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2010-03-18: Headlines

2010-03-17: Headlines

  • RunnersWeb: Triathlon: Ironman SA Registration Closes -- Let The Games Begin! 2010-03-17
    A record field of over 1800 athletes will descend upon Nelson Mandela Bay this April. The hype and fanfare all stems down to the talent on the starting line ...
  • AllAfrica.com: African Award Sponsor Optimistic over Continent's Progress 2010-03-17
    Past winners are former South African president Nelson Mandela and former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano. In an interview with the Daily Nation ...
  • Media Monitors Network: Lieberman's Rogue Family needs to be disciplined 2010-03-17
    ... the USA was able to get out of that poisonous mindset and evolve, which helped to trigger the dawn of an anti-apartheid South Africa of Nelson Mandel ...
  • San Francisco Bay Guardian: Joyful noise 2010-03-17
    Well, besides having a grand old time dancing and singing with their bandmates in front of audiences that have included Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond ...
  • msnbc.com: 14-night South Africa adventure 2010-03-17
    ... where graceful lions and giraffes keep watch over their habitat, in addition to calling on Nelson Mandela's house, visiting South-African winerie ...
  • South Bend Tribune: History through the arts 2010-03-17
    At key interludes in the play, choral readers from another class did selections from Nelson Mandela's memoirs. Later, others read excerpts from Mart ...
  • Mwza.com: Oprah Winfrey Defamation Suit Trial 2010-03-17
    It was christened with a celebration attended by Nelson Mandela, Mariah Carey and other celebs. Presently, about 300 girls attend the free school grades 7 ...
  • The Canadian Press: FIFA lines up international music stars for Soweto World Cup kickoff concert 2010-03-17
    Wall was involved in organizing concerts to help free Nelson Mandela when he was imprisoned by South Africa's apartheid government. The 58-year-old Americ ...
  • Weekend Post: Big splash planned for beach complex 2010-03-17
    THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's human resources committee has agreed to extend the management deal with Bel-Essex for the McArthur Pools for a further ...
  • Sowetan: Major push for top cops 2010-03-17
    Opposition MPs rubbished the plan, saying it disregarded former president Nelson Mandela's decision in 1995 to demilitarise the police force.
  • The Villager: The New York Uprising begins 2010-03-17
    The so-called Sullivan Principles helped bring down the South African all-white regime and bring about the election of Nelson Mandela as president of th ...
  • Zimbabwe Telegraph: Zimbabwe Constitutional sense so far coming from the unlikeliest of sources 2010-03-17
    For illustration purposes: In 1997 the then South African President Nelson Mandela issued two presidential notices that appeared in the government gazette.
  • Weekend Post: Warning on strike action in SA during World Cup 2010-03-17
    The Salga warning follows one from Nelson Mandela Bay's acting public transport officer Keith Mitchell who told city councillors on Friday the consequence ...
  • Daily Free Press: LETTER: Apartheid in Israel 2010-03-17
    When confronted further by Nelson Mandela's declaration that “we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of Palestinians,” we ...
  • Business Day: MPs query return of military titles for police officials 2010-03-17
    It reverses the decision by SA's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, in 1995 that the police service should be demilitarised by getting ...
  • Business Day: Bara upgrade 'just the start' 2010-03-17
    ... been completed for work at George Mukhari near Pretoria, Durban's King Edward VIII Hospital, Polokwane Academic and Nelson Mandela Academic in Mthatha.
  • Motorsport.com: Formula One: On and off track - week 11 2010-03-17
    ... South Africa): "I've only driven the car twice in the past ten years, once for a Nelson Mandela charity event and once for Ferrari's 60th anniversary.
  • Inner City Press: At UN, Mandela and Rugby Praised, No Answers on Sri Lanka or Sudan, Invictus 2010-03-17
    ... at the UN Tuesday night, with a panel discussion afterwards featuring senior UN advisor Nicholas Haysom, formerly Nelson Mandela's chief legal advisor.
  • Education Week News: The End of Black History Month 2010-03-17
    The Los Angeles school parade saluted Michael Jackson alongside King, Tubman, and Nelson Mandela. Was Jackson—an accused child molester—a “great” ...
  • The Observer: THE WEEKENDER: 15 hours of French fun... 2010-03-17
    Nelson Mandela, as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlists the national rugby team on a mission ...
  • Showbiz Spy: OPRAH WINFREY TOLD SHE MUST DEFEND DEFAMATION LAWSUIT 2010-03-17
    Winfrey pledged to build the academy after a meeting with former South African President Nelson Mandela in 2002, and personally interviewed many of ...
  • Dispatch Online: Our Opinion: Leadership debate open 2010-03-17
    This was the firmest indication of his intentions to lead the party he inherited from Nelson Mandela for a record third term. Up to that point ...
