Jacob Zuma

South Africa's Ruling Party Will Fail to Quash Freedom of Expression

Alex Matthews | Posted 05.30.2012

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Alex Matthews

Several weeks ago, controversy ignited in South Africa when a Johannesburg gallery opened an exhibition by artist Brett Murray featuring The Spear -- a painting which depicted Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa with his genitals exposed.

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President Sues Over Penis Art

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.24.2012

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JOHANNESBURG -- A lawyer for South Africa's president broke down in tears Thursday as he tried to convince three judges that the display of a portrait...

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Presidential Penis Portrait Shocks African National Congress

Reuters | Peroshni Govender | Posted 05.18.2012

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By Peroshni Govender JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery ...

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South Africa's Shocking Polygamy Airline Promotion

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 04.26.2012

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Flying with family members can get expensive, particularly for polygamists. But a new airline promotion could provide big savings for gentlemen with n...

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Guess What Just Turned 100

AP | By ED BROWN | Posted 03.09.2012

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BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa -- Tens of thousands of chanting and dancing revelers waved the green and gold colors of the African National Congress as A...

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Political Power Struggle Overshadows South Africa's Broken Promise

Michelle Chen | Posted 11.21.2011

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Michelle Chen

It's been more than two decades since South Africa overthrew apartheid rule, but ordinary South Africans today live under a different, subtler form of oppression.

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Police Clash With Ruling Party's Youth League In South Africa

AP | MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 10.30.2011

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JOHANNESBURG — Violent protests Tuesday by supporters of South Africa's firebrand youth leader are the latest political salvo in a power struggl...

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African Union Refuses To Recognize Libyan Rebels

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 10.26.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that African, Arab and European organizations agreed on the urgent need to end the fi...

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Spilling Whiskey On President Ends In Assault Conviction

AP | Posted 09.26.2011

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JOHANNESBURG -- South African prosecutors say a man who spilled his glass of whiskey on the president has been convicted of assault. Daryl Peense was...

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South African President: Gaddafi Ready For Truce

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 07.30.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi is ready for a truce to stop the fighting in his country, the visiting South African president said Monday after mee...

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South Africa: Gaddafi Has Accepted 'Road Map' For Cease-Fire

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 06.10.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya — A delegation of African leaders said Sunday that their Libyan counterpart, Moammar Gadhafi, accepted their "road map" for a cea...

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International Climate Negotiations Grind to a Standstill

Corbin Hiar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Corbin Hiar

Not much has been said or written about the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change since the flurry of post-Cancun commentary. So what's been happening with the climate talks?

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Nelson Mandela Hospitalized In South Africa

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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JOHANNESBURG — Former South African President Nelson Mandela was hospitalized for a second straight day Thursday for what his office described a...

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World Cup Hangover Hits South Africa

Etan Thomas and Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Etan Thomas and Dave Zirin

The World Cup was without question a major sporting success for South Africa. The fields opened on schedule and disparate groups of South Africans who usually self-segregate exalted together in public. But the party's over.

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Media freedom and violence prevention

Nicholas van Praag | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nicholas van Praag

This post originally appeared on the Conflict and Development blog on September 1, 2010. True believers in press freedom. Photo: Brooks Kraft/Sygma...

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Obama: Al Qaeda Would Use Nuclear Weapon If It Could

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - If al-Qaida acquired nuclear weapons it "would have no compunction at using them," President Barack Obama said Sunda...

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The World Cup Is a Lift for South Africa

Amb. John Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amb. John Campbell

The soccer matches will provide a lift for the national mood of a country that wrestles with seemingly intractable problems in a democratic context if no longer with the uncritical acclaim of the immediate post-apartheid era.

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New Zuma Sex Scandal Mars Run-Up To World Cup

Christian Science Monitor | Scott Baldauf | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Jacob Zuma's family denies press reports that one of his three wives had an affair with her bodyguard, but the story is causing a stir in So...

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Something New Out of Africa: A Global Player

Dominique Strauss-Kahn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn

From our perspective, South Africa weathered the financial crisis well -- with a set of pragmatic counter-cyclical policies that enabled the country to withstand its first recession in 20 years.

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South Africa World Cup: 40,000 Prostitutes May Enter Country

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

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The host nation is tightening border controls ahead of a predicted influx of sex workers hoping to ply their trade with fans during the month-long tou...

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Jason Linkins

Sally Quinn Will Settle All Of Her Scores, On Twitter

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, a world mourned when Dame Sally Quinn, of the Washington, DC Bradlee-Quinns, had her print column -- which I believe was titled "The Drowsy...

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How Zuma's Sex Life is Endangering Millions

Alex Matthews | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alex Matthews

Recent reports that South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has fathered his twentieth child with a woman he is not married to has disturbing implications for the battle against HIV/Aids.

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Jacob Zuma Acknowledges Love Child

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's polygamist president confirmed Wednesday that he fathered a daughter last year with a woman who is not one of his ...

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Zuma Needs To Stop Acting Like A 'Gigolo,' Politician Says

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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JOHANNESBURG — A South African presidential spokesman on Tuesday called a newspaper story that the country's polygamist leader had fathered a ch...

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The First Polygamist and his First, Second and Third Ladies

Luso Mnthali | Posted 05.25.2011

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Luso Mnthali

For at least some steps forward, there are some other steps backwards somewhere in the world, but South Africa cannot use this as a reason to excuse a president that is surely setting a bad example.

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