South African football legend Stanley Tshabalala dies
12 july 2024 - 10:56:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African football coach Stanley Tshabalala has died, three months after being shot [...] Full text...
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African football coach Stanley Tshabalala has died, three months after being shot [...] Full text...
Surge in kidnapping for ransom cases reported in South Africa
03 july 2024 - 09:17:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – At least 20 Portuguese butchery owners and staff have been kidnapped in South Africa’s [...] Full text...
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Legendary South African boxer Dingaan Thobelas dies
30 april 2024 - 13:43:58Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African boxer Dingaan Thobela died on Monday night after a short illness. [...] Full text...
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Six detained for murder of South African football star
10 april 2024 - 09:54:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Six people have been arrested in connection with last week’s murder and hijacking of [...] Full text...
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South African football star Luke Fleurs shot dead
04 april 2024 - 08:07:32Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Kaizer Chiefs football star Luke Fleurs was shot dead in a hijacking on the [...] Full text...
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Legendary South African photographer Peter Magubane dies
02 january 2024 - 07:51:15Cape 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 football administrator lands top CAF position
08 december 2023 - 08:15:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African football personality Kaizer Motaung has praised his daughter Jessica who was [...] Full text...
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Pretoria hails South Africa's rugby world champions
02 november 2023 - 09:28:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Rugby World Cup champions, the Springboks, on Thursday began a four-day nationwide [...] Full text...
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Man jailed for stealing Mandela's prized boxing belt
26 october 2023 - 09:02:06Cape 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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2024 Women's Olympic qualifiers: Ethiopia vs Nigeria; South Africa vs DR Congo end in stalemate
26 october 2023 - 06:46:16Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nigeria were held to a 1-1 draw by Ethiopia while the tie between South Africa and [...] Full text...
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Mandela’s granddaughter dead at 43
26 september 2023 - 08:08:01Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zoleka Mandela, the granddaughter of liberation heroes Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela, died [...] Full text...
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Friendlies: Algeria stun Senegal in Dakar, friendlies round-up
14 september 2023 - 14:29:59Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Algeria's victory over African champions, Senegal, is the highlight of friendlies as national teams were in [...] Full text...
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Bafana Bafana defeat DRC in Football friendly
13 september 2023 - 06:26:48Soweto, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa secured a 1-0 win over the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in an [...] Full text...
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2023-24 CAF Champions League: Second-leg hosts set to reverse upsets in return fixtures
25 august 2023 - 08:22:26Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - After a highly entertaining first-leg first-round matches of the 2023-24 CAF Champions League, host teams are [...] Full text...
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South Africa's opposition party to lay hate speech charges against firebrand Malema at the UN
01 august 2023 - 10:45:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official South African opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has confirmed that it will file [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Orlando Pirates urged not to play in Israel
07 july 2023 - 16:12:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Coalition (BDS) on Friday urged leading South African team Orlando [...] Full text...
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2023 AFCON Qualifiers: Morocco coach Regragui takes lessons from South Africa loss
18 june 2023 - 10:28:54Soweto, South Africa (PANA) - Morocco coach, Walid Regragui, says there were good lessons to take from his team's loss [...] Full text...
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2023 AFCON Qualifiers: Coach Broos impressed with South Africa after win over Morocco
18 june 2023 - 09:50:34Soweto, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Coach, Hugo Broos, was a very happy man on Saturday after his side’s [...] Full text...
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2023 AFCON qualifiers: South Africa to learn from CAF Champions League experience ahead of Morocco clash
14 june 2023 - 06:20:09Soweto, South Africa (PANA) - South African captain and goalkeeper, Ronwen Williams, says his Mamelodi Sundowns teammates in the Bafana [...] Full text...
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FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy Tour inspires young women’s footballers in Africa
30 march 2023 - 08:27:29Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy has completed its tour of the four African countries that [...] Full text...
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2023 AFCON qualifier: South African coach hails historic win
29 march 2023 - 12:13:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Head coach Hugo Broos has saluted South Africa’s national football team after they beat [...] Full text...
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South African comedian wins top international award
17 march 2023 - 12:40:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded leading South African comedian Trevor Noah the 2023 [...] Full text...
