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Peacemaker Tutu slams Kenya elite
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Zuma to run in election |
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Interpol's head 'to be charged' |
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Zuma to urge ANC unity at rally |
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Scandal-hit Interpol chief quits Jackie Selebi's resignation follows his suspension as South Africa's national police commissioner
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| Jan.22 |
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Tourists trapped in cable cars |
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Power cuts spark World Cup fears |
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| Jan.30 |
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Zimbabweans detained in S. Africa raid |
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S Africa to allow elephant cull |
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| Feb.27 |
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Outcry in SA over 'racist' video Several white students face criminal charges after allegedly forcing black campus employees to eat food that had been urinated on
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| Feb.29 |
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Two more sorry for 'urine' video |
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| Mar.24 |
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Mining forces out thousands |
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| Apr.13 |
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Trevor Immelman wins Masters
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| Apr.16 |
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Mbeki defends record on Zimbabwe |
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| Apr.17 |
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S Africa joins Zimbabwe vote call
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| Apr.19 |
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Zimbabwe weapons ship heads to Anglola
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| Apr.24 |
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Zuma: Zimbabwe crisis at critical level
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| May.16 |
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'Blade Runner' wins Olympic appeal |
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| May.18 |
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Deadly clashes in Johannesburg |
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| May.19 |
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'Anti-foreigner' violence kills 22
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Thousands flee violence Police armed with rubber bullets were patrolling neighborhoods to quell a recent spree of violence aimed at foreigners
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| May.21 |
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Mbeki deploys army to stop killings |
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| May.22 |
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'Necklace' lynching returns
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| May.23 |
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Violence spreads to Cape Town |
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| May.24 |
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Protest against anti-foreigner violence |
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| May.26 |
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Death toll climbs in violence
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| May.27 |
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S Africa to set up refugee camps
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Group wraps 1,800-mile anti-malaria trip
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| Jun.16 |
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Food crisis destroys progress in Africa
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| Jun.24 |
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ANC 'dismayed' by Zimbabwe crisis The governing party has accused the Zimbabwean government of 'riding roughshod' over democracy and said a fair election is not possible
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| Jun.25 |
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Mandela condemns Mugabe 'failure' 
Former South African leader has added his voice to the growing international condemnation of the political violence in Zimbabwe
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| Jun.27 |
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Mandela joins stars at gig
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| Jun.28 |
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Tutu urges Zimbabwe intervention The former Cape Town archbishop Desmond Tutu has urged the international community to intervene in Zimbabwe, by force if necessary
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Mandela off U.S. terrorism watch lists
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| Jul.5 |
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Mbeki in Harare for crisis talks| Thabo Mbeki has held talks with President Robert Mugabe and members of a breakaway opposition faction. Tsvangirai declined to meet Mbeki | |
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Zimbabwe rival parties hold talks Zimbabwe ruling Zanu-PF party and both factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change have begun talks
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Mandela celebrates 90th birthday
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Mandela at 90 issues call for poor| Nelson Mandela, the man credited with ending apartheid in S. Africa, has marked his 90th birthday by calling for the rich to do more for the poor. His predecessor as president, FW de Klerk, described ... | |
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Smith's ton gives Proteas historic win |
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| Aug.4 |
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Supporters rally for ANC leader Supporters of Jacob Zuma have rallied as he appeared at a court hearing on corruption charges
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Defiant Zuma fights corruption charges 
Lawyers for president of the African National Congress urged judges to declare Zuma's prosecution on corruption charges unlawful
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| Aug.5 |
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Judge delays ruling on Jacob Zuma
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| Aug.15 |
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Summit to target Zimbabwe crisis Map of Johannesburg South Africa Southern African leaders are set to start a 2-day summit, with hopes that stalled talks on Zimbabwe's power-sharing may resume
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Protesters greet Mugabe at summit African leaders gathered for a weekend summit as hundreds protested nearby, angry at the inclusion of Zimbabwean President
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Summit ends in Zimbabwe stalemate Map of Johannesburg South Africa| Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition have been unable to reach a power-sharing agreement at a summit of Southern African leaders | |
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Tutu: Church obsessed with gays
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| Sep.8 |
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Mbeki tries to resolve Zimbabwe deadlock
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Judge throws out Zuma charges Map of Pietermaritzburg South Africa A judge has ruled that the prosecution against African National Congress President Jacob Zuma was invalid
| The judge is clearing the way for him to contest the presidential election early next year. Zuma was facing charges of corruption, fraud and money laundering relating to a multi-billion dollar 1999 arms deal
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'Blade Runner' claims 2nd Paralympic gold |
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| Sep.19 |
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President Mbeki lashes out at critics
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ANC in talks over Mbeki's future
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President Mbeki 'to quit' President Thabo Mbeki agreed to resign, clearing the way for his longtime political rival, Jacob Zuma, to run for the office next spring
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| Sep.21 |
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Mbeki resigns as president Thabo Mbeki has formally resigned, a day after accepting a call by the governing African National Congress to resign
| In a TV address, Mr Mbeki said he had submitted a letter of resignation to the National Assembly
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ANC to name Motlanthe as successor Ruling African National Congress party is to name deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe as the successor to President Mbeki
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| Sep.23 |
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11 ministers resign President Thabo Mbeki prepares to leave office. The resignations includes Finance Minister Manuel and Defense Minister Lekota
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| Sep.25 |
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Motlanthe elected president Parliament chose the deputy president of the ruling ANC party, Kgalema Motlanthe, as interim president to replace outgoing President Mbeki
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| Oct.8 |
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ANC party faces possible split
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| Oct.12 |
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Mbeki seeks to save Zimbabwe deal
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| Nov.8 |
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Zimbabwe in 'make or break' talks
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| Nov.9 |
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Zimbabwe rivals 'must compromise' A summit of southern African leaders has told Zimbabwe's parties they must reach a compromise to break the country's political deadlock
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Tsvangirai rejects compromise offer After weeks of deadlocked talks over a power-sharing agreement, a mediating group asked both sides to co-manage the police ministry
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| Nov.15 |
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Hundreds bid farewell to Makeba
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| Nov.21 |
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Teen gets 4 life terms for racist murders
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S. Africa ends decade of denial on AIDS
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South Africa faces cholera emergency Limpopo province has declared a health emergency after more than 600 refugees from Zimbabwe arrived with cases of cholera
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| Dec.15 |
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New party to challenge ANC rule
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| Dec.23 |
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Tutu accuses S Africa over Mugabe
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| Dec.30 |
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South Africa wrap up series win |
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