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Boxing champion belt given to Mandela stolen in South Africa

YoopyaJul 14, 2022April 6, 20230

A World Boxing Council championship belt belonging to former South African President Nelson Mandela has been stolen from a museum in Soweto, according to police.

South Africa police say 15 killed in bar shooting in Soweto

YoopyaJul 10, 2022April 6, 20230

A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg’s Soweto township has killed 15 people and left others in critical condition, according to police. Police say

S.Africa’s last apartheid president FW de Klerk dies

YoopyaNov 11, 2021June 13, 20230

FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last white president, who freed anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela from jail, died on Thursday aged 85, his foundation announced. De Klerk

South Africa’s Zulu king is buried amid praise, controversy

YoopyaMar 18, 2021June 13, 20230

The traditional leader of South Africa’s 12 million Zulu people, King Goodwill Zwelithini, has been laid to rest in a private ceremony early Thursday. Zwelithini,

Covid-19: Police break up fake vaccine network in China and South Africa

YoopyaMar 3, 2021June 30, 20230

Police in China and South Africa have seized thousands of doses of counterfeit Covid-19 vaccine and made dozens of arrests, Interpol says. In China, police

Semenya taking case to European Court of Human Rights

YoopyaFeb 25, 2021June 13, 20230

Caster Semenya is going to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge discriminatory rules that prohibit her from competing in certain track events because

Oscar Pistorius injured in prison brawl

YoopyaDec 12, 2017July 2, 20230

South African athlete and convicted murderer suffered bruising after fight with another inmate over public phone. Oscar Pistorius, the former Paralympic champion and convicted murderer,

Oscar Pistorius has six-year jail sentence for murdering model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp increased to 13 years

YoopyaNov 24, 2017June 7, 20230

Pistorius was imprisoned in July last year after being found guilty on appeal of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013. Oscar Pistorius has

South Africa: Opposition supporters march against president

YoopyaApr 16, 2016June 7, 20230

South Africa’s biggest opposition party on Friday evoked Nelson Mandela’s legacy while pressuring President Jacob Zuma to quit over a state spending scandal. Opposition supporters

South African court rejects Winnie’s claim to Mandela rural home

YoopyaApr 16, 2016July 2, 20230

A South African court ruled Thursday that Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has no rights to his rural home. The court in Mthatha town dismissed