The acclaimed photographer and founder of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, who documented the realities of apartheid, leaves behind a legacy of cultural activism and community upliftment.
The United States has cut off financial aid to South Africa after right-wing organizations spread misinformation about race-based land seizures. Experts explain why the Expropriation Act isn't the threat Donald Trump and Elon Musk claim it to be.
South Africa’s Women’s Day honors the courageous women who led a monumental march in 1956 against the apartheid government’s oppressive “pass laws.”
Over two decades into his storied career, the South African rap icon just recently released his latest body of work, ‘Shallow.’
South Africans are getting ready for what is set to be the most tightly contested elections in the country’s 30 years of democracy.
The celebrated photographer, Paul Weinberg, reflects on his photography journey, the apartheid-era Afrapix agency and 30 years of freedom in South Africa.
The apartheid-era armed wing of the country’s ruling African National Congress, uMkhonto weSizwe, is very different from a new political party that’s sprung up with the same name.
New information surrounding the deaths of Chief Albert Luthuli, Griffiths Mxenge and Booyi Mantyi have led to inquests being reopened in KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape High Courts.
This list of 10 films, made after 1994, represents the multiple facets of post-apartheid life in South Africa.
Young South Africans who grew up in the post-apartheid erashare their thoughts on freedom and democracy.
Music has been an indelible part of South Africa’s freedom. As the Rainbow Nation celebrates 30 years of democracy this week, we break down the most essential tracks.
Ahead of May’s general elections, it is likely that Zuma will be running for parliament under a new political party, six years after his resignation due to corruption charges.
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