South Africa commemorates 46th anniversary of Soweto Riots
16 june 2022 - 15:54:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday called on South Africa’s youth to rally together as [...] Full text...
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday called on South Africa’s youth to rally together as [...] Full text...
South Africa: Tutu's trust slams Israeli police brutality
15 may 2022 - 10:11:27Cape 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 - 05:20:13Washington, 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 - 10:46:56Cape 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 - 08:47:09Cape 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 - 08:29:56Cape 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 - 15:22:29Cape 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 - 08:38:36Cape 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 - 09:11:46Cape 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 - 12:58:54Cape 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 - 12:46:18Cape 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 - 13:35:45Cape 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 - 11:22:01Cape 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 - 08:42:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Cathedral bells around South Africa are ringing in recognition of anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond [...] Full text...
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South Africa: World leaders salute Archbishop Tutu
27 december 2021 - 09:58:55Cape 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 - 09:43:13Athens, 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 - 09:07:16Lusaka, 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 - 05:51:10Washington, 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 - 05:49:18New 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 - 13:13:52Cape 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 - 08:34:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu died peacefully at his Cape Town home on [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa salutes Africa's last white leader
12 december 2021 - 17:52:07Cape 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 - 07:47:09Cape 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 - 07:15:21Cape 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 - 12:58:47Cape 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 - 09:51:21Geneva, 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 - 13:12:57Cape 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 - 15:14:23Cape 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 - 19:01:52Abuja, 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 - 16:45:04Cape 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 - 11:15:22Cape 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 - 10:32:23London, 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 - 11:31:29Cape 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 - 12:58:28Cape 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 - 18:43:38New 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 - 18:14:47Cape 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 - 12:35:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The highest urban bar in Africa has opened for business. The Alto234 bar is located [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Notorious Apartheid-era policeman dies
08 september 2021 - 13:49:07Cape 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 - 19:45:45Accra, 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 - 15:40:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A student activist that helped spark a riot that led to revolution that resulted [...] Full text...
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South African town renamed Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
08 august 2021 - 11:51:34Cape 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 - 13:17:28Cape 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 - 13:17:28Cape 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 - 18:54:13New 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 - 13:38:43Lusaka, 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 - 15:09:26Lusaka, 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 - 09:22:59Maputo, 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 - 09:50:45Cape 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 - 14:46:48Lusaka, 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 - 11:59:17Cape 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 - 18:45:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said South African youths are currently facing more challenges [...] Full text...
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Gambia calls for permanent truce between Israel and Palestine
31 may 2021 - 16:05:14Banjul, 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 - 15:48:21Banjul, 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 - 08:39:35Cape 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 - 07:16:52Washington, 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 - 09:31:47Cape 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 - 12:46:24Cape 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 - 11:34:23New 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 - 10:42:51Cape 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 - 10:37:21Cape 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 - 13:29:37Cape 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 - 15:54:06Cape 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 - 14:43:02Cape 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 - 06:41:45Cape 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 - 13:06:31Cape 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 - 12:33:20Cape 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 - 15:15:43Cape 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 - 12:43:28Cape 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 - 07:28:23Cape 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 - 13:46:32Cape 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 - 05:41:45Cape 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 - 12:31:33Cape 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 - 13:54:09Cape 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 - 17:46:31Cape 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 - 17:23:38Cape 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 - 05:05:19Cape 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 - 07:40:49Stockholm, 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 - 09:03:44Lusaka, 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 - 12:54:50Cape 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 - 12:45:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Johannesburg lawyer is being investigated by the Legal Practice Council (LPC) over an [...] Full text...
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UN Secretary-General blames apartheid era policies for economic inequality in South Africa
18 july 2020 - 19:00:26Cape 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 - 18:50:40New 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 - 10:32:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Nelson Mandela, died at a [...] Full text...
