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Legendary Florida political leader, former FSU President John Thrasher dies at 81

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A judge refuses to toss states' lawsuit against Elon Musk and DOGE

Read full article: A judge refuses to toss states' lawsuit against Elon Musk and DOGE

A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit that accuses billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency of illegally accessing government data systems, canceling government contracts and firing federal employees.

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Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government

Read full article: Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government

Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.

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South Africa denies trying to bend the rules to give Musk's Starlink preferential treatment

Read full article: South Africa denies trying to bend the rules to give Musk's Starlink preferential treatment

South Africa has denied accusations that a draft policy watering down Black ownership requirements for tech firms was proposed to benefit the Starlink business of white South African-born billionaire Elon Musk.

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South Africa police minister says Trump 'twisted' facts to push baseless genocide claims

Read full article: South Africa police minister says Trump 'twisted' facts to push baseless genocide claims

South Africa's top law enforcement official says U.S. President Donald Trump wrongly claimed that a video he showed in the Oval Office was of burial sites for more than 1,000 white farmers and he โ€œtwistedโ€ the facts while pushing a false narrative about mass killings of white people in his country.

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The Latest: House passes Trumpโ€™s big tax bill in overnight session

Read full article: The Latest: House passes Trumpโ€™s big tax bill in overnight session

House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trumpโ€™s priority bill to approval.

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'Into the mouth of Trump hell'? South African president says White House meeting wasn't so dramatic

Read full article: 'Into the mouth of Trump hell'? South African president says White House meeting wasn't so dramatic

The sentiment in South Africa ahead of its leaderโ€™s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House was one of trepidation.

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Ernie Els, Retief Goosen join South African president in White House meeting with Trump

Read full article: Ernie Els, Retief Goosen join South African president in White House meeting with Trump

Ernie Els and Retief Goosen spent the day before the Senior PGA Championship as guests of the South African president in a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.

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Trump seizes on videos of a fringe South African politician as evidence of threats to white farmers

Read full article: Trump seizes on videos of a fringe South African politician as evidence of threats to white farmers

President Donald Trump used a video shown in the Oval Office to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with claims that white farmers are being targeted and killed in the country.

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Federal judge blocks Trump's firing of two Democratic members of privacy oversight board

Read full article: Federal judge blocks Trump's firing of two Democratic members of privacy oversight board

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trumpโ€™s firing of two Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.

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Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers

Read full article: Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers

President Donald Trump has used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers in that country.

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The Latest: Johnson attempts to advance Trumpโ€™s massive tax break bill

Read full article: The Latest: Johnson attempts to advance Trumpโ€™s massive tax break bill

Despite risks that President Donald Trumpโ€™s multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package could stall due to conservative holdouts, House Speaker Mike Johnson and his GOP leadership team appeared confident that they will be able to stick to their schedule and shore up Republican support for final passage before Memorial Day.

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South Africaโ€™s leader aims to salvage relationship with Trump in White House visit

Read full article: South Africaโ€™s leader aims to salvage relationship with Trump in White House visit

U.S. President Donald Trump will host South Africaโ€™s leader at the White House for a meeting that might be tense.

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Trump alleges 'genocide' in South Africa. White Afrikaner farmers reject that

Read full article: Trump alleges 'genocide' in South Africa. White Afrikaner farmers reject that

Topping the agenda at President Donald Trump's meeting with South Africa's president at the White House this week is the extraordinary new U.S. refugee policy welcoming white Afrikaner farmers who the Trump administration claims are persecuted.

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Trumpโ€™s stance against South Africa is not just about White farmers. Itโ€™s also about Hamas and Iran

Read full article: Trumpโ€™s stance against South Africa is not just about White farmers. Itโ€™s also about Hamas and Iran

U.S. President Donald Trumpโ€™s claim this week that there is an unreported โ€œgenocideโ€ happening against white farmers in South Africa was his harshest accusation yet against a country he has moved to punish over a range of issues.

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South African leader and Trump will meet next week after US took in white South Africans as refugees

Read full article: South African leader and Trump will meet next week after US took in white South Africans as refugees

President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to hold talks at the White House next week.

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Trump administration welcomes 49 White South Africans as refugees

Read full article: Trump administration welcomes 49 White South Africans as refugees

The Trump administration is welcoming a small group of white South Africans as refugees, saying they face discrimination and violence at home.

