South Africa
Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, 1936-2018
April 13, 2018The South African Communist Party stated, "The contribution that Comrade Winnie made to the South African revolution and...the torturous responses she endured from the apartheid regime, can produce volumes of history books."
Read moreSouth Africa: Workers and poor the biggest losers in Zuma’s state capture
March 2, 2018It’s been a surreal time in South Africa, where during February events went into overdrive after a period of political torpor.
Read moreHugh Masekela and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
January 25, 2018"My biggest obsession is to show Africans and the world who the people of Africa really are." - Hugh Masekela
Read moreThis week in history: Centennial of South African freedom fighter Oliver Tambo
October 27, 2017Oliver Reginald Tambo, leader of the African National Congress (ANC) in exile for thirty years, was born 100 years ago on October 27, 1917.
Read moreSouth Africa inquiry: Police killed Ahmed Timol, anti-apartheid activist
October 13, 2017In October 1971, he was arrested for being in possession of Communist Party leaflets. A few days later, he was dead.
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