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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.

‘Winnie and Nelson’: A new book explores a fraught political partnership

Conflict & Justice

Author Jonny Steinberg’s new book, “Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage,” explores the complex relationship between Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, two of the world’s best-known freedom fighters. Steinberg joined The World’s host Marco Werman to discuss the fraught political partnership of these iconic revolutionaries.

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. 

What South Africa can teach the US about racial justice and reconciliation

Justice
Peace marches have been held to protest against anti-foreigner marches in South Africa.

Journalist discusses witnessing the murder that shocked South Africa

Conflict
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.

Foreigners in South Africa arm themselves to fend off anti-immigrant riots

Conflict
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.

Does it make a difference when musicians boycott?

Music
Hugh Masekela and Vusi Mahlasela on stage October 14, 2014, at Carnegie Hall in New York.

‘The Voice’ of South Africa celebrates 20 years of freedom

Music

South Africa’s Vusi Mahlasela and Hugh Masekela are in the midst of a US tour they’re calling 20 Years of Freedom. The music celebrates 20 years since the start of democracy in South Africa and the official end of apartheid.

Eugene de Kock (left), South African apartheid-era assassin, at the Truth And Reconcilation Commission hearing in 1999. He was today granted parole.

South Africa’s apartheid-era death squad commander granted parole

Justice

Eugene de Kock was sentenced to more than 200 years of jail time for leading a covert death squad in apartheid South Africa. Today he was released on parole in the interests of “national building.”

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.

The World

Women can do anything, says this South African crane operator

Development

Xoliswa Gila is a crane operator in South Africa. She’s blazing new paths in the work place for other black South African women.

Nobom Ntsuntswana (right) supervises a sewing project at the skills training center where she works in Cape Town.

Despite hardships, this South African woman won’t ‘let the devil steal my joy’

Development

Apartheid left huge scars across South African society: forced migration and racial segregation laws tore many black families apart. Many of these wounds are still close to the surface for women — but so is determination and faith.

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Truth & reconciliation in South Africa, revisited