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12Jun/15

Angelina Jolie appeals for women’s rights at AU Summit

June 12, 2015PoliticsActors, African Union, American people of German descent, Angelina Jolie, Johannesburg, Jolie, Occupations, South Africa, United Kingdom, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Violence against women, William Hague, Womensmbale

Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie appeals to leaders to protect women in conflict zones at AU Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa

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10May/15

South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance votes in first black leader

May 10, 2015PoliticsAfrican people, Apartheid in South Africa, Democratic Alliance, Democratic Alliance (DA), Helen Zille, Johannesburg, Legislatures, Mmusi Maimane, Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet, Politicians, Politics, Politics of South Africa, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Soweto, Vasco da Gama, War/Conflict, Xhosa peoplesmbale

South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party elects Mmusi Maimane as its new leader, making him the first black person to head the traditionally white party.

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20Apr/15

Peace and security will be consolidated in South Africa, foreign minister says

April 20, 2015WorldDepartment of International Relations and Cooperation, Durban, Durban KwaZulu-Natal, Foreign Minister, Geography of Africa, Government, Indonesia, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Gauteng, Maite, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Malawi, Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Nkoana, Nkoana-Mashabane, Northern Sotho people, Politicians, Provinces of South Africa, Serbia–South Africa relations, South Africa, War/Conflict, Year of birth missing, Zimbabwesmbale

South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says peace and security will be consolidated after a wave of anti-immigrant violence, as she visits Indonesia for the Asian-African conference.

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30Mar/15

Comedian Trevor Noah is named as Jon Stewart’s successor for ‘The Daily Show’

March 30, 2015TelevisionComedians, Comedy, Comedy Central, COMEDY CENTRAL MAGYARORSZAG Zartkoruen Mukodo Reszvenytarsasag, David Letterman, Entertainers, Entertainment, Entertainment/Culture, Human Interest, Jay Leno, Johannesburg, Jon Stewart, Larry Wilmore, Late night television in the United States, Male feminists, Michele Ganeless, Satire, Scotland, South Africa, Soweto, Stephen Colbert, Television in the United States, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, United States, Viacom Inc, Xhosa peoplesmbale

South African comedian Trevor Noah is tapped to take over The Daily Show seat from Jon Stewart.
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11Mar/15

Armed mugging of South African reporter caught on camera

March 11, 2015WorldBlacklisting, Digital media, Edgar Lungu, Electronic engineering, Flight of the Conchords episodes, Information and communications technology, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Gauteng, journalist, Microsoft Kin, Mobile phone, Mobile telecommunications, Mugged, president, Sophia, South Africa, South African Broadcasting Corporation, State media, Technology, Telecommunications, Videotelephony, Vuyo Mvoko, Zambiasmbale

A reporter is mugged in Johannesburg by two men, one armed with a gun, as he is about to start a live news bulletin about Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s hospital treatment.
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13Feb/15

South Africans react day after parliament descends into chaos

February 13, 2015PoliticsAfrican National Congress, Baleka Mbete, Bandile Mazibuko, Cape Town, Democratic Alliance, Dipuo Tsoagong, Economic Freedom Fighters, Economic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly, Jaco Krige, Jacob Zuma, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Gauteng, Julius Malema, Mike Hibert, Mmusi Maimane, Natal, Nelson Mandela, Nkandla homestead, Parliament of South Africa, Political ideologies, Politics, president, South Africa, South African general election, Zulu peoplesmbale

A day after parliament descended into chaos, with opposition lawmakers removed by force after disrupting Jacob Zuma’s annual address, people on the streets of Johannesburg say they believe the focus should be on the resolving the country’s problems.

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