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Johannesburg (South Africa), May 19 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Kim Ludbrook) The NGO Lifting Dreams, founded by the 81kg weightlifting champion Khati Mabuya, among others, trains more than fifty young people from Soweto to help them deal with issues such as drug addiction, alcoholism or the Covid-19 pandemic through sports. FOOTAGE OF YOUNG PEOPLE TRAINING IN SOWETO, JOHANNESBURG
South Africa will close the twenty remaining open land border posts with neighbouring countries for general entries and departures until February 15 to stem the spread of the coronavirus, President Cyril Ramaphosa says on a nationally televised address. SOUNDBITE
Cape Town (South Africa), Oct 15 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Nic Bothma) A crowd of women protested Thursday in Cape Town against the South African city government's land reform strategy. The protesters, led by the organization On Farms, which represents the rights of farm workers and rural women, are challenging Minister Thoko Didiza's latest land reform strategy, which they say excludes the Western Cape and particularly marginalized communities. South Africa's expropriation bill was published this week and will now go before parliament, allowing for the first time the expropriation of property without compensation. FOOTAGE FROM THE PROTEST IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, AGAINST THE CITY GOVERNMENT'S LAND REFORM STRATEGY.
Could the next Pope be from Africa? We look at some of the cardinals on the continent who just might be up for the Catholic Church’s top job. Next, history was made in Kenya this week as TV viewers watched their first ever live presidential debate. And there's shock in South Africa as national hero Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee 'Blade Runner', is charged with murder.
The Peace Palace, headquarters of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, Netherlands, as South Africa asks the top UN court to order an immediate halt to Israel's incursion in Rafah, describing it as a "genocidal" operation threatening the "very survival of Palestinians". IMAGES
British runner Russ Cook crosses the finish line, concluding a 16,000km charity challenge to run the length of Africa from South Africa's Cape Agulhas to Cape Angela in Tunisia. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VID_34NU3GV_EN