South Africa in the News on 25 June 2013

The GuardianBarack Obama to face protests in South Africa after years of laissez-faireThe GuardianSymbolism will hang heavy this weekend when Barack Obama visits Soweto, the cradle of South Africa&#39 more…

Ottawa Citizen19 years on, apartheid ideology endures in rural South Africa townOttawa CitizenFrederik Wyand, who was born one year after Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black president more…

Ottawa CitizenSouth Africans asked to pray for MandelaAljazeera.comSouth Africa's president has asked his country to pray for the critically ill national hero Nelson Mandela, who he said was &quot more…

Ottawa CitizenMany fear South Africa without Mandela would be a place of violence and …Ottawa CitizenWhat is next for South Africa? South Africans have been pondering the question since Nelson Mande more…

Giraffe gives chase to jeep with two tourists in South AfricaNEWS.com.auCourtesy LiveLeak. IT'S A common enough scene: A wild car ride through the bush, being chased by an enraged beast. But a gir more…

The game that changed South AfricaCNN (blog)By Richa Naik, CNN. Eighteen years ago Monday, on June 24, 1995, South Africa's Springbok rugby team staged a stunning upset to win the Rugby World Cup more…

U.S. News & World ReportSoweto Students Look Forward to Obama VisitAllAfrica.comThe University of Johannesburg's Soweto campus is expected to be one of the stops for U.S. President Barack Obama wh more…

Ottawa Citizen19 years on, apartheid ideology endures in rural South Africa townOttawa CitizenFrederik Wyand, who was born one year after Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first black president more…

Nelson Mandela in critical condition: Daughter Makaziwe says former South …The IndependentNelson Mandela's daughter has said her father is "at peace with himself," as South Africa and more…

Nelson Mandela fights for life and South Africa prays as hopes fade for anti …Mirror.co.uk“This is the man who fought and sacrificed his life to stay in prison, the longest-serving prisoner in Sou more…

South Africa president: Pray for MandelaWashington Post24, 2013. South Africa's president said critically-ill Nelson Mandela was "asleep" when he visited him in a hospital and urged pray more…

South Africa leader: Mandela 'asleep' during visitSan Francisco ChronicleJOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president on Monday said a critically ill Nelson Mandela was "asleep&quot more…

South Africa president: Pray for Nelson MandelaLas Vegas SunSchool children pray in the Regina Mundi church in Soweto township on the outskirt of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday June 16, 2013. Form more…

BBC NewsCan South Africa avoid Zimbabwe's land pitfalls?BBC NewsLand reform is a thorny issue in South Africa; for some it conjures up images of Zimbabwe-like land grabs and raises tensions in sma more…

Investors need not worry about South Africa post Mandela: ministerYahoo! NewsThe 94-year old Mandela, the country's first black president, is critically ill with a lung infection, a huge concern f more…

South Africa enters chaotic post-Mandela political worldGlobe and MailWith Nelson Mandela on his deathbed – on Sunday his condition was declared “critical” and South Africans were told to await more…

South Africa: Mandela In Critical ConditionNPRJOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president on Monday said a critically ill Nelson Mandela was "asleep" when he visited the 94-year-old i more…

South Africa says Mandela remains in critical conditionglobalnews.caJOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Nelson Mandela's condition in a Pretoria hospital remained critical for a second straight day Mon more…

Can South Africa recapture the hope of the Mandela years?Ottawa CitizenMore than two decades after Nelson Mandela emerged from prison and overturned apartheid, South Africa still struggles to uplift a more…

South Africa: Nelson Mandela in critical conditionChicago Sun-TimesHe then played a leading role in steering the divided country from the apartheid era to democracy, becoming South Africa's first more…