Author: Celean Jacobson
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S. African president: Global crisis hits economy
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The global financial crisis is hurting South Africa’s economy and the government needs to take steps to reduce job losses, the president said today in his first state-of-the-nation address. In his speech to parliament, Kgalema Motlanthe said demand for South African exports has declined and production has dropped, causing some…
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South African musical legend Miriam Makeba dies
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – She died just how she wanted to – singing on stage for a good cause. And her recorded songs wafted out of taxis and radios, as fellow Africans struggled with their grief at her passing. Miriam Makeba, the “Mama Africa” whose sultry voice gave South Africans hope when the country was…