South Africa’s scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma has denounced as racist some of the placards displayed at mass protests last week to demand his removal from power. Mr Zuma has been speaking at a memorial for anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani, who was killed by a white supremacist in 1993, a year before minority rule ended in … Read more
South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday described last week’s protests demanding that he resign as racist, as he fought back against the criticism that has threatened to split the ruling ANC party. Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through South African cities on Friday, angered by years of corruption scandals, record unemployment and slowing … Read more
A signed letter from Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela offering his condolences on the death of an anti-apartheid leader has sold for £7,200. The typed letter, signed by the boxing legend on “Muhammad Ali in South Africa” stationery, dates from 1993. It was sold in an auction in Devizes. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: “It’s fair … Read more
A signed letter from Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela offering his condolences on the death of an anti-apartheid leader has sold for £7,200. The typed letter, signed by the boxing legend on “Muhammad Ali in South Africa” stationery, dates from 1993. It was sold in an auction in Devizes. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said: “It’s fair … Read more