![Annah Goba, 20, carries water to her shack in Azania, the name squatters gave to a section of private property they took over in Stellenbosch. Goba said the lack of running water was a challenge, but she couldn't afford to pay rent in crowded Kayamandi township. Her shirt is from the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters party, which encourages supporters to occupy the land of wealthy farm owners.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8c6f09a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2581x3441+998+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2019%2F07%2F02%2Fp1250110_custom-2f3e56747245bc449df6d4989212b35a519cefb1.jpg)
Daniella Cheslow
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The newly re-elected president made a promise to redistribute white-owned land to blacks. But it's a tense and controversial process.
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Researchers say teaching seals to copy melodies might help inform speech therapy for humans.
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In Jerusalem, where he's meeting with Israeli and Russian security officials, the national security adviser says the U.S. military is "ready to go" as he warns Iran against seeking a nuclear weapon.
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Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll repeats her claim that President Trump assaulted her in the 1990s, even as he tells reporters her story is "a total false accusation."
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Without offering specifics, the president says he is increasing sanctions as Washington accuses Tehran of downing a U.S. drone and attacking foreign-owned oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
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Ahead of the Paris Air Show, Dennis Muilenburg concedes his company did not give enough information about a malfunctioning safety light.
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Argentina's energy minister says electricity has been fully restored after a massive failure halted trains and darkened homes and traffic lights.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledges to guarantee freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil route where the two tankers were hit.
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Chief Executive Carrie Lam says her management of an extradition bill caused "disputes in society." Protesters say they want the bill scrapped and Lam to step down.
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They were reopened after the company resolved a computer problem, but for two hours, shopping carts across the country were stopped in their tracks and Twitter had a field day.