Apartheid
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Opinion
South Africa Is Becoming Something New, and It’s Not Good
The ceremony went virtually unnoticed. On an overcast April day in South Africa’s administrative capital, Pretoria, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered…
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Europe
Hoosen Coovadia, 83, Medical Force in South Africa’s H.I.V. Fight, Dies
An esteemed pediatrician, he overcame apartheid’s barriers to help make his country a global leader in H.I.V. care and research.
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Europe
Eusebius McKaiser, Acerbic South African Political Analyst, Dies at 44
Adamantly progressive, openly gay and politically fearless, he cast a sharp eye on the country’s post-apartheid politics and culture.
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Europe
Myrtle Witbooi, Who Fought for Domestic Workers’ Rights, Dies at 75
A former domestic servant, she experienced the inequities of the job firsthand and helped build national and international unions to…
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Science
Apartheid-Era Assassin in South Africa Is Stabbed Days Before Release Date
Janusz Walus, who killed the charismatic anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani, was stabbed just before he was due to be freed…