 - 06:53:09
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The Technical Study Group (TSG) of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named its Best [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Five-star Senegal run riot against South Africa to secure U-17 World Cup ticket

11 may 2023 - 15:37:11
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Senegal have booked Africa’s first ticket to the FIFA World Cup after running riot to beat [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Quarter-final matches for Wednesday and Thursday

10 may 2023 - 10:48:41
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Quarter-final matches in the ongoing 2023 Under-17 AFCON will be held on Wednesday and Thursday. In Wednesday's [...] Full text...

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2023 CAF U-17 AFCON: Pomp, colour and music usher in tournament

30 april 2023 - 08:28:03
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Short, precise, colourful and entertaining performances marked the opening ceremony of the TotalEnergies Under-17 Africa Cup [...] Full text...

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Blind South African judge publishes his memoirs

25 april 2023 - 10:30:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Constitutional Court Judge in South Africa, Zak Jacoob, has launched his book Crossing [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Finland's President to undertake State Visit to South Africa

19 april 2023 - 10:35:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Office of the Presidency on Wednesday confirmed that South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, [...] Full text...

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2023 U-17 AFCON: Algeria seek to win TotalEnergies U17 AFCON on home soil

18 april 2023 - 13:59:07
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Algeria will look to make the most of their home ground advantage and battle for their [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's grandson addresses Putin dilemma

31 march 2023 - 08:03:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) -Mandla Mandela, the grandson of former South African president, Nelson Mandela, has called on South [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa salutes fallen liberation hero Moosa Moolla

27 march 2023 - 10:17:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African liberation hero Moosa Moolla died on Sunday after a long illness. He [...] Full text...

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Senior US diplomat visits South Africa

14 march 2023 - 06:59:43
Washington, US (PANA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), Lee Satterfield, is visiting South [...] Full text...

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South African football star stabbed to death

05 february 2023 - 09:36:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Top South African football player Oshwin Andries was stabbed to death on Saturday. The 19-year-old [...] Full text...

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UN chief appoints South African Mojankunyane Gumbi as Special Adviser for addressing racism in the workplace

29 january 2023 - 07:51:51
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Ms. Mojankunyane Gumbi of South Africa as Special Adviser [...] Full text...

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Greece eager to deepen ties with Africa

24 january 2023 - 19:18:47
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece and African countries are poised to forge closer ties on various fields and Greece has [...] Full text...

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Mandela's grandson cited for Western Sahara remarks

17 january 2023 - 08:24:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is investigating remarks made by Nelson Mandela's grandson [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa salutes Pelé

30 december 2022 - 09:17:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday expressed his sadness at the passing of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Outrage over plan to rename Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

14 december 2022 - 12:47:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been a backlash over a proposal to rename the Nelson Mandela Bay [...] Full text...

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Killer of South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Chris Hani released from prison

07 december 2022 - 12:43:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Polish immigrant Janusz Walus, who nearly sparked a full-blown race war in South Africa [...] Full text...

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British King Charles hosts South African President Ramaphosa at Buckingham Palace

23 november 2022 - 09:08:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – British King Charles on Tuesday night used his first major speech to a foreign [...] Full text...

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Former South African President De Klerk's Nobel Peace Prize stolen

09 november 2022 - 09:40:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nobel Peace Prize former South African President FW de Klerk was awarded in [...] Full text...

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South Africa pledges to continue respecting media freedom

20 october 2022 - 10:54:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government says it remains committed to press freedom – an integral [...] Full text...

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South Africa's President Ramaphosa to visit Buckingham Palace

10 october 2022 - 12:22:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – King Charles III will next month host the first state visit of his new [...] Full text...

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South African liberation hero honoured by Clooney Foundation

03 october 2022 - 12:20:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African liberation hero Albie Sachs has received a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by [...] 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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South African, Kenyan presidents mourn Queen Elizabeth

09 september 2022 - 07:44:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The presidents of South Africa and Kenya have expressed their condolences to King Charles [...] Full text...

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Mandela's daughter defends right to sell his possesions

08 september 2022 - 12:03:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Nelson Mandela’s daughter, Makaziwe, has been accused of selling his personal items [...] 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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Ivorian president expected in South Africa on Wednesday for State visit

20 july 2022 - 12:10:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara, is expected on Wednesday in South Africa for a four-day [...] Full text...

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UN commemorates Nelson Mandela’s ‘fight for a better world’

18 july 2022 - 19:14:26
New York, US (PANA) - UN Member States gathered in the General Assembly Hall on Monday to observe Nelson Mandela [...] Full text...

