Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is one of the most revered — and controversial — women in South African history. In a new documentary her granddaughters examine the liberation icon in all her complexity.
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The iconic South African theater that took on apartheid
South Africa’s iconic Market Theater, born in the darkest days of apartheid and a force for change, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
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Greetings from Kalk Bay, a South African fishing village where wild seals await scraps
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
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G20 summit closes in South Africa after U.S. absence
The G20 closed in Johannesburg without a ceremonial hand over to the U.S., its next chair, after Washington boycotted the summit.
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South Africa hosts G20 as tensions with U.S. flare amid boycott
The U.S. boycotts South Africa’s G20 summit, sparking a diplomatic spat and throwing the global gathering into turmoil.
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Who are Afrikaners, the group at the center of Trump’s dispute with South Africa?
Trump has repeated debunked claims that Afrikaners are facing a “white genocide” in South Africa. Critics say the false statements are causing conflict in a country still recovering from apartheid.
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Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be ‘pawns,’ and hit back at Trump’s claims about South Africa
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of “white persecution” in South Africa as false and politically driven.
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Greetings from Johannesburg, South Africa, where spring bursts with jacaranda blooms
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
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South Africa reopens inquest into death of Steve Biko
South Africa has reopened the investigation into the death of anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko — 48 years after he was killed in police custody.
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South Africa’s president creates commission to look at police corruption allegations
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended the police minister and launched a sweeping inquiry into alleged sabotage at the highest levels of law enforcement..
