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Pro-Zuma (Jacob Zuma)ANC members sing while arriving at the ANC conference. Outside the premises, expelled African National Congress member Carl Niehaus demonstrates alongside other with signs reading "Ramaphosa must go". IMAGES
South African President Jacob Zuma has won another term at the head of the African National Congress. But as time goes by, the ANC's dominance on politics is finally starting to fade. Next, a Belgian court has approved a long-awaited judicial probe into the death of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba. Finally, we meet one musician in Mali who's trying in his own way to stop the Islamist movement that has taken over the north.
South Africa's ruling ANC suspends the country's former president Jacob Zuma from the party. "The NEC concluded that exceptional circumstances exist to justify and warrant an immediate decision to suspend former ANC President Jacob Zuma in line with Rule 25.60," says ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. SOUNDBITE
The African National Congress (ANC) conference starts in Johannesburg as some 4,500 delegates, from all across of South Africa, gather to chose their next party leader. "Viva ANC", shouts President Cyril Ramaphosa, who hopes to be re-elected as ANC leader a few days after he dodged impeachment in a parliament vote. IMAGES
Family members of the 21 adolescents who died under mysterious circumstances in a bar in East London in South Africa gather alongside community leaders to hold a prayer session. One mother is overcome by emotion as she addresses the room, a priest and a representative from the department of special development also spoke at the service. The exact cause of death remains unconfirmed but some witnesses have reported a strong and suffocating smell which spread through the building on the night of the tragedy. Some of the 31 people who were admitted to hospital, complained of symptons including backache, vomiting and tight chests. IMAGES
Pietermaritzburg (South Africa), Aug 10 (EFE / EPA) .- (Image: Kim Ludbrook) South African justice on Tuesday postponed once again until September 9 and 10 the trial against the country's former president Jacob Zuma (2009-2018) for corruption and other charges in connection with an arms deal signed in the late 1990s.FOOTAGE OF THE SANDF AND SAPS IN FRONT OF THE COURT IN PIETERMARITZBURG.