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7 years

#Zuma 's midnight #CabinetReshuffle - the desperate act of a man who has sold his country for 30 pieces of silver to the highest bidder

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#LockdownSA Two patients in ICU in South Africa at present

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#SONA2016 So do you think #Zuma is practicing his speech in front of the mirror and saying to himself "whatever happens do not laugh?"

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#CabinetReshuffle Astoundingly Bathabile Dlamini speaks for women and Malusi Gigaba heads up Home Affairs. Was this the price @CyrilRamaphosa paid for bringing back Nhlanhla Nene as Finance Minister and putting Pravin Gordhan in charge of Public Enterprises?

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#CoronaVirusSA Pres Cyril Ramaphosa taking tough action and making bold decisions - proud of SA

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#EusebiusMcKaiser was a friend, a colleague and one of the smartest people I knew. You were fearless and clear-sighted, never wavering in speaking truth to power. It is a profound loss for South Africa and for those that loved you. We are heartbroken #RIPEusebius

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Regardless of whether or not the vote of no confidence in #Zuma at the #ANCNEC is successful - it's clear the ground is shifting in SA

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8 years

#Guptas Are there no brave #ANC members who are bold enough to stand up and halt the madness of King Zuma by recalling him?

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8 years

The concourt gave us a powerful lesson in democracy - today #Zuma demonstrated the art of the whitewash and how to spit in democracy's face

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3 years

#SouthAfrica sees the deadliest violence since apartheid ended - our @CBSThisMorning report

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We're seeing some of the worst political violence in South Africa since Apartheid. The death toll is now up to at least 72. This comes after former President Jacob Zuma was sent to jail.

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#SONA2016 You've got to be kidding me - that's it? The country's in crisis and Zuma facing the biggest test of his presidency and that's it?

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2 years

#WarInUkraine A defected Russian soldier talks to us on @CBSMornings The conversation is frank and revealing as explains how he realised the war was wrong and that he'd been duped by Putin @LeighKiniry @maryilyushina

Russian soldier defects, tells CBS News he and his comrades were "lied to," and soon realized...

Pavel Filatyev says he fled Russia after becoming an unwitting tool in Putin's war machine. He says he's speaking out "because if nothing is done, there will be nuclear war."

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8 years

#Zuma legal team concedes Public Protectors findings are binding at #concourt - amazing what people say when their backs are to the wall

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10 years

#OscarTrial Many criminal lawyers in court today, shocked at the reading so far - one says that the Judge has made an error in law

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8 years

After a lifetime of abuse at the hands of circus trainers in Peru - these rescued lions roam free in South Africa

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8 years

#Zuma It was never my intention not to comply with remedial action taken by the public protector (hard to listen to what is a blatant lie)

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8 years

#Elections2016 have shown once again that SA has a maturing and effective democracy - it's exciting to watch it in action

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7 years

#Zimbabwe I have witnessed many Mugabe moments but that was surreal - from the opening music to the uncomfortable looking generals, the long rambling speech, no hint of a resignation and Mugabe thinking he is still in charge

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#MTBPS2016 Gordhan ends as he began by quoting "Lions that fail to work as a team will fail to bring down even a limping buffalo"

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9 years

#FeesMustFall once upon a time a revolutionary youth leader said:

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4 years

#Ramaphosa We shall recover, we shall overcome and we shall prosper - may God bless SA and protect her people

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9 years

#PravinGordhan only gets sworn in at 10am - do you think Trevor Manuel needs to press his suit just in case?

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8 years

#SABC censorship and firing of journos is a violation of the democratic principles SA fought so hard for - it cannot go unchallenged

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6 years

Dealing with @TelkomZA is like have root canal with no anaesthetic - each Dept refers you to another - and 3 days on still no-one can help

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8 years

Would love to be a fly on the wall at the #Gupta dinner table tonight after #McebisiJonas proved there are still #ANC members with integrity

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6 years

#Zuma has resigned officially

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8 years

#MTBPS2016 Gordhan arrives, instead of going inside parly, he walks outside to engage protesting #FeesMustFall students - that's leadership

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7 years

#RIPOntlametsePhalatse such a brave young girl throughout her short life - you inspired us all - thank you for sharing your story with us

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8 years

#SONA2016 Zuma going to eliminate wasteful expenditure in parliament - bit rich coming from him

