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A giant portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela adorns a cooling tower of a now-defunct power station in Soweto, South Africa, on Monday, Dec 31, 2012. Mr. Mandela is recovering at his Johannesburg home since being hospitalized for a lung infection and undergoing gallstone surgery. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South African president: Nelson Mandela’s recovery is good

By Andrew Meldrum - Associated Press

Former South African President Nelson Mandela and his wife, Graca Machel, are pictured after they cast early ballots in local elections at their home in Johannesburg on Monday, May 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Elmond Jiyane, South African Government Communications and Information Services)

South Africa: Children attend annual Mandela Christmas party

By Christopher Torchia and Vukile Pokwana - Associated Press

** FILE ** This mural depicting former South African President Nelson Mandela is shown at the Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, to honor Mandela's 94th birthday, which was celebrated on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Nelson Mandela: South Africa president ‘recuperating’

By Thomas Phakane - Associated Press

Public praying for ailing Mandela in hospital for unspecified tests

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

People take photos of the giant statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Mandela Square in Johannesburg on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. South Africans prayed for Mr. Mandela's health and anxiously awaited further word about the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader after he was admitted to a military hospital on Saturday. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South Africa at crossroads as Mandela is hospitalized

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

** FILE ** Former South African President Nelson Mandela smiles as German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) waves farewell after a meeting at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg in October 2007. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Zuma: Nelson Mandela in hospital for tests

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

S. Africa’s president could face intraparty challenger

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

South African President Jacob Zuma says his political party will do “everything in its power to promote freedom of expression” after withdrawing a defamation case against a newspaper cartoonist. (Associated Press)

Briefly: South African president tells media to respect privacy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The rural homestead of South African President Jacob Zuma has received $23 million in improvements that he said were authorized to improve security. Critics see the work as excessive and the compound has been dubbed “Zumaville.” (The Associated Press)

President says $23 million spent on ‘Zumaville’ for security

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Mourners make their way to a memorial service at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, on Aug. 23 after police shot and killed 34 striking miners and wounded 78. Demands for higher wages spread to at least two other mines, raising fears of further protests at more South African mines that provide most of the world’s platinum.

Strikes, violence continue to disrupt Johannesburg mines

By Michelle Faul - Associated Press

The Botswana mining industry has been massively mismanaged, with executives and ministers siphoning money for personal gain. (Associated Press/File)

Miners’ discontent a far-reaching problem

By Thomas Phakane And Michelle Faul - Associated Press

Striking mineworkers are caught Aug. 16, 2012, in tear gas as police open fire on striking miners at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa. (Associated Press)

Some S. African miners vow to fight to the death

By Michelle Faul and Thomas Phakane - Associated Press

Briefly: School children celebrate Mandela’s birthday

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

S.African president withdraws case

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

S. Africa gallery to remove painting from website

By DONNA BRYSON - Associated Press

A man stands a next to an attempted copy of the offending art work by an unidentified artist of ruling party African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma outside the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday May 24, 2012. President Jacob Zuma is asking the High Court to issue an order that display of the now-defaced painting violates his constitutional right to dignity. The gallery and the artist counter that freedom of expression, also protected by the constitution, is at stake. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Painting of president underscores South Africa’s lingering racial divide

By Donna Bryson - Associated Press

Painting that ridicules S. Africa’s leader defaced

By DONNA BRYSON - Associated Press

SAfrica: Zuma seeks ban on artwork; vandals hit

By DONNA BRYSON - Associated Press

S.Africa’s ANC fumes over art ridiculing president

By DONNA BRYSON - Associated Press

** FILE ** Former South African President Nelson Mandela smiles as German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) waves farewell after a meeting at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg in October 2007. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Mandela, 93, leaves hospital after minor surgery

By Donna Bryson - Associated Press