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Mandela's grandson slams Chief Justice over Israel comments
26 june 2020 - 10:26:05Cape 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 - 07:45:09Cape 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 - 10:34:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday commemorated the 44th anniversary of the Soweto Riots which sparked [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African legend wins lawsuit against own son
13 june 2020 - 14:19:57Cape 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 - 10:47:46Cape 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 - 13:49:35Cape 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 - 14:07:04Cape 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 - 16:09:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in for South African football legend Sugar Ray Xulu who has [...] Full text...
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South African liberation hero Dennis Goldberg dead at 87
30 april 2020 - 10:39:06Cape 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 - 11:49:59Cape 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 - 05:32:43Cape 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 - 15:58:16Cape 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 - 17:28:48Cape 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 - 13:12:54Cape 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 - 14:36:42Paris, 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 - 11:47:41Cape 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 - 10:59:20Cape 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 - 12:16:36Cape 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 - 12:56:57Cape 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 - 14:36:22Cape 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 - 16:40:16Cape 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 - 09:36:39Cape 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 - 22:22:00Nouakchott, 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 - 19:32:01Cape 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 - 14:05:00Cape 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 - 14:55:32Cape 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 - 15:04:37Cape 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 - 14:16:26Cape 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 - 11:02:31Cape 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 - 17:33:06Cape 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 - 07:40:37Geneva, 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 - 06:48:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been a major backlash over the behaviour of opposition lawmakers who disrupted [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Trial hears how anti-Apartheid activist was brutally tortured
10 february 2020 - 15:47:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Anti-Apartheid activist Keith Coleman on Monday testified how his “broken” friend Dr Neil Aggett [...] Full text...
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South Africa’s ANC to repatriate dead officials buried in Zambia
05 february 2020 - 18:33:14Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee has resolved to repatriate the remains of its [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Minister to decide fate of Apartheid-era assassin
23 january 2020 - 18:32:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice and Correctional Services Minister, Ronald Lamola, says he will comply with the order [...] Full text...
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South Africa: New inquest into death of anti-apartheid activist begins
20 january 2020 - 14:23:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The credibility of the apartheid-era judicial system came under the spotlight at the start [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Foundation backs embattled Minister
17 january 2020 - 17:09:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation on Friday endorsed a hard-hitting statement by a group of [...] Full text...
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Gambian Ministry of Justice says ICJ verdict on Rohingya will take place Jan. 23
15 january 2020 - 17:22:19Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Ministry of Justice announced on Twitter on Wednesday that the International Court of Justice [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Inquest into death of anti-Apartheid activist re-opened
14 january 2020 - 14:26:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The inquest into the 1982 death of anti-Apartheid activist Dr Neil Aggett will re-convene [...] Full text...
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South Africa liberation hero Joe Slovo honoured
06 january 2020 - 12:21:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African liberation hero Joe Slovo was saluted at a function on Monday, 25 [...] Full text...
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South Africa’s rugby captain nominated for top award
11 december 2019 - 12:55:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There could be a cherry on top of South Africa’s rugby captain Siya Kolisi’s [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African anti-Apartheid hero dead at 92
09 december 2019 - 21:22:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Tributes are pouring in for South African liberation hero Ben Turok who died here [...] Full text...
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Archbishop Tutu readmitted to hospital
05 december 2019 - 09:10:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu is being treated for an unidentified infection [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa visits Togo
05 december 2019 - 00:04:27Lomé, Togo (PANA) - South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected on Thursday in Togo for a working visit, official [...] Full text...
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South Africa's Springbok rugby captain visits Anfield
28 november 2019 - 11:06:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Rugby World Cup winning captain Siya Kolisi on Wednesday night fulfilled a [...] Full text...
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Lord Peter Hain testifies in South Africa
18 november 2019 - 14:02:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former activist Peter Hain who played a key role in the fight against apartheid [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tutu meets Springbok rugby heroes
11 november 2019 - 13:10:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Hundreds of thousands of people on Monday took to the streets of Cape Town [...] Full text...
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Huge crowds salute South Africa's rugby world champions
07 november 2019 - 11:34:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tens of thousands of jubilant South Africans have lined the streets of Pretoria, Johannesburg [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa salutes South Africa's rugby heroes
04 november 2019 - 14:42:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said the sight of Springbok captain Siyamthanda Kolisi lifting [...] Full text...
