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Zimbabwe: Supreme Court Throws Out Chombo's Appeal
[The Herald] The trial of former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo on charges of criminal abuse of office will go ahead after the Supreme Court threw out his appeal for permanent stay of prosecution.
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South Africa sets contentious local polls for November 1 | Africanews
South Africa's controversial local elections will be held on November 1, the government announced Wednesday, setting the ball rolling for polls expected to reflect widespread disillusionment with the long-ruling African National Congress.
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Saving the Postal Service is essential to the economy and democracy
At the height of a public health and economic crisis, President Trump and his GOP allies are focused instead on an all-out assault on a critical public service: the popular, 245-year-old United States Postal
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ANC's support in municipal elections below 50%, Ipsos poll predicts | News24
The surveys found that voter turnout will play a significant role in this election, with a higher turnout favouring the ANC and a lower turnout favouring the DA.
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Djibouti President Guelleh wins election with 98%, provisional results | Africanews
Djibouti President Ismael Guelleh will extend his two decades in power after winning Friday's vote.
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I Have a Dream
I Have a Dream is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights. Delivered to over
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Fight continues to include undocumented Caribbean immigrants in US Congressional Apportionment | New York Carib News
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a motion for partial summary judgment or, in the alternative, a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit to halt US President Donald Trump's efforts to illegally leave millions of the undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants out of the Congressional
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KZN ANC warned national body of internal challenges prior to dire candidate submission process | News24
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal, who recently botched its candidate submission process to the IEC through failing to submit names in at least nine municipalities, had warned the national leadership of mounting internal challenges crippling its administrative and political functions as far back as July.
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Curbing law enforcement industry’s political power – Florida Courier
“I can’t breathe.” The panic in my brother’s faint voice struck me like a hammer blow. These words have become dreadfully familiar. We were at my uncle’s house for an overnight stay and my brother’s asthma had flared up. But for Black folk nationwide, these words are far more ominous. My little
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Newly appointed ANC Free State leadership readies itself for local government elections | News24
The ANC in the Free State, through its newly elected interim provincial committee, says it's ready for the local government elections.
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U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that busing was a constitutionally acceptable method of integrating public schools.
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We're not bankrupt, funding from donors has been trickling in - Paul Mashatile reveals | News24
The ANC says some staffers will be employed on a temporary basis to ease pressure on the party's budget.
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Voter suppression: The new poll tax
The Black vote is still important – as are the votes of other marginalized people who tend to vote Democratic – and for that reason, “the new poll tax,” voter suppression, is in full
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Two shot, 16 injured as Limpopo ANC meeting turns violent | News24
Eighteen people have been injured in an altercation and shooting at an ANC meeting in Limpopo over the weekend.
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DA to ask court to force ANC to hand over cadre deployment records | News24
The DA says it os applying to the Gauteng High Court to force the ANC to hand over complete records of its cadre deployment committee since 1 January 2013 when President Cyril Ramaphosa became its chairperson.
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African American History and Women Timeline 1870-1899
[Previous] [Next] Women and African American History: 1870-1899 • 15th Amendment to the US Constitution gave the right to vote without regard to race, color, or previous condition of servitude -- but the Amendment did not apply to African American women (or any other women) • Susan McKinney Stewart,
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Zimbabwe: Fresh Bid to Rescue Malaba
[Zimbabwe Standard] A little known Zanu PF youth league member on Friday filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application seeking to nullify a judgement that ended Luke Malaba's term as chief justice.
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Ace Magashule could face more charges for 'unbecoming' behaviour | News24
The ANC's national working committee has condemned the "unbecoming, divisive and defiant behaviour" by Ace Magashule, Tony Yengeni and Carl Niehaus during former president Jacob Zuma's recent court appearance.
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Decolonising the mind from the paradox of the edifices of slavery
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ANC staff to picket over non-payment of salaries - is the party broke?
ANC staff members have had enough with the party’s failure to pay them their salaries and are now set to protest
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Attempt to delay ANC's Northern Cape elective conference is 'factionalism and nothing else' - Saul | News24
The ANC leadership in the Northern Cape says it is ready to hold its ninth elective conference, which is expected to take place next weekend.
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Juneteenth by the Numbers | The Atlanta Voice
Here’s a look at Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day and Jubilee Day, by the
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Zimbabwe: Suits Pile Up Against ED's Constitutional Amendment Laws
[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa has again been dragged to court by two top lawyers Eric Matinenga and Beatrice Mtetwa for assenting to a Bill giving him powers to control the judiciary.
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Malawi court denies Bushiris' application to dismiss extradition request | News24
The Lilongwe Magistrate's Court in Malawi has denied the Bushiris' bid to have a request for their extradition dismissed or to have the issue of the SADC Protocol referred to the Constitutional Court.
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Dred Scott
Dred Scott was a slave who lived during the early 19th century and was the first slave who sued his master for freedom in a court of law. He was born into slavery in Virginia and was the property of the Peter Blow family. His birth name was Sam, but he changed it to Dred after his dead brother. The
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(1963) John F. Kennedy, “We Face A Moral Crisis: The Civil Rights Message to Congress, 1963”
On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy sent his civil right message to Congress urging it to pass a civil rights act.  The message was immediately prompted by the action of Governor George Wallace of Alabama in physically blocking the entrance of two African American students whom a federal
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ANC, Harrismith community leaders to 'map a way forward' after week-long protests | News24
The ANC is expected to meet Harrismith community leaders to discuss a way forward after week-long service delivery protests in the area.
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KZN protests: 'ANC factions shouldn't undermine rule of law,' says DA
The DA has called on the ANC in KZN to put the province ahead of its factions as chaos erupts over Jacob Zuma's incarceration.
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