June 16, 2001
South Africa: Soweto Remembers June 16 Uprising
The now-famous image of a young man, holding a dying schoolboy in his arms, as his hysterical sister runs alongside screaming, dominated the 25th anniversary commemoration Saturday… Read more »
June 11, 2001
Southern Africa: Eclipse Diary
This is the first of a series of diary entires from members of an observation team for the solar eclipse on June 21, 2001. Read more »
Zambia: Holding Power Too Long Corrupts, Says Opposition Leader
When the oppositon United Party for National Development (UPND) ran an ad using a Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) soundbite of President Chiluba promising to honor… Read more »
June 09, 2001
South Africa: South Africa Buries Young AIDS Hero Nkosi Johnson
Twelve year old Nkosi Johnson, who became the symbol of the battle against HIV/AIDS in South Africa, was given a hero's burial in Johannesburg on Saturday in a funeral attended by… Read more »
May 31, 2001
South Africa: Reflections On Truth And Reconciliation
AllAfrica's Charles Cobb asked John Allen, former Secretary of Communications for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and long-time Press Secretary to Archbishop Desmond Tutu,… Read more »
May 29, 2001
Africa: AllAfrica Exclusive: Powell Promises US Support but Says Africa Must Help Itself
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, ended a four-nation African tour on Monday, which took him from Mali to South Africa and onto Kenya, with a last stop in Uganda. … Read more »
May 26, 2001
Kenya: US Secretary of State Delivers Tough Message to President Moi
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, arrived in Kenya on Saturday on the third leg of his four-nation tour around Africa. He immediately went into a working session with… Read more »
April 29, 2001
South Africa: Firefighter or Hatchet-Man? A Profile of Steven Tshwete
The Minister of Safety and Security is the man at the heart of the current political row in South Africa. He made the controversial announcement on Tuesday 24 April that three… Read more »
South Africa: Veteran Anti-Apartheid Politician 'Disappointed' in Mbeki
Helen Suzman is a former member of Parliament for the Democratic Party, now the opposition Democratic Alliance, in South Africa. She spent 36 years in Parliament in opposition to… Read more »
April 26, 2001
South Africa: Mixed Reactions To Mbeki Conspiracy Saga
Bewilderment has turned to cynicism, consternation - and in some quarters outright condemnation - in South Africa, after a top-level allegation from members of the governing… Read more »
April 25, 2001
South Africa: What is Happening To President Mbeki?
"I deny allegations of being involved in a plot to challenge the presidency of the ANC (African National Congress). I've served the ANC in various capacities throughout the years… Read more »
April 24, 2001
South Africa: Mandela And Clinton Hail Civic Engagement
Two former presidents, the elder from South Africa, the younger from the United States, stood together on the same platform in Johannesburg on Tuesday, to launch a two-day… Read more »
April 20, 2001
South Africa: As One Battle Ends, Another Begins For South Africa
The South African government won a landmark legal battle, on Thursday, when 39 of the world's top pharmaceutical firms dropped their lawsuit, which sought to block the authorities… Read more »
April 19, 2001
South Africa: Drugs' Giants Drop Case Against South Africa
Thirty-nine leading pharmaceutical companies have dropped their court challenge to prevent the South African government from importing, manufacturing or licensing cheap copies of… Read more »
April 18, 2001
South Africa: Foreign Minister Meets With Colin Powell
Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell began "a comprehensive review" of U.S.- South African relations Wednesday. The bilateral… Read more »
South Africa: Drug Giants May be Ready to Drop Case and Settle
It was meant to be a landmark court case about expensive patented drugs versus cheaper generic alternatives. But the case in the High Court in Pretoria, brought by 39 of the… Read more »
South Africa: Talks Underway To Reevaluate U.S - South Africa Link
Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been at the U.S. State Department this morning for a "comprehensive review" of U.S.- South African relations with U.S. Secretary of… Read more »
April 17, 2001
South Africa: Battle Against Pharmaceutical Giants Continues
On Wednesday morning, a landmark court case is set to resume in the South African capital, Pretoria, that could make legal history. The case pits the South African government… Read more »
April 11, 2001
South Africa: Government Orders Full Enquiry Into Soccer Tragedy
The South African government and soccer chiefs have ordered a full judicial enquiry to investigate and establish how and why 43 people were killed in a stampede at a football match… Read more »
South Africa: Dozens Crushed, Killed in Johannesburg Soccer Stadium
Up to fifty people were crushed to death in a stampede Wednesday night, at a major national league soccer match at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. Dozens, including women… Read more »
March 23, 2001
South Africa: White Anxiety About Zimbabwe Reveals Race Prejudice, Says Mbeki
In a toughly-worded letter published Friday in the African National Congress online journal, ANC Today, South African President Thabo Mbeki blasted whites agitated by the land… Read more »
March 15, 2001
South Africa: Drug Company Makes Key Concession in Generic Drug Dispute
As part of what it calls an "accelerated program to fight HIV/Aids in Africa," the international pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb has decided not to fight the manufacture… Read more »
March 08, 2001
South Africa: How to Rock the Boat Without Tipping it Over - The Challenge for Women
On the occasion of International Women's Day, South Africa's ambassador to Washington D.C., Sheila Sisulu, granted allAfrica.com an interview about the progress - or otherwise - of… Read more »
March 06, 2001
South Africa: Drug Companies Refused to Talk to Us, Says Ambassador
According to Sheila Sisulu, South African Ambassador to the United States, her government has always been willing to talk with pharmaceutical companies opposed to 1997 legislation… Read more »
March 05, 2001
South Africa: Marchers Protest International Pharmaceutical Giants As Drug Companies Go To Court
As several thousand AIDS activists took to the streets of Pretoria carrying signs that said "Lives before profits," global drug giants went to court seeking to prevent the South… Read more »