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SA: 'Court plea on Dalai Lama's visa bizarre publicity tactic'

South Africa's ruling African National Congress has rubbished as a "publicity tactic" and "astonishing silliness" the legal challenge thrown by two opposition parties against its handling of a......

SA: Indians unhappy over use of Gandhi images

The Indian-origin people in Durban have trained their guns on the African National Congress for using Mahatma Gandhi's images in election posters, with some of them wanting to know whether the......

'Time for community to flex political muscle'

Congressman Mike Honda of California, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and the chairman of the Congressional Asian and Pacific American Caucus, believes the ability of the......

South African President Mbeki resigns

Capping a prolonged power struggle within the country's ruling African National Congress, South African President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday night announced his resignation but denied the charge of......

South Africa: Call for the return of Gandhism

With the ruling African National Congress failing to address the concerns of the Indians in South Africa, calls for the revival of the disbanded Natal Indian Congress (NIC), founded by Mahatma......

Onion prices bring tears again

Fourteen years after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government lost its reign in Delhi due to its perceived inability to control onion prices, the fear of a repeat looms large with the......

FDI in retail would help farmers: Ravi

Punching holes in opposition claim that foreign direct investment in retail sector would affect traders, Micro and Small Industries Minister Vayalar Ravi said on Monday the move would benefit......

Another Indian quits Obama administration

Secunderabad-born Suresh Kumar, a former Doordarshan sports and news anchor over 30 years ago, who two years ago was appointed by President Obama to lead the Commerce Department's US and Foreign......

Euro zone leaders postpone Greece bail-out meet

Euro zone leaders have postponed an emergency summit planned for this weekend on a second bail-out of debt-laden Greece in the hopes that a much bigger crisis unfolding in the US will preoccupy......

Markets end weak; Sensex slips 264 points

After a weak opening this morning (the Sensex opened at 18,262 down 122 points), the bourses continued their downward movement. However, in the last trading session, the Sensex recovered 206 points......

Getting to know Raavan better through these songs

At the beginning of their new collaboration Raavan, director Mani Ratnam told composer A R Rahman and writer Gulzar the theme song for the movie ought to reflect the way he would......

FIFA rule change boosts African nations

FIFA's decision to loosen the rules allowing players to switch international allegiance has helped some African nations to recruit top-class talent and is likely to give a major boost to the......

Witness heard 'non-stop shouting' from Pistorius home

A witness heard "non-stop shouting" in the home of athletics star Oscar Pistorius shortly before his girlfriend was shot dead, the lead detective in the murder investigation said on Wednesday.......

India players applaud outgoing coach Kirsten

While the whole country is clamouring for Team India to win the World Cup for master batsman Sachin Tendulkar, one cannot forget the contribution of Gary Kirsten, who will quit as......

Thrashings add to case for a slimmed-down Cup

Crushing defeats for Kenya and Canada on Sunday added two more reasons why the governing body has decided that the sport's showpiece World Cup should no longer be a place for cricket's cannon......

India look to seal the series in fourth ODI

Having gained a 2-1 lead after registering back-to-back victories in the last two games against the Proteas, India go into the fourth ODI at Port Elizabeth seeking to clinch their first-ever series......

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Q. what is the story of nelson mandela?
Piyush Verma: A. more

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Q. in present who is the president of south africa
Piyush Verma: A. JACOB ZUMA......!! Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942) is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's...... more

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Q. Which is the rainbow country-Why >>
Neeshant: A. Rainbow Nation is a term coined by the then Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu to describe post-apartheid South Africa after apartheid...... more

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Q. Who is generally considered the creator of the League of Nations?
SriniVenkat: A. While the First World War was still underway, a number of governments and groups had already started developing plans to change the way...... more

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South African President Jacob Zuma was not involved in a wedding scandal in which a private plane of the affluent and well-connected Indian Gupta... ...

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S.Africa minister accuses Indian High Commission official in Gupta scandal

By Agnieszka Flak JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's justice minister on Sunday accused an Indian High Commission official and some South... ...

http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/05/19/south-africa-flight-scandal-gupta-idINDEE94I05720130519

South African University makes Zulu compulsory

University of KwaZulu-Natal A leading South African university says it will make Zulu language classes compulsory for all first-year students... ...

http://www.universitiesnews.com/2013/05/18/south-african-university-makes-zulu-compulsory/

Same-sex marriages gaining acceptance; 14 countries where it's legalised

France became the fourteenth country to legalise same-sex marriage on Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law... ...

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President Zuma could face embarrassment

India News: The never-ending saga of the Gupta family continues in South Africa. President Zuma, including his children who are all closely... ...