The Trump administration’s decision to expel the South African ambassador is its latest move against a country it has accused ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the United ...

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One of the most poignant aspects of contemporary culture is how often a remarkable talent who lived a short and often ...

Fugard, who died March 8, was a white South African whose plays explored the consequences of Apartheid. He was later awarded a Tony Award for lifetime achievement. Originally broadcast in 1986.

South Sudan’s unity government, led by President Salva Kiir with former rebel leader, Riek Machar as First Vice President, is facing mounting tensions, and clashes between forces allied to the ...

The disparity between black and white ownership of land in South Africa is not as acute as many reports suggest, and knowing this matters. What the aggregated numbers do not support are claims that ...

Despite mounting evidence that apartheid was unsustainable, genuine support for majority rule remained limited.

Athol Fugard worked with Black actors to create plays about life under apartheid in South Africa, often drawing from small personal moments, then telescoping them into wider observations of society.

His characters – tramps, discarded people, poor people, people on the fringes – are connected with all the people we know of today who are refugees.