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KLEINFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA—At the entrance to this rural settlement is a well-kept shrine to the primary architect of apartheid. Nearby rests an old wheelbarrow, a symbol of the white Afrikaners ...
The Black South African unemployment rate is 46.1%, compared with 9.2% for white people. Data also shows that 73% of privately owned land in South Africa is white-owned.
When the National Party gained power in South Africa after the 1948 general election, its all-white government immediately started implementing its apartheid policy of racial segregation and ...
That meeting not only solidified Mulroney's long-standing opposition to apartheid — the racist policy that imposed white-minority rule over South Africa's majority Black population — it also ...
Family members of apartheid victims welcomed the appointment of an independent legal expert to review the handling of apartheid cases by South Africa’s national prosecuting authority. “This is ...
Town name changes in South Africa have sparked debate for years. In case you need a reminder, here are 7 well-known towns that were ...
FILE - A sign displayed on a beach in the Western Cape Province reads “White Area” during the apartheid in South Africa on June 23, 1976. (AP Photo, File) DF ...
(Reference image by mlhradio, Flickr.) Waste from the mining industry has perpetuated apartheid-like policies in South Africa, a new book by Stanford University historian Gabrielle Hecht states.
Bringing down an apartheid government One of Van Zandt's proudest fights was against apartheid in South Africa. "I had made two trips to South Africa because I was doing research," he said.
CAPE TOWN — Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a hero of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, will be laid to rest on Saturday in an official state funeral in St George’s Cathedral, Cape Town ...
Taking the government to court The failure by post-apartheid governments for 25 years to pursue cases is now being scrutinized. Frustrated, the families of the Cradock Four finally forced authorities ...