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Trader Nono Dawane greets customers at her shop selling cigarettes and cold drinks, in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township.

South Africa is a ‘less equal place’ now than under apartheid, author says

Culture

Author Katherine Newman says there are huge parallels between the legacy of apartheid and that of racial segregation in post-Civil War America. And she says young South Africans still believe in democracy, but corruption and inequality are tarnishing hopes for continued change.

Books 2014

Here are the books we read this year that we think you’ll love

Books