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One million South African workers strike
South Africa reverberated with the echoes of freedom songs on June 13 when one million workers shut down cities across…
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COSATU launches campaign to boycott Israeli products
The Congress of South African Trade Unions, South Africa’s largest trade union federation, is demanding that the federal government impose…
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U.S. orchestrates Ethiopian invasion of Somalia
A U.S.-backed Ethiopian invasion of neighboring Somalia has occupied the capital, Mogadishu, and other major cities in Southern Somalia. An…
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South Africa’s parliament passes same-sex marriage bill
On Nov. 14, the South African parliament voted 230-41 to legalize same-sex marriages. South Africa becomes the fifth country in…
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Mazisi Kunene: South Africa’s poet laureate
The writer was a personal friend and colleague of Mazisi Kunene's for many years. On Aug. 11, Mazisi Kunene, one…
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Strike targets giant retailer in South Africa
The South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union went on strike Aug. 10 against Shoprite Holdings. Shoprite is the…
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South Africa moves toward greater land redistribution
The minister of South Africa’s Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs recently announced methods to speed up the process of…
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On the barricades
Afghanis struggle against U.S. occupation Despite the Pentagon’s lies and the virtual media blackout, the people of Afghanistan continue to…
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Celebrating the 1976 Soweto uprising
On June 16, 1976, over 10,000 students in the township of Soweto rose up against the apartheid regime in South…
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On the barricades
South Africans resist job cuts Labor struggles at two major mining operations shook the gold industry in South Africa during…
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