South African anti-apartheid author Breyten Breytenbach passes on

25 november 2024 - 15:29:16
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African anti-apartheid author Breyten Breytenbach has died in Paris aged 85.Breytenbach was a poet, [...] Full text...

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Harvard to host South African musician Thandiswa Mazwai

11 november 2024 - 11:53:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African musician Thandiswa Mazwai’s will be honoured at the Harvard University Centre 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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South Africa: Ramaphosa's pro-Russia remarks raise tensions

23 october 2024 - 16:20:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa’s bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday has sparked tensions [...] Full text...

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UN experts call on FIFA to respect international law over violations in Israel

04 october 2024 - 05:18:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN independent experts are calling on the powerful body that governs world football, FIFA, to demand [...] 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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UN General Assembly demands Israel end ‘unlawful presence’ in Occupied Palestinian Territory

18 september 2024 - 20:09:37
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution that demands [...] Full text...

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South Africa salutes Tebboune on Algerian election victory

17 september 2024 - 08:57:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government has congratulated President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the people of Algeria [...] Full text...

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Prominent South African activist James Mathews dies

09 september 2024 - 10:49:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphoa has saluted prominent activist and writer James Matthews, who died [...] Full text...

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South Africa's President Ramaphosa concludes working visit to Angola

09 august 2024 - 10:34:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday concluded a two-day working visit to Luanda, [...] Full text...

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Independent rights experts urge States to comply with ICJ ruling on Israel

31 july 2024 - 05:27:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Member States must immediately comply with the recent “landmark ruling” by the International Court of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa addresses Ethiopian landslide tragedy

28 july 2024 - 07:14:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed deep sorrow and condolences following the recent landslides in [...] 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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Gender apartheid must be recognised as a crime under international law - Amnesty International

17 june 2024 - 06:49:56
London, UK (PANA) - Gender apartheid must be recognised as a crime under international law in order to strengthen efforts [...] Full text...

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Fresh inquests to probe deaths of anti-apartheid activists

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

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South Africa's legal fraternity mourns passing of prominent judge

10 may 2024 - 10:24:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in following the death of former Constitutional Court Judge Yvonne Mokgoro [...] Full text...

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Israel is helped by ‘powerful States’ in violation of Palestinians’ rights (Feature by UN News

05 may 2024 - 05:54:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When tensions erupted in East Jerusalem in April 2021 at the beginning of the holy Muslim [...] Full text...

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South African president mourns passing of prominent activist

03 may 2024 - 13:26:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Anti-Apartheid activist, prominent businessman and politician Samuel Motsuenyane has died peacefully in Johannesburg. He [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel

05 april 2024 - 12:31:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights body adopted a resolution on Friday condemning the alleged “use of starvation [...] Full text...

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UN leaders galvanise action for reparations for people of African descent

21 march 2024 - 18:35:42
New York, US (PANA) - Reparatory justice must tackle the grave human rights violations deeply entrenched in the legacy of [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa reflects on apartheid-era Sharpeville massacre

21 march 2024 - 07:46:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa will address this year Human Rights commemoration which coincides with significant [...] Full text...

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EU urges democratic societies to address racial discrimination in polls

20 march 2024 - 17:53:41
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - In a year where more than 2 billion voters are set to go to the polls [...] 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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Israel-Palestine crisis: Dozens address UN world court hearings on Israeli practices

24 february 2024 - 10:24:50
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - A record 52 States and three international organisations provided comments and presentations at public hearings this [...] Full text...

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Israel must end occupation of Palestine: Amnesty International

19 february 2024 - 05:35:36
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Israel must end its brutal occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, [...] Full text...

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International Court of Justice to review 57-year Israeli Occupation

16 february 2024 - 12:10:50
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – An unprecedented number of countries and international organisations are expected to participate in the International [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa mourns the death of Namibian President Hage Geingob

04 february 2024 - 12:13:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said he was deeply saddened by the passing of [...] 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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Israel-Gaza crisis: South Africa takes aim at Israel at The Hague

12 january 2024 - 09:52:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A statue of Archbishop Desmond Tutu wearing a Palestinian scarf was erected in Cape [...] Full text...

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Morocco elected President of Human Rights Council

10 january 2024 - 16:06:59
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - On Wednesday in Geneva, Morocco was elected to the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: World Court to hear genocide case against Israel

10 january 2024 - 13:17:41
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – The International Court of Justice(ICJ) hearings 11-12 January, 2024 on genocide in Gaza will include [...] 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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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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Legendary South African actor awarded an OBE

09 november 2023 - 09:15:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African actor Dr John Kani has been honoured as the honorary officer [...] 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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Israel-Gaza crisis: South Africa recalls diplomats from Israel

06 november 2023 - 18:21:01
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa is recalling its diplomats from Israel "for consultation" as the bombardment of Gaza [...] 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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Libya reaffirms its rejection of double standards in face of Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip

25 october 2023 - 16:43:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Before the Security Council on Tuesday evening, Libya reaffirmed its total rejection of the international community's [...] Full text...

