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COSATU leadership: Sanction and boycott apartheid Israel!
Following are (1) an address to a rally on Palestine in Lenasia (near Johannesburg) on January 14, 2009, by Zwelinzima…
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World mourns loss of Mama Afrika
Legendary South African performer Miriam "Mama Afrika" Makeba died on Nov. 10. Makeba, 76, collapsed the day before in Italy…
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South African Woolworths workers demand union recognition
Union leaders announced that the strike against Woolworths will continue after talks failed on Sept. 21. The strike, led by…
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Zimbabwe election crisis reflects competing class interests
Zimbabwe remains locked in a political crisis. Various rounds of negotiations since the June 27 runoff presidential election have yet…
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Millions of South African workers stage one-day strike
Millions of South African workers participated in a one-day general strike on Aug. 6. The Congress of South African Trade…
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Angola commemorates 20th anniversary of historic battle
March 23 marked the 20th anniversary of the 1988 Cuito Cuanavale battle in which Angolan, Namibian and Cuban forces fought…
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South African students protest racist video
A racist video made by four white students at the University of the Free State in South Africa was made…
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South African police abuse immigrants
Zimbabwean migrants and their supporters took to the streets of Cape Town, South Africa, on Feb. 7 to protest a…
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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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