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A civil wrong or a rebellion too right on?

16.11.09

Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle are making a stand, they say, against �an apartheid of sorts�... more

The People's Porgy

06.10.09

Cape Town Opera, about to make its London debut, has found new resonance in Gershwin's great love story by setting it in the townships where many of its company live.... more

When does a woman become a man?

21.08.09

The gender row over the new 800m women�s champion is no surprise as the sexes have been getting closer for years... more

Grandson denies selling TV rights to Mandela's funeral

02.06.09

A grandson of Nelson Mandela has denied claims that he tried to sell the TV rights to the former South African leader's funeral for �230,000... more

Jacob Zuma's ANC heading for landslide in South Africa

24.04.09

Thousands of African National Congress supporters celebrated with Jacob Zuma in Johannesburg as the ruling party took a commanding lead in South Africa's election... more

A flawed result - but this poll gives me hope for a new South Africa

24.04.09

Voters' queues snaked around many city blocks in South Africa on Wednesday in scenes reminiscent of the first democratic elections in 1994 - but the mood was less exuberant... more

ANC heads for victory over splinter group

23.04.09

South Africa's ruling ANC was heading for election victory as it looked set to see off a reinvigorated opposition challenge... more

Zuma set for win but ANC could lose key majority

22.04.09

South Africans were going to the polls in an election widely seen as the most important test of the ANC's hold on power since apartheid ended 15 years ago... more

Making the polluters pay is the best green option

21.04.09

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Zuma set for presidency as corruption case is dropped

06.04.09

Corruption charges against Jacob Zuma were dropped, clearing the way for his expected election as president of South Africa... more

The house I built for our dear old friend Joyce

30.12.08

Earlier this year, the Standard�s David Cohen wrote about the debt he and his family owed their domestic servant in South Africa. Now he tells how they gave her the home she always wanted... more

Mandela�s City friend at the heart of love triangle trial

27.11.08

The London businessman who gave Nelson Mandela a home when he left prison, is at the centre of a trial which has all the elements of a melodrama � drugs, call girls, a breach of promise suit and a vicious attack with a champagne bottle ... more

LA gang member on a mission to cut violence in London

21.08.08

A former member of a notorious Los Angeles gang has been enlisted to help reduce teenage violence in London... more

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