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Johannesburg told to pull its ‘world class African city’ ads

Wednesday 10 July 2013

The advertising watchdog has ordered the city of Johannesburg to stop running part of its “world class African city” marketing campaign because it is “misleading”.

Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition

Tuesday 09 July 2013

Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition as he enters his second month in hospital.

Friend denies reports of family row over Nelson Mandela funeral arrangements

Wednesday 26 June 2013

A friend of the Mandelas has denied reports of family row over funeral arrangements for the ailing 94-year-old who is in a critical condition at a Pretoria hospital. South African media reported a rift had emerged over where Nelson Mandela should be buried, with his grandson Mandla wanting him interred in the village of Mvezo, where the anti-apartheid leader was born, while others supported Qunu, where he grew up.

Nelson Mandela: South Africa's president Jacob Zuma says Barack Obama will still meet 'Madiba'

Tuesday 25 June 2013

Meanwhile, South African officials have confirmed that

Indyplus update: Nelson Mandela is 'at peace with himself', says daughter as he remains in 'critical condition'

Monday 24 June 2013

South African president Jacob Zuma asks the country to pray for 'the father of democracy'

Pray for Nelson Mandela, President Jacob Zuma tells South Africans

Monday 10 June 2013

Nelson Mandela remains in hospital with a lung infection.

Nelson Mandela in hospital: South Africa holds its breath once more as co-defendant calls for nation to 'release' its hero

Sunday 09 June 2013

The former president’s co-defendant in trial said there was a possibility he would not be well again

Nelson Mandela breathing unaided but remains in 'serious, stable' condition in hospital with lung infection

Sunday 09 June 2013

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is breathing unaided but remains in a “serious but stable” condition after being taken to a hospital to be treated for a recurring lung infection.

Athelete Oscar Pistorius fined by tax authorities over undeclared assets during trial for Reeva Steenkamp's murder

Sunday 26 May 2013

The Olympian and Paralympian will appear in court again next month

Locked out: Sheriffs fail to seize Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's art collection and silver tea set over long-overdue debt

Tuesday 21 May 2013

Sheriffs trying to auction off part of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's art collection and silver tea set in order to settle a long-overdue debt were unable to proceed today, after being refused entry into her Soweto home.

Happy Sindane murder: Man who claimed he was kept as white child slave in black township in South Africa is found 'stoned to death'

Tuesday 02 April 2013

The 28-year-old had made international headlines in 2003, when he claimed to have been abducted from white parents and kept as a slave in a black township near Pretoria

Nelson Mandela latest: Former South African President 'responding to treatment' after returning to hospital with lung infection

Thursday 28 March 2013

Zuma calls on public ‘not to panic’ as former South African president, 94, is taken to hospital

Oscar Pistorius 'twice called to interrupt innocent meeting between Reeva Steenkamp and her former long-term boyfriend in the days before her death'

Monday 11 March 2013

News comes after Pistorius' close friend revealed the Olympian is 'on the verge of suicide'

International Women’s Day: breaking the global glass ceilings

Thursday 07 March 2013

Numerous events will be taking place to mark International Women’s Day. In Afghanistan there will be the launch of the Herat International Women’s Film Festival, the first of its kind, which will show 30 films by and about women.