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#ZumaImpeachment In Iceland the PM resigns 2 days after the corruption scandal revealed by Panama Papers - but in SA Zuma clings to power

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7 years

1000's attend #AntiZumaMarch in Pretoria as seen in this photo by @yebo_levy - view from the top of truck

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8 years

#Zuma 's major about face at the #concourt basically reveals that for two years he has disrespected the constitution and lied to the nation

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8 years

Education authorities set to probe racism at Pta Girls High where students protest having to straighten their hair

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9 years

#SONADebate A different EFF strategy today - calm statement of facts and figures pointing out how the Zuma-led government has failed SA

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#Ukraine A reminder Russian style that this is a war declared largely on civilians - our report on the missile attack on a residential apartment block in Dnipro on @FaceTheNation with @margbrennan

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Russia launched another wave of missile attacks on Ukraine, killing about two dozen people in Dnipro—with two young children among the dead—and knocking out critical infrastructure in at least two major cities. CBS News' @Debora_Patta reports on the latest.

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#SONA2016 @Julius_S_Malema makes a good point - you can't ask people to leave for raising points of order

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4 years

#LockdownSA Ramaphosa: Saddened to learn 3 South Africans have died - now 1326 coronavirus cases in country - stay at home for next 17 days

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8 years

#Concourt delivers a simple but devastating blow to President Zuma - they find he failed to uphold the constitution

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4 years

#Ramaphosa These women are not just statistics - they have names - they have families and friends

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8 years

#PanamaPapers Guess which SA family pops up in them - It just wouldn't be right if a Zuma wasn't part of the biggest scandal of our time

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#MuhammadAli The sting may have gone but the memory lives on - a man who inspired the world far beyond his boxing legacy #RIP

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4 years

#Lockdown Bheki Cele: There was a little story about walking dogs. There will be no walking of dogs - walk your dogs around your home

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Our @CBSThisMorning investigation into cheating in US colleges - up exponentially during the pandemic - American students are paying Kenyans to write their essays and sometimes entire university degrees @sarzss @MishD84

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The pandemic has seen an explosion in online education — but also cheating. A @CBSNews investigation found an industry in Kenya that thrives on American students who pay to cheat for college-level assignments. @Debora_Patta spoke to some of those Kenyan writers.

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#GarissaAttack Daisy Achieng is a brave woman who hid under her bed for 13 hours during the Al Shabaab massacre http://t.co/JGy8UZ582j

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9 years

#FeesHaveFallen sort of - and once again #Zuma misses an opportunity to listen and lead

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3 years

#RIPJacksonMthembu I remember your courage in helping expose my 1st big story. 2 white men took life insurance out on their black employees, murdered them by pushing their petrol doused combi off a cliff, then claimed insurance. They didn’t count on your tenacity to reveal truth!

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#SONA2016 Oh well the most entertaining part of the evening is over - EFF leaves the chamber after having been ordered out - ANC claps

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#ConCourt The Chief Justice has given SA a powerful lesson in just how effective our constitutional democracy is - Zuma has nowhere to hide

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4 years

#LockdownSA Ramaphosa mentions the people who keep the country going from farmworkers to caregivers to taxi drivers to refuse collectors to shop cashier to hospital cleaner - you are our unsung heroes and we salute you

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7 years

#Zimbabwe ZANU PF sacks Mugabe as party leader - appoints Emmerson Mnangagwa in his place

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2 years

Such a joy to watch this

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This footage, and their friendship, is such an incredible treat.

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A groundbreaking discovery in South Africa questions our assumptions of what it means to be human - turns out we’re not so special after all but have been too arrogant to see why - our report with @LeeRberger and @Keneiloe on @CBSMornings @sarzss @MishD84

Evidence found that man was not the first being to master fire

A momentous discovery in South Africa has the potential to turn our understanding of human history on its head. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta speaks with paleoanthologist Lee Berger, who has...

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8 years

#SONA2016 Anniversaries remembered (as far back as WW1) and dignatories recognised - on a point of order Mr President get on with it please

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4 years

#Ramaphosa SA has reached the peak and moved beyond the inflection point of the curve

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7 years

#Zimbabwe #Mugabe Wow Mugabe is taking a long time to get to the point

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8 years

#Brexit looks likely - incredible that the UK would actually be so stupid as to shoot itself in the foot to vote to leave the EU

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Thuli looking like a queen - true nobility is brave and resilient " @osoinspired : Adv Thuli Madonsela #SONA2016 ”

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10 years

#OscarTrial Everyone left very confused as the Judge just said OP had to have foreseen death and yet she ruled out dolus eventualis?

