Ed Cropley

Mandela mimer hits back: I’m sign language champion

August 24, 2021 at 11:09 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African sign language interpreter accused of gesticulating gibberish during a memorial to Nelson Mandela defended his "champion" performance on Thursday, but said he may have...

South African sports salute Mandela ‘The Captain’

August 24, 2021 at 11:02 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sports-mad South Africa saluted Nelson Mandela on Saturday with smiles and moments of silence in honour of the late anti-apartheid leader, who inspired people to pursue the...

Mandela’s legacy: peace, but poverty for many blacks

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

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In the 10 years after he withdrew from public life, Nelson Mandela divided his time between a mansion in one of Johannesburg's wealthiest suburbs and his ancestral...

Turkcell sues MTN in South Africa for $4.2 billion in Iran damages

August 24, 2021 at 10:42 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Turkish mobile phone company Turkcell has taken to a South African court with its $4.2 billion lawsuit against rival MTN Group, alleging it was the victim of...

In violent South Africa, Pistorius put faith in guns

August 24, 2021 at 4:19 a.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - When armed robbers burst into John Kullman's Johannesburg home last year, putting a pistol in his face and telling him to get on the floor, the only...

New South Africa mine massacre video pressures police

August 24, 2021 at 3:10 a.m.

(Please note strong language in paragraph 10) JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A new cellphone video of the police shooting of 34 miners in South Africa in August has piled more pressure...

New South Africa mine massacre video pressures police

August 22, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.

(Please note strong language in paragraph 10) JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A new cellphone video of the police shooting of 34 miners in South Africa in August has piled more pressure...

Phone video of South Africa mine massacre pressures police

August 22, 2019 at 1:31 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A cell phone video broadcast this week of the police shooting of 34 miners in South Africa last year has piled more pressure on the security forces,...

Phone video of South Africa mine massacre pressures police

August 24, 2021 at 3:14 a.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A cell phone video broadcast this week of the police shooting of 34 miners in South Africa last year has piled more pressure on the security forces,...

South Africa’s ANC berates bank for “Arab Spring” ad campaign

August 22, 2019 at 1:20 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A major South African bank has become embroiled in a row with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) over an advertising campaign in which youngsters voice concerns...

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