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Namibia’s late president Geingob buried

Namibia’s late president Geingob buried

NAMIBIA'S late president Hage Geingob, who died in hospital on February 4, weeks after being diagnosed with cancer, was buried at the Heroes Acre with thousands of mourners, including 25 heads of state and former presidents in attendance. The burial was on the outskirts of Windhoek following 20 days of mourning. Soldiers gave Geingob a 21-gun salute while K-8 fighter jets flew past. Geingob, 82, Namibia's two-time prime minister and third president since its independence from minority-ruled South Africa in 1990, has been in charge of the sparsely populated and mostly arid southern African nation since 2015. He was serving his…
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Kenya marathon hero Kiptum honoured at funeral as unique talent and family man

Kenya marathon hero Kiptum honoured at funeral as unique talent and family man

Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, whose dreams of breaking the race's two-hour barrier were ended by a car crash earlier this month, was remembered for his talent and humility at a funeral service in western Kenya. The service in the Rift Valley village of Chepkorio was attended by political and sporting dignitaries, including Kenyan President William Ruto and World Athletics president Sebastian Coe. The 24-year-old Kiptum had only run three international marathons but each was among the fastest seven times ever recorded. He set the world record in Chicago last October in two hours and 35 seconds, shaving 34 seconds off his…
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Supporters demand sainthood for Benedict as Pope Francis leads funeral

Supporters demand sainthood for Benedict as Pope Francis leads funeral

PHILIP PULLELLA and CRISPIAN BALMER POPE Francis led the funeral of former Pope Benedict, tenderly touching the coffin of his predecessor as he stood supported on a cane before tens of thousands of mourners, with some calling for the late pontiff to be made a saint. Benedict's death on Saturday brought to an end a decade of the former and present pope living side-by-side in the Vatican and it was the first time in more than 200 years that a pontiff had led the service for his predecessor. His death was a loss for conservatives who yearned for a return to a…
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Tens of thousands view body of former Pope Benedict

Tens of thousands view body of former Pope Benedict

PHILIP PULLELLA A steady stream of tens of thousands of people filed into St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to former Pope Benedict XVI, whose body was laying in state without any papal paraphernalia ahead of his funeral this week. Benedict, a hero to conservative Catholics who yearned for a return to a more traditional Church, died on Saturday at the age of 95 in the secluded Vatican monastery where he had lived since 2013 when he became the first pope in 600 years to resign. "I feel like he was a grandfather to us," Veronica Siegal, 16, a Catholic high school student…
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South Africa mourns the 21 victims of tavern tragedy

South Africa mourns the 21 victims of tavern tragedy

JOHNNIE ISAAC SOUTH African mourners gathered in the coastal city of East London to grieve the still-mysterious deaths of 21 teenagers in a poorly ventilated local tavern 10 days ago. Dressed in black, they sang and danced to solemn gospel songs in front of the coffins of 19 of the victims, the youngest of whom was a 13-year-old girl, Thembinkosi Silwane. All were empty, the funeral parlour said, as police were still investigating the deaths - the remaining two were buried separately by their families. "Our hearts are broken. There are parents who will not get to hug or kiss…
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Zuma back in jail after brother’s funeral

Zuma back in jail after brother’s funeral

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FORMER President Jacob Zuma, whose jailing this month led to South Africa's worst outbreak of violence in years, is back behind bars after he spent a few hours back at his home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal to attend the funeral of his younger brother. Zuma, who left prison in the morning, accompanied by prison guards, was back in prison by the afternoon, the government said. Zuma, wearing a dark suit and white shirt, was flanked by family members as he walked from his homestead to his brother's neighbouring property in Nkandla, in KwaZulu-Natal province, a Reuters journalist said.…
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Emotional send-off for SA man killed in the US

Emotional send-off for SA man killed in the US

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER DRESSED in traditional black, the widow of Lindani Myeni, the South African man who was shot dead by police while unarmed in the United States, has paid an emotional farewell to him at his funeral, which was held in Empangeni, in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday. Lindsay Myeni took mourners on a journey into her life with the man she met a few years ago in SA, fell in love, married and relocated to Honolulu, Hawaii, in pursuit of their dreams.  Lindsay shared anecdotes and spoke of her husband’s personality and bravery. She said her 29 year-old husband, a former…
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Tribute to a friend and Comrade

Tribute to a friend and Comrade

RAPU MOLEKANE RAPU MOLEKANE A lot has been said about the character, stature and values that Comrade Jackson Mthembu emulated, lived up to and embraced. A lot of these traits has to do, I dare say, with our upbringing and training. Growing up within the Christian families and finding training, exposure and been steeped in the Contextual and Liberation Theology which was tempered with the Marxist theory. It became very clear very early on that something was very wrong with the society, the community and country we lived in, and that something needed to be done to change it. It…
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Special funeral for South African liberation hero

Special funeral for South African liberation hero

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER  SOUTH Africa has conferred its highest honor for Andrew Mlangeni, the 95-year-old political hero who passed away this week. The South African government has declared the highest class of an official funeral for the stalwart, who was a co-accused with the iconic Nelson Mandela in the Rivonia Treason Trial during which they were convicted and sentenced to life. He was the last remaining Rivonia trialist. President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the declaration of a special funeral: category 1 for Mlangeni, who turned 95 in last month, was a mark of respect. “Bab’ Mlangeni was awarded Isithwalandwe/Seaparankwe…
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