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Jan 31, 2012 at 9:40 am

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South Africa Recalls 1.35 Million Defective Condoms

South Africa Recalls 1.35 Million Defective Condoms

South African citizens are in a panic after free condoms handed out during the African National Congress political party’s 100-year anniversary celebration were found to be defective as reported by the Associated Press.

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Activist Sello Mokhalipi of the Treatment Action Campaign, an organization that advocates for people with HIV/AIDS, said that complaints of the condoms and their defects have been

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Jan 12, 2012 at 5:33 pm

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International

 

PBS Series “Have You Heard” Shows Global Fight Against Apartheid

PBS Series “Have You Heard” Shows Global Fight Against Apartheid

A new PBS documentary series “Have You Heard From Johannesburg” will premiere tonight. The documentary is extensive in both its details and its understanding of the anti-apartheid movement in both South Africa and around the world.

The documentary is a five part series that covers the fight against South African apartheid by the South African people, as well as from people around the world.

The director of the documentary series,” Connie Field

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Jan 10, 2012 at 8:30 am

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South Africa University Stampede Kills 1

South Africa University Stampede Kills 1

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Prospective students stampeded at the gate of a South African university Tuesday, leaving one person dead and two others seriously injured, officials said.

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Thousands of young South Africans and their parents began gathering at the University of Johannesburg campus on Monday to seek admission. Space was limited, symptom of a

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Sep 29, 2011 at 3:04 pm

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South African Radio Host Rips Racism During Live F-Word Rant

South African Radio Host Rips Racism During Live F-Word Rant

Mark Esterhuysen, a South African talk radio host, is out of a job days after he unleashed a F-word-laden diatribe against racism and police brutality, live on the air Tuesday morning.

“F— racism, f— the pigs who killed Andries Tatane, f— the AWB,” Esterhuysen said in the audio. He ended his 41-second rant promoting his blog (markesterhuysen.blogspot.com), Twitter, and Facebook accounts.

Esterhuysen, who described himself as an “Enemy of the state” and “Defender

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Jun 6, 2011 at 1:19 pm

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Hillary Clinton And MAC Partner To Help Rape Victims In South Africa

Hillary Clinton And MAC Partner To Help Rape Victims In South Africa

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a private partnership with the MAC cosmetics company that will expand medical and emergency support services for rape survivors in South Africa, where over 3 million people live with HIV/AIDS.

Black Voices reports:

Clinton and the cosmetics company pledged the commitment of $2 million to diminish the AIDS epidemic in South Africa over the next two years through the launch

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Apr 2, 2011 at 11:37 pm

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Genius Sisterhood Arrives In South Africa

Genius Sisterhood Arrives In South Africa

STELLENBOSCH, South Africa — The 2011 International Conference on Women in Physics takes place in South Africa this week.

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The guest list includes some of the world’s smartest women including the world’s first black female astronaut, the woman who discovered neutron stars, and a former head of the Nobel committee for physics.

TimesLive reports:

Leading South Africa’s female geniuses will be Rhodes University’s Professor Tebello Nyokong.

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Apr 1, 2011 at 3:22 pm

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International

 

Ex-Rugby Star Charged In Serial Axe Murders

Ex-Rugby Star Charged In Serial Axe Murders

Johannesburg, South Africa — A former South African rugby star will undergo mental observation after he was charged with the gruesome axe murders of three people in Durban on Monday.

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Mar 7, 2011 at 11:11 am

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National

 

Jennifer Hudson Stayed In African Prison To Prepare For “Winnie”

Jennifer Hudson Stayed In African Prison To Prepare For “Winnie”

SOUTH AFRICA – Jennifer Hudson prepared for her upcoming role in the movie “Winnie” about South African civil rights leader and wife of former President, Nelson Mandela by sleeping in a South African prison similar to the one where Winnie Mandela spent 500 days.

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While locked in her cell, Hudson’s camera crew shot scenes of her confinement to depict the 500-plus days

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Feb 18, 2011 at 4:07 pm

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Dead Baby In Plastic Bag Found At Oprah’s S.A. School

Dead Baby In Plastic Bag Found At Oprah’s S.A. School

SOUTH AFRICA-A dead baby in a plastic bag has been found at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls outside Johannesburg. News 24 South Africa reports:

The 17-year-old girl, who was a pupil at the school just outside Johannesburg, was taken to the Midvaal Hospital in Meyerton.

Beeld newspaper on Friday reported that the baby’s body was found in a plastic bag filled with bloodied clothes after the girl was taken to

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Feb 11, 2010 at 8:35 am

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Black History Month

 

Today In Black History: Mandela Released From Prison

Today In Black History: Mandela Released From Prison

Nelson Mandela’s greatest pleasure, his most private moment, is watching the sun set with the music of Handel or Tchaikovsky playing. Locked up in his cell during daylight hours, deprived of music, both these simple pleasures were denied him for decades.

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