Ramaphosa put forward for contest
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Ex-unionist Cyril Ramaphosa's name is put forward as an alternative candidate to Jacob Zuma as ANC leader.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces a month of high-stakes campaigning against an inspired challenger who will try to hammer on corruption scandals to unseat the former metalworker in a runoff vote.
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The choice of a liberal white woman to lead South Africaâs main opposition party may seem counterintuitive. What Helen Zilleâs election says about a nation still trying to overcome the legacy of apartheid.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - The African National Congress opens a leadership conference on Sunday which could determine who becomes South Africa's next president.
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It is known to many as Africa&#39;s major. However, the Nedbank Challenge is in line to get enhanced status. There are possible plans to include the Sun City event in the World Golf Championship calendar.
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South Africa is ready to serve as a permanent member of a revamped UN Security Council, the foreign minister said as a campaign for expanding the UN&#39;s decision-making body heated up.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - The African National Congress (ANC) holds a hotly contested election on Monday that could clear the way for the controversial Jacob Zuma to assume South Africa's presidency.
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With the appointment of Ray Jennings as coach, the United Cricket Board of South Africa is hoping to bring about a change in fortune for the national side.
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South Africa&#39;s deputy president, Jacob Zuma, began a fight for his political life yesterday when he was repeatedly named in corruption charges against his friend and financial adviser, Schabir Shaik.
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Soon-to-be Republican presidential candidate Fred D. Thompson faces his share of challenges as he prepares to officially jump into the race.
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It&#39;s always a festive time of year at Sun City when the Nedbank Golf Challenge gets underway, and defending champion Sergio Garcia, always an enthusiastic participant in South Africa&#39;s premier golf tournament, joined the spirit of proceedings with a
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A look at some of the candidates who are thought to be in the running for the job of director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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African music star Youssou N&#39;Dour plans to put himself forward as a candidate to head a new continental African government being discussed this weekend by African leaders in Ghana.
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Campaigning gets underway for next month's elections to choose a governor  in Indonesia's Aceh province.
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Former South African Deputy   President Jacob Zuma is due in court this week to face   corruption charges, boosted by vocal supporters who have kept   alive his hope of political resurrection.
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South Africa's ruling ANC is set to choose between bitter rivals Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma for the party leadership.
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Too inexperienced or too old - candidates face dilemmas as they battle to capture centre ground