The World from PRX

South Africa

Cape Town’s Muslim community created its own brand of Islam
12:54
The last living member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo has died
2:15
A cozy room with an open door and window, featuring a wooden chair with patterned cushions, a table covered with a white cloth, a painting on the wall, and a potted plant on the windowsill.
Lifestyle
Housing affordability around the world
5:41
The program in South Africa that was supposed to fix the housing crisis
6:55
Oil shortages from Iran war reverberate around the globe
13:56
A person wearing white gloves is holding an intricately patterned, black and white ceramic vessel labeled 'Roscoe Collection 1913.' The vessel has geometric designs and a narrow neck, set against a dark background.
Arts, Culture & Media
A new South African video heist game robs museums to return African art
A group of people sitting on the floor and sorting through a large pile of white and pink paper ballots, possibly for an election.
Bangladeshis head to the polls in consequential elections
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49:21
Lightning round of news headlines from around the globe
1:19
US decision to slash refugee admissions reverberates globally
6:56
‘It did work’: The anti-apartheid album that changed history
11:40
Negotiations over the war in Gaza begin in Egypt
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50:20
South Africa opens inquest into 1977 death of activist Steve Biko
4:54
Top headlines from Africa
1:10
South Africa’s first Black female brewery owner teaches the next generation of brewers
8:23
How drones are reshaping modern warfare
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49:54
Bakithi Kumalo’s bass lines grace Paul Simon’s Graceland
7:14
Families sue South African government for apartheid-era killings
3:49
‘The race to be myself’: New memoir from South African runner Caster Semenya
6:59
Books
The public and private art of ‘deep listening’
7:13
Study suggests removing rhino horns to save them before poachers do
8:11
Afrikaners granted refugee status arrive in US
7:29
Stories From the Stage: Penguin rescue in South Africa
7:24
Welfare in South Africa goes online — with mixed results
4:35
Infrastructure
South Africa’s largest city is running out of water
4:49
South Africa’s largest city running out of water
4:49
South African ambassador expelled from the US
0:39
South African playwright who depicted apartheid and its aftermath has died
5:57
Gay imam murdered over the weekend in South Africa
6:17
Africa’s promise of electricity for 300 million people
4:01
Families sue South African government for apartheid-era killings
3:52
South Africa World War I monument
2:50
Ceasefire deal reached between Israel and Hamas
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49:20
Around 100 miners die in illegal South African gold mine
6:43
Workers die after months in illegal South African mines
0:41
Protecting rhinos with radioactivity
5:15
Deaths from food at convenience stores highlight South African xenophobia
4:45
The legacy of South African activist and poet Breyten Breytenbach
4:01
South African police up the ante in trying to end illegal mining
5:10
South Africa’s tiger farms caught up in global trade
3:49
Biden administration hopes to increase aid for Ukraine before leaving office
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48:44
Health train has delivered free care to South Africans for decades
5:14
How the late Quincy Jones is remembered in South Africa
5:45
Findings from the latest methane-monitoring satellite
5:09
Language and admissions policies the focus of education reform in South Africa
6:15
James Earl Jones passes away at age 93
6:12
Remembering South African poet James Matthew
3:13
Hitting the clubs, not the church, with Soweto Gospel Choir
7:40
South Africa seeks fresh start with Washington
4:16
When one East London is too many
1:05
Protecting rhinos with radioactivity
4:54
Termites may be the eco-engineers we’re looking for
5:01
South African president begins 2nd term
3:52
South African immigration dilemma
4:48
South Africa’s ruling party loses majority in historic election
3:49
South Africa awaits election results
0:27
Historic election in South Africa
4:31
South Africa’s ruling ANC faces reckoning
4:42
Generative AI threatens elections globally
4:10
South Africa’s president signs landmark national health insurance bill
4:00
Gen Z political divide
3:42