The BBC's Peter Biles, in Lesotho, said Harry had become a welcome visitor to Africa's mountain kingdom.

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Zimbabwe is now moving towards a crucial period of political transition, the BBC's Peter Biles in Johannesburg reports.

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Desmond Tutu has launched a series of verbal attack on the ANC recently, the BBC's Peter Biles in Johannesburg says.

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The BBC's Peter Biles in Johannesburg says that nearly all South African children now enjoy some form of schooling, but there is concern about the standard of education in some quarters.

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Ms Machel told the BBC's Peter Biles that the case showed that "South Africa is struggling in terms of how we deal with our emotions, how we relate to one another".

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The BBC's Peter Biles in Johannesburg says unlike India, where there has been a huge public outcry recently over the issue of rape, sexual offences in South Africa often go largely unnoticed.

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The BBC's Peter Biles in Johannesburg says that coming from South Africa - the most powerful country in the region - the ANC statement is a further sign of Mr Mugabe's growing isolation.

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The news that Mr Pistorius may have killed his girlfriend will shock the country as the athlete is regarded as one of South Africa's national icons, reports the BBC's Peter Biles from Cape Town.

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