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Zuma To Toughen Zimbabwe Stance

Mail & Guardian Online | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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Jacob Zuma will inherit a still-simmering crisis in neighbouring Zimbabwe, where analysts said he's unlikely to tread as softly as his predecessor Tha...

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Elections in South Africa

Laura J. Mitchell | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Apartheid, Albert Lutuli, Jacob Zuma, Zimbabwe, Nelson Mandela, Africa, Thabo Mbeki, African National Congress, Desmond Tutu, South Africa, F.W. De Klerk, World News
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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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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Mbeki a Disgrace, Yet Again

Mia Farrow | Posted 04.19.2009 | World

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Mia Farrow

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki's legacy is a disgraceful one.

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Ban Ki-Moon Begins Africa Tour Noting Financial Worries

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

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PRETORIA, South Africa — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a nine-day African tour telling United Nations personnel Tuesday that the wor...

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New African Union Leader Will Push For Single State

New York Times | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

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President Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya was named chairman of the African Union on Monday, wresting control of a body he helped found and has long wante...

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The New Obama in South Africa

Mona Gable | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: World AIDS Day, Barbara Hogan, Thabo Mbeki, Relationships, Barack Obama, Blackwater, South Africa, President Obama, Politics News
Mona Gable

In October South Africa got a new health minister, a former anti-apartheid activist named Barbara Hogan who's being called the "new Obama." How's that for change South Africans can believe in?

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Harvard Study: 365,000 Died Due To South Africa's Misguided AIDS Policies

The New York Times | Celia W. Dugger | Posted 12.27.2008 | World

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JOHANNESBURG -- A new study by Harvard researchers estimates that the South African government would have prevented the premature deaths of 365,000 pe...

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The Exit of George Bush's "Point Man" in Africa

Sean Jacobs | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Politics, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Jacob Zuma, George W. Bush, Africa, Thabo Mbeki, Politics News
Sean Jacobs

Mbeki's commendation of his government's "sterling work," during his televised resignation speech must have sounded to his people like a description of another country.

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Zimbabwe: A Question for Obama (and McCain) that Won't Wait [Updated]

Michael Goldfarb | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Thabo Mbeki, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Obama, Zimbabwe Elections, Obama Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Mbeki, Robert Mugabe, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Michael Goldfarb

What I am asking is whether Barack Obama will use his rapidly growing international credibility and speak out against the cruelties perpetrated by Mugabe and his henchman.

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