South Africa

South Africa one year after Marikana tragedy

South Africans have commemorated the first anniversary of the Marikana massacre where 34 mineworkers were shot dead by provincial police…

August 21, 2013

South Africa commemorates National Women’s Day

August 9 was the anniversary of the 1956 Women’s March on Pretoria, an event that attracted 20,000 women to protest…

August 18, 2013

Tributes to South African hero, Nelson Mandela, at 95

Former Republic of South African President Nelson Mandela turned 95 while being treated at a hospital near Pretoria. Mandela, who…

July 23, 2013

U.S. and Cuba open postal talks

Cuban diplomats met with U.S. State Department and Postal Service officials on June 18-19 to discuss the normalization of mail…

July 21, 2013

Protests greet Obama on Africa tour

S. African groups raise Palestine, AFRICOM, U.S. political prisoners President Barack Obama visited three African states during late June and…

July 9, 2013

South Africa mineworkers union asks 60 percent pay raise

South Africa’s miners have been forced to threaten strikes following an announcement that thousands of workers would be laid off.…

June 2, 2013

50 years of African Union commemorated

On May 25, 1963, 33 independent African states met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to form the Organization of African Unity.…

May 22, 2013

South Africa: Platinum monopoly threatens mining jobs

A major struggle is unfolding in the Republic of South Africa with the recent announcement that the Anglo American Platinum…

May 19, 2013

Postal workers’ struggle spreads across the world

U.S. Postal Service clerks, carriers, mail handlers and drivers have a lot in common with other postal workers in the…

May 9, 2013

Chris Hani honored in South Africa on 20th anniversary of assassination

On April 10, 1993, racists in South Africa killed Chris Hani, the general secretary of the South African Communist Party…

April 19, 2013