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January 22, 2014
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A new, 9-meter (29.5-foot) sculpture of Nelson Mandela is billed as the biggest statue of the South…
January 14, 2014
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Forget world's best fighter, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was rated by the South African government…
December 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Former InterActiveCorp PR director Justine Sacco lit a firestorm over the weekend with an offensive tweet about…
December 21, 2013
OPINION - Public relations professional Justine Sacco probably didn’t think much of the tweet as she sent it from London’s…
December 20, 2013
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK - I’ve been to South Africa many times dating back to the early 1990’s, just after Nelson Mandela…
December 16, 2013
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has unveiled a gigantic statue of anti-apartheid fighter Nelson Mandela to cheers and…
December 16, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Thamsanqa Jantjie never went to trial for the 2003 killings when other suspects did in 2006 because…
December 15, 2013
TODAY - As Mandela is laid to rest this weekend, the film, based on his autobiography, is beginning to draw…
December 15, 2013
QUNU, South Africa (AP) — Anti-apartheid champion Nelson Mandela was buried in his home village on Sunday...
December 14, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu said he had not been accredited as a clergyman at Nelson Mandela's funeral by the…
December 13, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government said Friday it is aware of reports that the bogus sign language interpreter…
December 12, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The man accused of faking sign interpretation while standing alongside world leaders like U.S. President Barack Obama…
December 12, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's home was robbed while he was away to attend the memorial honoring Nelson…
December 11, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man who appeared to provide sign language interpretation on stage for Nelson Mandela's memorial service, attended…
December 11, 2013
OPINION - The passing of the African nation’s former president has caused Reagan’s policy of coddling the apartheid regime in…
December 10, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Amid cheers and song for the prisoner who became peacemaker, President Barack Obama energized tens of thousands…
December 10, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Corruption scandals have stained Zuma and the ANC, the liberation movement during apartheid that casts itself as…
December 10, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — President Barack Obama shook hands with Cuban President Raul Castro Tuesday at a memorial service for Nelson…
December 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In his speech at a historic memorial service for Nelson Mandela, President Obama called the first black…
December 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Rev. Al Sharpton joined NBC's Meet the Press Sunday as a panelist to discuss the late Nelson…