Newsweek

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Stealing property from millions of black South Africans was the country's original crime. But more than two decades after the fall of white minority rule, only a few have seen the land returned.

You South Africa

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The mid-1980s were a dangerous time to be a political activist in apartheid South Africa. But this didn’t stop Moe Shaik, a timid optometrist, from joining his elder brother, Yunus, in the then banned ANC’s underground MJK Unit and getting involved i

TIME

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Twenty-five years after Nelson Mandela was first elected, the country remains two unequal nations

Saturday Star

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A tribute to Professor Axel Rethwilm (Institute for Virology and Immunobiology (Born August 3, 1959 - died JuIy 29, 2014) I was 12 years old when apartheid ended in1994. As I was still a child apartheid didn’t phase as much and I knew very little ab

The Christian Science Monitor

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Uyinene Mrwetyana’s rape and murder have reawakened outrage about violence against women in South Africa. But will it lead to change, protesters ask?

Farmer's Weekly

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The racial tension in the northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) rural community since Glen and Vida Rafferty were murdered on their Normandien farm in late August already existed there long before now. This was according to the spokesperson for the Department

NPR

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Outrage quickly followed the president's tweet about "the large scale killing of farmers" in South Africa. But why? The thorny history involves apartheid, white supremacists and plenty of acrimony.

City Press

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This is a hard time for South Africa, our continent and the world. It can seem impossible to think about anything except the human pain and economic damage we are seeing all around us. Any bit of good news is welcome. It is also important to keep thi

Huck

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Being a white South African is a perplexing identity to occupy. I was born in 1987 and grew up just as apartheid came to an end. Ever since starting primary school, I have been told that I am a child of the “rainbow nation”, that the advent of democr

Saturday Star

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“ONE time we refused to move away from the cell and the police called in reinforcements. They came in with Alsatians to force us out. The only thing we could do was strip naked, all of us stripped and then they left us for a while. Otherwise the Alsa

The Guardian

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A South African militia that claimed to be behind the murder of a UN chief was involved in deadly work across the continent, its members say

Faces

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People came out in the millions simply to vote. They walked with canes. They carried babies on their backs; many wore their Sunday best. Black people, whites, coloreds (an ethnic group in South Africa comprised mainly of mixed race people), and Asian

Saturday Star

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Land reform and the possibility of expropriation without compensation are among the most hotly debated topics in South Africa today, met with trepidation and fervour in equal measure. But these broader issues tend to obscure a more immediate reality:

Sunday Independent

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FRIENDS and colleagues recently asked me what would be my ideal wish for the New Year, especially in the post-Covid19 era. My mind initially swam in a whirlpool of wishes that normally cloud the mind during the festive season period, while simultaneo

The Atlantic

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ZOLANI, South Africa—On the outskirts of this overcrowded township in South Africa’s Cape Winelands, Phumlani Zota, a 32-year-old pig farmer, sifted through piles of waste in a refuse dump beneath the Langeberg mountains, filling a burlap sack with s

Farmer's Weekly

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South Africa’s pome fruit season kept the industry on its toes due to various challenges arising from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to the South African apple and pear exporter, Tru-Cape. Roelf Pienaar, Tru-Cape’s managing di

The Paris Review

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In her monthly column Re-Covered, Lucy Scholes exhumes the out-of-print and forgotten books that shouldn’t be. “The Republic of South Africa is a country divided into two worlds,” wrote Miriam Tlali in the opening chapter of her debut novel, Muriel

Weekend Argus Saturday

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It has become more important than ever to proactively address the conditions experienced by South Africans in the 21st century. The concept of planning needs to be re-thought, especially on a fundamental level, so that planning students graduating fr

Sunday Tribune

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WORLD Town Planning Day is celebrated in more than 30 countries over four continents each year on November 8. This year, more so than any other year, it is crucial that planners reflect on the role of planning in creating liveable communities, in bot

The Christian Science Monitor

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Women lead nearly half of South Africa’s major news publications, making them a global leader for women in media. But their gains have been hard-won.

City Press

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Ahead of the UN World Conference on Racism hosted in Durban at the turn of the century, South Africa held its own version to talk about this country’s experience of racial discrimination and, hopefully, map a way forward. The country was barely six y

Post South Africa

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A DAY after a mob of President Donald Trump supporters invaded the US Capitol building, it was ironic that Gary Player accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump in a closed-door ceremony on January 7. Much like how Player’s support for th

The Christian Science Monitor

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In South Africa, rampant poverty and inequality have helped to foment contempt for foreign-born business owners.

Sunday Tribune

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A CALL for Indian South Africans to stay at home as part of an economic boycott has received mixed reaction on social media. The Park by the Pozie initiative by activist movement the National Indian Congress of South Africa, is a call for Indians to

Farmer's Weekly

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The precariousness of the weather made it virtually impossible to gauge the direction South Africa’s potato production industry will take in 2020. This was according to JF van der Merwe, Potatoes South Africa (PSA) president and potato producer near

Farmer's Weekly

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Agri SA was committed to exploring areas of co-operation with the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), and to establish a mutually beneficial relationship that would aid integrated rural economic development and rural security initiatives, a

Sunday Independent

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“AS YOU are no doubt preparing for the most challenging budget in recent SA history, we would like to propose a few options to ease the burden on South African taxpayers. Dear South Africa (Dear SA) is a public participation organisation providing a

Pretoria News Weekend

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THE SA Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) had been mandated by Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa to conduct an audit of all monuments and statues throughout the country. The inspection will consider which monuments and statues are not in line w

Post South Africa

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ROY Moodley, from the Minorities of South Africa, hit the nail on the head in his recent letter. He asked that the Indian community, in the land of their birth, be given the same opportunities as their black brothers and sisters alongside whom they f

Post South Africa

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AS SOUTH Africa celebrates the 160-year anniversary since the arrival of Indian indentured labourers in the country, for the City of Durban it was so much more than just an arrival. It was the beginning of the manifestation of the city’s rich multicu