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South African jazz legend Gloria Bosman dies
15 march 2023 - 09:46:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring is for legendary South African jazz singer Gloria Bosman who died [...] Full text...
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FIFA salutes South African footballer's wonder goal
02 november 2022 - 09:51:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – FIFA on Wednesday recognised South African football star Yusuf Maart as a potential Puskas [...] Full text...
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South Africa pledges to continue respecting media freedom
20 october 2022 - 10:54:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government says it remains committed to press freedom – an integral [...] Full text...
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Top South African team fined for pitch invasion
12 september 2022 - 12:45:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Premier Soccer League (PSL) Disciplinary Committee has fined Kaizer Chiefs for the [...] Full text...
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South African football giants in hot water over pitch invasion
06 september 2022 - 11:36:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Soweto football giants Kaizer Chiefs are in trouble with the South African Premier Soccer [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Supreme Court retreats to deliver judgement on presidential election
03 september 2022 - 08:27:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's top court on Friday finalised hearing a case challenging the election of Deputy President William [...] Full text...
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Mandela's famous boxing belt is stolen
13 july 2022 - 10:31:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police have confirmed that a valuable boxing belt owned by former South African President [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Diplomatic row over Soweto mass shooting
11 july 2022 - 16:20:01Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A diplomatic row has broken out after Qatar's Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a statement [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa recovers to pre-pandemic levels, but food inflation rises
08 july 2022 - 07:25:01Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The COVID-19 crisis in South Africa seems to be subsiding but its effects hit household [...] Full text...
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South Africa commemorates 46th anniversary of Soweto Riots
16 june 2022 - 15:54:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday called on South Africa’s youth to rally together as [...] Full text...
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South African coach leaves Al Ahly
14 june 2022 - 11:58:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African football coach Pitso Mosimane is expected to return home this week [...] Full text...
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FIFA World Cup trophy returns to South Africa
30 may 2022 - 13:39:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Thousands of South Africans have been given the opportunity to witness the FIFA World [...] Full text...
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Migrants in South Africa live ‘in constant fear’ after deadly attacks, says Amnesty International
14 april 2022 - 06:08:18Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Human Rights group, Amnesty International, has urged the South African authorities "to do more" to [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Outrage over murder of prominent doctor
28 march 2022 - 16:27:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s National Healthcare Professionals Association (NHCPA) on Monday condemned the murder of a [...] Full text...
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Suspect arrested in South Africa for alleged murder of ex-football star
17 february 2022 - 13:04:02Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of top former football [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Archbishop Desmond Tutu's funeral to be held Saturday
28 december 2021 - 08:42:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Cathedral bells around South Africa are ringing in recognition of anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond [...] Full text...
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South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu dies
26 december 2021 - 08:34:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu died peacefully at his Cape Town home on [...] Full text...
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2022 FIFA WC Qualifier: South Africa head coach laments stadium switch
11 november 2021 - 08:39:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s head coach Hugo Broos has expressed his unhappiness with world football body [...] Full text...
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Trial date set for suspects in killing of South African national goalkeeper
25 october 2021 - 13:18:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Pretoria High Court on Monday announced that the trial of five men accused [...] Full text...
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Africa's highest bar opens its doors in South Africa
13 september 2021 - 12:35:23Cape 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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South African activist who led Soweto Riots dead at 67
13 august 2021 - 15:40:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A student activist that helped spark a riot that led to revolution that resulted [...] Full text...
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Soldiers deployed to assist with South African riots
13 july 2021 - 14:19:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Tuesday said 10 people have been killed during stampedes [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa reflects on the protest that sparked revolution
16 june 2021 - 18:45:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said South African youths are currently facing more challenges [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Star striker tests positive for COVID-19
07 june 2021 - 16:26:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa will be without star forward Percy Tau for Thursday's international friendly against [...] Full text...
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2020/21 CAF Champions League: Giants Zamalek eliminated despite scoring four goals in 25 minutes
11 april 2021 - 13:19:52Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - African giants Zamalek of Egypt failed to reach the Total CAF Champions League quarter-finals on Saturday, [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON Qualifier: South Africa gears up for crucial match
23 march 2021 - 12:36:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has named a strong squad to face Ghana in a crucial 2021 [...] Full text...
