South Africa
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South Africa election: polls close in major test for ANC
Speed Read 25 years after ANC swept to power, Nelson Mandela’s party faces toughest election yet
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South Africa elections 2019: who will win?
In Depth President Cyril Ramaphosa is standing against a record number of rival parties
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Conservationists fight to save 2,000 baby flamingos evacuated from dried-out dam
In Depth The birds are being hand-reared by volunteers around Cape Town
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Sunflower murder: South African farmers found guilty
Speed Read Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte pushed teenager out of moving van for allegedly stealing from their employer’s field
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South Africa train crash: 329 injured in collision
Speed Read Crash outside Johannesburg is latest in series of rush-hour accidents
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Fact Check: the truth about land reform in South Africa
In Depth The Week examines the ANC’s plans to allow the appropriation of white-owned land without compensation
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Is Turkey’s currency crisis about to go global?
Speed Read Following a fall in the lira, India’s rupee drops to an all time low as the rand and peso plummet, fuelling fears of emerging market rout
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South Africa’s ANC calls for compulsory land seizures
Speed Read Fear grow among majority white landowners that country could follow Zimbabwe into violence and economic chaos
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Nelson Mandela: nine of his best quotes
Speed Read The former South African anti-apartheid leader would have turned 100 today
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Nelson Mandela at 100: how did South Africa’s apartheid start and end?
In Depth System of institutionalised racial segregation and discrimination casts long shadow over the country’s history
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South Africa vs. England third Test: teams named for Cape Town
Speed Read England head coach Eddie Jones selects Danny Cipriani for the Newlands clash
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South Africa’s AB de Villiers retires from internationals - Twitter reactions
Speed Read Cricket world pays tribute after the 34-year-old’s shock announcement
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Africa’s space race intensifies
Speed Read Moon landings ‘still a long way off’ but Nigeria and South Africa leading the way in space technology
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Can icebergs solve Cape Town’s water crisis?
Speed Read Marine salvage expert says plan to ‘capture’ Antarctic ice floe for meltwater is ‘doable’
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