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Apartheid in South Africa

Nelson Mandela, left, and his wife Winnie, raise clenched fists as they walk hand-in-hand from the Victor Verster prison near Cape Town, South Africa on Feb. 11, 1990.
Conflict & Justice
‘Winnie and Nelson’: A new book explores a fraught political partnership
A member of South Africa's opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), wears a red shirt and chants outside the US embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 8, 2020. 
Justice
What South Africa can teach the US about racial justice and reconciliation
Scene in Elsie's River, one of the Cape Flats communities on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa
Truth & reconciliation in South Africa, revisited
Full Episode
Peace marches have been held to protest against anti-foreigner marches in South Africa.
Conflict
Journalist discusses witnessing the murder that shocked South Africa
An African immigrant holds a machete in Johannesburg, South Africa. Immigrants have complained about a lack of police protection and some have started to arm themselves.
Conflict
Foreigners in South Africa arm themselves to fend off anti-immigrant riots
Demonstrators gather at Monument Circle to protest a controversial religious freedom bill recently signed by Governor Mike Pence, during a rally in Indianapolis on March 28, 2015.
Music
Does it make a difference when musicians boycott?
Hugh Masekela and Vusi Mahlasela on stage October 14, 2014, at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Music
‘The Voice’ of South Africa celebrates 20 years of freedom
Eugene de Kock (left), South African apartheid-era assassin, at the Truth And Reconcilation Commission hearing in 1999. He was today granted parole.
Justice
South Africa’s apartheid-era death squad commander granted parole
Trader Nono Dawane greets customers at her shop selling cigarettes and cold drinks, in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township.
Culture
South Africa is a ‘less equal place’ now than under apartheid, author says
Development
Women can do anything, says this South African crane operator
Nobom Ntsuntswana (right) supervises a sewing project at the skills training center where she works in Cape Town.
Development
Despite hardships, this South African woman won’t ‘let the devil steal my joy’
Nora Suselo (R) and her mother Gladys, domestic workers in Cape Town, South Africa.
Justice
South Africa’s tradition of domestic work continues post-apartheid
Janap Masoet outside her sister Niesa Bosch’s house in Cape Town’s Bo-Kaap neighborhood.
Justice
In a beautiful part of Cape Town, these sisters still miss a home apartheid took away
Cape Town, South Africa at dusk.
Justice
Gender equality is the next great fight in a post-apartheid South Africa
Olympic and Paralympic running star Oscar Pistorius stands during court proceedings at the Pretoria Magistrates court.
Justice
In a historic moment, Oscar Pistorius’ five-year sentence is handed down by a black female judge
Thabang Senekal during a performance of "Madiba: The African Opera" at South Africa's State Theatre in Pretoria on May 22, 2014.  The opera focuses on Nelson Mandela's  upbringing in the rural town of Qunu on the Eastern Cape and how and why he left that
Arts, Culture & Media
What’s it like to portray Nelson Mandela in an opera? Amazing!
Thabang Senekal during a performance of "Madiba: The African Opera" at South Africa's State Theatre in Pretoria on May 22, 2014.  The opera focuses on Nelson Mandela's  upbringing in the rural town of Qunu on the Eastern Cape and how and why he left that
Arts, Culture & Media
What’s it like to portray Nelson Mandela in an opera? Amazing!
African scholar Cherif Keita of Carleton College next to a photo of  South African educator, journalist and political activist Nokutela Dube. Keita has produced a documentary about the wife of the founder of the African National Congress, called “Remember
Global Politics
Her contributions to South Africa were unknown, but a new film aims to change that
African scholar Cherif Keita of Carleton College next to a photo of  South African educator, journalist and political activist Nokutela Dube. Keita has produced a documentary about the wife of the founder of the African National Congress, called “Remember
Global Politics
Her contributions to South Africa were unknown, but a new film aims to change that
Conrad Koch
Arts, Culture & Media
A white comedian and his black puppet help South Africans talk about race
Nelson Mandela, as a young man, before he gave his famous Rivonia speech
Conflict & Justice
Why hearing Mandela’s Rivonia speech is so powerful. It’s not just the words, it’s the sounds behind them
Nelson Mandela, as a young man, before he gave his famous Rivonia speech
Conflict & Justice
Why hearing Mandela’s Rivonia speech is so powerful. It’s not just the words, it’s the sounds behind them
Arts, Culture & Media
China remembers Nelson Mandela with this haunting ballad
Arts, Culture & Media
Mandela’s love for humor was on full display when he sat for an interview with ‘Evita’
That's me, in the Drakensberg Mountains in 1999.