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Leading South African football administrator passes on at 82
19 january 2021 - 15:09:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Controversial South African football administrator Abdul Bhamjee has died in Durban after a short [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela's famous home faces closure
04 november 2020 - 18:03:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A small, single storey house in a dusty street in Soweto which is probably [...] Full text...
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Five arrested for murder of South Africa's national goalkeeper
26 october 2020 - 13:30:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police Minister Bheki Cele on Monday announced that five people have been arrested in [...] Full text...
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South Africa Police record breakthrough in murder of national goalie
20 october 2020 - 15:08:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa Police have made a dramatic breakthrough in investigations into the murder of [...] Full text...
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Football: Nedbank Cup title completes historical treble for Mamelodi Sundowns
14 september 2020 - 18:56:59Soweto, South Africa (PANA) - The curtains officially came down on the 2019/20 season of South African football, with Mamelodi [...] Full text...
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Football: Sundowns edge Amakhosi in thrilling South African crucial decider
28 august 2020 - 14:20:43Soweto, South Africa (PANA) - Mamelodi Sundowns have given themselves a big hope of winning a third South African league [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mbeki salutes fallen liberation hero
29 july 2020 - 18:53:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, on Wednesday paid tribute to the Soweto funeral [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Lawyer in hot water over Zindzi Mandela tweet
24 july 2020 - 12:45:39Cape 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: Mandela's youngest daughter dead at 59
13 july 2020 - 10:32:20Cape 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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South Africa commemorates historic Soweto riots
16 june 2020 - 10:34:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday commemorated the 44th anniversary of the Soweto Riots which sparked [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: South Africa President Ramaphosa visits new Covid-19 field hospital
05 june 2020 - 13:56:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday visited a new 850-bed field hospital in the Cape [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Top South African sportsmen test positive for coronavirus
07 may 2020 - 15:59:32Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Two leading South African sportsmen on Thursday confirmed that they have tested positive for [...] Full text...
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South African football legend passes on at 81
06 may 2020 - 16:09:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in for South African football legend Sugar Ray Xulu who has [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa's World Cup final stadium earmarked as giant Covid-19 hospital
22 april 2020 - 16:00:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The venue of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final has been earmarked as an [...] Full text...
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South Africa commemorates Mandela’s historic release
11 february 2020 - 09:30:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the day Nelson Mandela was [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Trial hears how anti-Apartheid activist was brutally tortured
10 february 2020 - 15:47:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Anti-Apartheid activist Keith Coleman on Monday testified how his “broken” friend Dr Neil Aggett [...] Full text...
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South Africa: New inquest into death of anti-apartheid activist begins
20 january 2020 - 14:23:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The credibility of the apartheid-era judicial system came under the spotlight at the start [...] Full text...
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South Africa liberation hero Joe Slovo honoured
06 january 2020 - 12:21:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African liberation hero Joe Slovo was saluted at a function on Monday, 25 [...] Full text...
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South Africa's Springbok rugby captain visits Anfield
28 november 2019 - 11:06:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Rugby World Cup winning captain Siya Kolisi on Wednesday night fulfilled a [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tutu meets Springbok rugby heroes
11 november 2019 - 13:10:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Hundreds of thousands of people on Monday took to the streets of Cape Town [...] Full text...
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Huge crowds salute South Africa's rugby world champions
07 november 2019 - 11:34:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tens of thousands of jubilant South Africans have lined the streets of Pretoria, Johannesburg [...] Full text...
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South Africa's top prosecutor to probe football star's murder
05 november 2019 - 13:40:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African lobby group AfriForum on Tuesday announced that it has appointed Advocate Gerrie [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa salutes South Africa's rugby heroes
04 november 2019 - 14:42:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said the sight of Springbok captain Siyamthanda Kolisi lifting [...] Full text...
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South Africa: NPA addresses top goalkeeper's murder
26 october 2019 - 18:20:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority is yet to arrest suspects who killed former Orlando [...] Full text...
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Remains of liberation hero reburied in South Africa
30 september 2019 - 17:44:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The body of liberation hero, Patrick Mvundla, has been reburied in Soweto 31 years after [...] Full text...
