How Desmond Tutu’s Daughter Lost Her Job After Marrying A Woman
As a child of Desmond Tutu, a Christian leader who bravely opposed apartheid in South Africa, Rev. Mpho Tutu Van Furth knows a thing or two about how to stand up for what you believe 25
South Africa
South Africa’s EFF MPs expelled for heckling Jacob Zuma
A brawl broke out in the South African parliament on Tuesday as security officers were ordered to forcibly remove opposition MPs. Several punches were thrown as the left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were expelled after 25
Why Does Thuli Madonsela, South Africa’s Public Prosecutor, Fear for Her Life?
Few women command the same public respect in South Africa as Thuli Madonsela. Madonsela, 53, holds the post of public protector in South Africa , an independent watchdog tasked with investigating government corruption and holding 25
South Africa protesters torch schools in Limpopo province
BBC | Protesters have burnt 13 schools in two areas in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province in a violent dispute over district boundaries, police say. Government officials appealed for an end to the violence, saying it 25
South Africa: Julius Malema vows to seize white-owned land
The leader of South Africa’s opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has launched his party’s campaign for the upcoming local elections, promising to rescue citizens from poverty, unemployment and corrupt government. Around 40,000 people turned 25
South African court rules Zuma must face corruption charges
By Amogelang Mbatha and Paul Vecchiatto | Bloomberg South African court ruled that the decision by prosecutors to drop a corruption case against President Jacob Zuma seven years ago was irrational and should be set 25
Mall of Africa opens in South Africa as economic outlook sours
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Thousands of shoppers queued on Thursday at the opening of one of the largest malls in South Africa, set in middle-class suburbia between Johannesburg and Pretoria. The Mall of Africa will house 25
On a bus, South Africans claim back land taken under apartheid
LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – South Africans whose land was confiscated under racist laws in the apartheid era have lodged more than 27,000 legal claims at “mobile land claims offices” housed in buses and four-wheel-drive 25
S.Africa’s ANC opens treason case against leftist leader Malema
Cape Town (AFP) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has brought a case of treason against opposition leader Julius Malema after he threatened a violent overthrow of the government, the party’s spokesman said 25
South Africa’s Julius Malema warns Zuma government
South African politician Julius Malema says the opposition “will run out of patience very soon and we will remove this government through the barrel of a gun” if the ruling African National Congress (ANC) continues to 25