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WRAP Gender controversy runner returns, Winnie Mandela, Athletics SA presser
1. Wide top shot, interior of O.R. Tambo International airport, crowds gathered for arrival of athlete Caster Semenya
2. Mid top shot, people dancing
3. Newspaper held in man's hand, headline reading: (English) "She's A Girl"
4. Various...
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South Africa - Olympic Committee President visits
The Olympic spirit was present in South Africa on Sunday (2/11) as a representative from Greece - the host nation for the 2004 Olympics - visited President Nelson Mandela - whose country's bid to host the games was...
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Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei's work transforms Alcatraz into tribute to world's political prisoners
A free exhibition by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has transformed the former island prison of Alcatraz into a tribute to the world's political prisoners, some famous and some forgotten.
Called "@ large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz,"...
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Zuma says Mandela "stable", comments on ANC; Obama on Egypt, Afghanistan
1. Wide of reporter asking question to US President Barack Obama and South African President Jacob Zuma at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jacob Zuma, South Africa President:
"The position of former President Mandela in terms of...
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SOUTH AFRICA: MONUMENTS TO APARTHEID STILL STAND
English/Nat
The monuments to apartheid are still standing across South Africa, a year after the country's first multi-racial government came to power.
But a sense of political correctness is spreading in Nelson Mandela's new South...
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SOUTH AFRICA: MBEKI CELEBRATES ELECTION WIN
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South Africa's new president-to-be, Thabo Mbeki, celebrated his party's landslide victory on Thursday with a pledge to uplift impoverished blacks and pursue racial reconciliation.
It followed South Africa's second all-race...
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NIGERIA: OLUSEGUN OBASANJO INAUGURATION CEREMONY
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Olusegun Obasanjo became Nigeria's first civilian leader in 15 years on Saturday, expressing hope for a prosperous future for a nation tormented by years of dictatorship.
General Abdulsalami Abubakar, who during his 11 months...
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S.Africa - Apartheid Legacy On Education System
South African President, Nelson Mandela's government of national
unity is faced with a crucial task of changing the apartheid
system of education in the country. The education system,
especially for black South Africans, has been in a...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PROTESTS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION OF GOVERNMENT UPDATE
English/Nat
Images of South Africa's bitter past returned Thursday as rioters blocked roads, looted a petrol station and fought running battles with police to protest against discrimination over rate payments.
But those who used to...
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USA: WORLD BANK AFRICA PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
A major new effort to build roads, power plants, water and electrical systems in Africa is about to begin.
Four-hundred (m) million U-S dollars will soon be available to African countries to start projects aimed at improving...
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Soweto community centre where a young Nelson Mandela trained as an aspiring boxer
1. Wide interior Donaldson Orlando Community Centre gym, pan from mural of former South African President Nelson Mandela in a boxing pose to two men seated in a room
2. Close of two men seated and talking
3. Wide pan across interior of...
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WRAP Mandela launches 1st chapter of comic depicting his life
1. Wide shot of Nelson Mandela foundation
2. Poster reading 'Evolution of Icon', showing Nelson Mandela, former South African President, through different stages of his life
3. Nelson Mandela arriving at press conference
4. Cutaway of...
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SOUTH AFRICA: DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS: VOTE ENDS
Afrikaans/Eng/Nat
Voting has ended in South Africa's second democratic elections with predictions of landslide victory for the African National Congress (A-N-C).
Significant results will become apparent on Thursday, but Deputy-President...
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People gather at Nelson Mandela Foundation to watch memorial service
People across South Africa, gathered around television screens on Tuesday to watch the live broadcast of Nelson Mandela's memorial service at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg.
At the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, close to his family...
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South Africa - Actor Sydney Poitier Meets Mandela
South Africa's President Nelson Mandela on Friday (17/5) met
American actor Sydney Poitier, who will play the part of the South
African leader in a forthcoming movie based on the country's
transition to democracy.
0.00 mandela and...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PRINCE CHARLES MEETS MANDELA AND THE SPICE GIRLS
English/Nat
Britain's Prince Charles, President Mandela and the Spice Girls shared a stage for the first and probably only time on Saturday.
The British heir to the throne, the South African president and the world-famous teen pop band...
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New national orders awarded to those who helped build South Africa
1. Outside of presidential building
2. Close up of building sign
3. Reverend Frank Chikane approaches podium
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Reverend Frank Chikane
"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome all of you this extraordinary...
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SOUTH AFRICA: 3 DAY TRADE TALKS WITH EUROPEAN UNION END POSITIVELY
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Trade talks between South Africa and the European Union ended on a positive note after three days of tough negotiations.
Negotiators from both countries emerged from their meeting in Pretoria claiming they had agreed on the...
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SOUTH AFRICA: THABO MBEKI BECOMES PRESIDENT
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Thabo Mbeki became South Africa's second post-apartheid president on Wednesday, taking over leadership of a racially divided country from Nelson Mandela.
He promised to improve the lives of millions of impoverished...
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South Africans talk about their hopes and fears for the future after Mandela's death
South Africans queuing in Pretoria on Thursday for the chance to see Nelson Mandela's casket expressed mixed feelings about their country's future.
If the heady optimism of the days when South Africa's peaceful transformation to an...
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Beckham and England football team meet Nelson Mandela
1. Wide exterior of former South African President Nelson Mandela's office in Johannesburg
2. Wide shot of Mandela shaking hands with England Football Captain David Beckham
3. Close up of Mandela's face during handshakes
4. Wide of...
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VOICER Earth Summit opens with call for coordinated action
0000 Wide shot stage
0004 Various of South African President Thabo Mbeki arriving and being seated on the stage
0024 SOUNDBITE: (English) Thabo Mbeki, South African President:
"There is every need for us to demonstrate to the billions...
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MOZAMBIQUE: NELSON MANDELA'S NEW WIFE GRACA MACHEL INTERVIEW
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Graca Machel, the new wife of Nelson Mandela, spoke about her love for him in an recent interview released on Sunday.
In it, she said that as a head of state, Mandela got very lonely and she was there as "a shoulder to lean...
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Preview on tenth anniversary of multi-race elections
1.Various shots of Dainfern Suburb in Johannesburg
2. Sisa Ngebulana walking down stairs of his mansion
3. Ngebulana taking briefcase and leaving his house
4. Ngebulana walking towards his car
5. Ngebulana opening boot of car
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