- Title: SOUTH AFRICA: President Jacob Zuma thanks the people of Soweto for support
- Date: 25th May 2009
- Summary: SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA (MAY 24, 2009) (REUTERS) VIEW OF SOWETO TOWN VARIOUS OF JACOB ZUMA SUPPORTERS HECTOR PIETERSON MEMORIAL SOUTH AFRICA PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA AND OFFICIALS LAYING WREATH AT HECTOR PIETERSON MEMORIAL ZUMA SHAKING HANDS WITH OWNER OF SOWETO'S MAPONYA MALL RICHARD MAPONYA ZUMA ENTERING VEHICLE / WAVES VEHICLE WITH ZUMA TOURING MALL INSIDE OF MALL ZUMA SUPPORTERS DANCING AND SINGING POLICE INSIDE MALL ZUMA ADDRESSING SUPPORTERS PETERSON MEMORIAL AND POLICE WATCHING (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH AFRICA PRESIDENT, JACOB ZUMA, SAYING: "And we thought it was important to make it in Soweto, a place that symbolises the sights of struggle." ZUMA SUPPORTERS PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA SINGING HIS TRADEMARK SONG "UMSHINI WAM" AND DANCING SUPPORTERS SINGING AND DANCING ALONG
- Embargoed: 9th June 2009 13:00
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- Location: South Africa
- Country: South Africa
- Topics: Domestic Politics
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- Story Text: South Africa's President Jacob Zuma says thanks to residents of Soweto for supporting the ANC in last month's elections.
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Sunday (May 24) thanked the residents of Soweto for voting the ANC into power.
Zuma, accompanied by Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane, ANC provincial chairman Paul Mashatile and Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo, first laid a wreath at the Hector Pieterson memorial before touring a local shopping mall.
Zuma said he wanted to begin his visit in Soweto because it was the face of South Africa and the home of the ANC.
"And we thought it was important to make it in Soweto, a place that symbolises the sights of struggle," he said to a large crowd outside the mall.
Hector Pieterson, age 13, was one the first students to be killed during the 1976 Student Uprising in Soweto. He has since become a symbol of youth resistance to apartheid.
This uprising started on June 16 as a peaceful protest march organized by school students in Soweto.
67-year-old Zuma, whose party won a landslide victory in elections last month was elected by South Africa's parliament as the country's fourth black President on May 6. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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