Ed Cropley

South Africa’s Zuma turns to Gordhan’s deputy as new finance Minister

August 25, 2021 at 5:18 a.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma promoted deputy finance minister Nhlanhla Nene to finance minister on Sunday, replacing the widely respected Pravin Gordhan in a new cabinet line-up...

South Africa’s ‘Born-Frees’ head to polls without Apartheid memories

August 22, 2019 at 2:11 p.m.

When Nkululeko Simelane was born on April 27, 1994, her parents did not have to think twice about her name. Her birth coincided with South Africa's first multi-racial elections, the...

South Africa’s ‘Born-Frees’ head to polls without Apartheid memories

August 25, 2021 at 4:15 a.m.

When Nkululeko Simelane was born on April 27, 1994, her parents did not have to think twice about her name. Her birth coincided with South Africa's first multi-racial elections, the...

South Africa’s ‘Born Frees’ struggle with history

August 25, 2021 at 4:13 a.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - When Nkululeko Simelane was born on April 27, 1994, her parents did not have to think twice about her name. Her birth coincided with South Africa's first...

South Africa’s ‘Born Frees’ struggle with history

May 14, 2019 at 5:56 a.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - When Nkululeko Simelane was born on April 27, 1994, her parents did not have to think twice about her name. Her birth coincided with South Africa's first...

Prosecutor tells Pistorius: ‘Your version is a lie’

August 25, 2021 at 3:54 a.m.

A South African prosecutor accused Oscar Pistorius on Thursday of lying and altering his story when the Olympic and Paralympic athlete described the night he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva...

South Africa’s Zuma slammed for $23 million home makeover

November 4, 2021 at 1:28 a.m.

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma "benefitted unduly" from a $23 million state-funded security upgrade to his private home that included a swimming pool, cattle enclosure and amphitheatre,...

South Africa’s Zuma slammed for $23 million home makeover

December 23, 2018 at 10:57 p.m.

South Africa’s townships blaze with anti-ANC anger

August 25, 2021 at 1:08 a.m.

HEBRON, South Africa (Reuters) - It has become an almost daily ritual in the townships ringing Johannesburg and Pretoria - disaffected youths burning tires, looting shops and throwing rocks in...

South Africa buries ‘greatest son’ Mandela

August 24, 2021 at 10:57 p.m.

QUNU, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africa buried Nelson Mandela on Sunday, leaving the multi-racial democracy he founded without its living inspiration and still striving for the "Rainbow Nation" ideal...

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