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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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(Newser) - Four British relatives of actress Helena Bonham Carter died this week in a safari bus crash, the London Times reports. The minibus punctured a tire and overturned 6 hours outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, killing Carter's cousin Fiona Bonham Carter, 51, and three relatives including Fiona's mother. The Oscar-nominated actress... More »

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South Africa • car crash • safari • accident • Helena Bonham Carter

 Numbers
 Soaring,
 S. Africa Mulls
 Elephant Cull

In 13 years since killing ban, overpopulation posing serious threat

Aug 21, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Africa's 1995 ban on culling elephants has proven wildly successful—perhaps too successful, writes Karen Lange in National Geographic. As the population has skyrocketed from 8,000 to 13,000 in the years since, starving elephants are now ravaging vegetation and taxing the nation's ecosystem, forcing experts to consider... More »

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endangered species • conservation • South Africa • ivory • poaching • elephant • elephant habitat

Freed Tsvangirai Arrives in
South Africa

Zimbabwe opposition leader gets passport back, talks to continue

Aug 15, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(AP) - Morgan Tsvangirai has arrived in South Africa today on the eve of a weekend summit with regional leaders expected to focus on Zimbabwe's political crisis, reports the AP. The leader of the Movement for Democratic Change will meet with Thabo Mbeki, the South African president who is mediating power-sharing talks... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • power sharing

 Tsvangirai
 Barred From
 Mbeki Meet

Opposition leader detained in airport, passport yanked

Aug 14, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe's opposition, was detained at the airport in Harare today and prevented from flying to South Africa. Authorities confiscated his passport, as well as the travel documents of fellow members of the Movement for Democratic Change, before letting him leave. Tsvangirai was to attend a... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • South Africa • Southern Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Movement for Democratic Change • Zimbabwe elections

 Oprah School Matron
 Pleads Not Guilty

Former dorm matron pleads not guilty

Jul 29, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The former dorm matron at Oprah Winfrey’s $40 million Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa pleaded not guilty to abuse charges today, Reuters reports. Virginia Mokgoba, 27, was charged in November with assault, harassment, soliciting a minor to perform indecent acts, and verbal abuse. Testimony from six teenage... More »

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South Africa • Oprah Winfrey • child abuse • celebrity • Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls • criminal trial • physical abuse

Mandela's Birthday Wish: Help the Poor

South African legend celebrates 90th, calls on rich to do more

Jul 18, 08 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nelson Mandela turned 90 today, and he used the occasion to talk to reporters about the plight of South Africa’s poor, the BBC reports. “If you are poor, you are not likely to live long,” he said. “There are many people in South Africa who are... More »

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Africa • South Africa • birthday • Nelson Mandela • Poverty in South Africa

Pistorius Misses Last
Shot at Beijing

Amputee not selected for relay team

Jul 18, 08 9:22 AM CDT
(AP) - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius was not chosen today to be on South Africa's Olympic team for Beijing. After failing to qualify for the 400 meters earlier, Pistorius was left off the 1,600-meter relay team, the AP reports. Four other South Africans had faster times, and two others were chosen... More »

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2012 London Olympics • South Africa • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Oscar Pistorius • amputees • sprinters

Amputee Racer Fails to Qualify
for Olympics

South Africa can still pick him for relay
by defying panel

Jul 16, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(AP) - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius fell short of the 400-meter qualifying time for the Olympics today, though his lifetime best run could yet get him to Beijing in the relay. The 21-year-old South African shrugged off the pre-race distraction of threatening legal action against the IAAF and finished third in his... More »

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South Africa • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Oscar Pistorius • runner • prosthetics

 Pistorius Fails
 in 2nd Olympics Bid 

South Africa's Pistorius short of qualifying for 400, may have one chance left

Jul 11, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius missed out in another attempt to qualify for the Olympics today, the AP reports, improving his time in the 400 meters but still falling short of the qualifying time at a meet in Rome. The 21-year-old South African will try again Wednesday in Switzerland, and could... More »

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South Africa • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Oscar Pistorius • prosthetics

South Africa Offers Zimbabwe Truce Proposal

Opposition welcomes plan ceding real power to Tsvangirai as PM

Jul 7, 08 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - South African president Thabo Mbeki has proposed a compromise in Zimbabwe’s political crisis: Let Robert Mugabe remain president in name, but hand power to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as temporary prime minister, the Guardian reports. Members of opposition party Movement for Democratic Change were said to be largely satisfied... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • South Africa • truce • Thabo Mbeki • power sharing deal • peace deal • Zimbabwe elections

