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Zimbabwe watches Mugabe party for signs of election run-off

Johannesburg- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was holding talks with his Zanu-PF party on Friday, amid speculation about a possible run-off presidential election that would pit him against oppos

New strike at 2010 World Cup stadium enters third day

Johannesburg - Workers at a 2010 World Cup football stadium in South Africa were striking for a third day Friday over pay.

MDC claims win in Zimbabwe elections, party office raided

Johannesburg/Harare - The counting of votes in Zimbabwe's elections, in which President Robert Mugabe is battling to retain power, continued Sunday with Morgan Tsvangirai's opposition Movement for

Zimbabwe watches Mugabe party meeting for election runoff

Johannesburg - Zimbabweans were looking Friday to a meeting of President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party for a sign of whether the 84-year-old leader intended to square off against opposition leader

Nelson Mandela announces ‘46664’ AIDS awareness concert

Washington, Oct 2 : Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa, has announced an international concert in Johannesburg to raise awareness about AIDS.

The event will be held on December 1st on the eve of World Aids Day to raise the profile of those with HIV/Aids across the globe.

"We are grateful that the City of Johannesburg has made it possible for 46664 to stage our first World Aids Day concert," E! Online quoted Mandela, as saying in a statement.

We have developed new strategy to contain Yuvraj: Shoaib Malik

Johannesburg, Sep 24: Pakistan Twenty20 cricket team captain Shoaib Malik has said that his team has worked on a special strategy to contain in-form batsman Yuvraj Singh in the World Twenty20 final against India here at the Wanderers today.

Yuvraj would not be allowed to score freely against us, Malik said.

“I know he (Yuvraj) is in tremendous form. We would sit down later in the afternoon and would try to come out with a strategy to stop him in the final,” The Daily Times quoted him, as saying.

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