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Selebi Trial: SA Police Chief Jackie Selebi Accused Of Accepting Designer Clothes In Drug Smuggling Scheme

New York Times | BARRY BEARAK | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home

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JOHANNESBURG -- The drug trafficker and the police commissioner were once nattily attired pals, or so the allegations go. The two men would shop toget...

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Jackie Selebi, Former Interpol Head, Denies Corruption Charges

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

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South Africa's former chief of police Jackie Selebi has pleaded not guilty at the start of his corruption trial. ...

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South African Women Still Second-Class Citizens

Alex Matthews | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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Alex Matthews

South Africa has a crisis of values in which men are brought up to believe they are entitled to treat women as objects to abuse, hurt, exploit, rape, harass, control and patronize.

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Elections in South Africa

Laura J. Mitchell | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

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Laura J. Mitchell

Too much is at stake for South Africans ­indeed for the rest of the continent ­to blithely dismiss "forces of darkness" in this current election.

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Jacob Zuma: Top 5 Things You Didn't Know

Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

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Jacob Zuma, current president of the African National Congress and the leading candidate in South Africa's presidential election Wednesday, is quite t...

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South Africa's ANC Faces Wave Of New Competition

Mail and Guardian | STUART GRAHAM | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

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The ANC is in no danger of losing its heartland -- the Eastern Cape -- on election Wednesday, but for the first time the party is facing a wave of new...

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Will Jacob Zuma's South Africa Be Democracy's Shame?

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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Andrew Belonsky

Jacob Zuma's commitment to communism, apparent disdain for free press and alleged meddling in the justice system are enough to raise the hairs on anyone who believes in open, transparent liberal democracy.

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Jacob Zuma Corruption Charges Dropped

Mail & Guardian Online | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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Dropping corruption charges against African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma does not amount to an acquittal, acting National Director of Pub...

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Mandela Emerges From Retirement To Support Zuma For President

The Independent | Daniel Howden | Posted 03.19.2009 | World

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Facing its first real challenge since the end of apartheid, the African National Congress (ANC) has turned to the man who many wish was still leading ...

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