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Nelson Mandela Day commemorated around the world

18 july 2022 - 12:52:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans on Monday marked the former world statesman Nelson Mandela’s birthday, [...] Full text...

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UN chief hails healer and ‘mentor to generations’, Nelson Mandela

18 july 2022 - 05:17:13
New York, US (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres has hailed the first Black President of post-Apartheid South [...] Full text...

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South Africa's President Ramaphosa salutes fallen liberation hero Jessie Duarte

17 july 2022 - 12:05:42
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday visited the Johannesburg home of liberation hero Jessie Duarte, [...] Full text...

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Mandela's famous boxing belt is stolen

13 july 2022 - 10:31:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police have confirmed that a valuable boxing belt owned by former South African President [...] Full text...

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High profile US delegation to visit South Africa, Angola, Gabon

30 april 2022 - 05:58:13
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A high profile US delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel [...] Full text...

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African leaders bid farewell to Kenya's third President Kibaki

29 april 2022 - 16:56:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African leaders, both serving and retired, congregated at the Nyayo Stadium here on a chilly Friday [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African activist Rhoda Kadalie dies

17 april 2022 - 08:47:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Prominent South African human rights activist Rhoda Kadalie died in Los Angeles, United States, [...] Full text...

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President Ramaphosa defends Pretoria's UN abstention in Russian invasion vote

07 march 2022 - 11:45:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday defended South Africa's decision to abstain on the UN [...] Full text...

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Gambia to play Afcon preliminary game in Morocco due to stadium ban by CAF

21 february 2022 - 17:21:12
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) has confirmed that Gambia’s AFCON preliminary game against Chad scheduled for 29 [...] Full text...

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CAF bans 23 stadiums from hosting international matches

20 february 2022 - 15:30:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has banned 23 stadiums across the continent "for not meeting [...] Full text...

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Mauritius celebrates 187th anniversary of Abolition of Slavery

01 february 2022 - 08:25:45
Pointe Canon, Mauritius  (PANA) -  Mauritius commemorated the 187th anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery on Tuesday, 1 February, by [...] Full text...

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Mandela's grandson admits abusing women

27 january 2022 - 11:20:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Nelson Mandela's grandson has sparked an outcry by admitting to abusing his [...] Full text...

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South African-born billionaire launches major vaccine plant

19 january 2022 - 12:06:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African-born pharmaceutical billionaire on Wednesday launched a plant that will produce one [...] Full text...

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Pretoria secures Mandela's prison door key

07 january 2022 - 07:18:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has secured the release of former President Nelson Mandela’s Robben Island prison [...] Full text...

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South Africa: World leaders salute Archbishop Tutu

27 december 2021 - 09:58:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – World leaders, clerics and celebrities have saluted Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu who died peacefully [...] 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 Africa: Strong security ahead of De Klerk's memorial service

11 december 2021 - 07:47:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - There are concerns that former President F.W. De Klerk’s memorial in Cape Town on [...] Full text...

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South Africa moves to extradite high-profile Gupta brothers

10 december 2021 - 07:15:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An international campaign has been launched in South Africa to extradite a fugitive Indian [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa begins mourning period for FW De Klerk

17 november 2021 - 13:12:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Wednesday began a national period of mourning for former President FW [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari mourns South Africa's last apartheid President, Frederik de Klerk

11 november 2021 - 19:01:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday described the death of South Africa's last apartheid president, Mr. Frederik Willem [...] Full text...

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South Africa: FW De Klerk releases a message "from the grave"

11 november 2021 - 16:45:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a video message, released hours after his death, former President FW De Klerk, [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: Former South African President de Klerk passes away, aged 85

11 november 2021 - 11:15:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African President FW de Klerk, known for releasing anti-apartheid icon and former [...] Full text...

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Legendary South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu turns 90

07 october 2021 - 11:31:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The legendary South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is celebrating his 90th birthday in Cape [...] Full text...

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South Africa's first black rugby captain shares his incredible story

05 october 2021 - 12:58:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There is major interest in the rugby hero Siya Kolisi’s official biography which unpacks [...] Full text...

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Africa's highest bar opens its doors in South Africa

13 september 2021 - 12:35:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The highest urban bar in Africa has opened for business. The Alto234 bar is located [...] Full text...

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AfDB Chief calls for transformational leadership in Africa

30 august 2021 - 19:45:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, has called for bolder measures to grow the [...] Full text...

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COSAFA Qualifiers: Sundowns, Black Rhinos secure semifinal spots

29 august 2021 - 19:23:38
Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns and Zimbabwe’s Black Rhinos Queens are the first two [...] Full text...