OPINION

Stubborn Mbeki Denies  the Blood on Hands

From HIV to Zimbabwe, S. African's inaction has cost lives, says Cohen

Jul 3, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five years ago Roger Cohen interviewed Thabo Mbeki in the New York Times, and even then the South African president insisted that Zimbabwe will "get over" its conflicts. So as supposed mediator in Zimbabwe's deepening economic and humanitarian disaster, why has Mbeki still done nothing? An earlier act of... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • AIDS • HIV • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • HIV/AIDS

 Mandela Finally
 Removed From
 US Terror List 

US takes icon off terrorist watch list

Jul 2, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is finally being removed from US terrorism watch lists, CNN reports. The 90-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate was designated a terrorist because he battled against the old apartheid regime in South Africa. His name was never officially removed from the US lists until a... More »

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terrorism • John Kerry • State Department • South Africa • apartheid • Nelson Mandela • Nobel Peace Prize • African National Congress

Mugabe Faces Chilly Reception at African Summit

Zimbabwe prez faces pressure to negotiate

Jun 30, 08 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newly reinaugurated  Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe arrived today at an African Union summit where he is expected to face pressure to negotiate with the country's opposition. Although Mugabe walked into the conference at an Egyptian resort alongside other leaders, he has faced unprecedented criticism from African governments to yield to... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • diplomacy • South Africa • African Union • Thabo Mbeki • Zimbabwe elections

 Stars Turn Out to Fete Mandela 

Concert honoring 90th birthday draws huge crowd to London's Hyde Park

Jun 27, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A benefit concert for Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday drew a constellation of music stars to London today, the BBC reports. Will Smith kicked off the festivities, and Leona Lewis was a hit with the crowd, but the star of the show, as expected, was Mandela. "Even as we celebrate,... More »

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AIDS • South Africa • concert • Nelson Mandela

OPINION

Soccer Is Key to Get S. Africa to Play Ball on Zimbabwe

Use 2010 World Cup to pressure Mbeki: writer

Jun 24, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The last few weeks have further exposed Robert Mugabe as a tyrant—and Thabo Mbeki, South Africa's president, as a "vacillating, dithering, morally compromised figure," writes Peter Godwin. In an op-ed for the New York Times, the Zimbabwe-born author says that the West must force Mbeki to act... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • World Cup • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Zimbabwe elections • 2010 World Cup

UPDATED

South African Prez to Plead With Mugabe to Save Race
 
  

Results of uncontested race should be ignored, Britain insists

Jun 24, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The president of South Africa is is flying today to Zimbabwe to plead with strongman Robert Mugabe to save this week's presidential election after Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew to protest government violence. Britain’s foreign secretary said an uncontested race would be “the most rigged election in African history" and... More »

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United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Gordon Brown • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Britain • Zimbabwe elections • UN Security Council

 Africa Braces for
 Zimbabwe Refugees 

With Mugabe looking ready to hold on to power at all costs, exodus is expected

Jun 21, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe's neighbors are preparing for a flood of refugees after next week's election, the London Times reports. About 3 million have already fled Robert Mugabe's regime to South Africa, Zambia, and Botswana. As it becomes increasingly clear that Mugabe will not give up power even if he loses the election,... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Mozambique • South Africa • Zambia • refugee • Botswana • Movement for Democratic Change • Zimbabwe elections • Zanu-PF

 S. Africa Reclassifies
 Chinese as 'Black' 

Group can now benefit from post-apartheid equality programs

Jun 19, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Africa's high court has decided Chinese people should be reclassified as black, the London Times reports. The country's 20,000 citizens of Chinese origin had complained that they were left out of programs aimed at reversing inequalities created under apartheid, despite having been discriminated against under white rule. A... More »

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South Africa • race relations • racial inequality • apartheid • Chinese

Four Nations Fight Microsoft Doc Standard

Brazil, Venezuela, South Africa and India target format

Jun 10, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four nations have appealed to stop the fast-track adoption of Microsoft’s Office Open XML file format as an international standard, a world standards body announced yesterday. Venezuela, Brazil, South Africa and India have all appealed. The exact reason is unknown, but many have complained that the March vote to... More »

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Microsoft • Venezuela • India • Brazil • South Africa • Open XML • International Organization for Standardization • OOXML

Mbeki's Lost Letter Focuses Scrutiny on Zimbabwe Role

Denies Tsvangirai note; impartiality questioned

Jun 9, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last month Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader and the victor of March's elections, sent a 4-page letter to South African president Thabo Mbeki asking him to step aside as mediator. But when South African media reported the story last week, Mbeki's camp denied that the letter even exists, much less... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Zimbabwe elections • South African Development Community

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