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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Emotional tributes to anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela poured in on Wednesday during an hours-long memorial service attended by thousands at Soweto’s Orlando Stadium. Madikizela-Mandela died on April 2 at the age of 81. “The embodiment of courage. The embodiment of resilience. The embodiment of strength,” poet and singer Mzwakhe Mbuli said during […]

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela was amused by the elaborate makeup process a British actor went through to play him in a film based on his autobiography, the movie’s producer said Saturday of a special screening for the former South African president last year. “Is that me?” Anant Singh, the South African producer of “Mandela: […]

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Did you know Bow Wow isn’t the only person who has paid a porn star in the past? Plus, more on Winnie Mandela and Hillary Clinton. —————- This is Chris Paul from the TJMS running through the top stories in roughly sixty seconds with The Morning Minute. A judge ruled that rapper Bow Wow has […]

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela‘s ex-wife Winnie expressed “surprise and shock” that prosecutors are considering charges against her following the exhumation of bodies believed to belong to two young activists last seen at her home 24 years ago. In a statement from her lawyer dated Saturday and received Sunday, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said it is “difficult […]