In Mbeki's South Africa, Change Has Come, Slowly
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KHAYELITSHA, South Africa -- The road in front of Princess Rini's leaky, wooden shack has been paved. There is a primary school and a library down the street. And though three of the outdoor taps the government built nearby are broken, a twist on the fourth brings forth copious clean water.
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The South African government is taking possession of the first farm to be expropriated on Saturday, in a move designed to silence criticism it is dragging its feet over land reform.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa faced deep uncertainty on Wednesday after the greatest political shake-up since the end of apartheid set populist Jacob Zuma on the road to leadership of the country.
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As South Africa&#39;s president he led the ANC back to power in elections in April with a two-thirds majority. The economy is booming, inflation is low and jobs, finally, are being created.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - President Thabo Mbeki on Friday pledged to tackle poverty and crime and speed up land redistribution to blacks, signaling a new interventionist approach in fighting South Africa's glaring social ills.
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Kenyaâs crisis is probably not quite over, though many Kenyans clearly wish it was, but for the first time in a week tensions have cooled.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare on Thursday as part of efforts to mediate between President Robert Mugabe's governing party and the opposition.
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While his tiny country reels under the burdens of mismanagement, food shortages and Africa&#39;s worst Aids crisis, the attention of Swaziland&#39;s young King Mswati remains focused on his own lavish lifestyle.
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ELGIN VALLEY, South Africa -- When South Africa held its first fully democratic elections in 1994, Patrick Kraukamp, a day laborer, was just starting a job as a forklift driver at the Paul Cluver wine estate in this lush mountain valley.
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Africa's economy will grow faster this year, but changes are still needed if it is to catch up with the rest of the world.
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It has now been nine months since the country went through its biggest political change in 16 years, but actually, surprisingly little has changed.
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To secure a driverâs license, South Africans must navigate a bureaucratic process so daunting that it has set off riots.
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Africa&#39;s new representative body, the Pan-African Parliament, has opened its first session in its new home in South Africa. South African President Thabo Mbeki was joined by drummers and dancers to welcome
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The African Union chairman headed to Kenya on Tuesday to help end turmoil that has killed almost 500 people, but hopes of a swift breakthrough seemed to falter.
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After a wave of ethnic violence, Kenya has been in the process of segregating itself.
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Kenyaâs countryside seems to be settling into a state of lawlessness that is more reminiscent of the checkpoint culture in Somalia or Darfur, Sudan.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki urged members of the new Pan-African Parliament to be the &quot;fearless champions&quot; of people who are hungry for change and hope to see a &quot;humane Africa&quot; finally born.