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South African Gov't slammed for failing to address stadium tragedy
30 july 2019 - 12:42:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday slammed government’s failure to properly investigate [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela’s daughter rebuked over inflammatory tweets
21 june 2019 - 12:18:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark, Zindzi Mandela, has been reprimanded by International Relations and [...] Full text...
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Mandela's daughter in trouble over tweets
17 june 2019 - 13:40:31Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi has landed in hot water for issuing a series [...] 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 - 10:26:14Cape 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 - 09:50:17Cape 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 beefs up security for Sheeran's Soweto concert
22 march 2019 - 15:34:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Organisers of Saturday’s Ed Sheeran concert in Soweto have assured spectators that the security [...] Full text...
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Pro-Apartheid terrorist seeks prison love child
28 february 2019 - 13:07:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African woman, married to a man who is serving a lengthy jail [...] Full text...
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South Africa continues to grapple with post-apartheid education
09 february 2019 - 08:44:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nearly 42 years ago, South Africa was in the international spotlight for all the [...] Full text...
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End of career for young South African football star
01 february 2019 - 13:25:02Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The career of one of South Africa’s most talented young football players has ended [...] Full text...
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English Football club Leeds United salutes another South African legend (By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
20 january 2019 - 09:00:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A week after the death of South African football legend Phil Masinga, his old [...] Full text...
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CAF mourns South Africa football legend Masinga
14 january 2019 - 06:03:09Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Africa's football governing body has eulogised former South African football hero, Phil Masinga, who passed away [...] Full text...
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South African football legend Phil Masinga dead at 49
13 january 2019 - 12:49:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa is mourning the death of local football legend Phil "Chippa" Masinga [...] Full text...
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South Africa's leading rapper charged with murder
10 january 2019 - 16:17:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African rapper Pitch Black Afro on Thursday appeared in a Johannesburg court [...] Full text...
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Mandela hailed at inaugural Global Citizen Festival
02 december 2018 - 19:40:13Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – For a few glorious hours, Soweto was the centre of the universe on Sunday as [...] Full text...
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Oprah Winfrey reflects on Mandela's legacy
29 november 2018 - 18:31:36Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Global icon Oprah Winfrey on Thursday reflected on her extraordinary friendship with Nelson Mandela [...] Full text...
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Soweto rocked by xenophobic violence
30 august 2018 - 09:05:02Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday condemned an outbreak of xenophobic violence in [...] Full text...
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South African comedian apologises for racial jibe
24 july 2018 - 05:25:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African comedian Trevor Noah has apologised for a racial jive after he [...] Full text...
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Top musicians confirmed for Mandela concert
09 july 2018 - 17:34:58Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – International advocacy organisation, Global Citizen, on Monday confirmed that musical giants Beyonce and Jay-Z [...] Full text...
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Rugby legend leaves his mark in Soweto
07 july 2018 - 06:24:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African rugby giant Joost van der Westhuizen has left his mark in [...] Full text...
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US Rock giants to perform in Soweto
06 june 2018 - 14:24:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Rock giants Guns N’ Roses have confirmed that they will perform one concert at [...] Full text...
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FC Barcelona arrives in Johannesburg for Mamelodi Sundowns match
16 may 2018 - 09:42:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Thousands of people on Wednesday welcomed Spanish football giants, FC Barcelona, which arrived in [...] Full text...
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South Africa's famous Apartheid-era photographer dead at 83
13 may 2018 - 08:20:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Acclaimed South African photographer Sam Nzima who took the iconic image of a dying [...] Full text...
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Malawi football legend Chamangwana dies
09 may 2018 - 15:04:05Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Former Malawi football coach and captain, Jack Chamangwana, died in the commercial capital Blantyre on Sunday. Chamangwana, [...] Full text...
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Thousands bid farewell to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
14 april 2018 - 12:33:32Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Thousands of mourners on Saturday joined President Cyril Ramaphosa, several other African heads of [...] Full text...
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Winnie Mandela left an ‘indelible mark on the history of the 20th century,’ says UN chief
14 april 2018 - 06:26:10New York, US (PANA) - "‘Mama Winnie’ – as she was affectionately known – was a towering figure in the [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa visits Madikizela-Mandela's Soweto home
02 april 2018 - 19:23:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday visited the Soweto home of liberation [...] Full text...
