Meanwhile, the geneticists were beginning to insist that many Africans and all non-Africans shared closely related DNA sequences that originated only after about 70, 000-60, 000 years ago in Africa.

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Since the London listing, the proportion of its shares owned by non-South Africans has shot up from under a tenth to over a third.

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Simon Woolley, head of Operation Black Vote, a non-partisan group, says that black Africans are becoming more politically engaged, although they still lag far behind other minority ethnic groups.

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The group also runs the Mara Foundation, a non-profit arm focused on fostering entrepreneurship among young Africans.

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Non-Americans have won the last five majors, two by South Africans, two by Northern Irishmen and one by a German.

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Calling the anti-Springbok posturing by politicians "old-fashioned, anti-reconciliation and counter-productive to fashioning the united non-racial society we yearn for", Mr Asmal said the Springbok now belonged to all South Africans.

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