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US to accept white South African refugees while other programs remain paused

Read full article: US to accept white South African refugees while other programs remain paused

The Trump administration will welcome more than two dozen white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week.

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Zelenskyy says he's cutting short a visit to South Africa after Russian attacks on Kyiv

Read full article: Zelenskyy says he's cutting short a visit to South Africa after Russian attacks on Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is cutting short an official visit to South Africa because of a major Russian attack on Kyiv overnight.

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South Africa's new US envoy called Trump racist, homophobic and narcissistic in a 2020 speech

Read full article: South Africa's new US envoy called Trump racist, homophobic and narcissistic in a 2020 speech

South Africaโ€™s new special envoy to the United States is already under scrutiny for calling U.S. President Donald Trump a racist, homophobic and narcissistic โ€œright-wingerโ€ in a speech in 2020.

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South Africa appoints a special US envoy after its ambassador was expelled

Read full article: South Africa appoints a special US envoy after its ambassador was expelled

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a former deputy finance minister as a special envoy to the United States after the ambassador was expelled last month.

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An apartheid-era song Elon Musk has decried as anti-white is headline news again in South Africa

Read full article: An apartheid-era song Elon Musk has decried as anti-white is headline news again in South Africa

An old anti-apartheid song that was a call for Black people to stand up against oppression and has now been decried by Elon Musk and others as promoting the killing of whites is back in the headlines in South Africa.

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South Africa president says persecution of whites a 'false narrative' as Musk repeats genocide claim

Read full article: South Africa president says persecution of whites a 'false narrative' as Musk repeats genocide claim

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the claim that white people are being persecuted in his country is a โ€œcompletely false narrative.โ€.

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Trump administration says South African ambassador has to leave the US by Friday

Read full article: Trump administration says South African ambassador has to leave the US by Friday

The State Department says South Africaโ€™s ambassador to the United States has until Friday to leave the country.

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Why Trump is singling out South Africa and accusing it of being anti-white and anti-American

Read full article: Why Trump is singling out South Africa and accusing it of being anti-white and anti-American

The Trump administrationโ€™s decision to expel the South African ambassador is its latest move against a country it has singled out for sanctions and accused of being anti-white and anti-American.

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EU announces a $5 billion investment in South Africa as the tariffs war with Trump escalates

Read full article: EU announces a $5 billion investment in South Africa as the tariffs war with Trump escalates

European Union leaders have announced a 4.7 billion euro, or about $5.1 billion, investment package in South Africa to support green energy transition and vaccine production.

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South Africa plans to spend more on health and defense after the US cuts aid

Read full article: South Africa plans to spend more on health and defense after the US cuts aid

Lawmakers in South Africa have laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax by 0.5%, a move that will raise the cost of living.

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Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma is laid to rest and praised as the last African liberator

Read full article: Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma is laid to rest and praised as the last African liberator

Sam Nujoma, Namibiaโ€™s founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, has been laid to rest in the countryโ€™s Heroes Acre cemetery following a state funeral attended by African leaders and foreign dignitaries.

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South African president slams Afrikaner lobby group's White House visit

Read full article: South African president slams Afrikaner lobby group's White House visit

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has slammed a visit by a lobby group for the countryโ€™s white minority Afrikaner community to the White House this week.

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The US is missing again as G20 finance chiefs meet in South Africa

Read full article: The US is missing again as G20 finance chiefs meet in South Africa

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and developing nations have gathered in South Africa for a two-day meeting.

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UK foreign secretary questions Russia's 'appetite' for peace and challenges Lavrov at tense G20 meet

Read full article: UK foreign secretary questions Russia's 'appetite' for peace and challenges Lavrov at tense G20 meet

U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy says he saw no appetite for peace from Russia in Ukraine after listening to a speech by Russiaโ€™s top diplomat at a tense Group of 20 meeting in South Africa.

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White South Africans gather in support of Trump and his claims that they are victims of racism

Read full article: White South Africans gather in support of Trump and his claims that they are victims of racism

Some white South Africans have showed support for President Donald Trump and gathered at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria to claim they are victims of racism by their own government.

