On his return, David Kato felt galvanised by his time in South Africa, where until the end of apartheid homosexuality had been banned.
It's an obscene comparison but there was a time in South Africa when people would put flaming tyres around people's necks if they dissented.
It was a heady time in South Africa, between Nelson Mandela's release from prison in 1990 and the country's first democratic election in 1994.
During his time in South Africa, he covered a number of stories including the death of Nelson Mandela, the Oscar Pistorius trial and the unrest in the country's volatile mining industry.
"The nearest one at the time was in South Africa, " remembers Orekunrin.
Fugard wrote Tsotsi as a very young man in 1960 at a time when blacks in South Africa were being forcibly resettled into townships.
Of course the two favorites will not compete in this final on their own and by setting the fastest time in the semifinal South Africa's Roland Mark Schoeman could be in line for a big surprise.
During the time of apartheid in South Africa, Mandela was convicted of sabotage and was imprisoned for 27 years until 1990.
The last two men fell in no time to Morkel and South Africa were left with most of the day to bat in, and they acquitted themselves well.
But his wife, knowing that he enjoyed showing visiting relatives and friends around Cape Town, advised him to do an accredited tour guiding course, in time for the football World Cup which took place in South Africa in 2010, so that he could be part of the experience.
Both teams were playing in the final for the first time despite South Africa having been long-standing top-ranked side in the competition.
"I think this us a sign of underlying structural issues which you have seen in South Africa for a long time, " said Mark Rosenberg, an Africa analyst with the risk research firm Eurasia Group.
Growing up in South Africa during the time of apartheid, we had direct experience of inequality, including great disparities in health and access to good care.
Nothing that happens in South Africa any time soon is going to be large enough to move the needle as far as Wal-Mart stock is concerned, but it is positive to see the company embarking on the next phase of their overseas expansion now that Brazil, China and other markets have proven successful.
It is only recently, for the first time in centuries, that predicting peace in South Africa rings true.
He was in South Africa at the time and denied any involvement.
But the 11 Sharks called up will have had a fortnight's training and recuperation by the time South Africa clash with Wales in Bloemfontein.
She remarked that coffin manufacturing was one of the few growth businesses in South Africa at the time and that she saw no sign of it slowing down.
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Yakubu missed a number of gilt-edged chances in the 0-0 draw at Fulham last week and Arteta believes the difficult time he had at the World Cup in South Africa may have affected the striker's confidence.
After leaving prison in 1990 following more than 27 years in jail, he led the African National Congress party to a landslide victory in 1994 - the first time South Africa's black majority was allowed to vote.
Analysts said Anglo American was likely impressed by his five-year stewardship of South African gold miner AngloGold at a time when both companies have been affected by widespread strike action in South Africa's mining sector in recent years.
You have this wonderful, joyous celebration in South Africa at the same time as you have a terrorist explosion in Kampala.
The 1974 Lions were arguably the best-known and most successful of all time, winning three Tests and drawing one in South Africa and going through the tour unbeaten.
You've been living on and off the continent, spending much of your time there for years now, mainly based in South Africa, but traveling all over the place.
The dispute is threatening Christmas post and the Welsh Rugby Union has also warned that tickets for Sunday's Barbarians clash with South Africa may not arrive in time.
At one time or another, indigenous people in tropical Africa and South America knew how to cultivate and prepare nutritious food by selective breeding of as many as 30, 000 species of plants.
At the same time, a world away, South Africa was deep in the heart of apartheid.
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi is preparing Nigeria for this month's 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa, where the two-time tournament winners have been drawn in a group with 2012 champions Zambia, Burkina Faso and Mali.
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