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Anti-Government Rallies Take Place Across South Africa
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
Thousands of workers from South Africa's labour federation Cosatu have been marching against corruption in cities across the country.
Plus Cameroonian anglophone activist, Agbor Balla, who was released in August after being held for eight months, describes his time behind bars.
And how celebrating her African culture helps British-Liberian visual artist Lina Viktor to deal with her family's exodus from Liberia during the 1980 coup.
(Image: Members of Cosatu and other affiliated unions take part in a day of mass protests in Johannesburg. Credit: EPA)
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