  • Northern Rivers Echo: Sowing seeds of discontent 2010-03-17
    ... make you a philosopher and just because you compare yourself to Ghandi and Nelson Mandela it doesn't make you a prophet or the leader of a movement.
  • SA Rugby: CHAMPION TOUR WINDING THROUGH MPUMALANGA 2010-03-17
    The Springboks earned the IRB Team of the Year title after claiming the series against the British & Irish Lions, the Vodacom Tri-Nations, Nelson Mandel ...
  • Vancouver Sun: South Africa flag carrier denies price fixing 2010-03-17
    An aerial view of the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth is one of 10 stadiums in South Africa that will host the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
  • The Bostwana Gazette: GU should not under-estimate Starlight 2010-03-17
    ... into a 3-2 win on aggregate the same day GU made a remarkable comeback in the history making at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium encounter against Pirates.
  • Hindustan Times: Invoking Invictus 2010-03-17
    In a Bollywood-style movie of the same name, American actor Morgan Freeman plays Nelson Mandela, who uses the poem as a vehicle for reconciliation in ...
  • ZimEye: TIME FOR ALL PLAYERS IN THE ZIMBABWEAN CRISIS 2010-03-17
    Former RSA President Nelson Mandela observed “failure of leadership” in Zimbabwe some two years ago. Not surprisingly, the GPA parties appear to have no ...
  • News24: Host cities' tap water safe 2010-03-17
    According to the document all nine host cities - Cape Town, Ethekwini, Johannesburg, Mangaung, Nelson Mandela Bay, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Rustenburg ...
  • Weekend Post: Bay fund-raisers take to the streets 2010-03-17
    That's the challenge from a Nelson Mandela Bay Christian organisation which is looking for two more men for their 10-man team to tackle an extreme outreach ...
  • Weekend Post: Traffic dispute deal costs ratepayers 2010-03-17
    NELSON Mandela Bay traffic officers have signed an agreement with the municipality, bringing to an end a turbulent salary and back-pay dispute which led ...
  • Weekend Post: Selection of 20th century art on show 2010-03-17
    DRAWING from their extensive permanent collection, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum is currently running two interesting exhibitions.
  • Otago Daily Times: Rugby: Spending quality time with sharks 2010-03-17
    A group ventured out to Robben Island, and witnessed first hand where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years. This was a real eye-opener and helped u ...
  • ISRIA: UN - Secretary-General, at Screening of 'Invictus', Says in Coming to United ... 2010-03-17
    Just four months before the first celebration of Nelson Mandela International Day, on 18 July, just three months before the opening kick in this year' ...
  • Gaea Times: Students protest bail appearance for South African hip-hop artist accused ... 2010-03-17
    ... from a South African actors' union after the American star was cast as the ex-wife of the country's former president NELSON MANDELA in a new biopic.
  • NgEX: Jos: Slaughter Capital of Nigeria 2010-03-17
    Even the so called “leaders†Nelson Mandela once said that ‘Security for few is insecurity for all’ Removing the National Security Adviser is ...
  • New York Times: Leaders' Lavishness Gives Rise to 'Lifestyle Audits' 2010-03-17
    The ANC is the party of Nelson Mandela, the organization that liberated the country from apartheid, the home of many heroes now struggling to get rich.
  • Weekend Post: Tough new weapon for drunk driving war 2010-03-17
    South Africans against Drunk Driving Nelson Mandela Bay spokesman Nigel Fox welcomed the move to introduce the Drager in Port Elizabeth and East London.
  • Sonoma State Star: The Harlem Gospel Choir come to Sonoma State 2010-03-17
    ... greats and influential icons like Diana Ross, U2, Bono, Maya Angelou, Nelson Mandela, Pope John Paul II, Yolanda Adams and Elton John among many others.
  • Art Newspaper: Artists and museums get the red carpet treatment 2010-03-17
    Schadeberg documented the lives of many of the activists who would be jailed for opposing racial segregation, including the young Nelson Mandel ...
  • Weekend Post: Taxi operators want their slice of BRT pie 2010-03-17
    DISSATISFACTION over the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system was the main reason behind the crippling taxi strikes which took place in Nelson Mandela Bay ...
  • eProp.co.za: Tramways building's renovation can start 2010-03-17
    ... impact assessment (EIA) would not be required and a request had been submitted to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality for their support in this regard.
  • AFP: Black Eyed Peas, Shakira to star at World Cup concert 2010-03-17
    The concert will take place at the 30000-seat Orlando stadium, in the historic Soweto township, where liberation hero Nelson Mandela once lived.
  • Daily Nation: Rock star bono in Nairobi for media conference 2010-03-17
    In the debt cancellation campaign, Bono teamed up with Africa's leading figures, among them former South African president Nelson Mandela and Archbishop ...
