A painting of black President Jacob Zuma, in full frontal nudity, by a white artist creates a racial controversy that reminds South Africa the wounds of the Apartheid are not even close to be healed.
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South Africa may have put the “S” in BRICS, but unlike the other members of the emerging nations’ group, it is facing weak growth and structural disadvantages that include apartheid’s legacy and the toll of AIDS on economic reju
Often white and well-trained, South Africans are leaving their adoptive homes in the “developed world” to return to their native land where the cost of living is lower and jobs are more plentiful. Some whites, though, complain they are s
Peter De Villiers first made headlines by becoming the first black coach of the powerful South African national rugby team. But it’s his controversial comments that have all the rugby world up in arms. The latest: disparaging remark about the New
South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela went back to his natal village of Qunu in July, and he’s still there. Many South Africans fear it may have been his last trip.