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South African activist who led Soweto Riots dead at 67

13 august 2021 - 15:40:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A student activist that helped spark a riot that led to revolution that resulted [...] 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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US State Department hosts virtual Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit

03 august 2021 - 05:22:28
Washington, DC (US) - The U.S. Department of State is hosting the virtual Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit on 3-4 August.   A statement [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma's daughter slams Naomi Campbell

02 august 2021 - 13:17:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Jabu Zuma, has slammed British super model Naomi Campbell for penning an open letter [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Super model Naomi Campbell takes aim at former president Zuma

31 july 2021 - 13:17:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – British super model Naomi Campbell has penned an open letter to former President Jacob [...] Full text...

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Nelson Mandela: ‘Synonymous with the fight for justice and equality’

21 july 2021 - 18:54:13
New York, US (PANA) - Celebrating what would have been Nelson Mandela’s 102nd  birthday on Wednesday, the UN deputy chief hailed the [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa says deadly riots have helped unite South Africa

19 july 2021 - 15:17:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday saluted South Africans for uniting in the wake of [...] Full text...

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Let's celebrate Mandela, a legacy of humility and service - UN Chief

18 july 2021 - 06:34:20
New York, US (PANA) - As societies are becoming more polarized with hate speech on the rise, Nelson Mandela’s calls [...] Full text...

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Call for ‘dignity, equality, justice and human rights’ rings out on Mandela Int'l Day

18 july 2021 - 06:20:20
New York, US (PANA) - Nelson Mandela International Day is an opportunity to reflect on the life and legacy of [...] Full text...

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Prison population surge triggers overcrowding, COVID casualties - UN study

17 july 2021 - 07:07:38
New York, US (PANA) - One in three prisoners around the world is being held without having stood trial or been found guilty by any court, according to a [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa visits scene of violent protests in South Africa

16 july 2021 - 13:32:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday visited the scene of Durban’s violent protests [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Violent pro-Zuma protests spread

10 july 2021 - 10:23:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Violent protests are spreading in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province with supporters of former President [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Violent protests over Zuma's arrest

09 july 2021 - 13:18:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Tensions are running high in South Africa’s  KwaZulu-Natal province two days after the arrest [...] Full text...

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Athens hosts conference in Athens in honor of Nelson Mandela

09 july 2021 - 08:12:55
Athens, Greece (PANA) - An international conference was organised on Thursday in the Greek capital, Athens, in honor of Nelson [...] Full text...

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South Africa's former President Zuma in jail after dramatic stand-off

08 july 2021 - 07:44:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following a night of high drama, former President Jacob Zuma is back behind bars. Nearly [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma pleads not guilty at major graft trial

26 may 2021 - 12:30:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Almost 20 years after former President Jacob Zuma was linked to a corrupt multi-million [...] Full text...

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South Africa condemns Israeli attack on civilians in Gaza

15 may 2021 - 12:00:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  The South African government on Saturday condemned Israel's "unjust attacks on civilians in Gaza [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African-born billionaire pledges to provide vaccine

13 may 2021 - 11:41:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African-born pharmaceutical billionaire has committed US$255 million to help the country produce [...] Full text...

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South Africa's first black rugby captain to release autobiography

06 may 2021 - 08:39:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Siya Kolisi, the first black captain of South Africa’s national rugby team, has confirmed [...] Full text...

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France honours leading South African advocate

20 april 2021 - 18:45:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has been awarded the Chevalier de la [...] Full text...

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Apartheid-era assassin's parole appeal rejected

16 april 2021 - 09:31:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The man who nearly plunged South Africa into a full-blown race war ahead of [...] Full text...

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South African woman urges President Ramaphosa to intervene in her rape case

12 april 2021 - 12:10:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  A woman who claims that she was raped by South African Football Association boss [...] Full text...

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Former South African President FW De Klerk diagnosed with cancer

19 march 2021 - 10:37:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's former President FW de Klerk on Friday announced that he is undergoing [...] Full text...

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Countries gear-up to kick all forms of polio out of Africa, once and for all

15 march 2021 - 09:49:21
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – To rapidly and sustainably stop outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in African countries, a [...] Full text...

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Niger's former President Issoufou scoops top African democracy prize

08 march 2021 - 13:16:40
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  – Former Niger President Mohamadou Issoufou, who championed Africa's cause for a continental free trade area, has [...] Full text...

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Conakry's Horoya gets its first season victory

18 february 2021 - 15:35:47
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) -  Horoya Athlétic Club waited until the end of the 7th day of the Guinean League 1 [...] Full text...

