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Malema is a controversial and divisive figure in South African politics: he has been favourably described by both Zuma [11] and the Premier of Limpopo Province, Cassel Mathale, as the "future leader" of South Africa. [12] Detractors describe him as a "reckless populist" with the potential to destabilise South Africa and spark racial conflict. [13]
The Reaction Unit was a counter-terrorist force within the South African Police (SAP) from 1979 to 2001, in support of the SAP Special Task Force. Elements of the Reaction Unit were attached to Regional Riot Units in locations throughout South Africa, the first of which was in Durban. Its recruits were specially selected and trained in order to ...
The campaign for the statue's removal received global attention [2] [3] and led to a wider movement to "decolonise" education across South Africa. [3] [4] On 9 April 2015, following a UCT Council vote the previous night, the statue was removed. Rhodes Must Fall captured national headlines throughout 2015 and sharply divided public opinion in ...
The Marikana massacre was the killing of thirty-four miners by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on 16 August 2012 during a six-week wildcat strike at the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana near Rustenburg in South Africa's North West province. The massacre constituted the most lethal use of force by South African security forces against ...
The deputy leader of South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said on Thursday he was resigning to join the party led by former president Jacob Zuma, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK).
Apartheid racism. Apartheid (Afrikaans pronunciation: [aˈpartɦɛit]; an Afrikaans word meaning "separateness", or "the state of being apart", literally "apart-hood") was a system of racial segregation in South Africa enforced through legislation by the National Party (NP), the governing party from 1948 to 1994.
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -South Africa accused Israel on Thursday of subjecting Palestinians to genocidal acts at the opening of hearings at the top U.N. court on a case the country brought against the ...
Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota said that the military commando personnel were "unwilling to serve a black government and were hostile to democracy in South Africa", adding that "former commando members were politically indoctrinated and supplied with weapons and training to spy on blacks in their areas, making this military structure wholly ...