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South Africa crowned rugby World Cup winners
02 november 2019 - 13:58:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Twenty four years after the historic Mandela Rugby World Cup victory, South Africa’s first [...] Full text...
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South Africa's retail giant withdraws "Apartheid symbol"
18 october 2019 - 09:22:47Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African retail giant Woolworths on Friday issued an apology after “mistakingly” marketing a [...] Full text...
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Former South African President Zuma to stand trial in major graft case
11 october 2019 - 10:10:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma is expected to stand trial next week on 18 charges [...] Full text...
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Remains of liberation hero reburied in South Africa
30 september 2019 - 17:44:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The body of liberation hero, Patrick Mvundla, has been reburied in Soweto 31 years after [...] Full text...
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South African court sets trial date for Apartheid-era policeman
26 september 2019 - 13:38:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Gauteng High Court has set 12 December as trial date for retired policeman [...] Full text...
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British Royal couple meets Archbishop Tutu in Cape Town
25 september 2019 - 09:44:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to Archbishop [...] Full text...
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Prince Harry on a working visit to Angola
24 september 2019 - 18:02:16Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Prince Harry, 3rd in the order of succession to the British throne, after his father, Charles, [...] Full text...
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Britain's Royal couple warmly welcomed in Cape Town
23 september 2019 - 14:05:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Monday visited South Africa’s most violent township [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Senior Trump officials apartheid background revealed
22 september 2019 - 13:20:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – It has emerged that US President Donald Trump’s new national security advisor, Robert O'Brien, studied [...] Full text...
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Double blow for apartheid-era South African policeman
19 september 2019 - 18:47:43Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Gauteng High Court in South Africa has dismissed former Apartheid-era policeman, Joao Rodrigues' leave [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela's foundation loses urgent court application
17 september 2019 - 12:23:01Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An urgent application by the Nelson Mandela Foundation over South Africa’s apartheid-era flag was [...] Full text...
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Nigerian president Buhari meets South African envoy over xenophobic attacks
16 september 2019 - 19:07:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received Mr Jeff Radebe, Special Envoy of President Cyril Ramaphosa [...] Full text...
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South Africa addresses scourge of illicit drug trafficking (By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
13 september 2019 - 13:52:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In 1967, young Cape Town surgeon Dr Chris Barnard carried out the world’s first [...] Full text...
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Burundi opposition leader condemns xenophobic violence in South Africa
13 september 2019 - 09:37:56Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The longtime leader of Burundi's armed struggle for democracy, Leonard Nyangoma, has condemned "with the utmost [...] Full text...
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South Africa's ruling party condemns xenophobic violence
10 september 2019 - 09:55:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday slammed the recent spate of [...] Full text...
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President Mnangagwa declares late President Robert Mugabe, a national hero
06 september 2019 - 19:37:39Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the recently deceased former President, Robert Mugabe, a national hero. In a [...] Full text...
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Kenyan President issues special proclamation to mourn Mugabe
06 september 2019 - 17:03:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued an executive order declaring the national flag to fly half-mast [...] Full text...
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South Africa addresses scourge of illicit drug trafficking (By Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
06 september 2019 - 14:15:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In 1967, young Cape Town surgeon Dr Chris Barnard carried out the world’s first [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma loses bruising court battle
06 september 2019 - 10:51:58Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma has lost a bruising court battle. The KwaZulu-Natal High [...] Full text...
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Nigeria set to recall its South African Ambassador over xenophobic attacks
04 september 2019 - 17:10:12Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Wednesday boycotted the World Economic Forum (WEF) which began on Wednesday in South Africa [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa responds to violent murders in South Africa
03 september 2019 - 16:29:09Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday broke his silence following the violent murders of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela Foundation to sue over Apartheid flag image
23 august 2019 - 19:29:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation on Friday announced that it will file an urgent application in [...] Full text...
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Former South Africa president Zuma defends defamatory tweet ahead of court case
22 august 2019 - 10:36:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma has taken aim at his ex-Cabinet Minister Derek [...] Full text...