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South Africa’s Winnie Madikizela-Mandela passes on
02 april 2018 - 15:04:17Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, veteran of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) and ex-wife of former [...] Full text...
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FIFA World Cup trophy heads back to South Africa
28 february 2018 - 14:48:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Eight years after South Africa hosted the FIFA World Cup, the most famous trophy [...] Full text...
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South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela dead at 78
23 january 2018 - 08:50:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African musician Hugh Masekela died in the early hours of Tuesday morning [...] Full text...
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South Africa musician dead at 47
26 december 2017 - 07:06:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in for top South African musician Robbie Malinga who died in [...] Full text...
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Kenyatta swears oath for second term, violent clashes rock capital
28 november 2017 - 15:04:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two people, a teenager and an infant, were shot dead in Nairobi, when security personnel [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Supreme Court to begin full hearing of presidential election petition
15 november 2017 - 07:21:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Supreme Court in Kenya is set on Wednesday to begin the full hearing a [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Supreme Court hears arguments in new bid to nullify presidential petition
14 november 2017 - 17:54:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya's Supreme Court on Tuesday kicked off a marathon hearing of applications seeking to nullify the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Jazz giant battles prostrate cancer
09 october 2017 - 15:56:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African jazz legend, Hugh Masekela, has called for privacy after confirming that he [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma narrowly survives secret 'no confidence' vote in South African parliament
08 august 2017 - 17:37:12Cape 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: Probe into possible fake ticket sales after football stampede
30 july 2017 - 16:51:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An investigation is underway into Saturday’s tragedy at the Carling Black Label Champion Cup [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Zambian President declares state of emergency
05 july 2017 - 19:49:55Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has declared a state of emergency by invoking Article 31 of the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Supersport humble Pirates to retain South African FA Cup
26 june 2017 - 07:42:07Durban, South Africa (PANA) - Orlando Pirates’ hopes of participating in next year's CAF Confederation Cup were crushed by Supersport [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Bill Gates salutes South African comedian
24 may 2017 - 09:16:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Billionaire Bill Gates has saluted South Africa’s top television personality Trevor Noah’s biographical book [...] Full text...
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South Africa: SA church group issues damning report on Zuma's administration
18 may 2017 - 14:37:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Council of Churches (SACC) on Thursday delivered a further blow to [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Award winning comedian salutes Trump and his mother
08 may 2017 - 11:38:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s leading television personality Trevor Noah has saluted his Soweto-born mother and US [...] Full text...
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South Africa: SA opposition parties unite for major anti-Zuma march
12 april 2017 - 16:58:22Cape 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: Manager of popular Soweto restaurant shot dead
30 january 2017 - 11:36:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police have confirmed that the manager of a popular restaurant in South Africa’s most [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma calls for unity in ruling ANC
08 january 2017 - 14:19:36Cape 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: ANC women endorse Dlamini-Zuma as party's next leader
08 january 2017 - 07:19:43Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Outgoing African Union chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been endorsed by as the next leader [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa's ruling ANC gears for 105th birthday celebrations
07 january 2017 - 07:05:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) is gearing for Sunday’s Soweto rally to [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Disgraced rapper released from prison
05 january 2017 - 09:37:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Jailed South African rapper Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye was released on parole on Thursday, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: ANC chief executive concedes graft is rife in South Africa's ruling party
03 january 2017 - 17:32:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Gwede Mantashe on Tuesday conceded that corruption within [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African talk show host to interview Obama
11 december 2016 - 08:57:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Popular South African television presenter Trevor Noah will interview President Barack Obama on Monday. [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela turns 80
26 september 2016 - 10:46:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela turned 80 on Monday with President Jacob Zuma saluting her. [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Kwaito musical legend laid to rest
23 september 2016 - 15:25:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Hundreds of mourners on Friday paid their last respects to kwaito musician Mduduzi [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tributes flood in for fallen kwaito star
19 september 2016 - 09:11:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are flooding in for legendary South African musician Mandoza who died on Sunday [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africans vote in hotly-contested local govt. elections
03 august 2016 - 15:11:55Cape 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: Global giants salute Nelson Mandela
18 july 2016 - 17:33:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday saluted world statesman Nelson Mandela whose [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa rocked by another race row
17 june 2016 - 13:32:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just one day after South Africa marked the 40th anniversary of the June 16, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africans commemorate 1976 Soweto riots
16 june 2016 - 18:41:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africans on Thursday marked the 40th anniversary of Soweto riots, a 1976 black [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Civic society calls for amendment to child laws in Botswana
16 june 2016 - 15:04:36Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s human rights organisation, DITSHWANELO, has challenged government to review children’s laws. Alice Mogwe, director at DITSHWANELO, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma labelled "criminal" in Parliament
04 may 2016 - 15:44:56Cape 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 - 12:38:32Cape 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: South Africans commemorate Ellis Park stadium disaster
11 april 2016 - 17:39:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Monday marked the 15th anniversary of the Ellis Park Stadium disaster, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma moves to mend fences with Nigeria
09 march 2016 - 07:47:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s testy relationship with Nigeria has come into sharp focus with President Jacob [...] Full text...
