South Africa
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Officials at Kruger national park said crocodile grabbed man who was trying to retrieve golf balls from water
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Family of anti-apartheid activist who died in 1977 argued the document was national property and couldn’t be sold
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The brother of Anni Dewani says it would be terrible if South African judge Jeanette Traverso dismissed his sister's murder case
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Zanele Muholi’s portraits of post-apartheid sexuality join Nikolay Bakharev’s shots of swimmers in an eclectic, political selection
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Siphokazi Mdlankomo hopes to inspire others as calls grow for better labour rights for hidden army in post-apartheid economy
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Picturing place: A map can seem a simple thing, yet the act of holding it, studying and discussing the contents illuminates how they operate as practical and rhetorical tools for control, as demonstrated in South Africa during apartheid
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Anni Dewani’s parents say they would not have allowed wedding to go ahead if they had known groom had slept with men
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<strong>Special report:</strong> Immigration increasingly dominates national debate in this country. But what about elsewhere? From the far right making political capital in Scandinavia to border guards pushing migrant boats back to sea in Australia and the millions of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, Guardian correspondents examine the global picture
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Police chief resigns after head of US education charity and two teenage children die in assault on compound in Afghan capital
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Court-appointed expert says it is not be in the interests of two South African four-year-olds to be returned to biological parents
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From the Guardian archive From the archive, 26 November 1969: Black Power group interrupts Manchester Cathedral service
Originally published in the Guardian on 26 November 1969: They gave the raised arm salute, fists clenched with the slogan: “Power to the people. Power to the Black People.” Then they marched out. Nobody objected -
Box office analysis: global Beyond the UK and US: what films are top of the box office for the rest of the world?
The Lego Movie is the top grossing film so far this year in the UK. Guardians of the Galaxy tops the charts in the US, but what is most popular among movie-goers in other countries around the world? -
Other lives: Professor who made significant advances in research on human fertility
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Tim Lewis weighs up the evidence from three accounts of a gripping trial by June Steenkamp, Mandy Weiner and Barry Bateman, and John Carlin
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Caspar Llewellyn Smith: The actor’s debut album is a place where his acting career, his childhood and his “pan-African” identity all converge – but can he escape the actor-turned-musician curse?
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2014 eclipses 2013 poaching record as illegal wildlife trade continues to boom, threatening future of the species
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Guy Standing writes: At the dinner to mark Derek Robinson’s retirement, a seat was left vacant next to him
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Other lives: Communist who chronicled the struggle of African mineworkers during the last days of apartheid
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Analysis: new galleries, museums and commercial developments are transforming the city, but who faces being forced out, asks Houghton Kinsman for Contemporary And
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An auction of work from up-and-coming artists from the continent and diaspora is being run online in December. Here are some of our favourites:
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Janet Suzman shows what great acting is in Lara Foot’s tense, moving two-hander set in South Africa, writes Kate Kellaway
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Bafana Bafana are trying to focus on the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sudan despite the brutal murder of their goalkeeper and captain
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Ventures Africa’s rich list underlines Nigeria’s economic dominance in the continent – and South Africa’s fall from the top
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Huge pair of Ray-Bans on Cape Town promenade hijacks one of South Africa’s greatest national figures for corporate gain, writes Rebecca Hodes
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Singer obtains order barring satirist and his puppet from making any statements about him, after accusations of racism
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Appeal on 9 December against culpable homicide conviction has ‘reasonable prospects’ of success, prosecutors say
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President has said he had no knowledge of taxpayer-funded project and government says upgrades were security related
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Gallery: The standup comedian and sitcom star has amassed a remarkable collection of African art, from Senegalese sculpture to South African street photography. Some of its fabulous works go on show in Washington DC
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A fabulous name doesn’t necessarily mean a brilliant sound, but couldn’t today’s performers try a bit harder, asks Eromo Egbejule?
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Lawyers for victims at inquiry into killing of 34 miners also call for South African vice president Cyril Ramaphosa to be investigated
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From members of the police to the deputy president, a commission seeks justice for the 34 miners who lost their lives at the Lonmin mine strikes in 2012. Greg Nicholson reports
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A porcupine at the Londolozi reserve in South Africa fights off a pride of 17 lions by shaking its tail and running backwards towards the predators
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Township residents celebrate 5 November by dressing up in their – or their parents’ – best clothes and asking for money. Photographer Daniel Born captures the characters of the ‘penny penny’ tradition
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DfID decision to withdraw aid from influential campaign group criticised as ‘height of irresponsibility’
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A second South African international footballer has been targeted in an armed robbery after the parents of midfielder Sibusiso Vilakazi were held up while he slept slept in a neighbouring property