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Seventy years later: The enduring echoes of Sophiatown's forced removals in South Africa

South Africa

Seventy years later: The enduring echoes of Sophiatown's forced removals in South Africa

By Michelle Banda

‘She was still breathing’: Death of schoolgirl Tinyiko Ndlovu in Soweto mall looting mayhem leaves family in agony

South Africa

‘She was still breathing’: Death of schoolgirl Tinyiko Ndlovu in Soweto mall looting mayhem leaves family in agony

By Greg Nicolson & Bheki Simelane

What victims and perpetrators of Soweto’s xenophobic violence say

South Africa

What victims and perpetrators of Soweto’s xenophobic violence say

By Mosa Damane for GROUNDUP

GroundUp: Xenophobia, and the broken life of Joseph Tau

South Africa

GroundUp: Xenophobia, and the broken life of Joseph Tau

By GroundUp

The Group Areas Act, Freedom Day's sad, angry antecedent

Politics

The Group Areas Act, Freedom Day's sad, angry antecedent

By Branko Brkic