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South Africa: SA comedian secures US$3 million book deal
29 january 2016 - 08:57:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Soweto-born comedian Trevor Noah has confirmed that he will publish a book about growing [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Apartheid-era golf tournament strikes gold in South Africa (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
12 december 2015 - 06:06:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - During the darkest days of isolation, when the United Nations had labelled Apartheid a [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Is South Africa on the brink of a second revolution? Analysis by By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent
24 october 2015 - 12:57:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The irony of the student protests that swept across South Africa and saw police [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African DJ wins major international award
30 september 2015 - 14:15:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A day after Soweto-born comedian, Trevor Noah, made his debut as the new host [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Rave reviews after SA comedian debut as host of major US show
29 september 2015 - 07:58:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Tributes are pouring in from around the world for South African comedian Trevor Noah, [...] Full text...
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2015 CAF Confed Cup: Orlando Pirates host Al Ahly in semi
24 september 2015 - 11:34:42Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - South African club Orlando Pirates will host Egyptian giant and defending champion Al Ahly in the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Scores injured in Johannesburg train crash
18 july 2015 - 07:37:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A commuter train collision in Johannesburg on Friday night has left at least 326 [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Plans underway to open Mandela's gravesite to the public
13 july 2015 - 16:05:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former president Nelson Mandela’s gravesite at Qunu in South Africa's Eastern Cape will eventually [...] Full text...
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South Africa: On wedding anniversary, Tutu salutes wife of 60 years
02 july 2015 - 11:51:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s world renowned cleric Desmond Tutu has fallen head-over-heels in love – again. [...] Full text...
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South Africa: SA match officials appointed for key CAF fixture
23 june 2015 - 15:01:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Five South African match officials have been appointed to take charge of the 2015 [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: Young African girls share experiences on child marriage
16 june 2015 - 20:38:57Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Five young African activists have shared on the Twitter account of UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Official opposition expected to elect first black leader
08 may 2015 - 12:12:15Cape 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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Tanzania: UNHCR expresses concern at xenophobic violence in South Africa
17 april 2015 - 13:35:59Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Xenophobic attacks in South Africa over the last three weeks have killed six people [...] Full text...