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To reduce South Africa’s unemployment, make work more attractive: World Bank Blog( By Jacques Morisset)

23 october 2023 - 19:01:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – At over 30%, unemployment is South Africa’s biggest contemporary challenge. Of course, there are [...] Full text...

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South Africa expresses concern about escalation Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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

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South African liberation hero Aziz Pahad dead at 82

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

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South African retail giant Raymond Ackerman dies

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

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Rights experts call for second UN Decade for People of African Descent

31 august 2023 - 07:12:26
New York, US (PANA) - Human rights experts on Wednesday urged the UN General Assembly to declare a second International [...] 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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South Africa's President Ramaphosa salutes 'brave women that shaped struggle for freedom'

09 august 2023 - 11:30:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday addressed thousands of people at the National Women’s Day [...] 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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Suspect accused of torching South Africa's Parliament confesses in court

13 july 2023 - 09:59:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The man accused of causing millions of dollars of damage by setting fire to [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Orlando Pirates urged not to play in Israel

07 july 2023 - 16:12:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Coalition (BDS) on Friday urged leading South African team Orlando [...] Full text...

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Former South African Cabinet Minister dead at 83

06 july 2023 - 08:29:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Cabinet Minister and anti-apartheid veteran Essop Pahad died after a long battle with [...] Full text...

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Rights group calls for provision of basic care, support services to older people

27 june 2023 - 07:52:27
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa is failing to provide hundreds of thousands of older people access to basic care [...] Full text...

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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: 10 stadiums in 9 cities play host

21 june 2023 - 05:36:42
Zurich, Sitzerland (PANA) - The Women’s World Cup is being staged in 10 stadiums in nine cities in Australia and [...] Full text...

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Human rights for all, still ‘work in progress’ warns UN rights chief

07 june 2023 - 06:16:42
Vienna Austria (PANA) - The full realisation of human rights for all is a “work in progress”, and the world [...] Full text...

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Africa marks 60th anniversary of AU

25 may 2023 - 06:28:15
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African continent is on Thursday celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Organisation of African [...] Full text...

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South Africa's opposition party demands return of Star of Africa diamond

08 may 2023 - 11:43:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The opposition Economic Freedom Fighers (EFF) on Monday demanded the return of the Star [...] 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: 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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UN upholds fight for fairer world on anti-racism day

22 march 2023 - 06:05:08
New York, US (PANA) - With xenophobia, prejudice, and hate speech on the rise, the UN community gathered in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa commemorates Apartheid-era atrocities

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

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South African comedian wins top international award

17 march 2023 - 12:40:24
Cape 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 Africa: Tanzanian President underatkes State Visit to South Africa

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

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Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed's statements on migrants pinned down by a Libyan newspaper

06 march 2023 - 20:22:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed's statements last week in which he ordered Tunisian security forces to stop [...] Full text...

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

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

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South African liberation hero Steve Biko's former cellmate dead at 72

16 february 2023 - 11:06:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Prominent South African activist Peter Cyril Jones, who was with liberation hero Steve Biko, [...] Full text...

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South Africans outraged at murder of eSwatini lawyer

25 january 2023 - 16:28:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African legal analysts have condemned the murder of prominent eSwatini human rights lawyer [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa extends warm wishes to China on Lunar New Year

22 january 2023 - 14:51:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday expressed his wish that the advent of the Year [...] 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 Africa: South African executives flag “state collapse” concerns

12 january 2023 - 08:05:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa, Bosnia and Peru are all regarded as vulnerable to state collapse, a [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Investigation into anti-Apartheid activist reopened

10 january 2023 - 07:12:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Forty-five years after the murder of liberation hero Rick Turner, fresh evidence has given [...] Full text...

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South African Apartheid-era Minister dead at 85

09 january 2023 - 08:03:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Notorious former Apartheid-era Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok, died on Sunday after a [...] 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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South Africa: Apartheid-era killer stabbed in prison

29 november 2022 - 18:48:54
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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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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Children of African descent ‘not considered children at all’, rights experts charge

09 november 2022 - 05:38:05
New York, US (PANA) - In a report issued on Tuesday, UN human rights experts outline how discrimination affects black [...] 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 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 African comedian Trevor Noah steps down from comedy show

30 september 2022 - 13:24:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African comedy legend Trevor Noah is departing "The Daily Show" after seven years. The [...] Full text...

