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Raul Castro: Cuba's pragmatist who emerged from Fidel's shadow
When his charismatic older brother handed over the presidency in 2006 due to illness, Raul, more used to the back stage, was reluctantly forced out into the...
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Cuba changes leadership, seeks 'respectful' talks with US
Raul Castro, 89, is stepping down as PCC first secretary -- the most powerful position in Cuba -- ending a near six-decade family hold on power that started in 1959 under his revolutionary brother, Fidel, who died in 2016.
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BUSANI NGCAWENI: Cuba upholding ‘solidarity forever’ during COVID-19
Cuban medical workers arriving to help SA speaks to the pact Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro made years ago, writes Busani Ncaweni.
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Cuba begins public debate on modernising Cold War-era constitution
The Communist Party-proposed overhaul will be discussed in 35,000 workplaces and community meetings across the Caribbean island scheduled to stretch into November.
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Cuba's new president names cabinet resembling Castro's
All except one of the former vice presidents on the council of ministers - Marino Murillo, the head of the Communist Party’s reform commission - will remain in place.
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Castro set to step aside as Cuban president, his reforms incomplete
Seeking to make socialism sustainable, Castro introduced some market reforms to the state-run economy and secured a historic detente with the United States.
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Fidel Castro's eldest son 'Fidelito' commits suicide
Castro Diaz-Balart, also known as “Fidelito” because of how much he looked like his father, had initially been hospitalized for depression and then continued treatment as an outpatient.
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Cuba delays historic handover from Castro to new president
Castro, 86, was originally set to step down in February after two consecutive terms, ending nearly 60 years of Castro brothers’ rule.
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Cuba holds municipal elections on road to Castro era’s end
The vote comes the day after the first anniversary of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro’s death.
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Tshwane council meeting turns into war of words over Fidel Castro
ANC and EFF councillors traded angry words over whose politics was more closely aligned with late former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
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Mokonyane hails SA/Cuba relations
Nomvula Mokonyane says Cuban engineers working in SA are a sign of unity which former Cuban president Fidel Castro fought for.
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Fidel Castro laid to rest in Cuba, ending nine days of mourning
A private ceremony was held at Santiago's Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, state media reported.
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Castro to be laid to rest next to Cuban independence hero Marti
Castro, who survived five decades of US attempts to kill or overthrow him, died on 25 November age 90.
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Raul Castro vows to defend brother’s legacy in final tribute
But Fidel Castro’s image will not be immortalised with statues nor will public places be named after him.
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Malema: White people to blame for unemployment, illiteracy & drug abuse
EFF leader Julius Malema says white people have damaged the lives of black people & are to blame for drug abuse amongst them.
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Cuban outpouring extends across island after Fidel Castro death
The government declared nine days of mourning for the man who built a Communist state.
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Malema promises to run SA like Cuba when EFF comes to power
EFF leader Julius Malema says through his socialist policies, Fidel Castro brought unemployment down to 3% and hiked literacy levels to 93%.
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Malema: Zuma has no right to mourn Castro
Julius Malema says the ANC hasn’t achieved anything that comes close to what Fidel Castro believed in.
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Reunited in death: Fidel Castro's remains rest at Che Guevara mausoleum
Castro was cremated after he died on Friday aged 90.