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South African court bans public display of apartheid-era flag
21 august 2019 - 10:49:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Equality Court on Wednesday ruled that the display of the apartheid-era flag [...] Full text...
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Top South African judge bows out
20 august 2019 - 17:54:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng on Tuesday saluted one of Africa’s legal giants who has [...] Full text...
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African Development Bank gains momentum in SADC development projects
19 august 2019 - 17:35:29Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has gained momentum in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional [...] Full text...
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South Africa commemorates Marikana Massacre
16 august 2019 - 11:24:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Thousands of miners on Friday converged at Marikana, the scene of the worst act [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Jacob Zuma sued by ex-cabinet minister
13 august 2019 - 11:24:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma is being sued by one his ex-cabinet ministers Derek [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa slams violence against women
09 august 2019 - 16:51:13Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Friday termed violence against women as a [...] Full text...
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Nigerian students picket South African-owned businesses in Nigeria over xenophobic attacks
08 august 2019 - 17:06:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Backlash has started over the continuing xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa with the National [...] Full text...
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South African president Ramaphosa attends Maputo peace ceremony
06 august 2019 - 09:18:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa is attending Tuesday’s Peace and Reconciliation Agreement ceremony in Maputo, Mozambique. The [...] Full text...
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South African court rules against singer in race row
22 july 2019 - 16:13:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Stellenbosch Magistrate's Court on Monday ruled against controversial South African musician, Steve Hofmeyr, after [...] Full text...
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UN chief celebrates Nelson Mandela, urges all to 'emulate his example
18 july 2019 - 05:26:25New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has lauded Nelson Mandela as an “extraordinary global advocate for dignity [...] Full text...
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Civil society calls for an end to arbitrary imprisonment on the eve of "Nelson Mandela Day" in Burundi
17 july 2019 - 15:51:32Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The association, "Solidarity with prisoners and their families" (SPF, independent), on Wednesday appealed to the Burundi [...] Full text...
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Legendary South African singer Johnny Clegg dies
16 july 2019 - 18:47:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African singer, Johnny Clegg (OBE), died on Tuesday at the age of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria warns it will not tolerate further attacks on citizens in South Africa
16 july 2019 - 07:39:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, has condemned “the continuous killings of Nigerians [...] Full text...
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How Nelson Mandela helped troubled sportsman
11 july 2019 - 13:03:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Less than 24 hours after rugby legend James Small suffered a fatal heart attack, [...] Full text...
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South African Rugby Legend dead at 50
10 july 2019 - 14:43:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African Rugby Great, James Small, died on Wednesday at the age of [...] Full text...
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South African president Ramaphosa on official visit to Lesotho
04 july 2019 - 11:35:13Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday arrived in Lesotho's capital, Maseru, where he paid a [...] Full text...
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World faces ‘climate apartheid’ risk - UN expert
26 june 2019 - 02:18:59New York, US (PANA) - Climate change “threatens to undo the last 50 years” of development, global health and poverty [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela’s daughter rebuked over inflammatory tweets
21 june 2019 - 12:18:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark, Zindzi Mandela, has been reprimanded by International Relations and [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa urged to prioritise apartheid-era crimes in South Africa
20 june 2019 - 13:59:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been urged to prioritise about 300 apartheid era [...] Full text...
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Mandela's daughter in trouble over tweets
17 june 2019 - 13:40:31Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zindzi has landed in hot water for issuing a series [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa attends ILO Conference in Geneva
10 june 2019 - 12:59:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday arrived at the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) [...] Full text...
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Concerns over South Africa's growing mental health problems (Analysis by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
05 june 2019 - 14:02:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Of all the post-Apartheid government scandals that have rocked South Africa over the past [...] Full text...
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Italian surgeons discover historical South African heart valve
30 may 2019 - 10:00:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Italian surgeons have discovered a heart valve in a patient which was implanted by [...] Full text...