  • Weekend Post: No debate on traffic protest 2010-03-17
    THE ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay's human resources committee yesterday declined to debate an urgent motion introduced by the DA's Pieter Terblanche on protest ...
  • Forward: It's Not For Me 2010-03-17
    It would be another two years before Nelson Mandela was released from Robben Island, another six years before he became president.
  • Northern Rivers Echo: Pole sitter dishes up a big serve 2010-03-17
    ... Mr Spencer referenced historical figures including Mahatma Ghandi, King John, Abraham Lincoln, Adolf Hitler, Nelson Mandela and the Suffragettes.
  • Lexington Dispatch: Thomasville church sponsors movie nights 2010-03-17
    ... and Matt Damon (nominated for best supporting actor) in a true story of the early years after Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa.

2010-03-16: Headlines

2010-03-15: Headlines

  • AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Elimo Njau's Living Art is Testimony of the Present and Past 2010-03-15
    ... Wangari Maathai by Kibacia Gatu composed entirely of tiny glass beads, and banana-fibre collages by Daniel Marigi of Nelson Mandela and Abraham Lincoln.
  • Huffington Post: What's Next for Gabby Now That the Oscars Have Come and Gone? 2010-03-15
    ... inspirational human beings (Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela) (Angela Bassett as Tina Turner) and just about everything else under the sun.
  • Los Angeles Times: PASSINGS: Fatima Meer 2010-03-15
    Fatima Meer, 81, a friend and biographer of former South African President Nelson Mandela, died Friday at a hospital in Durban, a local politician ...
  • Los Angeles Times: ANC youth leader mired in controversy 2010-03-15
    Zuma, who was acquitted of the rape charge in 2006, has compared Malema to anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Malema is popular among the young unemployed ...
  • Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: African rhythm gets kids moving 2010-03-15
    He's performed for former President Bill Clinton, former South African President Nelson Mandela and Queen Elizabeth II and was recently designated ...
  • Thought Leader: The cost of hosting the World Cup 2010-03-15
    The “love story” metaphor follows Nelson Mandela's remarks — when he held the trophy on May 15 2004 in Zurich — that “a dream had come true”.
  • Washington Post: Talk about travel: Spring travel, your fantasy celebrity tour guides, the Met ... 2010-03-15
    If you could get Nelson Mandela to give us a private tour, I'll send you a gift! Becky Krystal: Nice thought, but we're not that omnipotent. re Paris: Just ...
  • The Voice: SOUTH AFRICA: 'Mandela let us down,' Winnie says 2010-03-15
    ACTIVIST WINNIE Mandela has accused her ex-husband, anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, of betraying her and black South Africans.
  • The Vancouver Observer: Nominating the Internet for a Peace Prize: What an ig-Nobel idea! 2010-03-15
    Anwar Sadat, Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa, Henry Kissinger, Martin Luther King Jr., and Canada's Lester B. Pearson have all been among ...
  • Tonic: Humanitarians Enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2010-03-15
    Gabriel, alongside Richard Branson, also funded The Elders, which was started by Nelson Mandela to “use their collective skills to catalyze peaceful ...
  • Lankaweb: US Human Rights Report on Sri Lanka is actually about the USA! 2010-03-15
    These include Nelson Mandela's African National Congress at one point! What democracy is this? On top of that a number of Islamic religious/political group ...
  • Politicsweb: Invictus: Hollywood Goes To Johannesburg! 2010-03-15
    Invictus (is) Clint Eastwood's unctuous insult to the struggle against apartheid in South Afric ... taken from a hagiography of Nelson Mandela by a British ...
  • Pretoria News: Pacman outwits and oufights Clottey 2010-03-15
    Not that the fiasco surrounding the unlikely, unwanted bout which the promoters at the time suggested would attract 80 000 fans to the Nelson Mandel ...
  • Dispatch Online: Eddie Botha: It never happened! 2010-03-15
    She insisted she was never interviewed by a ghost from the London Evening Standard, in which she allegedly said Nelson Mandela agreed to a “bad deal”  ...
  • Zimbabwe Telegraph: The Mugabe Treachery 2010-03-15
    Good governance luminary, former South African President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, was quoted as saying that it was not at all, profitable to keep a man ...
  • Sowetan: It's just not true – Winnie 2010-03-15
    ... on Saturday that she was drained from the attention following reports that she berated her former husband Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
  • Earthtimes: First Truth Commission on Conscience in War To Be Convened at the Historic ... 2010-03-15
    Past speakers include: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President William J. Clinton, the Dalai Lama, Fidel Castro, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela.
  • Irish Times: Mandela's ex-wife denies criticising him in interview 2010-03-15
    NELSON MANDELA'S ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has denied harshly criticising the former South African president in an interview published by ...
