Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Young Communist League (YCL) on Monday called for the resignation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Deputy Minister Pieter Mulder to resign, saying President Jacob Zuma should sack him if he fails to quit. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro on Tuesday urged States to continue to combat racism, xenophobia and intolerance, in order to promote harmony and peaceful co-existence. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) which has been caught up in yet another race row, Thursday apologised after its spokesperson, Floyd Shivambu, swore at a white journalist. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, rac ial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Mr. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations' human rights chief, Navi Pillay, has s tressed the importance of combating racism. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged all countries to work together in the struggle against racism, which he said still widely exists across the world. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The news UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Githu Muigai, has listed the areas that will be under the spotlight during his tenure. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Representatives of African governments, United Nations, non-governmental organizations and civil society groups have arrived Abuja, the N igerian capital, to brainstorm from 24-26 August on racism, racial discriminatio n , xenophobia and other related intolerance. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa has been rocked by an explosive r acial incident which has resulted in rioting at a major university campus. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The UN special rapporteur on racism, racial disc rimination, xenophobia and intolerance, Doudou Diène, arrived here Sunday on a f i ve-day working visit, an NGO, Help to Widows and Orphans of Mauritanian Soldiers said in a statement Monday. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A Mauritanian opposition party, the national u nion for reformation and development (RNRD), has called for the promulgation of a law that will make racism a criminal offence in the countr y, the party said in a statement here. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) Youth League has condemned as "racist" remarks attributed to opposition party leader Tony Leon, during a speech at Oxford University in England. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) – A senior official of the U-N Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Wednesday urged African leaders to formulate strategies and policies to fight racism and discrimination in their cities. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's cricket officials and millions of fans are following with a keen interest ongoing Test matches by the country's team in Melbourne, Australia after racist incidents marred the first game last weekend. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Russian ambassador to Cameroon, Abdoulayev Poulate, has expressed his country's regret over the death on 24 December in Saint-Petersburg of Cameroonian student, Leon Kanhem. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South African President Thabo Mbeki Friday called for an end to development of cities designated exclusively for the rich or the poor in the country, warning that the practice could re-enact racial and class divisions of the apartheid era. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African Human Rights Commission has given a ruling that vindicated two black children who were victims of an ugly racial incident that made headlines around the country. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African Human Rights Commission has given a ruling that vindicated two black children who were victims of an ugly racial incident that made headlines around the country. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The Mozambican Labour Ministry has warned the press against publishing advertisements by companies seeking to use racial criteria to recruit staff. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The Black Lawyers Association on Wednesday distanced itself from the statement made by the Cape Bar Council when reacting to allegations of racism among white judges in the Cape High Court of South Africa. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- A sub-committee has been appointed to investigate allegations of racism at the High Court in Cape Town, South Africa. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Education Minister Naledi Pandor has strongly condemned racist initiation practices recently reported at some higher education institutions around South Africa. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has expressed concern at what it called racial inequalities in Mauritania, citing the poor representation of Negro-Africans in the military, the police and the government. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- A sub-regional workshop opened here Monday to discuss the role of civil society in implementing the Durban Plan of Action on Racism, Discrimination, Xenophobia and Intolerance. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- A racism case between two Cape Town school children has been resolved after months of legal wrangling in a South African court here. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's most notorious right-wing Afrikaner walked out of the Potchefstroom prison on Friday after serving a three year jail sentence for a racial assault on a black man. Full text...

Saint-Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- A committee against racism set up by Reunion personalities has urged French Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin to take measures following police racist behaviour towards two Reunion nationals in Paris recently. Full text...

London- UK (PANA) -- Leaders of 2,600 Africans living in Northern Ireland have called on British authorities who govern the province to take action against a wave of assaults and forced evictions facing the minority population. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana has called for racism to be overcome at the workplace, insisting this was essential to resolving the prejudice at a broader scale. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) has called for full access to report on the investigation into the racism scandal that has rocked South African rugby. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour on Tuesday urged an acceleration of the pace of racial transformation of sports in the country. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- An investigation into the racial row which has plunged South African rugby into its biggest crisis ever began at the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) offices in Cape Town on Monday. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The rugby row over racism claims occupied center stage in most newspapers Wednesday with reports of a new inquiry into sensational claims that the sport was dogged by cover-ups. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Just few days after two locks were excluded from the South African rugby World Cup squad for their part in a race row, the Springbok media officer Mark Keohane resigned saying he wants no part in a cover up. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Political parties in South Africa have apologised to national rugby player, Geo Cronje for negative statements made about his suspended from the World Cup squad following allegations of racism against him. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African political parties across the board have roundly denounced the racism scandal in which rugby player Geo Cronje was expelled from a World Cup training squad after he refused to share a room with a black player, Quinton Davids. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- With just over a month to go before the World Cup finals in Australia, South African rugby has been rocked by a major racism scandal, with Springbok player Geo Cronje being expelled from the training squad after he refused to share a room with a black player, Quinton Davids. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- A court in Linz has dismissed a law suit filed by a Black African refugee against an Austrian policeman who called him "Fucking Nigger" at a road checkpoint, according to the French daily, Libération. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- President Thabo Mbeki has vowed to continue his government's fight against racism, irrespective of what opposition political parties think. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The sentencing last Friday of Pretoria bus shooter De Wet Kritzinger serves as a warning for all racists, South Africa's Justice Ministry affirmed Monday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's racist Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) has called for the release of jailed leader Eugene Terre'Blanche, who is serving a six-year term for a racial attack on a black man. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Sports and Recreation Minister Ngconde Balfour has warned that he could introduce laws to enforce racial transformation in sports if teams in the country fail to take action. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African Human Rights Commission has been called on to investigate an alleged case of racism after a black woman claimed she was denied employment at a white-owned hair salon because of the colour of her skin. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Joyce Mashamba, Education minister in South Africa's Limpopo province Wednesday led a series of high-level inspections of provincial schools accused of racial discrimination in their criteria for admission. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African Trade Union Solidarity has called on the American government and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to bar telecommunications company Telkom from listing on the NYSE because of the company's alleged racist bias. Full text...

Big Bend- Swaziland (PANA) -- Workers of Cargo Carriers -- a large commercial transport company in Swaziland -- are striking to demand the expulsion of a white Zimbabwean manager who assaulted one of their colleagues on Thursday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Millions of South Africans on Friday commemorated the sacrifices women have made for the country during a day of national festivities. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- Seven Ethiopian immigrants in the US have sued the City of Seattle, Capital of Washington State for alleged racism. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The European Union's Justice and Internal Affairs Council plans to reinforce the fight against racism and anti-Semitic xenophobia following a spate of racist attacks in Europe. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour has disclosed that government is considering introducing new laws to force the selection of more blacks in national teams. Full text...