Pan Africanist Youth Congress of Azania spokesman Sello Tladi said former president Nelson Mandela was a sell-out, The Citizen reported on Monday.. “He betrayed us by rubber-stamping the 1913 Land Act through the adoption of [the] Freedom Charter,” Tladi was quoted as saying. “The problem with the Freedom Charter is that it made African people
Read more: Pan Africanist Youth leader calls Mandela a ‘sell-out’
Documents leaked by US former spy Edward Snowden appeared to show Britain spied on G20 delegates during meetings in London back in 2009, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported Monday. Among the officials targetted were delegates from NATO ally Turkey and from South Africa. Britain used “ground-breaking intelligence capabilities” to monitor communications between officials at the two
Read more: Britain spied on G20 delegates, including South Africans: report
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli tore a strip off tearaway striker Mario Balotelli despite the controversial star grabbing the winner in the 2-1 Confederations Cup victory over Mexico at the Maracana. Balotelli sealed the win 12 minutes from time with a fine, muscular finish, but Prandelli was furious after the Milan striker was booked for stripping
Read more: Soccer: Italy’s coach critical of Balotelli after win against Mexico
British Prime Minister David Cameron says leaders gathering Monday for the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland should reach speedy agreement on trade and tax reforms, and draw inspiration from the host country’s ability to resolve its own stubborn conflict. Speaking hours ahead of the summit’s official opening at a lakeside golf resort, Cameron said he
Read more: G8: UK’s Cameron welcomes world leaders to N. Ireland
Seven immigrants drowned on Sunday during an attempted crossing to Italy by gripping on to a large tuna fishing cage towed by a trawler, according to witnesses from among the 95 people rescued by the coast guard. Italy’s coast guard rescued the migrants off the shores of Sicily after reports came in of dozens of
Read more: 900 migrants cross to Italy by sea in one weekend, 7 drown
World champions Spain got their Confederations Cup campaign off to a winning start on Sunday with a 2-1 win over South American champions Uruguay in the northern Brazilian city of Recife. The Spaniards dominated throughout but after Pedro Rodriguez’s deflected opener had cause to be grateful to Roberto Soldado’s 32nd-minute clincher as Luis Suarez netted
Read more: Soccer: Spain off to flying start against Uruguay
France’s socialist government suffered the indignity of a first-round exit in a parliamentary by-election to replace a disgrace minister forced out over a tax-dodging scandal. Former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac, who is facing charges of tax fraud, stepped down from his parliamentary seat in April. In Sunday’s by-election for his seat in Lot-et-Garonne, southwest France,
An 11-year-old New Zealand boy was reported Saturday to have fathered a child with the 36-year-old mother of a school friend, raising questions on why women cannot be charged with rape in the country. Counsellors working in the area of child sexual abuse said the case highlighted a lack of attention to women as potential
Read more: 11-year old New Zealand boy fathers child to 36-year old woman
South Africa’s two main political parties are setting out their stalls for the 2014 election, with the country’s key province Gauteng shaping up to be a key battleground. In recent days the African National Congress (ANC), in power for 19 years, and main opposition the Democratic Alliance (DA) have held town hall discussions and rallies
Well-wishers left flags, flowers, balloons and get-well-soon cards at the entrance to the Pretoria hospital where former president Nelson Mandela was spending his tenth day on Monday. Colourful messages were printed on large pieces of paper and cardboard attached to the hospital’s wall next to the security checkpoint. Some of the messages read: “Get well
South Africa has changed for the better since 1976, President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday. “We have come a long way since 1976. South Africa has changed considerably, for the better. We thank the youth for their sterling contribution to both freedom and the reconstruction of their country,” he said at a Youth Day celebration
Today is 16 June, a public holiday (vacation to our American friends) commemorating the race riots of 1976 in Soweto. Every year I dread the arrival of 16 June, incongruously called “Youth Day”, because it represents the acme of the anti-white propaganda calendar in South Africa. Even the country’s biggest beer company, SAB Miller, participates
Read more: 16 June: Your race-riot triumph is my Orwellian nightmare
South African youth must commit themselves to the struggle for economic emancipation, the ANC said on Saturday. “The struggle for economic emancipation and economic freedom in this lifetime is undoubtedly the struggle that this generation of young people must commit their collective energies to,” African National Congress spokesman Jackson Mthembu said in a statement. “It
Read more: South African youth must struggle for economic liberation: ANC
Former president Nelson Mandela is doing better, his grandson Mandla said on Saturday. Addressing mourners at the funeral of the former president’s cousin Florence Mandela in Qunu, Eastern Cape, Mandla spoke about his grandfather’s condition in Xhosa. “He is doing better,” Mandla said. Mandla left soon after the service ended. He declined to speak to
