JOHANNESBURG (AP)—A song that advocates the killing of White farmers has ignited debate about race and free speech and raised questions about the sticking power of efforts toward achieving racial reconciliation.

After Johannesburg’s South Gauteng High Court ruled last week that the song violates hate-speech laws, the ruling African National Congress—which for decades led the fight against the brutal and racist system of apartheid—said it would appeal in court for the right to sing what it called an important anti-apartheid anthem.

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by Donna Bryson

JOHANNESBURG (AP)—Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife has bitterly criticized the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon as having “let us down,” prompting outrage March 10 in South Africa.

CRITICISM SPARKS OUTRAGE—In this Feb. 11 photo, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, left, alongside her former husband former President Nelson Mandela, center, and his current wife, Graca Machel, attend the opening of Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said she could not forgive him for accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 alongside F.W. de Klerk, according to March 9’s Evening Standard, a British newspaper. The White president released Mandela and went on to participate in negotiations that ended apartheid.

by Will Weissert

HAVANA (AP)—A U.S. replica of the 19th century Cuban slave ship Amistad glided into the millpond-calm waters of Havana Bay and docked March 25, a reminder of the countries’ intertwined past and perhaps a small gesture toward a brighter shared future.

HISTORIC SHIP— U.S.-flagged vessel Amistad arrives to the port of Havana, March 25. The ship is in Cuba to observe its 10th anniversary and commemorate the day in 1807 when the British Parliament outlawed slave trade.

Built in Connecticut, the black-hulled, two-masted re-creation of the schooner, whose name means “Friendship,” flew the flags of the United States, Cuba and United Nations. It was one of the few times a ship under Cuba’s flag and the Stars and Stripes has called on the island in 51 years of estrangement since Fidel Castro took power.

PORT-au-PRINCE, Haiti (NNPA)—Hurricane-ravaged Port-au-Prince continues to rebound even as the rainy season approaches the island of Haiti.

This week, U.S. officials are scurrying to deliver portable toilets, hurricane-resistant tents and plastic tarps that Haitian Tourism Minister Patrick Delatour has said he prefers for the coming torrential rains, possible hurricanes and mudslides. Already eight people were killed over the weekend in flooding after a downpour—and the rainy season has not fully started in earnest.

RECOVERY CONTINUES—Haitian workers continue to press for normalcy as the people prepare for the rainy season.