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post 31 March 2013
News Read more from Jon on Snowblog What Mandela's illness tells us

Many struggles across the world have seen in Nelson Mandela's example of forgiveness, leadership and hope a lodestar by which they can win their own struggles.

article 29 March 2013 World, South Africa
Nelson Mandela is making 'good progress' after being hospitalised on Wednesday (picture: Reuters)
Nelson Mandela making 'steady progress' in hospital

Nelson Mandela is making "steady progress" after being admitted to hospital on Wednesday night with a recurring lung infection, South African president Jacob Zuma says.

article 28 March 2013 World, South Africa
Nelson Mandela has returned to hospital with a lung infection (picture: Reuters)
Nelson Mandela 'responding positively' to treatment

Nelson Mandela, the former South African president, is "responding positively" to treatment after being admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, the government says.

video 03 March 2013 World, South Africa

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Inside South Africa's mining crisis - video

Amid the strikes, the job cuts and the violent Marikana protests - Jamal Osman reveals the appalling conditions in the country's illegal mines that many workers are forced now to turn to.

article 03 March 2013 World, South Africa
Mines are closing across South Africa, forcing hundreds of miners into illegal shafts. Many of face imminent collapse.
by Jamal Osman South African mining: the mountain feeding hundreds

Mines are closing across South Africa, forcing miners into illegal shafts, many of which face imminent collapse. Channel 4 News reports on miners risking their lives to feed their families.

article 28 February 2013 World, South Africa
A man died in custody after being tied to the back of a police van and dragged away following an argument over where he had parked his taxi, according to local reports.
Jonathan Miller by Jonathan Miller South Africa: man dragged by police van dies in custody

A man has died in custody after being tied to the back of a police van and dragged away following an argument over where he had parked his taxi, according to local reports.

article 24 February 2013 World, South Africa
Carl Pistorius and sister Aimee (Reuters)
Pistorius's brother faces homicide charges

The brother of "blade runner" Oscar Pistorius is facing a culpable homicide charge for a 2008 road death, the family lawyer has said.

video 22 February 2013 World, South Africa

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Pistorius mental health must be 'watched closely' - video

South African reporter Debora Patta and Gareth A Davies, who has known Oscar Pistorius for a decade, discuss the athlete's release on bail.

article 22 February 2013 South Africa
Oscar Pistorius granted bail (G)
Oscar Pistorius released on bail

In a dramatic conclusion to a four-day bail hearing, Oscar Pistorius is granted bail to await trial for the murder of his girlfriend. But women's campaigners criticise "cheers" in court.

video 22 February 2013 South Africa

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Listen again: Oscar Pistorius bail hearing

Listen to the decision of the South African magistrate Desmond Nair who rules that Oscar Pistorius has made a successful case to be released on bail.

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