External changes, including the end of the Cold War, helped lead to the ending of apartheid. Gorbachev played a major role in that process.
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The latest cancellation reflects the pressure China feels it’s under in the international debt debate.
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South Africa’s healthcare services are overburdened. But this is not because of non-nationals.
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The loss of a two-thirds majority in parliament would be seen as a significant defeat for the MPLA.
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Poet, soldier and critic of postcolonial elites, Hadraawi was the greatest poet of his generation.
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