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EU leaders congratulate Ramaphosa of South Africa
24 may 2019 - 15:45:46Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – European Union (EU) leaders on Saturday congratulated Cyril Ramaphosa on is re-election as President of the [...] Full text...
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UN highlights need to solve growing burden of forcibly displaced Africans
22 may 2019 - 04:53:14New York, US (PANA) - With 24.2 million Africans forced from their homes in 2017 ̶ 4.6 million more than the previous year ̶ the UN is hosting a three-day event at UN headquarters, focusing on finding durable [...] Full text...
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Grandson of 'Architect of Apartheid' secures seat South African Parliament
14 may 2019 - 11:40:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following last week’s national elections, the grandson of the so-called “Architect of Apartheid” has [...] Full text...
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South African gov't hails another vibrant and smooth national election
08 may 2019 - 17:13:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The government on Wednesday welcomed South Africa’s "smooth” national and provincial elections . "Millions of [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Millions of South Africans cast their votes in general election (Eds: Adds quotes of President Ramaphosa)
08 may 2019 - 10:26:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans on Wednesday began queuing at polling stations across the country [...] Full text...
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Millions of South Africans vote in general election
08 may 2019 - 09:50:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans on Wednesday began queuing at polling stations across the country [...] Full text...
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Botswana artists to enter for Absa L’Atelier competition
04 may 2019 - 14:30:28Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Barclays Bank of Botswana’s parent company, Absa Group, has unveiled a new-look Absa L’Atelier competition, [...] Full text...
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Mandela sketch sells for US$112,000
03 may 2019 - 11:10:26Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A simple sketch by former President Nelson Mandela of his Robben Island prison cell has [...] Full text...
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Mandela Foundation fights for Apartheid-era flag ban
29 april 2019 - 17:05:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation and AfriForum on Monday met in the Equality Court to [...] Full text...
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Mandela treason trial film to be screened in South Africa
25 april 2019 - 11:45:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A film covering Nelson Mandela’s historic Treason Trial will be screened around South Africa [...] Full text...
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Anti-Mandela club under fire in the UK
18 april 2019 - 11:18:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A private club catering for white South African and Zimbabwean immigrants in the UK [...] Full text...
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South African university honours liberation heroes
14 april 2019 - 12:30:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Liberation heroes Andrew Mlangeni and Denis Goldberg have received honorary doctorates from the Cape [...] Full text...
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Tensions high in sprawling Johannesburg township
08 april 2019 - 15:40:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police and soldiers are on high alert in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township following days of [...] Full text...
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Pretoria cools relations with Israel
07 april 2019 - 09:50:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu confirmed here Sunday that South Africa's ambassador to Israel [...] Full text...
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UNESCO scientific committee completing three volumes on Africa’s general history
02 april 2019 - 14:41:29Paris, France (PANA) – The international scientific committee, responsible for UNESCO’s Africa general history, has completed the drafting of the [...] Full text...
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Apartheid-era killer walks free
02 april 2019 - 14:36:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Apartheid-era policeman Ferdinand Barnard was released from a Pretoria prison on Tuesday after serving [...] Full text...
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Mandela amnesty key to apartheid-era murder case in South Africa
29 march 2019 - 12:27:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Apartheid-era policeman Joao Jan Rodrigues is seeking to use an amnesty clause introduced by [...] Full text...
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South Africa commemorates Cradock Four anti-Apartheid activists
24 march 2019 - 14:59:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government has unveiled a Garden of Remembrance memorial in the Eastern [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa commemorates Sharpeville Massacre
21 march 2019 - 11:39:25South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Thursday marked the 59th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, one of the defining [...] Full text...
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Nelson Mandela linked to Christchurch massacre
17 march 2019 - 19:25:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The gunman who killed 50 worshippers in a Christchurch mosque referred to former world [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa addresses Christchurch massacre
16 march 2019 - 15:44:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, on Saturday joined the chorus of condemnation following the [...] Full text...
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SA'sTV personality Trevor Noah strikes gold again
11 march 2019 - 17:09:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Top South African television personality Trevor Noah has seen his acclaimed biography “Born a [...] Full text...
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