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The MPLA is using all instruments at its disposal to hobble a new united opposition front ahead of the Angola election.
The Sunday Times, South Africa’s largest weekend newspaper, was used to spread disinformation.
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Media self-criticism is not just important to improve journalism, it is a political, professional and moral imperative.
Only some campus workers get to keep their jobs.
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COVID-19 has hit college and universities particularly hard, but do ‘nonessential’ employees have to suffer?
Ghana has spent years developing a trusted justice system.
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The novel coronavirus has necessitated judicial reforms that should have been the norm.
Raymond Louw, right, with then deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, middle, and veteran journalist Mathatha Tsedu in 2015.
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Raymond Louw will be remembered as a man of unbending principle.
Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe
has been granted immunity.
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According to South Africa’s department of international relations, Grace Mugabe didn’t have immunity when she entered the country.
Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe with her husband, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe.
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There is no basis in customary, conventional international law or domestic law for the spouse of a head of state to claim - as a right - some form of immunity when visiting a foreign state.
Mass funeral for the victims of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre.
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Besides a reminder of a dark period in South Africa’s history, Human Rights Day also celebrates the country’s unique, highly acclaimed constitution which guarantees human dignity and equal rights.