South African history
What is apartheid? New book for young readers explains South Africa’s racist system
March 29, 2025
By: The Conversation
Steve Biko, the South African liberation struggle hero who considered dishonor worse than death
September 12, 2024
By: The Conversation
Who were the first Africans at the Olympics? The disturbing story of two 1904 marathon runners
July 25, 2024
By: The Conversation
Ordinary White South Africans and apartheid – bound to a racist system they helped prop up
July 20, 2024
By: The Conversation
Eugen Sandow was the posterboy of physical culture: his 1904 visit to South Africa reinforced racist ideas
June 29, 2024
By: The Conversation
How the Mandela myth helped win the battle for democracy in South Africa
May 1, 2024
By: The Conversation
Sharpeville: new research on 1960 South African massacre shows the number of dead and injured was massively undercounted
December 9, 2023
By: The Conversation