In South Africa, apartheid was a divisive political system entrenched by a white minority who regarded other ethnic groups as inferior, creating townships on the outskirts of cities to house the black population and legislation to control their movements. Many academic studies have focused on black life under apartheid, but few on white life – […]
South Africans are voting on Wednesday to elect a new parliament, in what could be a pivotal election. The elections are seen as the most significant since freedom fighter and later president Nelson Mandela led the country to democracy in 1994. The African National Congress (ANC), which has ruled South Africa continuously since the end […]
The study, titled “Job Creation in Africa’s Second-hand Clothing Sector“, was commissioned by the Humana People to People development network. It estimates the SHC trade contributes more than $73.5m annually in tax revenues, funds that support critical public services and infrastructure across just five African nations – Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. In February […]
By Anait Miridzhanian and Nqobile Dludla SOWETO, South Africa (Reuters) -South Africans began voting on Wednesday in the most competitive election since the end of apartheid, with opinion polls suggesting the African National Congress (ANC) will lose its parliamentary majority after 30 years in government. Polling stations opened around 7 a.m. (0500 GMT), with voters […]
South Africans have begun voting in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory. At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress (ANC) party, which led South Africa out of apartheid’s brutal white minority rule in 1994. It […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans are voting Wednesday in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory. At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party, which led South Africa out of apartheid’s brutal white […]
South Africans are set to vote in the most pivotal election since the racist system of apartheid ended in 1994. More than 27 million people are registered to cast their ballots in a poll that highlights growing political fragmentation after 30 years of democracy. A record 70 parties and 11 independents are contesting an election […]
In 2019, Akua Page was invited to a juvenile incarceration facility in Richland county, South Carolina, to give a presentation about the Gullah Geechee language, an English-based creole created by enslaved Africans. When the teens walked into the room, Page recalled, they seemed hardened, angry and annoyed. Undeterred, she began her lesson. “I told them: […]
For civil rights attorney and renowned social justice activist Bryan Stevenson, it’s not enough to know the history of slavery and the centuries-old struggles of Black people in America. He wants people to see it. Feel it. Touch it. A new park in Montgomery, Alabama, was conceived to do just that, as visitors of the […]
Kenya has exempted passport holders from South Africa and six other countries from paying an unpopular entry fee introduced last month. The government scrapped visa requirements for all foreign passport holders last month. The move was seen as an attempt to promote Kenya as a tourist destination and to attract business travellers. But a $30 […]