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Fidel Castro

From Guevara to Ganyesa – They arrived in Cuba with suitcases and returned to SA as doctors

South Africa

From Guevara to Ganyesa – They arrived in Cuba with suitcases and returned to SA as doctors

By Sean Christie

Biden ‘gaffe’ gathers moral impetus while Zelensky call mirrors 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie plea

World

Biden ‘gaffe’ gathers moral impetus while Zelensky call mirrors 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie plea

By J Brooks Spector

With Madiba in Cuba: How Fidel Castro helped Nelson Mandela free South Africa

Africa

With Madiba in Cuba: How Fidel Castro helped Nelson Mandela free South Africa

By Raymond Suttner

Numsa humbled by South African Airways management — and it can’t lie about it

Business Maverick

Numsa humbled by South African Airways management — and it can’t lie about it

By Sikonathi Mantshantsha

This Weekend We’re Watching: Barbecue, Cuba and the Cameraman, Revolting Rhymes

Maverick Life

This Weekend We’re Watching: Barbecue, Cuba and the Cameraman, Revolting Rhymes

By Antoinette Muller

Miguel Díaz-Canel, a Non-Castro

World

Miguel Díaz-Canel, a Non-Castro

By J Brooks Spector

Newsdeck

Fidel Castro's eldest son commits suicide: Cuba state media

By AFP

Op-Ed: Fifty Years On – Che Guevara through the lens

South Africa

Op-Ed: Fifty Years On – Che Guevara through the lens

By Kate Janse Van Rensburg

Cuba 2017: A doomed but still compelling dream

World

Cuba 2017: A doomed but still compelling dream

By Glen Retief

In the shadow of Fidel: Music to die for – Los Frikis, Cuba’s macabre free electric band

World

In the shadow of Fidel: Music to die for – Los Frikis, Cuba’s macabre free electric band

By Chris Du Plessis

ISS Today: Castro’s death casts light on Africa’s relationship with its diaspora

Africa

ISS Today: Castro’s death casts light on Africa’s relationship with its diaspora

By ISS Today

In Soweto, EFF celebrates Castro, likens Zuma to Batista

Politics

In Soweto, EFF celebrates Castro, likens Zuma to Batista

By Bheki C. Simelane