The move comes after survivors and relatives of victims of apartheid-era crimes launched a court case against Ramaphosa’s government.South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered…
W.H. Auden, meditating on the role of the artist in a poem by W.B. Yeats, concluded that poetry “makes nothing happen.” While generally true, the…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “’Master…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — President Trump said he will cut all funding to South Africa in a move that reflects Elon Musk’s repeated and false claims…
Families of South Africans murdered by apartheid police – including a group of anti-apartheid activists killed in one of the most gruesome cases of the…
Jimmy Carter wore a button-down shirt in Khartoum. It was a sweltering morning and the sun shone on the Nile as the clamorous city was…
On November 3, Lesedi Mulaudzi, a 10-year-old girl from Alexandra, a sprawling township in Johannesburg, South Africa, passed away from suspected food poisoning after eating snacks…
In the past, apartheid was associated only with South Africa. Now, it’s a label that some attach to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. So what is…
Shortly after the October 7 attacks on Israel, Google CEO Sundar Pichai issued a statement on social media, extending sympathy to Israelis without mentioning the…
He cast a vote. There is nothing remarkable about that. In this year alone nearly 50 percent of the world’s population will head to the polls in at…
Three decades ago, on April 27, 1994, after centuries of white rule, Black South Africans voted in general elections for the first time. This marked…
Photographer Jurgen Schadeberg (1931-2020) spent most of his life documenting the struggle against apartheid. Years before his death in 2020, Schadeberg shared some of his…
“Accused number one” had been speaking from the dock for almost three hours by the time he uttered the words that would ultimately change South…
The International Court of Justice will hear from 52 countries on the legality of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. South Africa told the International Court…