[Sowetan Live] Black South Africans are still poor while the country celebrates 20 years of democracy in 2014, EFF leader Julius Malema said on Saturday. “Twenty...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist When NNPA Editor-in-Chief George Curry went to South Africa to cover Nelson Mandela’s funeral, he saw a huge pile of...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist If I close my eyes, I can remember 1984. I am among those running from meeting to meeting working...
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The carjackers were swift and methodical. They were also creatures of habit. On three occasions this month, armed criminals...
[BBC] Nelson Mandela’s discharge from hospital after nearly three months of treatment shows he has made “progress”, South Africa’s president has said. Jacob Zuma said South...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Nelson Mandela turned 95 years old on Thursday, July 18. He has been hospitalized for more than a month, and the...
(Reuters) – Former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment but remains in a critical but stable condition after more than...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist President Obama and the first lady’s trip to sub-Saharan Africa, scheduled for June 26-July 3, will included South Africa, the West...
[USA Today] JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Will native son and national hero Nelson Mandela survive his latest bout with illness? That is the single question dominating...
[The Washington Post] When President Obama makes his first extended trip to sub-Saharan Africa this month, the federal agencies charged with keeping him safe won’t be...
by Bert Wilkinson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News This week, Guyana’s main opposition party blasted the South African government for withdrawing...
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...
by George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief NEWS ANALYSIS PRETORIA, South Africa (NNPA) – When South Africa President Jacob Zuma recently presented Jesse Jackson with the Companions...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – When Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress comrades were plotting to overthrow the White...
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....
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A trip to South Africa provides painful reminders of the protracted struggle to establish democracy,...
[New York Times] JOHANNESBURG — Former President Nelson Mandela’s health is improving after nearly a week in the hospital being treated for pneumonia, South Africa’s government...
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Mar. 5 (GIN) – A video that went viral of South African police tying a man to...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was recently in South Africa for a conference. While there, I had two interesting experiences that raised the complications...
[CNN] Qunu, South Africa (CNN) — South Africans celebrated Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday Wednesday by participating in good deeds nationwide to honor the legacy of the...