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The South African land law that prompted a Trump executive order is being challenged in court

Read full article: The South African land law that prompted a Trump executive order is being challenged in court

South Africaโ€™s second biggest political party has launched a legal challenge against a new land expropriation law that was roundly criticized by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Leaders from eastern and southern Africa call for a ceasefire and negotiations in Congo

Read full article: Leaders from eastern and southern Africa call for a ceasefire and negotiations in Congo

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government.

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Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country's land expropriation law

Read full article: Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country's land expropriation law

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order formalizing his announcement earlier this week that heโ€™ll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africaโ€™s racist apartheid era.

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South African president alludes to Trump's threat in speech to the nation: 'We will not be bullied'

Read full article: South African president alludes to Trump's threat in speech to the nation: 'We will not be bullied'

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to respond to threats from U_S_ counterpart Donald Trump by saying in his annual speech to the nation that his country would โ€œnot be bullied.โ€.

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Rwanda-backed rebels tell residents of a captured eastern Congolese city they are safe

Read full article: Rwanda-backed rebels tell residents of a captured eastern Congolese city they are safe

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety.

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South African president phones influential billionaire Musk after Trump's funding threat

Read full article: South African president phones influential billionaire Musk after Trump's funding threat

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Elon Musk a day after U.S. President Donald Trump promised to cut the country's funding over a land expropriation law.

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How Trump's pledge to punish South Africa reflects Musk's criticism of his homeland

Read full article: How Trump's pledge to punish South Africa reflects Musk's criticism of his homeland

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a massive human rights violation.

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Trump plans to cut US funding to South Africa over land law. Musk has also criticized the country

Read full article: Trump plans to cut US funding to South Africa over land law. Musk has also criticized the country

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched an investigation of the countryโ€™s polices, claiming a โ€œmassiveโ€ human rights violation is happening over a new land expropriation law.

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Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital

Read full article: Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congoโ€™s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and seek to gain political power.

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Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?

Read full article: Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to die underground as authorities attempted to force them to surrender during a monthslong standoff.

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'Our country ignored Africa,' Jimmy Carter said. He didn't

Read full article: 'Our country ignored Africa,' Jimmy Carter said. He didn't

Jimmy Carter was the first U_S_ president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa, declaring โ€œthe day of the so-called ugly American is over.โ€.

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The G20 has 'shock absorbers' to deal with Trump's return as US president, South Africa says

Read full article: The G20 has 'shock absorbers' to deal with Trump's return as US president, South Africa says

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Group of 20 bloc has sufficient โ€œshock absorbersโ€ to function effectively if a Donald Trump administration promotes an America First policy at the expense of international cooperation.

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After a 2-year investigation, South African president won't be charged over $580K hidden in a couch

Read full article: After a 2-year investigation, South African president won't be charged over $580K hidden in a couch

Prosecutors say South African President Cyril Ramaphosa wonโ€™t face criminal charges over a hidden cash scandal that was revealed more than two years ago and triggered an investigation by a special police unit.

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South Africa's top court will decide if impeachment proceedings against the president can be revived

Read full article: South Africa's top court will decide if impeachment proceedings against the president can be revived

South Africaโ€™s Constitutional Court says it will hear a case next month brought by two opposition parties to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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Pravin Gordhan, a South African government minister who was activist against apartheid, dies at 75

Read full article: Pravin Gordhan, a South African government minister who was activist against apartheid, dies at 75

Pravin Gordhan, who was a South African government minister for many years after beginning his political career opposing apartheid, has died.

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South Africa's justice minister denies corruption allegations against her in a mutual bank scandal

Read full article: South Africa's justice minister denies corruption allegations against her in a mutual bank scandal

South Africaโ€™s justice minister has denied corruption allegations against her related to a mutual bank scandal in which thousands of retirees lost their life savings.

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South Africa appoints a woman as chief justice for the first time

Read full article: South Africa appoints a woman as chief justice for the first time

South Africa has appointed its first female chief justice.

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South Africa's DA party takes ANC to court in sign of friction between new coalition partners

Read full article: South Africa's DA party takes ANC to court in sign of friction between new coalition partners

South Africaโ€™s Democratic Alliance is taking the African National Congress, the party it co-governs the country with, to court over a preelection speech given by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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South African president says new coalition government is united in tackling unemployment and poverty

Read full article: South African president says new coalition government is united in tackling unemployment and poverty

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has opened a new parliamentary term.

