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SAfrican students study math via cell phone (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

AP - A South African think tank said Thursday they have lined up volunteers to tutor on a popular mobile phone platform after a nationwide teachers’ strike left students unprepared…

S.African gov’t ups wage offer to civil servants (AP)

August 31st, 2010

AP - The South African government has increased its offer to civil servants whose nationwide strike for higher wages has crippled hospitals and schools across the country, officials said Tuesday.

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Mom: Son helped kill SAfrican white supremacist (AP)

April 5th, 2010

Men place flowers along the fence outside the farm of white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanch on the outskirts of Ventersdorp, South Africa, Monday, April  5, 2010. Terreblanche was killed in his bed in what police described as a wage dispute with two of his black workers. The incident has increased racial tensions in the country and added to safety fears just nine weeks ahead of the World Cup.  (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - The mother of a 15-year-old murder suspect said Monday that her son struck a notorious white supremacist leader with an iron rod after the farmer refused to pay…

Students protest bail for SAfrican hip-hop artist (AP)

March 17th, 2010

AP - Police used rubber bullets and water cannons Wednesday to disperse thousands of high school students protesting a bail hearing for a South African hip-hop artist accused of killing…