South Africa
South African Communist Party to run candidates, forge new popular front
July 17, 2017The 14th national congress of the South African Communist Party put the party on a new path to contesting state power by committing it to fight elections in its own name.
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South African Communists ban President Zuma from party congress
July 12, 2017The latest blow to the corruption-tainted leader comes after repeated calls for him to step down from office.
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Unsatisfying self-satisfied lives depicted in South African film
June 19, 2017Catching Feelings is billed as a “highly nuanced dark romantic comedy.” Now “comedy” is when no one gets killed, so it’s a broad term that can encompass a lot.
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South Africa: Communists convene broad front to halt country’s decline
May 24, 2017South Africa is facing greater uncertainty and dysfunction than at any time since the height of the struggle against white minority rule.
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This week in history: Coretta Scott King born in 1927
April 25, 2017Coretta Scott King was an author, activist, and civil rights leader in her own right, and the mother of four children. In her early life, she was an accomplished singer, and she often incorporated music into...
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