A South African court ruled Thursday that the 1967 death of ANC leader and Nobel prize winner Albert Luthuli was due to ...

Filmmaker Milisuthando Bongela reexamines her childhood in apartheid South Africa in a documentary that doubles as a lyrical memoir. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic Bongela sifts through her ...

Thirty years ago this week, South Africa — which for nearly a half-century had deprived Black citizens of their basic human rights under a system called apartheid — held its first national elections ...

In 1995, Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa, welcomed Queen Elizabeth to Cape Town–her first visit in almost 50 years. Their warm, personal relationship added great resonance to ...

Johannesburg — South African activist and anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko died almost five decades ago at the age of 30 in police custody. Family members and others who saw his body that day said he ...

South Africa’s Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Tuesday made a monumental move in the attainment of justice for apartheid-era victims. In a revised indictment for the COSAS FOUR case, the DPP ...

DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma is the wild card in Wednesday’s election for Africa’s most advanced country. He leads a new political party that’s draining ...