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South African advocate appointed to African Court Bench

11 february 2021 - 13:29:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza has been appointed as a judge of the [...] Full text...

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France to confer top award on South African advocate

05 february 2021 - 13:30:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African advocate Thuli Madonsela who helped draft the final Constitution, which was [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's foundation rocked by graft scandal

20 january 2021 - 20:45:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Nelson Mandela Foundation Wednesday confirmed that it was investigating allegations against its own [...] Full text...

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South African golfing legend Gary Player under fire for receiving award from Trump

08 january 2021 - 06:41:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African golfing legend Gary Player has come under fire for receiving the Medal [...] Full text...

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Former Zambian president Kaunda receives Mahatma Gandhi memento

11 december 2020 - 09:10:13
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia’s First Republican President Kenneth Kaunda has received a memento from Gandhi Smriti, a museum, where [...] Full text...

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UN/AU partnership has yielded 'significant results': UN chief

05 december 2020 - 07:44:04
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations-African Union (AU) partnership has yielded “significant results”, including at the country level, [...] Full text...

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South Africa presides over United Nations Security Council

01 december 2020 - 12:33:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday assumed the rotating monthly presidency of the United Nations Security [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's foundation takes aim at Trump

09 november 2020 - 12:43:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation on Monday acknowledged Joe Biden’s election victory and celebrated the end [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's famous home faces closure

04 november 2020 - 18:03:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A small, single storey house in a dusty street in Soweto which is probably [...] Full text...

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Kenya face Zambia in football friendly

09 october 2020 - 07:00:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan national football team captain Victor Wanyama is one of two foreign-based players locked out of [...] Full text...

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South African family barred from burying corpse near Mandela's grave

08 october 2020 - 11:29:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla has secured a court order barring a burial [...] Full text...

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Kenya coach Kimanzi recalls 34 players for Zambia friendly

30 september 2020 - 17:04:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya coach, Francis Kimanzi, has called up 34 players to camp to start preparations for next [...] Full text...

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President Issoufou receives ‘’2020 presidential leadership prize’’

23 september 2020 - 20:44:04
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The "2020 presidential leadership prize" was awarded Tuesday to Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou on the occasion [...] Full text...

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South Africa's top court hears hate speech case

22 september 2020 - 14:25:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday heard arguments in the hate speech case against prominent [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African scientist warns early coronavirus vaccines may lose potency

17 september 2020 - 22:29:41
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A South African scientist, studying the genetic charectaristics of the new coronavirus disease, has warned [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South African virus outbreak spread from supermarket, stadium in January

17 september 2020 - 18:47:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Research into the type of the coronavirus pandemic spreading across South Africa has traced an [...] Full text...

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Mandela's lawyer dead at 92

10 september 2020 - 05:41:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are flooding in from around the world for acclaimed South African human rights [...] 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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Mandela’s foundation slams Trump's disparaging remarks about Mandela

08 september 2020 - 10:41:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation on Tuesday slammed disparaging remarks allegedly made by United States [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa salutes Mandela Foundation head

07 september 2020 - 12:31:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South  African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday described the death of acclaimed author and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 2 West African Science and Tech institutions driving local solutions to COVID-19 pandemic

04 september 2020 - 16:03:19
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Bank-funded institutes in Nigeria and Burkina Faso are domestically producing much-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) [...] Full text...

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South African rugby player to represent global sports brand

02 september 2020 - 13:54:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s hugely popular rugby captain Siya Kolisi has been selected as an official [...] 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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Mandela's personal physician dead at 62

28 august 2020 - 05:05:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Dr Vejay Ramlakan, Nelson Mandela's personal physician and South Africa’s former military surgeon-general on, [...] Full text...

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Africa declared wild polio-free after four years without a case

25 august 2020 - 18:03:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Africa Regional Certification Commission on Tuesday certified the WHO African Region as wild polio-free after [...] 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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Simba SC win Tanzania Football Federation Cup

02 august 2020 - 18:39:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (PANA) – Newly crowned Tanzanian football champions, Simba SC, on Sunday added another trophy to their [...] 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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Kenya orders three-day national mourning for illustrious Tanzanian statesman

24 july 2020 - 22:41:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, has ordered a three-day national mourning for the late former Tanzanian President, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Lawyer in hot water over Zindzi Mandela tweet

24 july 2020 - 12:45:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Johannesburg lawyer is being investigated by the Legal Practice Council (LPC) over an [...] 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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New social contract needed to combat ‘inequality pandemic’: Guterres

21 july 2020 - 05:31:05
New York, US (PANA) - As the coronavirus outbreak continues to rage around the world, the UN chief, at a UN [...] Full text...

