By Post Staff Characterized as a “Roaring Lion ‘of progressive politics in the 20th century, former Berkeley Mayor Eugene ‘Gus’ Newport worked without pause on humanitarian...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The majority of the people of the United States want better relations with Cuba, and that is the will that must prevail,” stated...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In framing the profound impact that organized labor has had on the civil rights movement and why this relationship must be shored up...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Frustrated with the failures of the ruling African National Congress, South Africans gave the ANC its lowest turnout since 2004 when it took...
(Mail & Guardian) – With the shenanigans of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) last night in Parliament, the ANC had the nation behind it even...
(Reuters) – South Africa’s government has built close to 4 million houses for low-income families since the end of apartheid in 1994. Lizzie Mboweni is...
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network (GIN) — The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa, or Numsa, a major partner of...
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s election commission completed a vote count that confirms the ruling African National Congress as the winner but...
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ruling party led its rivals in early election results on Thursday after a campaign in...
(Globe & Mail) – South Africans voted in the first “Born Free” election on Wednesday, although polls suggest the allure of the ruling African National Congress...
CARLEY PETESCH, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s president urged voters to head to the polls next week in the spirit of “democracy and freedom”...
[Daily Star] JOHANNESBURG: Twenty years after the euphoria of South Africa’s first democratic elections swept liberation hero Nelson Mandela to power, the ruling party faces its toughest...
by Jehron Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call (FinalCall.com) – “A weak African National Congress threatens to strengthen the radical populists” is how...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa (NNPA) – Nearly a month after his death, there is a bitter struggle to define – and,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa – It’s not easy walking in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela, the nation’s first democratically elected...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Dozens of paintings, a silver tea set and other items belonging to Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie will be auctioned next week to pay...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (NNPA) – When international icon and former political prisoner Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa...
Jesse Jackson honored in South Africa (Photo by Butch Wing). by George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa (NNPA) – Human rights activist Jesse L....
