List of South Africa articles
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MALELANE, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 08: in the Kruger National Park in Malelane, South Africa. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) Don’t Worry, Big Game Hunters: South Africa’s Hunting Organization Has Your Back
A South African hunting group hopes to challenge government data that led to a ban on hunting leopards.
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Members of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the ANC military wing , carry the coffin of the assassinated South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani, at the vigil in Soweto on April 18, 1993. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) Janusz Walus Killed an Anti-Apartheid Hero. Now He Is Slated for Parole.
Many South Africans are not prepared to see Janusz Walus released from prison, even 23 years after his cold-blooded murder of Chris Hani.
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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 05: President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, during at the 2014 Vodacom Durban July races at Greyville Racecourse on July 5, 2014 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Neville Hopwood/Getty Images) Jacob Zuma: Spending $24 Million on My Home Was Necessary for Security, But I’ll Pay It Back Anyway
Jacob Zuma has agreed to pay back the South Africa government for some of his home renovations.
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GettyImages-482677788 Mos Def Was Arrested in South Africa for Using a ‘World Passport.’ Yes, That’s a Real Thing.
American rapper and actor Mos Def was arrested in South Africa this week. Here's the story of his little-known World Passport.
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A diamond cutter checks the 2 carat diamond she is polishing at Belgium outfit's Eurostar diamond cutting and polishing centre in Gaborone on March 18, 2008. Botswana launches its own diamond trading company on March 18, 2008 in a move designed to boost local business and create jobs for citizens of the world's top producer of these precious stones. The creation of DTCB, a joint venture between De Beers and the Botswana government, will end the practice of sending diamonds mined in Botswana to De Beers' London-based main Diamond Trading Company for sorting and marketing. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/GettyImages) Between Rocks and a Hard Place in Africa
Botswana squeezes more money from diamonds than any other country. Why are so many of its citizens still going hungry?
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Students from Johannesburg and Witts universities, hold placards reading 'Zuma must fall', as they arrive at the African National Congress ruling party (ANC) headquarters, on October 22, 2015, in Johannesburg, to protest against university fee hikes. University activism has been increasing this year as students vent their anger over the limited racial transformation in education since racist white-minority rule ended with Nelson Mandela's election in 1994. Many students says higher fees -- which could rise by 10 percent a year -- will further prevent poorer black youths gaining university education. AFP PHOTO / MUJAHID SAFODIEN (Photo credit should read MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP/Getty Images) The Unraveling of Jacob Zuma
South Africa’s president just sacked two finance ministers in a week. Now many in his own party are questioning whether he should still be in charge.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 10: South African President Jacob Zuma and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) speak to the media following talks at the Chancellery on November 10, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. Zuma is on a three-day official visit to Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) South African President: Africa Is the World’s Biggest Continent and All Other Continents Could Fit Inside
South Africa's president seems geographically confused about which continent is the world's largest, and how it relates in scale to everywhere else.
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South African Police forces charge students on the south lawn of the Union Building in Pretoria during a protest against university fee hikes on October 23, 2015. South African President Jacob Zuma abandoned proposed hikes to university fees after student protests culminated in police firing stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas outside government headquarters. AFP PHOTO / MUJAHID SAFODIEN (Photo credit should read MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP/Getty Images) The Student Protests Rocking South Africa Are About More Than Tuition
Two decades after the end of apartheid, the country is still riven by inequality and injustice. Students have had enough.
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GettyImages-470421532 crop South Africa’s Tough Lessons on Migrant Policy
South Africa tried to be generous with its refugee policies. The outcome was not good. Here’s what Europe — and the U.S. — can learn.
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DUMA,WEST BANK - JULY 31: Family members and relatives of 18 month old baby, Ali Saad-Dawabsheh, view the remains of their house after a fire which was suspected to have been set by Jewish extremists on July 31, 2015 in the Palestinian village of Duma, West Bank. A house fire in the Palestinian village of Duma, West Bank, suspected to have been set by Jewish extremists, killed an 18-month-old Palestinian child, injured both parents and a four year old brother. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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Muslim ethnic Uighur women pass a Chinese paramilatary police on patrol on a street in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang region on July 3, 2010 ahead of the first anniversary of bloody violence that erupted between the region's Muslim ethnic Uighurs and members of China's majority Han ethnicity. The government says nearly 200 people were killed and about 1,700 injured in the unrest, China's worst ethnic violence in decades, with Han making up most of the victims. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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Haitians queue up to legalize their status at the Interior Ministry in Santo Domingo, on June 17, 2015. Tens of thousands of people are facing deportations as a deadline for foreigners, most of them being Haitians, to legalize their status as undocumented alien is due to expire midnight. AFP PHOTO / ERIKA SANTELICES (Photo credit should read ERIKA SANTELICES/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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Dylann-Storm-Roof Charleston Suspect Wore Apartheid-Era South African and Rhodesian Flags
The suspect in the Charleston shooting wore the flags of apartheid-era South Africa and Rhodesia, both white supremacist states.
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Sudanese President and candidate in the presidential elections Omar al-Bashir (C) casts his vote at a polling station in the Saint Francis school in the capital, Khartoum, on April 13, 2015. With 15 little-known candidates running against him, 71-year-old Bashir faces no real competition in the second contested vote since he seized power in 1989. AFP PHOTO / ASHRAF SHAZLY (Photo credit should read ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images) Omar al-Bashir Just Made a Mockery of International Justice. Again.
South Africa just let the dictator of Sudan fly home — that's bad news for the International Criminal Court.
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South Africa and African National Congress President Jacob Zuma addresses supporters during a rally celebrating the ANC election victory on May 10, 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) ‘The Pool Is for Fire Safety,’ and Other Excuses for Remodeling Jacob Zuma’s Mansion
South African President Jacob Zuma has faced hundreds of corruption allegations in the past. Now he's been cleared of overusing government funds to ramp up his already lavish private home.