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Former South African president Zuma faces expulsion from the ANC after joining a rival party

Read full article: Former South African president Zuma faces expulsion from the ANC after joining a rival party

Former South African President Jacob Zumaโ€™s disciplinary hearing with the African National Congress has been postponed for more arguments, as he faces expulsion for campaigning against the organization he once led as head of a new political party.

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South Africa's unprecedented new coalition has 7 parties in the Cabinet. Here's a breakdown

Read full article: South Africa's unprecedented new coalition has 7 parties in the Cabinet. Here's a breakdown

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has included seven different parties in his Cabinet in an unprecedented power-sharing agreement for the continentโ€™s most industrialized country.

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South African president says Parliament will open July 18 amid discord in the new coalition

Read full article: South African president says Parliament will open July 18 amid discord in the new coalition

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that Parliament will open on July 18 as he remains locked in negotiations with other parties to form a Cabinet well before then amid rifts in the new governing coalition.

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Ramaphosa is sworn in for a second term as South Africa's president with help from coalition parties

Read full article: Ramaphosa is sworn in for a second term as South Africa's president with help from coalition parties

Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second term as South Africa's president in a ceremony in the administrative capital, Pretoria.

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How South Africa's rival parties 'found each other' in a last-ditch deal that saved a president

Read full article: How South Africa's rival parties 'found each other' in a last-ditch deal that saved a president

South Africaโ€™s main political rivals are now partners in government after they came together in a last-ditch coalition deal that ensured President Cyril Ramaphosa was dramatically reelected with cross-party support.

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South Africa's President Ramaphosa is reelected for second term after a dramatic late coalition deal

Read full article: South Africa's President Ramaphosa is reelected for second term after a dramatic late coalition deal

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been reelected by lawmakers for a second term after his African National Congress party struck a dramatic late coalition deal with the main opposition and other parties.

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South Africa's ANC says it has broad agreement with main opposition, others on coalition government

Read full article: South Africa's ANC says it has broad agreement with main opposition, others on coalition government

A top official with South Africaโ€™s African National Congress party says it has a broad agreement with the main opposition and other parties to form a coalition government.

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South African opposition parties holding crunch talks on the ANC's unity plan. But deep rifts remain

Read full article: South African opposition parties holding crunch talks on the ANC's unity plan. But deep rifts remain

South African opposition parties are meeting and will continue crunch talks into next week to consider the ruling African National Congressโ€™ offer to become part of a government of national unity.

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South Africa's ANC leans toward a 'unity' government that evokes Mandela but divisions are there

Read full article: South Africa's ANC leans toward a 'unity' government that evokes Mandela but divisions are there

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is meeting with senior officials of the African National Congress to decide how to go about forming a government after the party lost its 30-year grip on power and left a post-election deadlock.

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South Africa's president urges parties to find common ground in talks after election deadlock

Read full article: South Africa's president urges parties to find common ground in talks after election deadlock

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for his country's political parties to overcome their differences and find โ€œcommon groundโ€ to form the first national coalition government in its young democracy.

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The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority in landmark election

Read full article: The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority in landmark election

The African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago.

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South Africa heads for 'coalition country' as partial election results put ruling ANC well below 50%

Read full article: South Africa heads for 'coalition country' as partial election results put ruling ANC well below 50%

South Africa is heading closer to the reality of a national coalition government for the first time as partial election results put the ruling African Nation Congress well short of a majority.

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South Africa's election results may only be the start of a rocky political process. Here's why

Read full article: South Africa's election results may only be the start of a rocky political process. Here's why

The real politicking in South Africa may start after the election results are announced as the country faces the possibility of no outright winner.

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Partial count in South Africa election puts ruling ANC below 50% as country senses momentous change

Read full article: Partial count in South Africa election puts ruling ANC below 50% as country senses momentous change

Partial results in South Africaโ€™s national election have put the long-ruling African National Congress at less than 50% of the vote.

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When South Africa's election results are expected and why the president will be chosen later

Read full article: When South Africa's election results are expected and why the president will be chosen later

South Africans have voted in a national election that could be the countryโ€™s most hotly contested in 30 years.

