South African Mother

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  South African Woman Found Guilty Of Murdering Three Daughters In New Zealand

  The woman argued that she was mentally disturbed and didn't know what she was doing at the time

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  Last Known Speaker Fights To Save South African Indigenous Language

  When she was a girl in South Africa's Northern Cape, Katrina Esau stopped speaking her mother tongue, N|uu, after being mocked by other people and told it was an "ugly language".

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  "South African Boy Upbringing" Drove Elon Musk's Ambition, Says Father

  Elon Musk's father Errol Musk told AFP in an interview even as a pre-schooler, Elon Musk had set his sights on becoming the wealthiest man alive, crediting that uber-macho "South African boy" upbringing

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  Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South Africa's 'Mother of the Nation,' Dies At 81

  Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of Nelson Mandela and for decades one of South Africa's most prominent and polarizing figures, died April 2 at a hospital in Johannesburg. She was 81.

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  Winnie Mandela: South Africa's Flawed Heroine

  Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's marriage to Nelson Mandela and her anti-apartheid activism ensured many South Africans saw her as "the mother of the nation", but her past was littered with dark controversies.

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  Woman Jailed For Newborn Baby Kidnapping

  A South African court today handed down a 10-year prison term to a woman who kidnapped a newborn baby from her sleeping mother in hospital 19 years ago, local media reported.

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  Mother Sentenced For Trying To Sell Baby On Internet For $340

  A South African mother who tried to sell her 19-month-old baby boy on the Internet for $340 was given a five-year suspended sentence, a justice official said today.

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  Reeva Steenkamp's Mother Moves on as Oscar Pistorius Deals With Punishment

  Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius left prison on Monday after spending a year behind bars for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013 in the South African capital Pretoria.

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  South African Mother Tries to Sell Child on Internet

  A South African mother appeared in court Friday charged with trying to sell her 19-month-old baby on the Internet for 5,000 rand ($380), officials said, after a police sting operation halted her plan.

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  Anger, Protests Grow After Charleston Church Killings

  Residents of South Carolina, still shaken by the unthinkable murder of nine African Americans, planned protests across the state today, giving voice to their grief, anger and demands for change.

• South African Killer Mother Sentenced to Hospital

  British court sentences Tania Clarance, who killed her three disabled children, to hospital, after acknowledging she had acted out of depression.

• Reeva Steenkamp was About to Leave Oscar Pistorius: June Steenkamp

  The mother of Oscar Pistorius's girlfriend believes that her daughter was about to leave the disgraced athlete when he shot her dead in what a South African judge ruled to be culpable homicide.

• 'We Don't Want Revenge' Against Oscar Pistorius: Reeva Steenkamp's Mother

  The mother of Oscar Pistorius's girlfriend insisted she did not want "revenge" Wednesday, the day after the disgraced South African athlete was handed a five-year jail term for shooting her daughter dead.

• Reeva Steenkamp's Mother to Publish Book After Oscar Pistorius Murder Acquittal

  The mother of Reeva Steenkamp, the model killed by South African star athlete Oscar Pistorius, will publish a book about her daughter, publishers said on Friday.

• South African Mother Admits Killing Three Children in UK

  A South African woman wept in court on Monday as she admitted killing her three young disabled children in London.