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Tuesday, 30 April 2013 13:23
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has defended its filmed visit to Nelson Mandela, saying it was not a "publicity stunt". They were the first pictures of the former South African president since he left hospital on 6...Read More
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Friday, 19 April 2013 11:38
JOHANNESBURG - A granddaughter of Nelson Mandela has harshly criticised a longtime associate of the former president in an escalation of a dispute over funds linked to one of the world’s most revered figures. Tukwini Mandela accused lawyer George Bizos of...Read More
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 10:16
JOHANNESBURG - Former president Nelson Mandela’s children have launched a court bid to remove advocate George Bizos and others as directors of two of his companies, according to reports from South Africa. Bizos, a close friend to Mandela, is better known...Read More
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Tuesday, 09 April 2013 11:54
PRETORIA - University of the Free State vice-chancellor Professor Jonathan Jansen this morning dismissed a report quoting him as saying he wished former South African President Nelson Mandela would die. “I truly wish Madiba would live forever. I also wish some...Read More
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Sunday, 31 March 2013 13:18
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans entered the Easter weekend on edge as former president Nelson Mandela remained hospitalised. Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj said the official update from the previous day stood. In that update, it said that Mandela was “responding positively” to...Read More
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Wednesday, 12 December 2012 11:52
HARARE - Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who is 94 and has been in hospital since Saturday for tests, has suffered a recurrence of a lung infection but is responding to treatment, the government said on Tuesday. The revered anti-apartheid...Read More
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Sport » Nigel Matongorere, Senior Sports Writer
Friday, 07 December 2012 11:13
HARARE - Excessive rains forced the abandonment of the Nelson Mandela Championship yesterday with just one ball been struck at the Royal Durban Golf Course in South Africa. Sunshine Tour contender Ryan Cairns is the only Zimbabwean taking part in the...Read More
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Business »
Monday, 19 November 2012 12:51
BULWAYO - The South African Reserve Bank (SARB), in partnership with the Reserve bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), has embarked on a campaign in Zimbabwe to raise awareness on the recently-launched series of South African bank notes. “The campaign is aimed at...Read More
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Tuesday, 06 November 2012 15:04
HARARE - The first banknotes featuring the face of Nelson Mandela have gone into circulation in South Africa. They are the first South African notes to bear the image of a black person - they replace notes with wild animals and...Read More
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News » Gift Phiri, Chief Writer
Wednesday, 15 August 2012 01:05
JOHANNESBURG - US secretary of State Hillary Clinton has snubbed President Robert Mugabe as Harare does not feature on her on-going visit to southern Africa. Clinton dined with Nelson Mandela on Monday at his rural homestead in Qunu, Eastern Cape on...Read More
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