Apartheid in Namibia: why human rights and women are celebrated on the same day: 10 December is worldwide commemorated as Human Rights Day. It marks the anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted on that day in 1948. Many countries and organisations acknowledge this as a significant marker. It created a lasting, …
The thorny issue of ‘race’ in South African politics: why it endures almost 30 years after apartheid ended: “Race” continues to have much political salience in South Africa, a country where, in the past, perceived differences of skin colour were used to construct a hierarchy of “races”, with whites at the top, to justify their …
Cape Town taxi strike exposes a deeply unequal city – and the legacy of apartheid: Cape Town in South Africa often tops international travel polls and was recently voted the best city in the world to travel to by readers of a UK newspaper. But the reality for many residents is a stark contrast. On …
Tennis and apartheid: how a South African teenager was denied his dream of playing at Wimbledon: Some 1971 tour players, from left, Hira Dhiraj, Hoosen Bobat, a Dutch friend, Jasmat Dhiraj, Charmaine Williams and Oscar Woodman. Williams toured at her own expense. Courtesy the 1971 players/UKZN Press Today the All England Lawn Tennis Club, hosts …
The Plot to Save South Africa: masterful account of an assassination that nearly derailed efforts to end apartheid: Chris Hani (R) after being elected secretary general of the South African Communist Party in December 1991. To his left is the former secretary general Jo Slovo. Walter Dhladhla/AFP via Getty Images I was about to set …
Ruth Weiss, journalist who fought apartheid, finally honoured in South Africa: A holocaust survivor who also witnessed apartheid, Ruth Weiss will receive national honours. Oliver Berg/picture alliance via Getty Images A prophet has no honour in their homeland, goes the biblical adage. But of the many places that journalist, author and activist Ruth Weiss has …
Peter Hain: Neil Aggett died fighting apartheid – South Africa’s rulers have betrayed the struggle: Anti-apartheid activist Neil Aggett (29) died in apartheid police detention in 1982. Charcoal on paper by Dr Amitabh Mitra/Wiki Commons Neil Aggett, the trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist who died in detention at the hands of police 41 years ago, …
Weed in South Africa: apartheid waged a war on drugs that still has unequal effects today: South Africa's governing ANC has continued the anti-cannabis repression inherited from apartheid. shutterstock Cannabis is being commercialised into a multibillion-dollar global industry and South Africa wants a piece of the pie. In his 2022 state of the nation address, …
Adriaan Vlok: the case for accepting the late South African politician’s apology for apartheid: Adriaan Vlok, the late South African apartheid-era police minister. Paballo Thekiso/ AFP via Getty Images The recent death of Adriaan Vlok, the prominent South African apartheid-era law and order minister, brought the issue of political apologies for past wrongs back into …
Russia rekindles old friendship with South Africa, its ally against apartheid: The recent announcement that the South African, Russian and Chinese navies will conduct joint exercises off the east coast of South Africa between February 17 and 27, has alarmed the United States. Washington has condemned the decision as the exercises would appear to compromise …
South Africa’s small-scale fishers have been marginalised since apartheid — what needs to change: Small-scale fishers in Durban are drawn to southern Africa's sardine run. Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images South Africa is home to tens of thousands of small-scale fishers and fishing households. Some fish purely for consumption and subsistence, while others make up …
Apartheid ‘town planning’ created Orlando 90 years ago. It became a hotbed of black resistance: South Africans celebrate the anniversary of the Soweto Uprising of 1976, planned in Orlando East. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Orlando East, a working class community on the periphery of Johannesburg in South Africa, has turned 90 years old. Orlando was …
South Africa’s struggle songs against apartheid come from a long tradition of resistance: Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions sing political songs in 1987 in Johannesburg. Walter Dhladhla/AFP via Getty Images Struggle songs, also known as protest music or liberation songs, are defined as “expressions of discontent or dissent” used by politically …
South Africa undertakes its most important census since the end of apartheid: Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya, left, visits homeless people at Johannnesburg's Park Station on 'Census Night', 2 February. GCIS/Flickr Statistics South Africa has embarked on its once-a-decade process to count all people in the country – including non-citizens. Census 2022 is …
A nice South African City image: Apartheid: the Tyranny of Racism Made Law Image by United Nations Photo Young golfer works on his stroke with some encouragement from his friends in Alexandra, a black township on the far outskirts of Johannesburg. All urban blacks are required by law to live in such townships, provided they …
South Africa in the news: Political leaders praise FW De Klerk at memorial for South Africa’s last apartheid president: The commemorated the life of South Africa’s last apartheid president, at the Groote Kerk (church) in Cape Town’s central business district. Helen Zille, federal executive chairperson for the …: “South Africa” – BingNews Signs and symptoms …
South Africa’s apartheid regime manipulated borders. Today, the effects linger: Elizabeth Dlamini at her curio stall in the Ezulwini Valley near Mbabane, eSwatini. The kingdom's economy is dependent on its larger neightbour, South Africa. EFE-EPA/John Hrusha The issue of land, especially its redistribution, remains contentious in South Africa 27 years after the formal end of …
South Africa in the news: South Africa’s last apartheid president F. W. de Klerk dies: F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa’s last apartheid president oversaw the end of the country’s white minority rule, has died at the age of 85. De …: “South Africa” – …