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South Africa - East Rand Peace Plan
Simultaneous announcements by State President F W de Klerk and
African National Congress president Nelson Mandela launched the
long-awaited East Rand peace plan on Tuesday (1/2). The peace plan
was devised by the two leaders in...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PRETORIA: MICROSOFT CHAIRMAN BILL GATES VISIT
English/Nat
Microsoft chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bill Gates, is determined to take South Africa's growing computer industry by storm.
Gates - who's on a two-day trip to South Africa - visited Soweto where he opened a digital...
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South Africa - De Klerk Not Leaving Politics
South Africa's deputy president and National Party leader F.W. de
Klerk on Monday (1/8) dismissed speculation that he planned to
withdraw from President Nelson Mandela's coalition government of
national unity. "The National Party has no...
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SOUTH AFRICA: STUDENT PROTEST OVER SCHOOL CLOSURE
English/Nat
Hundreds of disgruntled black students took to the streets on Friday to protest against the closure of a school that's at the centre of a desegregation row.
The students have been barred from the school and accused of...
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South Africa - Winnie Mandela appears in court
President Nelson Mandela's former wife Winnie marked her 63rd birthday in the eye of a storm Friday (26/9), appearing before the truth commission to answer questions on the disappearance and murders of several youths in the 1980s.
The...
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Winnie and Zuma leave church after prayer service, Mandela friend reax
South African President, Jacob Zuma, and Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, left the Methodist church in Johannesburg on Sunday after attending a prayer service in honour of the anti-apartheid leader.
It was one of many...
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SOUTH AFRICA: CHILDREN VOTE NELSON MANDELA 'SANTA OF THE YEAR'
Pretoria, South Africa, 5th December 1995
1. Wide shot of Mandela and the Premier of Greenland Lars Emil Johansen standing with cheque and statue of Mandela.
2. Cutaway to press
3. SOUNDBITE: Nelson Mandela, South...
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Syria - Defence minister killed in blast buried in capital / Rabiya border crossing between Iraq and Syria closed / Turkey bolsters military forces at Kilis on Syrian border / Battles for Aleppo / Thousands flee escalating violence in Syria to neighbouring Jordan / Many killed and wounded in airstrikes on northern town of Azaz / Queues for bread as conflict leads to shortage of essential supplies / Former Algerian FM Lakhdar Brahimi appointed UN envoy to Syria
Defence minister killed in blast buried in capital
Damascus - 20 July 2012
1. Coffin of the former Defence Minister, General Dawoud Rajha who was killed in an attack on the national security office on Wednesday being held aloft AUDIO:...
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Reactions from summit and Beijing to Koizumi apology
INDONESIAN POOL (overlay of translations is done by host broadcaster )
Jakarta, Indonesia
1. Wide of conference and zoom into delegates on the podium
2. Various of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and delegations
3. SOUNDBITE:...
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SOUTH AFRICA: WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE ELECTION UPDATE
English/Nat
South Africa's National Party, which ruled under Apartheid, hopes to win this week's regional elections in the Western Cape province.
It was the only one of the country's nine provinces in which the party held on to power...
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UK: COMMONWEALTH LEADER'S SUMMIT: LOCKERBIE TRIAL DISCUSSED
English/Nat
Britain's prime minister insisted on Sunday there was no disagreement with the South African president over whether two Libyans, suspected of the Lockerbie bombing, should go on trial.
In 1988, the Pan Am flight exploded over...
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SOUTH AFRICA: ALEXANDRA: PRESIDENT MANDELA'S SPEECH
English/Nat
President Nelson Mandela this weekend returned to Alexandra, a crime-ridden township where he lived 54 years ago.
Addressing a nearly all-black crowd of 15-thousand, the South African leader urged them to create a strong new...
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Mandela Marries Graca Machel, Mandela Marries Graca Machel, Graca Machel Interview
(Mandela marries Graca Machel)
Pretoria 18 July 1998
Exterior of South African President Nelson Mandela's residence;
Mandela and Graca Machel entering room and being congratulated,
Wedded couple leaving room surrounded by relatives...
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SOUTH AFRICA: WINNIE MANDELA RESIGNS FROM GOVERNMENT
English/Nat
In a bitter and angry statement, Winnie Mandela resigned from the South African government Monday, pre-empting her second dismissal from her ministerial post which was due to come into effect tomorrow (Tuesday).
She...
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UK - Commonwealth summit
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, having just ended a blighted state visit to India, found herself at the centre of another diplomatic row on Friday (24/10) -- this time, over the monarch's role as head of the Commonwealth.
As the 54-nation...
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SOUTH AFRICA: NO PAY PROTEST USED IN APARTHEID ADOPTED BY WHITES
English/Nat
Under apartheid, blacks protested against white minority rule by refusing to pay rent and charges for services.
Now, with blacks in power and raising taxes, whites are adopting the same no-pay protest strategy.
The turnabout...
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Graffiti artist says his portraits of Mandela are "a form of public service"
1. Close pan graffiti on the exterior wall of Regina Mundi Church, depicting repeating images of Nelson Mandela's face, to man walking past wall
2. Wall of murals featuring different icons, including Mandela
3. Wide artwork on wall
4....
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DR CONGO: WAR AGAINST POLIO
French/Nat
Back in 1988, the World Health Organisation set a goal of eradicating polio globally by the year 2000.
But although the number of sufferers has dropped dramatically on the African continent, a few countries - mainly those...
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Kofi Annan addresses Kenya parliamentarians
1. Various of exterior of parliament building
2. Wide of former United Nations Secretary General and chief negotiation mediator Kofi Annan and Graca Machel, wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela and mediator in the...
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South Africa - Nelson Mandela Sacks Winnie
Nelson sacks Winnie
South African President Nelson Mandela on Monday (27/3) sacked his
estranged wife, Winnie, from her post as Deputy Minister for the Arts and Sciences in his government. His decision, announced at a packed news...
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Former president visits children at orphanage, shares cake
1. Wide exterior of Banakekele Hospice
2. Former South African president, Nelson Mandela, arriving at hospice
3. Wide of two birthday cakes
4. Mandela sitting down next to cakes
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rose Kubayi, Project Manager at...
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Nelson Mandela launches UK arm of his charity with De Beers sponsored fashion show.
1. GV Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
2. VS pensioners
3. Mandela's car draws up
4. Cutaway
5. Mandela gets out
6. Camera men
7. B-roll Mandela posing for pictures
8. Cutaway
9. Sot Mandela - on the culture of silence about Aids in...
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Angelina Jolie comes out to support Clint Eastwood
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AP Television
Burbank, Calif., 9 December 2008
1. Wide of red carpet at "Gran Torino" world premiere on the Warner Bros lot
2. Close of "Gran Torino" marquee...
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South African musician goes back to school at age sixty
The 60-year-old beloved South African musician shows up five days a week to sit behind a scarred desk in a bare-bones classroom, studying for the high school diploma he missed when he dropped out to pursue a career in rock, funk, soul...