And yet, here I am in 2025, still sidelined. Still told—subtly, systemically—that my skin is not the right shade for ...

He 2584 runs to his name in 92 T20 international matches for South Africa, along with 16 fifties and a century. He had scored 6770 runs at an average of 45. 74 in 155 ODI matches with 21 centuries ...

South Africa is a country where silence often wraps itself around pain like a second skin. Whether because of our past or our present struggles, we’ve grown up hearing the word gqina, “be strong,” and ...

When you ask the residents of Orania, South Africa, why they moved there, their answers might seem similar. “We want to build a better place for our children and ourselves,” said Nick Vandershyff.

A version of this article appears in print on July 19, 2023, Section A, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: As South Africa Struggles, Mandela Goes From Hero to Scapegoat.