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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Veteran South African political leader Helen Zille has once again been accused of racism [...] Full text...
South Africa: Official opposition leader throws in the towel
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South African legendary long distance swimmer dead at 60
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Anger over public protector's "bizarre" ruling in South Africa
12 june 2018 - 13:14:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has hit a nerve by ruling that Western Cape Premier, [...] Full text...
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South African president, Ramaphosa, flies economy class
30 march 2018 - 13:20:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Two months after taking office, President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa remains in the [...] Full text...
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South Africa's Western Cape grapples with crippling drought
24 january 2018 - 08:09:52Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Western Cape, which is facing its worst drought in history, has called on [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Politician under fire over Holocaust tweet
28 august 2017 - 14:27:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The leader of an organisation seeking to resolve South Africa’s apartheid-era land redistribution problems [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Official opposition united again after colonialism debacle
13 june 2017 - 13:24:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), which is hoping to unseat the ruling [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Leading politician suspended over colonialism tweet
03 june 2017 - 12:57:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Saturday announced the suspension of its former [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Former opposition leader faces disciplinary charges
02 april 2017 - 14:14:11Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's opposition party, Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday said its former leader Helen [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Official opposition moves to sanction senior official over offensive tweet
22 march 2017 - 11:28:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday confirmed that a hearing into the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africans reflect on 1960 Sharpeville Massacre
21 march 2017 - 14:06:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africans on Tuesday marked the 57th anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, where [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Leading politician under fire over colonialism tweet
16 march 2017 - 11:04:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The political future of one of South Africa’s most powerful politicians is in the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Thousands march against racism
19 february 2016 - 10:55:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Thousands of supporters of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Friday held anti-racism [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tensions soar over Uber taxi service
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South Africa: South African official opposition elects its first black leader
10 may 2015 - 17:14:36Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, parliamentary leader of the official South African opposition Democractic Alliance, on Sunday [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Official opposition expected to elect first black leader
08 may 2015 - 12:12:15Cape 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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South Africa: Reckless driver of politician's vehicle jailed for five years
28 january 2015 - 14:00:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s notorious blue-light brigade problem was back in the spotlight on Wednesday when [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Troubled South Africa reflects on Mandela's legacy (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA correspondent)
06 december 2014 - 07:34:13Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A year has passed since the death of prisoner-turned-world-statesman Nelson Mandela and South Africa [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Opposition calls for greater Ebola awareness
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South Africa: Zuma under fire for wasting taxpayers money to block 'spy tapes'
05 september 2014 - 11:20:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - After five years and six court challenges to block the release of South Africa’s [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma loses key battle as 'spy tapes' are handed over
04 september 2014 - 14:20:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma lost a key political battle on Thursday when the so-called spy [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma reeling as enemies circle (News Analysis by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, Johannesburg)
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South Africa: Supreme Court paves the way for release of Zuma spy tapes
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South Africa: Why South Africa lurches towards land redistribution crisis, By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, South Africa
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South Africa: Tension soars over land redistribution proposal
25 june 2014 - 09:40:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The newly re-elected African National Congress (ANC)-led government in South Africa is forging ahead [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Maimane to run for parliamentary leader
23 may 2014 - 09:24:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Mmusi Maimane, the rising star of South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), has [...] Full text...
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South Africa: 'SA elections set bar for Africa' (News Analysis By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, Pretoria)
11 may 2014 - 08:07:18Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - With South Africa's fifth national and provincial elections successfully concluded, doubts over whether the former [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Isolated violence as South Africans vote
07 may 2014 - 07:36:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Voting booths opened across South Africa on Wednesday morning for the country's fifth democratic [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Opposition slams Zuma's State of the Nation address
14 february 2014 - 08:42:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has come under fire from most opposition parties following [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma to present last State of the Nation address
13 february 2014 - 09:06:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - All eyes are on Jacob Zuma, who will present his last State of the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: National elections hold 7 May, 2014
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South Africa: Leaders address fallout from messy split
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South Africa: Official opposition, DA, names Ramphele as presidential candidate
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South Africa: Tension soars over opposition’s planned protest
24 january 2014 - 11:32:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Tension is running high between the African National Congress (ANC)-led government in South Africa [...] Full text...
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50,000 celebrate Mandela at Cape Town concert
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Celebrities, world leaders use social media to salute Mandela
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South Africa's ex-Chief Justice dies at 74
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SA President Zuma salutes fallen soldiers
02 april 2013 - 13:03:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday addressed a memorial service in Pretoria in honour of [...] Full text...
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State-backed newspaper under siege in South Africa
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Mixed reaction to Zuma’s re-election
19 december 2012 - 07:15:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - There has been a mixed reaction to the re-election of President Jacob Zuma as [...] Full text...
