South Africa
Harlem’s 1946 fight against South African starvation foreshadowed anti-apartheid struggle
February 24, 2021The fight to save Black South Africans from starvation in 1946 foreshadowed the major struggles against apartheid that would define the decades to come.
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South Africa’s Communists condemn possible release of Chris Hani’s assassin
November 12, 2020Hani's murder, coming just as apartheid was ending, was intended to spark a racial civil war in South Africa.
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South African Communist Party celebrates 99 years, plans next stage of struggle
August 5, 2020SACP leader Blade Nzimande said it was critical to recall the party's “anti-imperialist foundations” in a televised address on Aug. 2.
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Denis Goldberg, comrade of Nelson Mandela and enemy of apartheid everywhere, dies
May 18, 2020Integrity and defense of the truth, whatever the personal cost, was a choice Denis Goldberg made from a tender age and stuck to throughout his life.
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Joseph Shabalala dies, founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo
February 13, 2020Shabalala’s death was announced as the country marked 30 years since the release of Nelson Mandela from prison, which led to the end of the country’s brutal system of racial oppression known as apartheid.
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