India-South Africa draw recalls 1974 apartheid default win

September 21st, 2009 South African anti-apartheid activist dies at 51JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's governing party says Frans "Ting-Ting" Masango, an anti-apartheid activist once sentenced to death for treason, has died. The 51-year-old African National Congress lawmaker died Friday in Pretoria after battling diabetes.

September 21st, 2009 South African anti-apartheid guerrilla dies at 51JOHANNESBURG — Frans "Ting-Ting" Masango, a former guerrilla activist once sentenced to death for treason against the apartheid government, has died, South Africa's ruling African National Congress party said Monday. He was 51. Masango died in Pretoria on Friday after battling diabetes, the party said in a statement.

August 16th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Indian High Commissioner Rajiv Bhatia has handed over a cheque of $200,000 for a foundation to be set up in the name of Ahmed Kathrada, a South African struggle veteran and a recipient of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award. The donation made by India on its Independence Day Saturday will be used to set up the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, a research and documentation centre in the huge Indian township of Lenasia, 35 km south of here.

May 14th, 2009 DURBAN - It had a special screening in Britain's House Of Lords and now South African Indian producer Junaid Ahmed's 'More Than Just A Game', a film on football as a way of retaining some sanity among political prisoners, is expected to attract a great deal of attention at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. 'More Than Just A Game', an inspirational story of organised football played among prisoners on Robben Island in South Africa's apartheid era, was screened at the House Of Lords in London Tuesday evening.

May 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India have been drawn to play South Africa in an away tie in the Davis Group World group play-off beginning Sep 18. India were given a walkover in their third round Asia-Oceania Group I tie against Australia after the 28-times champion boycotted the Chennai tie citing security concerns.

May 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India have been drawn to play South Africa in an away tie in the Davis Group World group play-off beginning Sep 18. India were given a walkover in their third round Asia-Oceania Group I tie against Australia after the 28-times champion boycotted the Chennai tie citing security concerns.

May 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India have been drawn to play South Africa in an away tie in the Davis Group World group play-off beginning Sep 18. India were given a walkover in their third round Asia-Oceania Group I tie against Australia after the 28-times champion boycotted the Chennai tie citing security concerns.

May 10th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - South African President Jacob Zuma told visiting Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari Saturday that his inauguration would have been incomplete without India's presence, an official said. Zuma's remarks came during a lunch with visiting dignitaries from 28 countries after his swearing-in ceremony in Pretoria Saturday.

May 9th, 2009 ON BOARD/ JOHANNESBURG - Vice-President Hamid Ansari who arrived on a three-day visit to South Africa, will attend the inauguration ceremony of new South African President Jacob Zuma today. Zuma will be sworn in as independent South Africa's third president today, whose African National Congress (ANC) swept the general elections in the country held on April 22.

May 9th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - South African President Jacob Zuma told visiting Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari Saturday that his inauguration would have been incomplete without India's presence, an official said. Zuma's remarks came during a lunch with heads of state from 28 countries after his swearing-in ceremony in Pretoria Saturday.

January 20th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Former South African president Nelson Mandela congratulated Barack Obama on his inauguration as the first black president of the US and said the historic event reminded him of the excitement that surrounded his own election as his country's first democratically-elected president. In a letter handed to Obama shortly before his inauguration Tuesday, the 90-year-old iconic leader of Africa said: 'There is a special excitement on our continent today, Mister President, in the knowledge that you have such strong personal ties with Africa, we share in that excitement and pride.' 'You will always be in our affection as a young man who dared to dream and to pursue that dream,' the anti-apartheid hero said.

January 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - Two years ago, Parmanathan 'Prema' Naidoo stood in the doorway of the cell at the Fort in Johannesburg, now the premises of the Constitutional Court in a democratic South Africa, and recalled the torture he had undergone as an apartheid-era prisoner in the same jail where young lawyer Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had been imprisoned almost a century earlier and later Nelson Mandela as well. The occasion was the birth anniversary of Gandhi, and a special puppet show from India was being presented at the court to mark the occasion.

January 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - Two years ago, Parmanathan 'Prema' Naidoo stood in the doorway of the cell at the Fort in Johannesburg, now the premises of the Constitutional Court in a democratic South Africa, and recalled the torture he had undergone as an apartheid-era prisoner in the same jail where young lawyer Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had been imprisoned almost a century earlier and later Nelson Mandela as well. The occasion was the birth anniversary of Gandhi, and a special puppet show from India was being presented at the court to mark the occasion.

January 7th, 2009 CHENNAI - The announcement by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here Thursday that overseas Indian professionals can practise in India was cautiously welcomed by Durban Deputy Mayor Logie Naidoo. 'It opens up a window of opportunity for many South African Indians, but we must remember that we have been very reliant in recent years on Indian nationals assisting in the development of post-apartheid South Africa,' Naidoo, who is also a speaker at the annual gathering of the diaspora, told IANS.

December 22nd, 2008 DUBAI - India reclaimed the second position from South Africa in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Championship after their 1-0 win in the two-match series against England in Mohali Tuesday. India won the first Test in Chennai by six wickets and drew the second to earn two ratings points and go ahead of South Africa in second, a position it had briefly enjoyed after its 2-0 home series victory over Australia recently.