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On April 9th in Pretoria, South African Afrikaner singer Sunette Bridges chained herself to the statue of former Boer leader Paul Kruger, known as the father of the Afrikaner nation, to protest against calls for its removal. The statue was covered in gree

South Africa’s most famous cartoonist considers what to do with statues of white oppressors

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A South African satirist cartoonist says mock ’em, get mad at ’em, even remove ’em, but don’t destroy the white oppressor statues. There’s still things to learn from them.

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South African President Zuma Drops Case Over Zapiro’s ‘Rape’ Cartoon

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South African President’s Provocative Portrait Vandalized

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South African party leader sues cartoonist

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South African president on way out

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Corruption charges dropped against Zuma

Global Politics

Today a judge in South Africa threw out corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, the leader of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from the BBC’s Jonah Fisher.

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Roots of South Africa violence

Conflict & Justice

South Africa has been experiencing a wave of anti-immigrant violence and so far, 42 people have been killed, and thousands of others have fled their homes in the past two weeks, so The BBC’s Martin Plaut takes a look at what’s behind the violent attacks.

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