Browsing: Apartheid

Did you know that apartheid still exists in supposedly post-apartheid South Africa? The towns of Kleinfontein and Orania are Whites only. Illegal, you’d think – but…

Africa was the victim of seven settler-colonial regimes, with Apartheid South Africa being the biggest, followed by Algeria, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Kenya, Mozambique, Angola and German…

In 2024, South Africans were among the more than 3-billion people who went to the polls in more than 60 countries in national elections. For South…

2024 marked three decades since the fall of the apartheid system in South Africa. You might think whites-only settlements are a thing of the past in…

Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, recently told South Africa’s @podcastwithmacg (X) how his ex-wife Maye’s father, Joshua N. Haldeman, was a pro-apartheid white Canadian who moved…

On this day in 2008, the world lost an extraordinary voice. Miriam Makeba wasn’t just an amazing singer, she spoke up for Africans and championed their…

In his February tour of London comedy clubs, stand-up comedian Aamer Rahman emphasised that Israel’s actions in Gaza are not directed against militant group H*mas, but…

Oliver Reginald Tambo, a man who’s sometimes referred to as the ‘other half’ of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) party, died on this day 31…

On April 1st, 1955, the African National Congress (ANC) appealed to South African parents to withdraw their children from schools. It was in protest against the…

You’ve heard of Brexit, but have you heard of CapeXit?  It’s a movement calling for South Africa’s Western Cape – as well as potentially other parts…