The British Anti-Apartheid Movement was founded 60 years ago. Here’s why it remains as relevant today as in its heyday.
Former South African President FW De Klerk at the opening of parliament recently. The Economic Freedom Fighters objected to his presence.
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In his new capacity as President of South Africa, FW de Klerk directly experienced for the first time how the international community had abandoned its support for minority white rule.
Orphan Swazi schoolboys playing soccer in a local school in Mbabane, Swaziland, in 2006.
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Tegwen Gadais, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Whether it’s global conflicts or communities in trouble, the solutions to peace and prosperity aren’t only found by government. Sports, too, can bring about much-needed change.
Purity Malinga, the new Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.
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Real-life adherents to the Mandela Effect veer into conspiratorial thinking. But they do hit on an important truth: Our understanding of history is malleable.
The springbok emblem was introduced under white rule in South Africa and by retaining it, it remains a burden for many South Africans who followed the Rugby World Cup.
England’s Owen Farrell in action during the Autumn International match at Twickenham Stadium, London, 2018.
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Many South Africans hold onto the hope that a win in the World Cup translates into another defining moment for the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria (left) arriving at Waterkloof Airforce Base Airport in Pretoria. He is welcomed by Minister Naledi Pandor.
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South Africa and Nigeria have had a turbulent relationship dating back to the early 1990s.
New Zealand’s Sonny Bill Williams is tackled by South Africans RG Snyman (right) and Frans Malherbe during a Rugby World Cup 2019 match in Yokohama, south of Tokyo.
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Although Gandhi is best known for expelling the British from India and inspiring the likes of King and Mandela, he also wrote a lot about the behavior of good business leaders.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the funeral of his predecessor, Robert Mugabe.
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It remains to be seen how much longer the ‘old men syndrome’ will persist in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa, despite growing frustration among the politically powerless.
Newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela and deputy president Frederik De Klerk in May 1994.
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South African lawyer Bram Fischer has been idealised in a post-1994 context. He was raised in a position of privilege, but he used it to defy the injustice of the society that raised him.
Nelson Mandela and outgoing president Frederik Willem de Klerk.
Professor of Public Theology in the Department of Beliefs and Practices, Faculty of Theology, at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Free University of Amsterdam), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam