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South Africa

7 articles, sorted by name / date

‘Children looked at death in the face in the streets... and decided enough was enough’ »

Sam Nzima's photograph of the dying Hector Pieterson being carried by a fellow student published around the world

Jeanette grew up in Soweto, an all black racially segregated neighbourhood with iconic neighbours including Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. As a child she wasn’t privy to the racial atrocities going on around her thanks to the solid struct...

Thu 26 Jan 2012 by Olivia Pires | Read more »

Africa’s heavyweights will not be missed »

Ghanaian supporters

There has been concern in some quarters in the build-up to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations regarding the potential dearth of top-class football on show. The tournament, hosted jointly by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, kicks off on Saturday 21 January wit...

Wed 18 Jan 2012 by Sean Gibson | Read more »

Life and death? It's Africa »

Steve Bloomfield

Often the stories we hear about Africa are quite negative, because news is negative wherever it is in the world. The problem is that people see Africa as one whole rather than 53 separate countries. The World Cup was a great news story coming out of Af...

Thu 16 Sep 2010 | Read more »

Creeping out of Madiba's shadow »

Paul Nugent

On 11 February South Africa marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela from Victor Verster prison. The image of Nelson and Winnie Mandela walking away from the facility - hand in hand and with their clenched fists in the air - are amo...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Paul Nugent | Read more »

South Africa's World Cup 'jitters' »

Simon Mundy

"These people are carrying valuable things, US dollars, jewellery," says one of a pair of South African criminals, cradling a handgun as he assesses his prospects at the forthcoming World Cup. "For us it’s a very big opportunity." The interview,...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Simon Mundy | Read more »

Squandered chances leave Scotland frustrated after defeat to South Africa »

Mike Blair bursts through a gap in the South African back line to set up Hines's try

Despite spells of quality in attack, basic kicking errors saw Scotland throw away points in a tightly-contested match against world champions South Africa. Despite drawing first blood through a penalty, followed by Nathan Hines’s 35th minute try...

Sat 15 Nov 2008 by Graham Mackay at Murrayfield | Read more »

South Africa: No time for hesitation »

Helen Zille

Fourteen years after the advent of democracy, there has been a bloodless coup in South Africa with the transfer of presidential power from Thabo Mbeki to Kgalema Motlanthe. Like all coups, it served the narrow self-interest of a group of power-hungry p...

Thu 02 Oct 2008 by Helen Zille | Read more »

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Sport

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Arts and Entertainment

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Arts and Entertainment

Stand up for Stanhope

Arts and Entertainment

My my Delilah

Sport

Edinburgh wear down Loughborough to move fourth