  • Fromtheold: South Africa wake up and smell the roses 2010-03-15
    Nelson Mandela and the constitution had a vision of a non racial society, Democracy is failing us in this country, We have a problem, COPE is the ANC lite ...
  • Fifa.com: 87 days to go 2010-03-15
    It hosted the first mass rally of Nelson Mandela following his release from prison in 1990 and staged the 1996 CAF Africa Cup of Nations final in ...
  • NZ City: Matt Damon's low expectations 2010-03-15
    The 39-year-old actor, who was nominated for his portrayal of rugby player Francois Pienaar in the Nelson Mandela biopic 'Invictus', admits he and h ...
  • Times LIVE: Meer decried wabenzis' ostentation 2010-03-15
    Also speaking at the funeral was supreme queen of bling Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, self-styled champion of the disadvantaged, who probably arrived in ...
  • Weekend Post: Transport system at risk after taxi man Hani held 2010-03-15
    ... would consult its constituency on whether to continue with negotiations with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality around the operations of the IPTS.
  • News Trends: Poor score for Farm Celebrities 2010-03-15
    ... Greg said the Millionaire, and Karine Dupray returned to Cape Town in South Africa where they followed the footsteps of Nelson Mandela for 48 hours.
  • Creamer Media's Mining Weekly: TWP to build, own, operate Zimbabwe gold plant 2010-03-15
    ... stake in a well-advanced wind-farm project in the Eastern Cape, which has secured a power-purchase agreement with the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality.
  • Sowetan: A chance to reflect 2010-03-15
    ... an opportunity to engage on contested legacies of the negotiated political settlement and assumption of Nelson Mandela's image as universal icon.
  • Bizcommunity.com: Interview? Winnie denies interview ever happened 2010-03-15
    ... and in which she is alleged to have said Nelson Mandela sold out Blacks and that Archbishop Tutu 'is a cretin', never occurred, reports IOL.
  • Vanguard: Participants decry bombing at Post Amnesty programme 2010-03-15
    And you don't need saints, you don't need leaders like Nelson Mandela in every state, because you are not going to get them. I served in South Korea in ...
  • Dispatch Online: Malema in move to sell off mine 2010-03-15
    She had high praise for former president Nelson Mandela, who stood for ethics and courage and who publicly rebuked former ANC Youth League leader Peter ...
  • News24: PE taxi drivers arrested at demo 2010-03-15
    Hani, an official at the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality's housing department, was arrested for attempted murder on Thursday for an incident that occurred ...
  • Tonight: Up close and personal with Neville Pillay 2010-03-15
    Tom Cruise - he's talented; Oprah Winfrey - she's generous; Nelson Mandela - he's humble; Michael Schumacher - he's fearless; and Tiger Woods - he' ...
  • New Voices: South Africa's Democratic Transition And What It Means For Israel 2010-03-15
    Only after realizing they could no longer call Nelson Mandela a terrorist, only after the PR disasters piled up nonstop could they hand over control.
  • South Coast Today: Volunteer from Freetown heads back to Africa, her work not yet done 2010-03-15
    A quote from Nelson Mandela: “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
  • Sify: South African President condoles Fatima Meer's death 2010-03-15
    Meer, a friend and biographer of Nelson Mandela, died Friday at a hospital in Durban after suffering from a stroke for the past two weeks. She was 81.
  • Dispatch Online: TRIBUTE TO FATIMA MEER: Champion of the underclass 2010-03-15
    Among these are books about two of the most revered, iconic figures of the 20th century – Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. Her biography of Mandela h ...
  • The NonProfit Times: Market A Day, Hope For A Lifetime 2010-03-15
    Even the Mandela Day campaign, celebrating Nelson Mandela's 67 years of humanitarian efforts, asks volunteers to give just 67 minutes of service.
  • Lexology: The HIPC Debt Relief Bill: making forgiveness compulsory 2010-03-15
    According to Nelson Mandela, poverty "is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings." With the proposed implementation ...
  • Times LIVE: SA a place where we're afraid to speak our mind 2010-03-15
    BruElla N Gila, Johannesburg: If the recent claims on the purported Winnie Madikizela-Mandela/Naipaul interview have authenticity then I revere Winnie even ...
  • Macon Telegraph: Gris & more 2010-03-15
    ... president of South Africa, who is best-known for helping end the racial segregation policy of apartheid (along with Nelson Mandela) in that country.
  • CITY A.M.: Make the most of your World Cup holiday 2010-03-15
    ... boy who was one of the first students to be killed during the 1976 Student Uprising, just yards from the home of former president Nelson Mandela.
  • South Asia Mail: By Patrick French Review by Cyril Dabydeen 2010-03-15
    ... wife Nadera Naipaul's spat with Winnie Mandela over an interview-article in the UK's Evening Standard touching on Nelson Mandela's patriarchal image.
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