South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Friday urged neighboring countries to help stabilize the violence-wracked Central African Republic, indicating that unrest in the coup-hit nation could otherwise spread throughout the region.
South Africa’s President Zuma Visits Recovering Nelson Mandela
April 30, 2013 | Posted by
Nelson Mandela hosted South African President Jacob Zuma at his Johannesburg home on Monday. Mandela looks understandably fragile just three weeks after his release from hospital, despite Zuma’s remark that the 94-year-old was “in good shape.”
South Africans Fear Mandela’s Death Would Bring Violence
March 31, 2013 | Posted by
South Africa is holding its collective breath in fear of uprisings and riots that could follow the death of political icon Nelson Mandela, who is 94 and struggling with health issues. The Nobel Peace Prize-winner is in his fifth day of another hospital visit for a lung infection. Ernst Roets, deputy executive chief of South [...]
Nelson Mandela Responding Positively to Treatment of Lung Infection
March 29, 2013 | Posted by
South Africa remains anxious over the health of former President Nelson Mandela, who has “responded positively” to treatment for a lung infection during his third hospital visit in the last four months. The civil rights icon spent almost three weeks in hospital in December. Though an overnight checkup went well earlier this month, he has [...]
Bashar Al-Assad Calls on BRICS Nations to Help End Conflict in Syria
March 17, 2013 | Posted by
With the country entering its third year of civil warfare, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a plea to the BRICS nations, asking them to help end the conflict. The BRICS nations, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, will host a summit later this month. Only Russia has spoken out in support of Assad’s regime [...]
Nelson Mandela Discharged From Hospital After Checkup
March 10, 2013 | Posted by
Former South African president Nelson Mandela was discharged from a Pretoria hospital Sunday after undergoing a scheduled checkup. The anti-apartheid leader was admitted for an overnight stay Saturday, and has returned to his Johannesburg home. “The doctors have completed the tests. He is well and as before, his health remains under the management of the [...]
South African Police Under Scrutiny Again For Dragging Incident That Led to Death
March 1, 2013 | Posted by
The South African police force is involved in yet another scandal, at a time when international attention to its actions is higher than ever. Sadly police misconduct seems to be a common practice, as officers demonstrated when they handcuffed Mido Macia to the back of a truck and dragged him along a road, resulting in [...]
President Zuma: S. Africa Spent $100 Billion on Infrastructure Over Last Four Years
February 14, 2013 | Posted by
South African President Jacob Zuma delivered his State of the Nation address on Thursday, touching on the issues facing Africa’s largest economy. Zuma presented new infrastructure projects and the stabilization of the fast-growing economy as priorities for the country. He said that by the end of March, the government will have spent almost $100 billion [...]
Nelson Mandela Sees ‘Steady Progress’ in Health Recovery
January 7, 2013 | Posted by
International peace icon and former South African President Nelson Mandela is recovering from his recent ailments, current President Jacob Zuma said Sunday. Mandela was admitted to 1 Military Hospital for almost three weeks for a lung infection and gallstones before his release Dec. 26. The 94-year-old leader is receiving care at his home in Houghton, [...]
S. African Police Arrest 4 White Men Plotting to Blow Up ANC Conference
December 17, 2012 | Posted by
The five-day conference to determine the next leaders of South Africa’s ruling ANC was targeted by a group of white extremists who were arrested yesterday by South African police, who allege the four men, members of a radical Afrikaner organization, were plotting to explode a bomb at the conference. The men, ranging in age from [...]
