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Caitlin Johnstone’s customary finger on the Zionist pulse is how I was first exposed to the telling presentation by Sarah ...

Al Jama-ah submitted a notice of intention to introduce a private member's Bill without a full draft of the Bill. An attempt to revisit the wrongs of the past using adapted international frameworks is ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An inquiry into allegations that South Africa’s Black-led governments interfered with investigations into apartheid-era crimes was postponed on its first day Monday over objections ...

A South African court has ruled that Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli's 1967 death was the result of an "assault" by apartheid police, overturning decades of claims that it was an accident. An inquest ...

Albert Luthuli was the first African to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 A South African court has ruled that Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli's 1967 death was the result of an "assault" by apartheid ...

The Docrats still retained their ancestral home on the 20 th Street in Johannesburg when South African photographer David Goldblatt took their photograph, capturing an image of comfortable serenity.

Despite South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission referring 300 cases for prosecution, only 14 have so far reached court. Now, a new inquiry — prompted by a lawsuit — will investigate whether ...

Johannesburg — South African activist and anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko died almost five decades ago at the age of 30 in police custody. Family members and others who saw his body that day said he ...

It’s the moderates you need to watch out for. When they turn, the effect can be much more devastating than the shouters and flag-wavers. That was my reaction to a column about Israel that Matthew ...

Despite South Africa’s transition to democracy in 1994, apartheid has quietly entrenched itself within the private sphere. While the responsibility of managing the state lies in public hands, real ...

At half past eight on the morning of Friday, July 21, 1967, following a quick breakfast with his wife, Chief Albert Luthuli set out from his home in Groutville, about 70km (45 miles) from Durban in ...