How DID the rugby World Cup final of 1995 inspire South Africa's totemic national anthem? Why does the story shed a light on the history of Apartheid in South Africa? And, after becoming president, ...

On March 21, 1960, South African police opened fire on unarmed anti-apartheid protesters, killing dozens of men, women and ...

South Africa is commemorating 70 years since the Women's March of 1956, when 20,000 women protested apartheid laws in Pretoria. Despite progress, gender violence and other factors impede the path to ...

People attend Freedom Day celebrations in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday April 27, 2024. The day marks April 27 when the country held pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is 50 years since the Soweto rebellion in South Africa, when Black students rose up in their numbers to protest the oppressive ...

JOHANNESBURG — When Nombuyiselo Mhlauli was given her husband’s body back for burial, he had more than 25 stab wounds in his chest and seven in his back, with a gash across his throat. His right hand ...

Abraham Mofokeng still carries the wounds of the bloody suppression of a protest in South Africa 66 years ago. In what became ...

The good folks at the National Security Archive have dropped some history on us again. This time, they've released documents relating to how close the world came to dealing with a nuclear-armed ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Enos Mafokate, South Africa's first Black show jumping champion and veteran equestrian, has died at the age of 80, his family announced on Thursday. Mafokate broke racial barriers ...

Survivors and relatives of the Sharpeville massacre have launched a class-action lawsuit against the South African government seeking compensation and to overturn the 1961 Indemnity Act, which they sa ...

Earlier this month, President Trump issued an executive order to freeze all U.S. aid to South Africa and to grant refugee status to white Afrikaners who want to leave the country. According to the ...

PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday that included a 21-gun salute and the waving of ...