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South Africa: SA comedian hits jackpot in USA (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, South Africa)
03 april 2015 - 05:36:49Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The announcement that South African comedian Trevor Noah will replace Jon Stewart as the new [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Is Cecil John Rhodes turning in his grave? (News analysis By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
21 march 2015 - 12:52:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Cecil John Rhodes must be turning in his grave. More than a century after [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tension high after another xenophobic attack
27 february 2015 - 14:03:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tension remains high in the Doornkop suburb of Soweto on Friday after a foreign [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Football legends in hospital after health scares
25 february 2015 - 09:44:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Two South African football legends are recovering in different hospitals following major health scares. [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Calm restored after outbreak of xenophobia
27 january 2015 - 15:25:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Calm has returned to Soweto and other townships around Johannesburg following several days of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa a nation “filled with hate” (By Craig Urquhart, PANA correspondent)
25 january 2015 - 09:16:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nearly 40 years ago, the youth of a sprawling township outside Johannesburg served notice [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Soweto tense following attacks on foreigners
23 january 2015 - 09:09:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tension remains high in Soweto following four days of looting in the sprawling township [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: How Toure emerged 2014 African Player of the Year
09 january 2015 - 11:52:41Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Coaches of national associations affiliated to African soccer's governing body, CAF, voted overwhelmingly to make Ivorian [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa's AFCON squad named
30 december 2014 - 16:28:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – National coach Shakes Mashaba on Tuesday named a 23-man squad that will represent South [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tutu's extraordinary feat recalled 30 years later (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, South Africa)
13 december 2014 - 09:48:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Thirty years ago this week, the international spotlight shifted to South Africa and an [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Water project changing face of slum life (News analysis by David Jagongo, PANA Correspondent)
21 november 2014 - 12:07:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Like any other informal settlement, the demand for paid water is very high in the Kayole [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa's love-hate relationship with FIFA back in the spotlight (Feature by Craig Urquart, PANA Correspondent)
15 november 2014 - 11:03:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s love-hate relationship with FIFA remains in the spotlight more than four years [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Militant white right-wingers continue to cloud the Mandela miracle (Feature by Craig Urquart, PANA Correspondent)
08 november 2014 - 08:08:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Twenty years after Nelson Mandela was swept into power on a ticket of racial [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Afcon 2015 fixture switched over slain South African goalkeeper
30 october 2014 - 15:11:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa Football Association (SAFA) on Thursday announced that the Afcon 2015 qualifier between [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Soweto derby postponed following death of national goalkeeper
27 october 2014 - 12:44:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s biggest football match – the first Soweto Derby of the season between [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Eight months after his death, Mandela remains front page news (News Analysis by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
10 august 2014 - 12:16:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Eight months have passed since the death of former world statesman Nelson Mandela, but [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Apartheid South Africa's sordid relationship with Israel back in the spotlight (News analysis by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
26 july 2014 - 10:51:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s sordid and testy relationship with Israel is back in the spotlight as [...] Full text...
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US: UN education envoy urges focus on kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls
16 june 2014 - 18:03:34New York, US (PANA) - Marking the Day of the African Child, the UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Mr. [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius gets Child Protection Register on Day of the African Child
16 june 2014 - 14:46:59Moka, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, said Monday that the Child Protection Register is a further step [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Four years on, South Africa reflects on its World Cup moment (Sports Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, Cape Town)
12 june 2014 - 12:30:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - As the global spotlight shines on Brazil for the 2014 World Cup, the host [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Prize-winning author accused of misrepresentation
24 april 2014 - 08:44:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's popular radio personality Redi Tlhabi is at the centre of a storm [...] Full text...
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Kenya: 46 Kenyans picked for US Young African Leadership Fellowship
16 april 2014 - 17:55:41Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi has named 46 Kenyans to participate in the first ever Young [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela's estate worth US$4.6m
03 february 2014 - 12:37:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The provisional assessment of former South African President Nelson Mandela's estate has put its [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Boxing giant Mayweather due in SA for week-long visit
15 january 2014 - 11:52:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is undefeated as a professional, arrives in South [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela’s death captures global attention (By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
30 december 2013 - 09:17:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - No event in 2013 captured the attention of South Africa or the rest of [...] Full text...
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Soweto salutes Nelson Mandela
15 december 2013 - 12:23:37Qunu, South Africa (PANA) – While the international spotlight was firmly on the funeral of former South African president Nelson [...] Full text...
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South African presidency denies snubbing Tutu over Mandela funeral
14 december 2013 - 16:59:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Office of the South African Presidency has launched a damage control offensive, following [...] Full text...
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Tutu “snubbed” over Mandela funeral
14 december 2013 - 09:40:27Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the most famous South African after Nelson Mandela, appears to have been [...] Full text...
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Ghana media continue to focus on Mandela
14 december 2013 - 08:56:59Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The media in Ghana this week continued to focus on the death and funeral of former [...] Full text...
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Mandela’s body lying in state
11 december 2013 - 07:27:36Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - A day after Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in Soweto, the international spotlight has now shifted [...] Full text...
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ANC slams Jacob Zuma hecklers
10 december 2013 - 18:23:53Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has slammed “the minority of mourners” who jeered [...] Full text...
