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On trial for murder, Pistorius gets into nightclub argument

Courier Newsroom - July 15, 2014

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius was in an altercation at an upmarket nightclub over the weekend, his family said Tuesday. Pistorius went with a cousin...

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Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer dies

Courier Newsroom - July 14, 2014

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nadine Gordimer, a South African author who won the Nobel Prize for novels that explored the cost of racial conflict in...

Entertainment

BET to air discussion about Nigerian kidnapping

Courier Newsroom - May 21, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — The BET television network is airing a special discussion this week on the sexual exploitation of children, an idea set...

International

South Africa marks 20th anniversary of democracy

Courier Newsroom - April 27, 2014

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans on Sunday celebrated 20 years of democracy with song, prayer and praise for those who guided their country into...

International

South Africa closes 16 schools amid gang violence

Courier Newsroom - April 22, 2014

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Education officials in a province in South Africa closed 16 schools, affecting 12,000 students, Thursday in an impoverished area near Cape...

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Harry Belafonte, Paul Simon celebrates Masekela’s 75th birthday

Courier Newsroom - April 6, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — South African trumpeter and vocalist Hugh Masekela celebrated his 75th birthday with a little help from some old friends —...

International

Scandal hits South Africa president

Site Editor - April 2, 2014

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A scandal surrounding more than $20 million in state spending on the South African president’s private home has ignited a debate...

International

Murder trial of ‘Blade Runner’ sparks media frenzy

Courier Newsroom - March 11, 2014

GIN-The trial of former “blade runner” and Olympic champion Oscar Pistorius opens this week in South Africa before hundreds of cameras and journalists from...

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