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UN Secretary-General blames apartheid era policies for economic inequality in South Africa

18 july 2020 - 19:00:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday blamed the apartheid-era policies for the economic [...] Full text...

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UN Chief to deliver Mandela Day lecture

18 july 2020 - 06:37:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – This year's Mandela Day lecture will be delivered by United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres [...] Full text...

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Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

17 july 2020 - 18:50:40
New York, US (PANA) - The 2020 Nelson Mandela Prize, which is awarded every five years and recognises those who [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's youngest daughter dead at 59

13 july 2020 - 10:32:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Nelson Mandela, died at a [...] 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 commemorates historic Soweto riots

16 june 2020 - 10:34:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday commemorated the 44th anniversary of the Soweto Riots which sparked [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African legend wins lawsuit against own son

13 june 2020 - 14:19:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African golfing legend Gary Player Saturday won a US$5-million lawsuit against his own [...] Full text...

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South Africa reflects on historic 2010 World Cup

11 june 2020 - 11:59:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Thursday commemorated the 10th anniversary of the start of the FIFA [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa launches "Black Friday" campaign

07 june 2020 - 13:49:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has launched an anti-racism campaign, dubbed “Black Friday”, in [...] Full text...

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Magistrates Court in Zimbabwe upholds hostile takeover of opposition building by rival faction

05 june 2020 - 20:50:10
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) -T faction leader, Thokozani Khupe, Friday scored another victory against [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: United States pledges commitment to strengthen The Gambia’s COVID-19 response

28 may 2020 - 15:25:02
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The United States  has pledged its  commitment to support The Gambia’s efforts to combat COVID-19 and keep [...] Full text...

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AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, maintains innocence, claims there are attempts to tarnish his reputation

27 may 2020 - 18:25:37
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, on Wednesday claimed that in [...] 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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South African liberation hero Dennis Goldberg dead at 87

30 april 2020 - 10:39:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Liberation hero Dennis Goldberg died at his Cape Town home after a long illness [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Cuban medical officials arrive in South Africa to help fight pandemic

27 april 2020 - 05:32:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  More than 200 Cuban health professionals arrived in South Africa on Sunday night to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Major coronavirus outbreak at South African prison

14 april 2020 - 17:21:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The number of prisoners that have tested positive for Covid-19 has risen by 49 [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's foundation salutes Apartheid-era general

04 april 2020 - 13:12:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Nelson Mandela Foundation have paid tribute to an Apartheid-era [...] Full text...

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Urgent action needed to prevent COVID-19 “rampaging through places of detention” – Bachelet

25 march 2020 - 18:56:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on governments to take urgent action [...] Full text...

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South African billionaire dead at 84

22 march 2020 - 10:59:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African tycoon, Sol Kerzner, who developed some of the world’s most spectacular hotels, [...] Full text...

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South Africa commemorates Apartheid-era massacre

21 march 2020 - 12:16:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans on Saturday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre [...] Full text...

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Former South African president De Klerk accused of 'hate speech' comments

17 march 2020 - 12:56:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has accused former President FW de Klerk for [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Apartheid-era assassin denied parole

16 march 2020 - 14:36:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The man responsible for nearly sparking a full-blown race war ahead of South Africa’s [...] Full text...

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South Africa Apartheid-era minister to sue over damning book

09 march 2020 - 16:40:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Former South African Finance minister Barend du Plessis on Monday confirmed that he will [...] Full text...

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South African opposition leader accuses former president De Klerk of 1993 Eastern Cape murders

06 march 2020 - 09:36:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mzwanele Nyhontso, the leader of the opposition Pan African Congress, has accused former President [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mbeki clarifies UN stand on Apartheid

27 february 2020 - 19:32:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Thabo Mbeki has rubbed salt in the wounds of South Africa’s last [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Former Mandela Foundation CEO dead at 60

25 february 2020 - 14:05:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation on Tuesday confirmed the death of veteran South African anti-apartheid [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa condemns De Klerk over apartheid comments

20 february 2020 - 14:55:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday took aim at former President FW De [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Calls for De Klerk to be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize

18 february 2020 - 15:04:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Despite former President FW De Klerk issuing a formal apology for the statements he [...] Full text...

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South Africa: De Klerk apologises for Apartheid comments

17 february 2020 - 14:16:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President FW de Klerk on Monday officially withdrew his statement that [...] Full text...

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Large protest planned against former South African president De Klerk for Apartheid statements

17 february 2020 - 11:02:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A large protest march is being planned for Wednesday in Cape Town against former [...] Full text...

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