Struggle stalwarts Ahmed Kathrada and Laloo Chiba have called on South Africans to renew the fight against racism.

The call comes on the 25th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and an increasing number of reports of racial and xenophobic incidents, and public debate around matters relating to race over the past few weeks.

After 27 years of imprisonment Mandela was released on February 11, 1990.

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February 11 marks a significant date on the South African calendar, more-so to those who were close to the late charismatic Nelson Mandela, like Desmond Tutu and Trevor Manuel.

It is the day on which the late statesman walked out of the Victor Verster prison as a free man, after serving 27 years behind bars.

Mandela, tall, dignified and known to be debonair in his days, as Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu recalls, held his fist in the air, holding hands and walking side-by-side with his wife at the time, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

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Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane has condemned the attack on his two bodyguards, and passed condolences to the family of the private security guard killed in attacks on February 1, 2015.

Spokesperson for Lesotho’s Prime Minister, Thabo Thakalekoala, says Thabane will do everything in his power to protect the integrity of King Letsie III, who is being sued by the Attorney General for appointing President of the Court of Appeal.

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Cape Town – Eskom on Wednesday announced that it will move from stage 1 to stage 2 load shedding from 18:00 to help alleviate pressure on the grid.

It said the power system remains severely constrained as temperatures hit new highs the past few days and as it struggles to meet demand amid planned and unplanned outages.

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DA parliamentary leader, Mmusi Maimane, speaks to Jerusha Sukhdeo-Raath in studio, giving his opinion on the EFF’s plans to disrupt the State of the Nation address.

Maimane says that the EFF’s threat of disruption will only give the EFF theatrical power and benefit President Jacob Zuma; as he will get to walk away without taking responsibility.

Maimane says the DA has requested four dates for the scheduled question session. One session will be a catch-up for last year’s State of the Nation Address so the president cannot use the excuse of diary conflicts to avoid being accountable to the people.

He expects The State of the Nation address to lay a platform to hold the president accountable to the country.

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