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Obama salutes fallen friend, Nelson Mandela
10 december 2013 - 12:29:18Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – US President Barack Obama Tuesday paid a glowing tribute to global icon, Nelson Mandela, saying [...] Full text...
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Mourners defy heavy rain as Zuma is jeered at Mandela’s memorial service
10 december 2013 - 12:21:00Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Despite steady rain, thousands of mourners converged at Soweto’s famnous FNB Stadium Tuesday to pay [...] Full text...
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South Africa gears up for funeral of the century
10 december 2013 - 07:43:37Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa is gearing for the biggest moment since Nelson Mandela, under the full glare [...] Full text...
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French President to attend Mandela’s memorial service
09 december 2013 - 19:20:09Paris, France (PANA) – French President François Hollande is expected Tuesday in Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend Nelson Mandela’s memorial [...] Full text...
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Ivorian leader to attend Mandela's funeral
09 december 2013 - 14:05:35Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The president of Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, is scheduled to attend the funeral of the [...] Full text...
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South Africans participate in 'Day of Prayer and Reflection' for Mandela
08 december 2013 - 05:38:15Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africans are on Sunday participating in a Day of Prayer and Reflection for late [...] Full text...
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Mandela’s remains being prepared for state funeral
07 december 2013 - 15:52:46Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The remains of global icon Nelson Mandela are being prepared to lie in state at [...] Full text...
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Mandela: South Africans get ready for “funeral of the century”
07 december 2013 - 07:19:12Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – As South Africa continues to absorb the shock of the death of world statesman Nelson [...] Full text...
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South Africans continue to pray, sing, dance to celebrate Mandela
07 december 2013 - 06:37:34Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africans are on Saturday continuing to celebrate the life of anti-apartheid stalwart and icon, [...] Full text...
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Mandela’s body moved to Pretoria
06 december 2013 - 05:58:16Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - As South Africans and millions around the world mourn the death of liberation hero and [...] Full text...
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World Cup trophy returns to South Africa
03 december 2013 - 12:32:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Just two weeks after 2010 World Cup host South Africa beat tournament champion Spain [...] Full text...
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SA’s Sports Star of the Year named into football tie against Spain
18 november 2013 - 11:04:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune of the South African football club Kaizer Chiefs has been named [...] Full text...
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2013 CAF Champions League: Al Ahly beats Pirates 2-0, lifts 8th title
10 november 2013 - 20:55:29Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian giant Al Ahly Sunday beat Orlando Pirates of South Africa 2-0 in the return [...] Full text...
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2013 CAF Champions League: Statistical highlights of CAF Champions League
10 november 2013 - 08:54:15Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The return leg final of the 2013 CAF Champions League is due to be played later [...] Full text...
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African Champions League final: SA club, Orlando Pirates, geared for historic clash
08 november 2013 - 12:11:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Orlando Pirates' coach Roger de Sa on Friday confirmed that Lucky Lekgwathi will captain [...] Full text...
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2013 CAF Champions league final: Orlando Pirates seek 2nd title, Al Ahly 8th
01 november 2013 - 09:26:37Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Orlando Pirates will be riding on home advantage Saturday when they host Al Ahly of Egypt [...] Full text...
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Right-wing militants sentenced after decade-long trial in South Africa
29 october 2013 - 16:23:11Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Twenty far-right-wing militants, who attempted to overthrow the South African government and chase all [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Countdown to 20 years of democracy begins
20 september 2013 - 14:28:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Many South African liberation heroes gathered in Soweto Friday to begin the countdown to [...] Full text...
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2013 CAF Champions League mini-league stage: Orlando Pirates 0, AC Leopards 0
21 july 2013 - 11:33:53Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African club Orlando Pirates suffered a setback on Saturday when it was held to [...] Full text...
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AU official says outdated traditions propel harmful practices against the African child
14 june 2013 - 10:09:14Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African governments should step up efforts in combating harmful practices against children and promote traditional [...] Full text...
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AU anniversary celebrations to kick off in Ethiopian capital
18 may 2013 - 13:05:59Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Year-long celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the African Union (AU) kick off in the [...] Full text...
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Madikizela-Mandela angered by possible murder charges
18 march 2013 - 11:07:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of South African global icon Nelson Mandela, has expressed [...] Full text...
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