A Look At A 'World Unseen': Pretty, If Unsurprising
Nov 6th, 2008 · Two women risk everything when they go against the black-and-white rules of apartheid South Africa; Shamim Sarif directs this genteelly attractive adaptation of her own novel.
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Dissidents Of South Africa's ANC Forming New Party
Nov 1st, 2008 · A breakaway group of South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, took the first step Saturday toward forming a new party.
Jazz Key To Interpreting South African Leadership
Oct 15th, 2008 · Sometimes, music provides an insight into people that words alone can't grab. Jazz was a language used by many of those to interpret those in South Africa's leadership.
Sesame Street: The World Is A Playground
Oct 11th, 2008 · Sesame Street has been around for almost 40 years and airs in 120 countries. A new CD, Sesame Street Playground, features songs and Muppets from Sesame Streets around the world. Big Bird and South Africa's Zikwe join host Scott Simon to talk about the album.
New South African Leader Emerges in Power Shift
Sep 25th, 2008 · In a matter of weeks, South African leader Thabo Mbeki was ousted and replaced by Kgalema Motlanthe, a relative newcomer. The change marks the biggest political upheaval in South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994.
Mbeki Out, Motlanthe In As South Africa's New Leader
Sep 25th, 2008 · Kgalema Motlanthe is South Africa's new president. The country's parliament elected Motlanthe's after South African President Thabo Mbeki was forced to step down after he was found to be a part of a conspiracy to discredit his former deputy, Jacob Zuma. Ferial Haffajee, of the Mail & Guardian newspaper, offers analysis of the ongoing political situation in South Africa.
South Africa's President Mbeki Resigns
Sep 21st, 2008 · South African President Thabo Mbeki is stepping down after his ruling African National Congress demanded he leave office over allegations he abused his power in the corruption case against ANC leader Jacob Zuma. Mbeki's biographer Mark Gevisser talks to host Andrea Seabrook about the political crisis in South Africa.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Carrying South Africa *
Aug 7th, 2008 · In careers of many decades, both Hugh Masekela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo have carried the music of South Africa around the world, and played critical roles in the international movement to end apartheid. Fifteen years after the climax of that historic struggle, both still tour.
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