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South Africa: The region where political violence is on the rise ahead of elections

South Africa: The region where political violence is on the rise ahead of elections
Dec 3,2023 8:41 pm

... Two years ago, a white, Zulu-speaking, gay man was elected as mayor of uMngeni municipality, an area with nearly a three-quarters Black Majority...

Michael Jordan to sell Charlotte Hornets NBA team

Michael Jordan to sell Charlotte Hornets NBA team
Jun 16,2023 8:10 pm

... Jordan, who is currently the only Black Majority team owner in the NBA, will keep a minority stake after the sale to a group of investors...

Charlize Theron condemned for saying Afrikaans is dying language

Charlize Theron condemned for saying Afrikaans is dying language
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... Afrikaans is highly politicised in South Africa because of its role during the decades of white-minority rule when a series of racist policies, known as apartheid, were introduced to suppress the country s Black Majority...

Queen Elizabeth's death stirs South Africa's colonial memories

Queen Elizabeth's death stirs South Africa's colonial memories
Sep 16,2022 12:41 pm

... In South Africa s case, a racist white-minority government came to power, promoting a brutal policy of racial segregation known as apartheid, which devastated the lives of the Black Majority and led to the country leaving the Commonwealth - a loose network of former British colonies - and facing decades of international isolation...

Ryanair Afrikaans test: South African fury over language quiz

Ryanair Afrikaans test: South African fury over language quiz
Jun 6,2022 2:00 pm

... The Black Majority views Afrikaans as an unfriendly language of the oppressor - or even a language of whites racists - as it was forced down their throats at local schools...

Riky Rick: South African rap star who died aged 34

Riky Rick: South African rap star who died aged 34
Mar 4,2022 7:22 am

... Mr Gesll said that in South Africa many men are suffering from post-traumatic stress from the era of white-minority rule, when the Black Majority was subjugated to oppression and heinous violence...

After Desmond Tutu, a time for new South African heroes

After Desmond Tutu, a time for new South African heroes
Jan 1,2022 10:54 am

... But this week, others have chosen to hit back and to attack Tutu - on social media, in particular, of course - as some sort of " sell-out, " as a man who prioritised reconciliation over justice, the sensibilities of white people over the needs of the Black Majority...

South Africa prepares to bury Archbishop Desmond Tutu

South Africa prepares to bury Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Jan 1,2022 9:20 am

... Tutu was one of the driving forces behind the movement to end the policy of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the white minority government against the Black Majority in South Africa from 1948 until 1991...

Robert Mugabe, the man died "very bitter," nephew says

Dec 30,2021 8:37 pm

Robert Mugabe was ousted by a military coup in the year 2017, after nearly four decades in power

Robert Mugabe 's nephew, said the former leader of Zimbabwe, died of a "very bitter" man.

Mr Mugabe, who died at the age of 95 last week, has led Zimbabwe for nearly four decades until he was ousted in a coup in 2017.

"imagine, People that they were trustworthy People guarding You , looking for You - [turns] against You ," Leo Mugabe said.

"He was very bitter, and he loses His heritage," he told the BBC from His uncle in the rural home.

"It was not an easy thing for her to take him," he added.

Initially praised for expanding access to health care and education for the Black Majority , Mr Mugabe later violence against His political opponents and, under the chairmanship of Zimbabwe's economic ruin.

He was removed from office after he fired His Deputy, with many fear, he prepared for His wife, Grace Mugabe , to succeed him.

His former Deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa , the then President, after the army intervened and forced Mr Mugabe to resign.

The long-serving President's legacy has been the subject of intense debate since he died.

Robert Mugabe 's legacy has been fiercely debated since His death in Singapore last week, when The Funeral will take place?

Mr Mugabe's death in a hospital in Singapore on Friday after a long illness. He was the medical supply in The City since April.

Close relatives and representatives of the government traveled to The City and His remains are to be given back in Zimbabwe on Wednesday.

His body is expected to be taken to His native village, about 80km (50 miles) West of the capital, Harare, for a night.

His official funeral will take place on Saturday, at the 60,000 capacity National Sports Stadium, Harare, according to government officials.

But there is disagreement about allegedly be buried, where Mr Mugabe.

Some of His relatives want him to Kutama in Mashonaland West province to be buried in His rural HOMESTEAD in The Village . But the government pushed to have representatives, for a funeral on a Shrine in the vicinity of Harare.

the Majority of Zimbabwe's national Heroes are those who fought against the white minority rule are buried at The Heroes ' Acre Shrine outside The City .

"The [traditional] chiefs it will not be buried on Sunday, where I know," Leo Mugabe told AFP news Agency on Monday.

If Mr Mugabe is buried in His rural home, it would be a final snub to the comrades he believed betrayed him, the BBC Shingai Nyoka in Harare says.

Who Robert Mugabe is?

He was born on the 21. February 1924 in what was then Southern Rhodesia , a British colony, the white minority.

arrested After the criticism of the government of Rhodesia in 1964, he was for More Than a decade without charge.

Once more, he headed to Mozambique, where he directed guerrilla incursions into Rhodesia , but he was also a skillful negotiator.

a Political agreement to end The Crisis in the new independent Republic of Zimbabwe.

With its High Profile in the movement for independence, Mr Mugabe a landslide victory in The Republic secured the first choice in 1980.

clouded But through His decades in power, the international perception. Mr Mugabe assumed The Reputation of a "strongman" leaders - all-powerful, ruling by threats and violence, but with a strong base of support. A growing number of critics mocked him as a dictator.

He famously declared that only God could remove him from office.

He was forced, in the exchange of power in the year 2009, in the midst of economic collapse, the Installation of rival Morgan Tsvangirai as Prime Minister .

But in the year 2017, amid concerns that he care for His wife Grace as His successor, the army - His long-time Ally turned against The President and forced him to resign.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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