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Polls close and South Africa counts votes in election framed as its most important since apartheid

Read full article: Polls close and South Africa counts votes in election framed as its most important since apartheid

South Africans have voted in an election seen as their countryโ€™s most important in 30 years.

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South Africa's opposition parties make a final call for historic change the day before election

Read full article: South Africa's opposition parties make a final call for historic change the day before election

South African opposition parties are making a final appeal to voters as the country faces the possibility of a landmark change in its young democracy.

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South Africa's election could bring the biggest political shift since it became a democracy in 1994

Read full article: South Africa's election could bring the biggest political shift since it became a democracy in 1994

South Africans will vote Wednesday to decide whether their country takes its most significant political step since it brought down apartheid and achieved democracy 30 years ago.

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South Africa's 4 big political parties begin final weekend of campaigning ahead of election

Read full article: South Africa's 4 big political parties begin final weekend of campaigning ahead of election

South Africaโ€™s four main political parties have begun a final weekend of campaigning before a possibly pivotal election that could bring the countryโ€™s most important change in 30 years.

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It's possible no party will get a majority in South Africa's election. Here's what that would mean

Read full article: It's possible no party will get a majority in South Africa's election. Here's what that would mean

The focus for South Africaโ€™s national election next week is on the fate of the African National Congress party and whether it is going to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time.

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Former South African President Jacob Zuma criticizes top court over election disqualification

Read full article: Former South African President Jacob Zuma criticizes top court over election disqualification

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has criticized the countryโ€™s highest court and his former allies in the ruling African National Congress over his disqualification from next weekโ€™s election.

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Ex-South African leader Zuma, now a ruling party critic, is disqualified from next week's election

Read full article: Ex-South African leader Zuma, now a ruling party critic, is disqualified from next week's election

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been disqualified from running for a seat in Parliament in next week's national election because of a previous criminal conviction.

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Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he launches party manifesto

Read full article: Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he launches party manifesto

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has lamented the high levels of poverty among black South Africans and promised to create jobs and tackle crime as he launched his new political partyโ€™s manifesto ahead of the countryโ€™s much anticipated elections.

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South Africa's election might be a defining moment โ€” with new complications. Here's what to know

Read full article: South Africa's election might be a defining moment โ€” with new complications. Here's what to know

South Africaโ€™s election will determine how weary the country has become of the ruling African National Congress party, which has been in power since the end of apartheid 30 years ago.

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South Africa braces for what may be a milestone election. Here is a guide to the main players

Read full article: South Africa braces for what may be a milestone election. Here is a guide to the main players

After 30 years of dominating South African politics, the ruling African National Congress will face its toughest election this month as most opinion polls predict it will lose its parliamentary majority for the first time.

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It's 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa's celebrations are set against growing discontent

Read full article: It's 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa's celebrations are set against growing discontent

South Africa has marked 30 years since the end of apartheid with a ceremony in the capital.

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Girl, 8, only survivor of bus crash that kills 45 Easter pilgrims on South Africa's deadly roads

Read full article: Girl, 8, only survivor of bus crash that kills 45 Easter pilgrims on South Africa's deadly roads

An 8-year-old girl was the lone survivor after a bus full of Easter pilgrims from Botswana making their way to a popular church festival in rural South Africa crashed off a bridge on a mountain pass and plunged into a ravine before bursting into flames.

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Prosecutors allege South Africa's parliamentary speaker took $135,000 and a wig in bribes

Read full article: Prosecutors allege South Africa's parliamentary speaker took $135,000 and a wig in bribes

South African prosecutors say they intend to charge the parliamentary speaker with corruption.

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Why South Africa is facing a turning point in May's national election and who the major players are

Read full article: Why South Africa is facing a turning point in May's national election and who the major players are

Polls suggest South Africa faces a historic turning point in a national election in May.

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South Africa's ANC launches election manifesto as president highlights party's achievements

Read full article: South Africa's ANC launches election manifesto as president highlights party's achievements

South Africaโ€™s President Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted the achievements of his ruling African National Congress, which has ruled the country for all of its 30 years of democracy, as it heads into a tight race in Mayโ€™s election.

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South Africa sets May 29 elections that could be the most pivotal since apartheid ended

Read full article: South Africa sets May 29 elections that could be the most pivotal since apartheid ended

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the highly anticipated national election will be held on May 29.

