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Nelson Mandela's ghost writer on their conversations' lost tapes

"I heard some loneliness in his voice." Nelson Mandela's ghostwriter Richard Stengel discusses the lost tapes of their time writing 'Long Walk to Freedom'

06/01/2023

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Watch: Delegates arrives to conference as Ramaphosa seeks re-election

Despite being embroiled in a scandal, Ramaphosa looks set to be re-elected by the delegates of the ANC party.

16/12/2022

Travel News

Ryanair drops ‘inappropriate’ test for South African travellers

A language test that sparked outrage earlier this month has been dropped by the airline which now says it was not appropriate and doesn't make sense.

16/06/2022

South Africa

'World's moral compass': Desmond Tutu died aged 90

The 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, human rights activist, and the first Black Archbishop of Johannesburg was an uncompromising foe of the apartheid in South Africa.

26/12/2021

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South Africa celebrates Desmond Tutu's 90th birthday

Desmond Tutu, South Africa's anti-apartheid icon and Nobel peace laureate, marks his 90th birthday with a rare public appearance.

07/10/2021

France

French MEP criticised for comparing COVID-19 pass with apartheid

Michèle Rivasi, from the European Greens, is known for her opposition to vaccines and has sparked indignation from other French politicians.

13/07/2021

United Kingdom

British MP says he doesn't regret comparing Brexiteers to Nazis

David Lammy quoted Winston Churchill, who in 1938 said: "We must not appease Hitler".

14/04/2019

South Africa

Euroviews. Mandela's Long Walk To Freedom Showed We Can Change The World | View

His face is one of the most recognisable in the world but back then, it had been 24 years since the last photograph of Mandela had been published. Few people knew what Mandela looked like, let alone what kind of man he had become. And now here he was, standing before me, his hand outstretched.

18/07/2018

South Africa

South Africa bids a final farewell to Winnie Mandela

Thousands of mourners packed into a Soweto stadium for the funeral of the anti-apartheid campaigner who died on April 2 at the age of 81

15/04/2018

South Africa

South African jazz musician and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Masekela

The man known as the “father of South African jazz”, who used his music to oppose racial segregation, has died aged 78.

23/01/2018

Myanmar

Treatment of Rohingya 'amounts to apartheid' - Amnesty International

Amnesty International says Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims amounts to apartheid, a crime against humanity.

21/11/2017

South Africa

Veteran anti-apartheid leader Ahmed Kathrada dies at 87

South Africa mourns the loss of anti-apartheid leader Ahmed Kathrada who has died aged 87.

28/03/2017

Israel

UN buries report accusing Israel of 'apartheid'

UN withdraws report accusing Israel of 'apartheid'

18/03/2017