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Mandela's Ex-Wife Says He Let Down S. Africa's Blacks

(March 10) -- Nelson Mandela's ex-wife has launched a scathing attack on the former South African president, accusing the 92-year-old of betraying the anti-apartheid movement he once fronted. During an interview with London's Evening Standard newspaper, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela berated her former husband for being...

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05/28/12 âº ANC faction backs Motlanthe Source: iafrica.com The ANC's Peter Mokaba region in Limpopo has pronounced its support for Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, according to a report on Monday.
05/24/12 Nigeria Affirms Support for Dlamini Zuma's Candidacy Source: AllAfrica.com Nigeria has affirmed, through its Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo, its support for Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's candidature for the top post of the African Union.
05/24/12 South Africa's new security laws: who will they... Source: moneycontrol.com Concerns are growing in South Africa that new laws on intelligence, security and graft-busting may end up protecting the political elite more than the nation.
05/24/12 Joburg CBD roads closed for Spear case Source: News24 - South Africa Roads will be closed in the Johannesburg CBD on Thursday when the ANC goes to the South Gauteng High Court to ask that a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma be taken down, Johannesburg metro police said.
05/23/12 Num president threatens naked march Source: Times Live - South Africa "Only men should march there for one reason -- those men will be naked," National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) president Senzeni Zokwana told delegates in Kempton Park. He said the painting "The Spear", depicting Zuma with exposed genitals was an "expression of how white people regard black people".

Background on African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is South Africa's governing political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a "disciplined force of the left".

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