Africa Matters

South Africa holds state funeral for controversial Zulu prince Buthelezi

Thousands of mourners gathered in South Africa’s eastern town of Ulundi on Saturday for the state funeral of veteran politician and Zulu prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Buthelezi, a controversial figure during the apartheid liberation struggle because of his bitter rivalry with the African National Congress (ANC), died last week aged 95. The founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) served…

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Kikwete: Homage to Mandela is Africa unification

FORMER President Dr Jakaya Kikwete underscored the importance of Africa unification to live in the legacy of the late South African first President Nelson Mandela. As he addressed the celebration to honour the great contribution of Mandela to African freedom and unity at the University of Dar es Salaam in Dar es Salaam, on Thursday, Dr Kikwete appreciated the…

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Angola elections: ANC congratulates people of Angola for holding peaceful elections

Cape Town – The ANC has conveyed its congratulations to the people of Angola for staging peaceful general elections this week, as results slowly begin to trickle in, two days after voting took place on Wednesday. The ANC congratulated it’s ‘sister party’, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which looks set to win the elections, according…

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