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Keen interest in South Africa's Land Expropriation Bill

23 september 2022 - 12:48:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – On 28 September, the final version of the Expropriation Bill, which is aimed at [...] 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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South Africa commemorates 46th anniversary of Soweto Riots

16 june 2022 - 15:54:33
Cape 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 Africa: Tutu's trust slams Israeli police brutality

15 may 2022 - 10:11:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Archbishop Desmond Intellectual Property (IP) Trust has spoken out against members of the Israeli [...] Full text...

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US congratulates South Africa on 28th Freedom Day

27 april 2022 - 05:20:13
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has congratulated the people and government of South [...] Full text...

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South African and Ukrainian presidents discuss Russian invasion

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

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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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Former South African president Motlanthe condemns invasion of Ukraine

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

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South Africa: Ramaphosa salutes South Africa's Muslim community

03 april 2022 - 15:22:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has conveyed his best wishes to the Muslim [...] Full text...

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China and South Africa address Ukraine crisis

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

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Deep divisions over Pretoria's Russia stance

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

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South Africa's opposition party calls for parliamentary debate over Ukraine crisis

28 february 2022 - 12:58:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday called for a parliamentary debate on [...] Full text...

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South African president Ramaphosa calls for UN solution to Ukrainian crisis

25 february 2022 - 12:46:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday admitted that "diplomacy” has failed to avert [...] Full text...

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South Africa defends stance towards Israel

31 january 2022 - 13:35:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) says the government and Israel [...] Full text...

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Funeral service held for South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu

01 january 2022 - 11:22:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A funeral service was held on Saturday for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at Cape [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Archbishop Desmond Tutu's funeral to be held Saturday

28 december 2021 - 08:42:29
Cape 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 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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Greece sends condolences on death of Desmond Tutu

27 december 2021 - 09:43:13
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece has sent its condolences to South Africa on the death Sunday of South African [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Archbishop Tutu fought for justice – President Hichilema

27 december 2021 - 09:07:16
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia is saddened by the death of South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with President Hakainde Hichilema [...] Full text...

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US Secretary of State Blinken mourns 'extraordinary leader' Tutu

27 december 2021 - 05:51:10
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has eulogised South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who passed [...] Full text...

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UN leaders mourn Archbishop Desmond Tutu, ‘a towering global figure for peace’

27 december 2021 - 05:49:18
New York, US (PANA) - Secretary-General António Guterres was among UN leaders paying tribute on Sunday to the late Archbishop [...] 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 African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu dies

26 december 2021 - 08:34:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu died peacefully at his Cape Town home on [...] 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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Murderer of South African Chris Hani secures Constitutional Court hearing

07 december 2021 - 12:58:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Polish immigrant who nearly caused a full blown race war in South Africa [...] Full text...

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Africa being left behind amid 'extreme vaccine discrimination': report

06 december 2021 - 09:51:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Africa has little chance of recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic in the coming year due to [...] 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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South Africa: Famous South African author Wilbur Smith dies

14 november 2021 - 15:14:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - International bestselling author Wilbur Smith died peacefully after a short illness at his Cape [...] 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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Coronavirus: G20’s bitter divide on global vaccine inequality could condemn world to an 'endless pandemic', charities warn

31 october 2021 - 10:32:23
London, UK (PANA) - Failure to tackle global vaccine inequality at this weekend’s G20 summit could prolong the pandemic, civil [...] 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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Coronavirus: Empty promises will not save the world from pandemic, campaigners warn

21 september 2021 - 18:43:38
New York, US (PANA) - On the eve of US President Joe Biden’s global COVID-19 summit on the side-lines of [...] Full text...

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South African Foundation moves to block Zuma's release

15 september 2021 - 18:14:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) on Wednesday launched an application to declare that the [...] 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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South Africa: Notorious Apartheid-era policeman dies

08 september 2021 - 13:49:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Former Apartheid-era policeman João Rodrigues, who was implicated in the detah of prominent activist [...] 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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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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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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African leaders eulogize Zambia’s first President Kaunda

02 july 2021 - 13:38:43
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Friday led foreign heads of state and other dignitaries in the [...] Full text...

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World leaders arrive in Lusaka for Kaunda’s state funeral

01 july 2021 - 15:09:26
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Foreign dignitaries have started arriving in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, ahead of founding President Kenneth Kaunda’s [...] Full text...

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SADC holds Extraordinary Summit in Maputo

23 june 2021 - 09:22:59
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are on Wednesday meeting in the Mozambican capital, [...] Full text...

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South African court orders Apartheid-era trial to proceed

22 june 2021 - 09:50:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Apartheid-era policeman Joao [...] Full text...

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Messages pour in as world mourns Zambian first President KK

18 june 2021 - 14:46:48
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Messages of tribute are been sent in as world leaders mourn Zambia’s founding President Kenneth Kaunda, [...] Full text...

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South Africa mourns passing of former Zambian President Kaunda

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

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South Africa: Ramaphosa reflects on the protest that sparked revolution

16 june 2021 - 18:45:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said South African youths are currently facing more challenges [...] Full text...

