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In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 Olympian Oscar Pistorius stands following his bail hearing, as his brother Carl, center, and father Henke look on, in Pretoria, South Africa. (AP Photo/Masi Losi/Pretoria News)

South Africa comments split family of Oscar Pistorius

John Leicester, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A remarkably public feud erupted Tuesday within the family of Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympian charged with murdering his girlfriend...
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South African photographer, Alf Kumalo, stands outside court in Johannesburg. Kumalo, whose work chronicled the brutalities of apartheid, died of renal failure in Johannesburg, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. He was 82. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

South African photographer who depicted apartheid dies

Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Alfred Kumalo, a South African photographer whose work chronicled the brutalities of apartheid and the rise of Nelson Mandela, died of renal failure in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday night, the ruling party said Monday....
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This video image taken from SABC television shows South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela as he receiving a torch to celebrate the African National Congress' centenary from ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete, unseen, in Mandela's home village Qunu in rural eastern South Africa Wednesday May 30, 2012.  (AP Photo/SABC via AP video)

Mandela celebrates 100th anniversary of African National Congress

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela's African National Congress has brought its centenary celebrations to his home village in eastern South Africa...
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Tens of thousands protest for poor in South Africa

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Tens of thousands of South Africans marched peacefully through their main cities Wednesday to demand the governing African National Congress do more for the poor...
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Anti-apartheid veteran Albertina Sisulu dies at 92

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Albertina Sisulu took part in some of the iconic moments of the anti-apartheid movement, including the launch in 1955 of the Freedom Charter...
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Is Mandela being used as a political prop?

Rohit Kachroo
theGRIO REPORT - What better way to fight apathy, and remind black people of the price paid for the vote, than a picture of Mandela at a ballot box?...
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South African track star ready for university exams

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A champion runner at the center of a gender controversy is set to take university final exams, her father said Friday, contradicting earlier reports she was too traumatized to study...
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