JOHANNESBURG — Nineteen years after the end of apartheid, South Africans are still passionately divided over whether Margaret Thatcher helped or...

JOHANNESBURG -- Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie expressed "surprise and shock" that prosecutors are considering charges against her following the exhu...

JOHANNESBURG -- Forensic scientists on Tuesday exhumed two bodies believed to belong to young activists last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie M...

Both South Africa and the U.S. must honor the stories of apartheid and slavery told by their people. By acknowledging the wrong and committing to make it right, we help ensure that no race can ever again succeed in elevating itself at the expense of others.

While Americans exercise their right to vote today, South Africans are quietly commemorating a step toward their own democratic existence. On Novem...

Your ex is an icon, a living symbol, and a celebrated hero. You are not that. Your name is revered by those dismissed as marginal revolutionaries calling for now long gone times of your heyday.

Dr. Sylvester Maphosa is chief research specialist and head of peace and security at the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA), located in Pretori...

This week, we're watching as Egypt continues to prepare for its upcoming presidential elections, as candidates take to the podiums in the country's fi...

Although it's been almost two decades since apartheid ended, South Africans still feel the pangs of racial tension, and a poster depicting an interrac...

BELA BELA, South Africa — The shantytown called Vingerkraal seems trapped in South Africa's apartheid past. Tin shacks resemble those hurriedly ...