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4 years

#Ramaphosa Our country and the world we live in will never be the same again - we will forge a new economy in a new global reality

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8 years

#SONA2016 Didn't see that COPE bombshell coming

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10 years

#OscarTrial Key Quote OP: My life is on the line. Nel: Reeva doesn't have a life because of what you've done to her. Pls give us the truth

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#OscarTrial I found OP's re-enactment interesting - he vomited and retched in court but appears quite impassive in the video reliving it all

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9 years

#SONA15 The footage they didn't want you to see that was filmed by everyone with a cell phone

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8 years

#OscarPistorius Nel: Isn't remorse about being truthful with yourself and world - It's never true remorse if it's about I'm sorry for myself

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#Drones that drop blood not bombs - Rwanda uses cutting edge #Zipline technology that could change health services

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#PravinGordhan may be the new finance chief but is #Zuma 's embarrassing turnaround the beginning of the end for the president?

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4 years

#Ramaphosa We are announcing a massive social and economic support package of 500 billion rand - 10 percent of GDP

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#Lockdown Health Minister clarifies that they have changed their position on walking dogs and jogging as it does not add value in implementing lockdown

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#Zuma charged with fraud, corruption and money laundering - NPA has just announced it will proceed with a court case against Zuma

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#Zuma really this is not the time to be late - get on with it....

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#Zimbabwe Pres Mugabe under house arrest - exit strategy being negotiated but nobody calling it a coup yet

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#ramaphosa Much is being asked of you - far more than should ever be asked - but this is a matter of survival and we dare not fail

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#LockdownSA 709 cases and rising - tomorrow's lockdown is the most heroic, patriotic action South Africans can take. Stay at home. Don't flout the new regulations - that's what Italians did initially - now nearing 70 000 cases - nobody wants to break the law there now.

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#PistoriusAppeal "The identity of his victim is irrelevant to his guilt" - very damning comment from Justice Leach

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#MandelaFuneral Malawi's Joyce Banda says leadership is about falling in love with the people you serve and having them fall in love back

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#Zuma The Nkandla project - love the use of this phrase in an attempt to wipe the stench of corruption off the whole sordid affair

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#Zimbabwe Speaker of the House says Robert Mugabe has resigned as president with immediate effect - he has received a letter from him. Impeachment debate suspended - wild jubilation in streets of Zimbabwe

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And so #Zuma blinks - would love to have been a fly on the wall when he was forced to backdown and replace #VanRooyen with #PravinGordhan

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#OscarTrial Interesting points made by UK colleagues on whether this verdict would be different if SA had a jury system - I think it would

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#SONAdebate @MmusiMaimane slams the ANC for not having the guts to stand up to #Zuma

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SA's constitutional court denies #Pistorius the right to appeal against his conviction - he will be sentenced for murder of Reeva Steenkamp

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#SONA2016 So Nene is fired, the rand's in freefall and Zuma does a humiliating about turn at the councourt - but nothing on this so far

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#DailyShow - so great to see @Trevornoah billboards on cabs everywhere in New York - good luck next week http://t.co/ouE9nTatRd

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#Pistorius Legal experts say OP can be paroled for good behaviour after serving a third of the sentence - that is two years

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Just another day at the office - our live shot in the middle of the SA bush surrounded by the Big 5 @CBSThisMorning

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#Zimbabwe #Mugabe Basically 20 minutes of rambling and no hint of resignation - such denial

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#OscarPistorius I would be interested to know how OP fractured his hand in prison?

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#Zuma ...we get a long opening on the importance of the constitution - I think most SA's know that - it's the pres who had difficulty with it

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#parliament Riot police deployed in parliament - how many more body blows can our democracy sustain as a result of Zuma's Nkandla shame?

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#SONA2016 Even the EFF looked surprised by Mosioua Lekota's walk out

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#NPA It really would be helpful if Shaun Abrahams got to the point quickly - its hot in that room :)

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#Vaccine In a time of unprecedented medical breakthroughs it's easy to be blasé about another new vaccine - but the new malaria vaccine could change the course of history. Our report for @CBSMornings @LeighKiniry @sarzss @MishD84