JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africans on Thursday commemorated the 40th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the anti-apartheid struggle, a 1976 black student uprising in the Soweto area of Johannesburg ...

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Young people in the new South Africa are struggling to confront AIDS, sexual violence and poverty. Thirty years ago, their predecessors fought to bring down a racist ...

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The Ubuntu Concert will take place this May, honouring the art that significantly contributed to the freedom the country enjoys today. You can’t talk about South African history without acknowledging ...

As South Africa reflects on key moments in its liberation history, the iconic stage production Sophiatown returns to the Soweto Theatre in a stirring revival running from 10 to 22 March, directed by ...

A South African photographer, who captured the iconic black-and-white picture of a dying 13-year-old activist shot by apartheid police during the 1976 Soweto uprising, has died. His photograph of a ...