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South African president defends 30 years of ANC rule in speech to Parliament ahead of elections

Read full article: South African president defends 30 years of ANC rule in speech to Parliament ahead of elections

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa confronted some of his countryโ€™s deep problems in his annual State of the Nation speech in Parliament on Thursday.

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South Africa says Israel's campaign in Gaza amounts to genocide. What can the UN do about it?

Read full article: South Africa says Israel's campaign in Gaza amounts to genocide. What can the UN do about it?

Israel is defending itself in the United Nationsโ€™ highest court against allegations that it is committing genocide with its military campaign in Gaza.

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Mbongeni Ngema, South African playwright and creator of 'Sarafina!', is killed in a car crash at 68

Read full article: Mbongeni Ngema, South African playwright and creator of 'Sarafina!', is killed in a car crash at 68

The family of renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema says he has died in a car crash at the age of 68.

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South African ex-President Jacob Zuma has denounced the ANC and pledged to vote for a new party

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Former South African President Jacob Zuma has denounced the governing African National Congress party and announced that he will vote for a newly-formed political formation in the countryโ€™s general election next year.

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A court sets aside the South African president's recognition of the Zulu king

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A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosaโ€™s decision to recognize Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the king of the countryโ€™s 15 million-strong Zulu nation in what may spark a lengthy battle for the throne.

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South African leader accuses Israel of war crimes. Putin and Xi strike more cautious note at meeting

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has accused Israel of war crimes and genocide in Gaza during a virtual meeting of leaders of developing countries including Russiaโ€™s Vladimir Putin and Chinaโ€™s Xi Jinping.

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South African lawmakers vote in favor of closing Israel's embassy and cutting diplomatic ties

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A majority of South African lawmakers have voted in favor of a motion calling for the closure of the Israeli embassy and the cutting of diplomatic ties until Israel agrees to a cease-fire in Gaza.

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Long walk to school: 30 years into freedom, many kids in South Africa still walk miles to class

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Thousands of children in South Africa's poorest and most remote rural communities still face a miles-long walk to school, nearly 30 years after the country ushered in democratic change.

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At UN, African leaders say enough is enough: They must be partnered with, not sidelined

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At the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, African leaders are relaying a unanimous message, that their continent of more than 1.3 billion people is done being a โ€œvictimโ€ of a post-world war order and must be recognized and partnered with as a global power in itself.

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Everyone's talking about the Global South. But what is it?

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country is โ€œbecoming the voice of the Global South."

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South Africa didn't know a US-sanctioned Russian ship carried its military purchases, inquiry finds

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A presidential inquiry in South Africa has found government officials didn't know a U.S.-sanctioned Russian ship was assigned to deliver military equipment to the country until the vessel neared national waters.

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A building marked by fire and death shows the decay of South Africa's 'city of gold'

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The fire that killed at least 76 people last week in a rundown apartment block in Johannesburg has exposed not only the urban decay of South Africa's โ€œcity of goldโ€ but also a failure of its post-apartheid government to provide for many of its poor Black majority.

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Zimbabwe opposition party calls for fresh elections supervised by neighboring countries

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Zimbabweโ€™s main opposition party has demanded fresh elections supervised by neighboring countries.

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India's Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agree on efforts to de-escalate border tensions

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Indiaโ€™s prime minister and Chinaโ€™s leader have agreed to intensify efforts to de-escalate tensions at the disputed border between them and bring home thousands of their troops deployed there.

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Iran and Saudi Arabia are among 6 nations set to join China and Russia in the BRICS economic bloc

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Iran and Saudi Arabia are among six nations that have been invited to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, along with the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia.

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Xi, Putin and other leaders locked in discussions over an expansion of the BRICS economic bloc

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The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have held closed-door discussions on the possible expansion of their BRICS economic bloc.

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Putin denounces sanctions on Russia during his speech for a South Africa economic summit

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken multiple shots at the West on the opening day of an economic summit in South Africa.

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Putin was meant to be at a summit in South Africa this week. Why was he asked to stay away?

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Vladimir Putin will be the odd one out when leaders from the BRICS economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa meet in Johannesburg this week.

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Russia, China look to advance agendas at BRICS summit of developing countries in South Africa

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Russia and China will look to gain more political and economic ground in the developing world at a summit in South Africa this week.

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