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☆ Jacob Zuma, Once Leader of the A.N.C., Becomes Its Political Rival
  + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Lynsey Chutel | Joao Silva | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
Jobless graduates, struggling business owners and army veterans marched through the eastern South African city of Pietermaritzburg this week, chanting the name “Jacob Zuma.”The 500 or so demonstrators brought to a standstill parts of the city, in KwaZulu-Natal Province — the traditional stronghold of Mr. Zuma, a past president of both South Africa and the African National Congress, the party that governed the country for three decades. Demanding water and electricity, the protest over commonplace local concerns was also a show of power for the new political party that Mr. Zuma now leads — uMkhonto weSizwe, or M.K. — with the hope of eroding the dominant position of his former allies. “We are going to have to fight for things to change,” said Khumbuzile Phungula, 49, who joined the march after her neighborhood went weeks without water. is all about change.”
Persons: “ Jacob Zuma, ”, Zuma, — uMkhonto, Khumbuzile Phungula Organizations: African National Congress Locations: African, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu, Natal Province, South Africa
☆ South Africa: 10 family members killed in mass shooting
  + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( David Mckenzie Nimi Princewill | David Mckenzie | Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Ten members from the same family, including seven women and three men, were killed by gunmen Friday in the city of Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province of South Africa, police said Friday. The mayor of the area told local media that they needed to bolster capacity of local police stations. South Africa has been rocked by several mass shootings in recent months – some, say police, are related to taxi business violence while others appear to be linked to drug cartels. South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, according to police statistics. Four other people were killed in a separate shooting incident in a bar in Pietermaritzburg on the same evening.
☆ Gunmen ambush family in South African homestead, kill 10
  + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Rogan Ward | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/6] A body is moved at the scene of a deadly mass shooting, near Pietermaritzburg, South Africa April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Rogan WardJOHANNESBURG, April 21 (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a homestead in a township outside the South African city of Pietermaritzburg and ambushed a family, killing 10 people, police said on Friday. South Africa has one of the world's highest murder rates, with about 20,000 murders recorded every year out of a population of 60 million. Cele said police management needed to sit down to talk about whether the province needed more police resources. According to campaign group Gun Free South Africa, 30 people on average are shot and killed every day in the country, where about 4.5 million guns are registered.
☆ The not-quite-redemption of South Africa's infamous ultra-marathon cheats
  + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Ryan Brown | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +35 min
"A runner can always recognize another runner," Eugene tells me. Ryan Brown for insiderIn those days, they didn't run for South Africa, but for QwaQwa – one of ten "homelands" established for Black South Africans. Tiny, non-contiguous territories – supposedly, the original territory of different Black South African ethnic groups – dotted across the country. It didn't turn out like that, but it didn't turn out like that for most Black South Africans either. As I sat speaking to Sergio, South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was fighting for his political life after revelations that wads of cash, potentially ill-gotten, had been stolen from inside his sofa.
☆ Is Running an Ultramarathon Insane? Possibly. But for ‘Runcationers,’ These 5 Are the Most Tempting.
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Ryan Lenora Brown | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
THE FIRST TIME Cathy Hopkins crossed the finish line of the Comrades ultramarathon in South Africa, she swore to herself: never again. Yes, the 56-mile race between the cities of Pietermaritzburg and Durban had been beautiful. Fans several bodies deep lined the course, dancing, undulating and cheering on the 20,000 runners who’d capriciously decided to run two back-to-back marathons on a Southern Hemisphere winter morning. But running up and down those hills for 11 hours straight was also insane, she decided. “It was such a profound experience,” she said, to watch thousands of determined, if slightly unhinged, strangers push each other toward a massive goal.
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