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CALL TO REMOVE GANDHI STATUE OVER 'RACIST VIEWS'


The truth about the South African Gandhi is uncomfortable, Desai said... READ MORE

21st September, 2016 10431

WHAT DID MAHATMA GANDHI THINK OF BLACK PEOPLE?


Gandhi objected that Indians were classed with the natives of South Africa, who he called the kaffirs, and demanded a separate entrance for Indians... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 8874

'LOOK LIKE A GIRL THINK LIKE A MAN'


Bic South Africa posted the ad on its Facebook page to celebrate national women's day... READ MORE

11th August, 2015 5090

SOUTH AFRICA FREEZES TUITION FEES AFTER PROTESTS


I'm so excited, said Nonsikelelo Nako, 24, a student from the University of South Africa who was participating in the march... READ MORE

23rd October, 2015 4634

ANTI-APARTHEID ICON AHMED KATHRADA DIES


Kathrada, beloved by millions of South Africans, spent 26 years in jail, many of them alongside Nelson Mandela... READ MORE

28th March, 2017 4419

PRETORIA: VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT ANTI-MIGRANT PROTEST


South African President Jacob Zuma condemned anti-foreigner violence and appealed for calm... READ MORE

25th February, 2017 3092

PROTESTS OVER BLACK GIRLS' HAIR REKINDLE DEBATE ABOUT RACISM IN SOUTH AFRICA


Outrage over the Pretoria girls' claims is part of a broader debate that has gained traction in South Africa in the past year... READ MORE

3rd September, 2016 2773

HUNTED TO THE BRINK, BUT AFRICA'S REVILED VULTURES ARE VITAL IN FIGHT AGAINST DISEASE


In South Africa, workers at the VulPro vulture conservation programme treat poisoned vultures with atropine and charcoal to try to help them recover... READ MORE

16th October, 2016 2242

CALLS FOR CALM AHEAD OF ANTI-MIGRANT PRETORIA RALLY


Gigaba said that South African authorities were in talks with organisers of Friday's march, and that the police would ensure there was no violence... READ MORE

23rd February, 2017 1801

USING SOUTH AFRICAS VERSION OF THE N-WORD MAY SOON MEAN JAIL TIME


JOHANNESBURG -- After thieves broke into her car, a white South African motorist lashed out at the responding black police officers... READ MORE

27th October, 2016 1792

SOUTH AFRICA 'TO WITHDRAW FROM WAR CRIMES COURT'


South Africa has formally begun the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court ICC, accusing it of bias against Africa, media say... READ MORE

21st October, 2016 1772

REMEMBERING THE ANTI-APARTHEID GIANT AHMED KATHRADA


OPINION The Mandela legacy Jacob Zuma's absence Noticeably absent from the funeral was South African president Jacob Zuma... READ MORE

1st April, 2017 1730

SOUTH AFRICA: WHITE MEN IN COURT OVER COFFIN ATTACK


The degrading attack sparked demonstrations and caused outrage on social media with hundreds of South Africans condemning the men's behaviour under the hashtag coffinAlive... READ MORE

25th January, 2017 1537

SOUTH AFRICA BARS AMERICAN PASTOR WHO CALLS GAY PEOPLE 'PERVERTS'


After the outcry from the LGBT community, Anderson said he didn't plan to focus on the issue of homosexuality while in South Africa... READ MORE

14th September, 2016 1475

SOUTH AFRICA'S GOVERNMENT IS AT WAR WITH ITSELF


When it became clear that prosecutors were actually planning to charge a sitting finance minister, the rand plummeted, along with many South Africans' stomachs... READ MORE

15th October, 2016 1094

WHITE SCHOOLS VS BLACK HAIR


Until we dismantle the continued white domination of post-apartheid South Africa, Mr. Mandela's children will not find freedom in the Rainbow Nation... READ MORE

6th October, 2016 1090

ALLISTER SPARKS SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNALIST WHO CHALLENGED APARTHEID DIES AT 83


A fifth-generation South African, Mr. Sparks was descended from the country's original British settlers, who arrived in 1820... READ MORE

21st September, 2016 898

THE ANC IS MANDELA'S LEGACY. NOW HIS GRANDDAUGHTER HAS RENOUNCED SOUTH AFRICA'S RULING PARTY.


Ndileka Mandela, the eldest granddaughter of the late former South African president, arrives at the Johannesburg Magistrates Court in 2015... READ MORE

30th April, 2017 790

DAVID BLAIR SHAKER AAMER CASE IS OUR PRIDE NOT OUR SHAME


Suppose I had started a family with a South African before choosing to leave the country and live under its most dedicated enemies... READ MORE

31st October, 2015 747

JACOB ZUMA CALLS FOR ANC UNITY, ADMITS MISTAKES


President Jacob Zuma calls for end to ANC infighting as South Africa's ruling party marks 105 years since its formation... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 746

ANTI IMMIGRANT PROTESTS ERUPT IN SOUTH AFRICA'S CAPITAL


Police follow a South African protester in the latest wave of anti-immigrant protests to break out in the capital... READ MORE

26th February, 2017 731

STUDENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA PROTEST SLOW PACE OF CHANGE


Mr. Mahapa 23 grew up in a village with only black South Africans and he graduated at the top of his high school class... READ MORE

9th September, 2015 717

ANC SUFFERS MAJOR ELECTION SETBACK IN SOUTH AFRICA


Under its first black party leader, Mmusi Maimane, since last year, the Democratic Alliance appears to have made inroads even in A.N.C... READ MORE

5th August, 2016 667

SOUTH AFRICA'S ANC MARKS 105 YEARS AMID DEEP DIVISIONS


South Africa's ruling African National Congress is marking 105 years since it was formed but there are deep divisions in the ranks of Africa's oldest liberation movement... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 611

ANTI-IMMIGRANT PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT IN SOUTH AFRICA


President Jacob Zuma appealed for calm and condemned the latest wave of anti-foreigner violence to grip South Africa in recent years... READ MORE

24th February, 2017 579

SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS CLASH WITH POLICE IN CAPE TOWN OVER TUITION


Mr. Nzimande has said this week that increases would be capped at 6 percent for 2016, but the South African Students Congress is opposing any increase... READ MORE

22nd October, 2015 565

SOUTH AFRICAN BLACK DOLL BREAKS THE BARBIE MOULD IN STYLE


Maite Makgoba hopes her Momppy Mpoppy toy will better reflect reality for young black children, breaking into a market dominated by white figures... READ MORE

29th August, 2015 544

ALLISTER SPARKS, DAUNTLESS SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNALIST, DIES AT 83


Allister Haddon Sparks was born in Cathcart, in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, on March 10, 1933... READ MORE

21st September, 2016 512

THE AUDACIOUS PLAN TO AIRLIFT 80 RHINOS TO AUSTRALIA


He was born and raised in the north-east of South Africa, close to the border with Mozambique... READ MORE

11th May, 2016 500

U.S. EMBASSY IN SOUTH AFRICA WARNS OF 'NEAR-TERM' ATTACKS


The German attorney general's office said the men wanted to attack the old town in Dusseldorf in western Germany with suicide bombings, guns and explosives... READ MORE

4th June, 2016 461


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