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Gambia calls for permanent truce between Israel and Palestine

31 may 2021 - 16:05:14
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia's  Permanent Representative at the United Nations, Lang Yabou, has called on the international community [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: EU High Representative says 'vaccination gap must be closed’

31 may 2021 - 15:48:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union High Representative has stressed the need to close the vaccination gap between advanced [...] 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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US congratulates South Africa on Freedom Day

27 april 2021 - 07:16:52
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has congratulated South Africans on the 27th anniversary of the country’s historic [...] 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 veteran politician accused of racism again

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

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‘Pernicious evil’ of racism pervasive in ‘all regions and all societies’ – UN chief

20 march 2021 - 11:34:23
New York, US (PANA) - Much of today’s racism is “deeply entrenched in centuries of colonialism and enslavement," the UN [...] Full text...

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South African former President Zuma condemned for defying top court

19 march 2021 - 10:42:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  A large group of former prominent anti-Apartheid activists and leaders from religious, civil society, [...] 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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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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South Africa: Case against Zuma and Thales cleared to proceed

09 february 2021 - 15:54:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – International arms company Thales which has been heavily implicated in South Africa’s multi-billion dollar [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma defies Constitutional Court ruling

01 february 2021 - 14:43:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African president Jacob Zuma on Monday served notice that he will defy [...] 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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Coronavirus: SA liberation hero Mluleki George succumbs to COVID-19

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

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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: Cape Town school rocked by race protests

20 november 2020 - 15:15:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police used stun grenades and water cannons to disperse angry protestors outside a Cape [...] 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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Zuma slams South Africa's corruption commission

18 october 2020 - 07:28:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma this weekend slammed the Zondo Commission of Inquiry [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Apartheid-era policeman seeks acquittal in 1972 murder case

05 october 2020 - 13:46:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An apartheid-era policeman, who is facing prosecution over the 1971 death of political activist [...] 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: 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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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: Ramaphosa emerges victorious after tense ruling party meeting

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

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South Africa: Zuma takes aim at Ramaphosa

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

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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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World Water Week: IFAD focuses on building climate resilience, incentivising African farmers

25 august 2020 - 07:40:49
Stockholm, Sweden (PANA) - With a rich and unique history spanning 29 years, World Water Week has developed into the [...] Full text...

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South Africa's president Ramaphosa reprimands his Finance Minister over 'inappropriate comment' on Zambia’s central bank’s governor sacking

24 august 2020 - 09:03:44
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has strongly reprimanded his Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, following his [...] Full text...

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South Africa's top court rules against former President Zuma

07 august 2020 - 12:54:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's appeal against a High [...] 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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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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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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Former South African president De Klerk under fire again

21 june 2020 - 07:45:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The American Bar Association is under fire over its announcement that former President FW [...] 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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Pretoria cleared of role in Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme's assassination

10 june 2020 - 10:47:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A high-level Swedish investigation into the 1986 assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme on [...] 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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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 football legend passes on at 81

06 may 2020 - 16:09:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in for South African football legend Sugar Ray Xulu who has [...] 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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Publisher backtracks over damning Apartheid-era book

29 april 2020 - 11:49:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African media giant Media24 on Wednesday apologised to Apartheid-era Finance Minister Barend du [...] 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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South Africa: Police search for suspect who defamed Ramaphosa

23 april 2020 - 15:58:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police are trying to trace a KwaZulu-Natal woman who took to social media and [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Shark-cage operators blocked from using legend's music

13 april 2020 - 17:28:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The family of South African music legend, Johnny Clegg, has prevented a shark cage-diving [...] 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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French President salutes the memory of Manu Dibango - "a committed voice"

26 march 2020 - 14:36:42
Paris, France (PANA) - French President Emmanuel Macron praised the memory of famous Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango on Wednesday as [...] Full text...

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Coronavurus: South Africa's coronavirus cases soar to 554

24 march 2020 - 11:47:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s confirmed Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases soared to 554 on Tuesday with Health Minister [...] 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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Mauritanian governments warns against breaching national unity

28 february 2020 - 22:22:00
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - The Mauritanian minister of the Interior, Mohamed Salem Ould Merzough, has warned all those “breaching the [...] 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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South Africa: De Klerk under fire over Apartheid comments

16 february 2020 - 17:33:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The outcry over the disruption of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address [...] Full text...

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UN stresses importance of transitional justice processes for lasting peace

14 february 2020 - 07:40:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - For countries to move forward after conflict or mass atrocities, suffering must be acknowledged and justice served, [...] Full text...

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Anger over disruption of State of the Nation speech in South Africa

14 february 2020 - 06:48:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been a major backlash over the behaviour of opposition lawmakers who disrupted [...] Full text...

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