apartheid Stories

South African court rules Albert Luthuli died from assault, not accident
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 31, 2025

At the time of his death, Luthuli was the leader of the then-banned ANC and had received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1960 for his role in the anti-aparth...

Travel as activism: 6 stories of Black women who refused to ‘stay put’ in apartheid South Africa
The Conversation  |  Sep 21, 2025

Their travel texts are diverse, many available only in archives. They include speeches, commentaries, handwritten accounts, interviews, letters and me...

President Ramaphosa sets up inquiry into delayed apartheid-era prosecutions
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 01, 2025

President Ramaphosa’s announcement follows a lawsuit by 25 survivors and families of apartheid victims, who accused successive governments of failing...

What is apartheid? New book for young readers explains South Africa’s racist system
The Conversation  |  Mar 23, 2025

In separating people by race, apartheid created so-called independent self-governing states known as Bantustans or homelands for African people and th...

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