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‘He has many enemies’: is time running out for Cyril Ramaphosa?

South Africa’s president is local hero in Soweto but misconduct claims threaten re-election as ANC leader at congress this week

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022

Apartheid ‘town planning’ created Orlando 90 years ago. It became a hotbed of black resistance

Orlando East, a working class community on the periphery of Johannesburg in South Africa, has turned 90 years old. Orlando was one of the first municipal locations – called townships under apartheid – established in 1932 for Africans under the 1923 Native Urban Areas Act. It was renamed Orlando East…

The Conversation · Oct 25, 2022

Marikana massacre: South Africa needs to build a society that's decent and doesn't humiliate people

On 16 August mine workers, activists and no doubt a few politicians will gather on the now infamous rock outcrop near the former Lonmin Platinum mine in Marikana, North West province, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Marikana massacre. This was the most lethal use of force by the…

The Conversation · Aug 11, 2022

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Mass shootings in South Africa are often over group turf: how to stop the cycle of reprisals

In just two days in early July, 25 people were shot dead in four separate incidents at taverns across South Africa. In one of these shootings, in Soweto, 16 people lost their lives.

The Conversation · Jul 18, 2022

Boxing champion belt given to Mandela stolen in South Africa

A World Boxing Council championship belt belonging to former South African President Nelson Mandela has been stolen from a museum in Soweto

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

South Africa's many illegal guns a factor in bar shootings

South African police are patrolling the streets of Johannesburg’s Soweto township, following a spate of bar shootings that have rocked the nation

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Police hunt gunmen who killed at least 15 in Soweto bar shooting

In tonight's edition: People in Soweto accuse authorities of not doing enough to protect them after 15 people are gunned down in an attack on a bar in the South African township. In Nigeria, the presidential candidate for the ruling party picks a Muslim senator as his running mate. Lastly,…

France 24 · Jul 12, 2022

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Calls for crackdown on gangs in South Africa after spate of gun attacks

Attack on tavern near Johannesburg in which 15 were killed was one of several similar incidents over the weekend

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022

Police hunt gunmen who fired 137 rounds in Soweto bar shooting

Police are hunting for five attackers who burst into a bar in Soweto, South Africa, and killed 15 customers in a hail of at least 137 bullets over the weekend, the police minister said on Monday.

Reuters · Jul 11, 2022

South African police investigate two deadly bar shootings

Police in South Africa are investigating two bar shootings, one in a township close to Johannesburg and another in the country's east at the weekend. At least 19 people were killed and dozens injured.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 10, 2022

South Africa police say 15 killed in bar shooting in Soweto

South Africa police say a shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg’s Soweto township has killed 15 people and left others in critical condition

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2022

2 bar shootings leave 19 dead in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG: Two bar shootings, one in a township close to Johannesburg and another in eastern South Africa, left 19 dead, police said on Sunday.

Bangkok Post · Jul 10, 2022

South Africa police say 19 killed in dual bar shootings

Two bar shootings, one in a township close to Johannesburg and another in eastern South Africa, left 19 dead, police said on Sunday.

France 24 · Jul 10, 2022

South Africa police say 15 killed in bar shooting in Soweto

A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg's Soweto township has killed 15 people and left others in critical condition, according to police.

WEKU · Jul 10, 2022

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WEKU · Jul 10, 2022

A group of people opened fire at a bar in South Africa, killing 15

A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg's Soweto township has killed at least 15 people and left others in critical condition.

Reuters · Jul 10, 2022

Gunmen kill 19 people in 'random' bar shootings in South Africa

Gunmen killed 19 people in two apparently random shootings within hours of each other at taverns in South Africa, police said on Sunday, reinforcing the country's bleak status as a global centre for murder.

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2022

Johannesburg shooting: Fifteen killed and three fight for life after gunmen open fire in Soweto bar

Police investigating reports men arrived in taxi before opening fire on those inside venue

Wales Online · Jul 6, 2022

Wales rugby players visit Soweto township on day off amid emotional trip to Nelson Mandela's house

Players took advantage of some down time in South Africa to sample some culture and visit a historical site

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The Conversation · Jun 15, 2022

South Africa's epochal 1976 uprisings shouldn't be reduced to a symbolic ritual

On the morning of Wednesday, 16 June 1976, young students from schools across Soweto set out on a march through the sprawling black township outside Johannesburg. The march was to amplify their opposition to the apartheid government’s new school-language policy that would see Afrikaans replace English as their main medium…

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir announce UK tour of Grammy-winning album

Their Freedom album picked up the Grammy in 2019 for best world music album.

Reuters · Mar 14, 2022

Analysis-More welfare or less? S.Africa's ANC confronts apartheid's legacy

South Africa's ruling party is being forced to confront a problem that has bedevilled the country since apartheid ended 28 years ago: how to reduce record gross inequality and poverty that hurts the Black majority more than the white minority.

The Conversation · Feb 21, 2022

Words about mental health need to align with people's understanding of well being

In South Africa, English is only the sixth most common language spoken within households. But it’s dominant outside the home, including health and medical contexts.

The Conversation · Feb 7, 2022

Reflections on a South African master painter, Louis Maqhubela

Louis Maqhubela (1939-2021) was one of the last of the great masters of South Africa’s modernist painting tradition. Modernism is a term for experimental approaches to form and content in art in response to political, technological and economic conditions of modernity since the late 1800s. Art historians often speak of…

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