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South Africa’s Zuma commends South Sudan’s independence referendum results Special to USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com President Jacob Zuma has praised Sudan for delivering a peaceful and credible referendum, the department of international relations and cooperation said. Zuma also praised the work of the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission and Bureau, the department said. He had taken note [...]
South Africa gets elected to U.N Security Council Special to USAfricaonline.com The 192-member U.N. General Assembly has elected South Africa to one of the two-year seats on the U.N. Security Council. South Africa got 182 votes on Tuesday October 12, 2010, in New York. It has become one of five non-permanent members with non-veto-holding membership [...]
Whatever is said, by organising this tournament successfully, South Africa has done Africa proud on the first time of asking. We shall hold this dear for many moons to come….
Ghana Black Stars fumbled a closing minute penalty kick and shot poorly in the penalty shoot-out following a 1-1 tie to lose the World Cup quarter finals against Uruguay.
Obama, Zuma, Soyinka others react to Yar’Adua’s death. Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate and activist, has reacted to the May 5, 2010 death of his country’s President via a brief statement. Special to USAfricaonline.com “What passes for the Nigerian nation is nothing more than a tragic arena, and Yar‘Adua is only the latest tragic figure. [...]
The killing of Terre’Blanche revived fears of racial trouble in South Africa ahead of the start of the football World Cup in June 2010.
South Africa’s prez Zuma apologizes for another sexual affair; married to 3 women; 4th wife in a few months Special to CLASSmagazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma says he deeply regrets the pain caused by an extramarital affair in which he fathered a child a four months ago. President Zuma issued a [...]
In South Africa, “we follow a policy that says you must respect the cultures of others. That’s my culture. It does not take anything from me, from my political beliefs and everything, including the belief on the equality of women…. It’s my culture. And I’m sure there are cultures (that) do that kind of thing,” he said.
South Africa will not tolerate violent protests, warns president Zuma Special to USAfricaonline.com Johannesburg – The South African government will not tolerate violent protests that have rocked poor townships, President Jacob Zuma said Tuesday while calling for service delivery to be beefed up. ”Burning down libraries, torching people’s houses, and looting spaza (small) shops do not [...]