Lifestyle & Belief
In 1999, I went to South Africa hoping to find Mandela’s ‘rainbow nation’
Global Politics
The world praised Mandela at his memorial service, while South Africans wonder about their current leaders
Global Politics
Many countries praising Mandela, weren’t there for him in the past
City Hall
Lifestyle & Belief
Mandela’s death is uniting a racially-divided Cape Town, for now
Robben Island Singers
Arts, Culture & Media
Apartheid-era songs have a special resonance in South Africa today
Children at a township school in Atteridgevile, South Africa. In post-apartheid South Africa, children are no longer required to learn the Afrikaans language.
Arts, Culture & Media
From Afrikaans to Zulu, South Africa’s languages have stories to tell
Mandela's shadow cartoon
Global Scan
Mandela’s shadow fell over the US a decade ago
Global Politics
Almost till his death, Mandela remained on the US terrorism watch list
People gathered at Nelson Mandela's home outside of Johannesburg on December 6, 2013.
Global Politics
The truth is, almost no one bet Mandela would succeed
Former South African president P.W. Botha and his wife Elize
Conflict & Justice
Ever wonder how South Africa’s former leaders justified apartheid?
Nelson Mandela dancing
Arts, Culture & Media
Slideshow: Mandela loved to dance
Somila and Bayanda are students at COSAT, a Cape Town high school
Development & Education
South African teens — those ‘born free’ — talk about Mandela
People mourn the death of Nelson Mandela
Conflict & Justice
Does South Africa hold a lesson for the Middle East?
Mandela
Global Politics
Denis Goldberg, for years at Mandela’s side, recalls their struggles
Global Politics
Video: Those in Cape Town celebrate Mandela’s life
Tutu
Global Politics
After Mandela’s death, South Africa turns to Tutu
Soweto
Global Politics
In Soweto, Nelson Mandela was a hero… and also a neighbor
Nelson Mandela at Heaven's gates
Global Scan
Many considered Nelson Mandela a saint
Nelson Mandela in 2010
Global Politics
With Mandela, the unsurprising is still a shock
Global Politics
Nelson Mandela, the man who brought South Africa out of apartheid, dies at 95
COSAT students sing national anthem.
Development & Education
Can you create a national anthem from a mashup? Here’s why South Africa did it
Development & Education
School Year: South African students join countrymen in volunteering to honor Mandela
Nelson Mandela in 2010
‘Like vultures:’ Press hovering around ailing Nelson Mandela, angering South Africans
Health & Medicine
South African gold miners launch largest lawsuit in Africa’s history
Global Politics
Race divides South African politics
South Africans prepare for life after Mandela
Arts, Culture & Media
If you liked ‘District 9,’ you’ll like ‘Zoo City’
Global Politics
Sen. Ted Kennedy’s legacy
Development & Education
Return to South Africa
Arts, Culture & Media
Remembering and forgetting in South African film
Conflict & Justice
North Carolina Group Phive Releases Song for Mandela Day
Picking Up Trash for Madiba
Arts, Culture & Media
School Year Blog: Picking Up Trash for Madiba
Summer in the Global Village: Trevor Noah, South Africa’s Comic Phenomenon
Nelson Mandela’s Lifelong Friend Reflects on the Ailing Leader
Global Politics
South Africans Brace for a Post-Mandela Future
Global Politics
Checking for Word on Nelson Mandela