‘She is one of our heroines’: reviled, now revered, Winnie Mandela wins over young South Africa
The legacy of the activist, ANC politician and wife of Nelson Mandela has growing appeal, despite her refusal to apologise for crimes As votes from...
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Doctor behind trial of HIV prevention drug recounts breakthrough moment
Prof Linda-Gail Bekker receives ovation at Aids summit after presenting trial results of ‘miracle’ drug lenacapavir When the doctor behind the trial of a new...
Support for democracy in Africa falls amid military coups and corruption
Africans still have stronger preference for democratic governance than many other parts of the world Support for democracy is falling in Africa amid a string...
Spanish tourist trampled to death by elephants in South Africa
Officials say 43-year-old man left his vehicle to take pictures of a breeding herd at Pilanesberg national park A Spanish tourist has been trampled to...
South Africa’s Democratic Alliance suspends MP for racist comments
Renaldo Gouws suspended days after white-led party joined coalition government with ANC A South African MP has been suspended by the Democratic Alliance (DA) for...
South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa warns of ‘toxic cleavages’ at inauguration
President is sworn in for second term as head of coalition government after losing parliamentary majority South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa warned of the dangers of...
Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected as South Africa’s president
Leader gets second term after winning vote just hours after ANC and Democratic Alliance agreed coalition deal South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa has been reelected...
ANC strikes coalition deal with free-market DA, South Africa media reports
Country’s second-largest party reportedly agrees to support re-election of Cyril Ramaphosa as president South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is poised to be re-elected after the...
Cyril Ramaphosa open to forming South African unity government with rivals
ANC leader and president accepts he will need help of opposition parties to tackle serious problems facing country South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has said...
UK galleries rushed to diversify art after Black Lives Matter, artist says
South Africa-born painter Gavin Jantjes says institutions tried to buy work they ignored decades earlier British arts institutions deployed “kneejerk” and “stopgap” responses in the...