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Political tension high in SA's Western Cape
22 november 2012 - 12:22:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Tension between South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the official opposition Democratic [...] Full text...
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SA farm workers dispute spreads
14 november 2012 - 11:35:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Tension is running high in South Africa's Western Cape as a strike by angry [...] Full text...
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Tension between SA's ruling ANC, opposition DA worsens
05 november 2012 - 10:16:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Tension between South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the official opposition Democratic [...] Full text...
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SA govt rejects opposition's call for debate on economy
16 october 2012 - 11:25:26Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has turned down a request by the leader of [...] Full text...
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Reactions to President Zuma's Cabinet reshuffle
13 june 2012 - 11:55:37Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - There have been mixed reactions to South African President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle and the [...] Full text...
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South Africa's official opposition elects new parliamentary leader
27 october 2011 - 12:26:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Lindiwe Mazibuko on Thursday wrote political history by becoming the first black politician to [...] Full text...
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Zuma hailed for firing ministers
25 october 2011 - 09:42:07Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Jacob Zuma has been hailed across the political spectrum following Monday’s sack [...] Full text...
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Dalai Lama cancels planned SA trip
04 october 2011 - 09:24:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Dalai Lama on Tuesday confirmed that he has cancelled his trip to South [...] Full text...
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Skepticism in SA over arms deal probe
16 september 2011 - 08:49:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Jacob Zuma’s announcement on Thursday that a new commission of inquiry will investigate [...] Full text...
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Tributes pour in for SA liberation hero
23 june 2011 - 07:57:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Tributes are pouring in for South Africa's legendary anti-apartheid activist Kader Asmal, who died [...] Full text...
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Opposition slams Zuma over ANC anniversary speech
09 january 2011 - 09:57:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Leader of South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance, Helen Zille, has sharply criticised President [...] Full text...
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Youth League leader under fire over ''cockroach'' insult
04 november 2010 - 09:48:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Deputy President Kgalema Motlant he Wednesday came down heavily on African National [...] Full text...
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Pioneering SA politician dies
14 may 2010 - 11:57:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- One of South Africa's most prominent political personalities, Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert, has died. [...] Full text...
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Record turnout for long-distance swimming race in South Africa
01 may 2010 - 14:00:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Two shark attack survivors are among the record 365 swimmers who have entered for [...] Full text...
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South African youth leader in trouble over fiery statements
11 march 2010 - 08:00:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Firebrand African National Congress (ANC) Youth League leader Julius Malema is in trouble again, [...] Full text...
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SA marks 100-day countdown to 2010 World Cup
02 march 2010 - 07:18:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa was Tuesday marking the 100-day co untdown to the 2010 World Cup, [...] Full text...
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Former South African Health Minister dies
16 december 2009 - 15:34:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Former South African Health Minister, Manto Tsh abalala-Msimang, died at a Johannesburg clinic on [...] Full text...
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Calls for racial harmony on SA's Reconciliation Day
16 december 2009 - 07:17:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's opposition Independent Democrats party has vesaid white South Africans should use Wednesday's [...] Full text...
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World Cup legacy project launched
25 may 2009 - 12:50:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- As Africa celebrated Africa Day on Monday, anot her 2001 World Cup milestone was [...] Full text...
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Zille/Zuma spat dominates the headlines
16 may 2009 - 08:30:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The first week of Jacob Zuma's presidency has been marked by an explosive war-of-words [...] Full text...
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War of words over Zuma
14 may 2009 - 07:46:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has distanced itself from its youth body, [...] Full text...
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ANC holds commanding lead in election
23 april 2009 - 11:45:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- With more than three million votes counted from Wednesday's general elections in South Africa, [...] Full text...
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20 million South Africans expected to vote
21 april 2009 - 07:56:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- More than 20 million South Africans - the highe st ever - are expected [...] Full text...
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NPA drops all charges against Zuma in S/Africa
06 april 2009 - 15:40:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Mon day announced that it would drop corruption [...] Full text...
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South Africa awaits crucial ruling on Zuma
05 april 2009 - 16:24:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is expected to announce on Monday that it is [...] Full text...
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Media frenzy over court ruling on rights of S/Africans in diaspora
14 march 2009 - 17:57:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The Constitutional Court's unanimous ruling tha t South Africans in diaspora should have the [...] Full text...
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SA opposition against 'unconditional assistance' to Zimbabwe
05 march 2009 - 15:19:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance h as said any call by the South African [...] Full text...
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Mandela salutes Obama
21 january 2009 - 07:56:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela has hailed Barack Obama as a "new voice [...] Full text...
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Outcry over Zuma ruling
13 january 2009 - 12:05:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Lawyers for African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma have sent a letter to [...] Full text...
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