South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered an inquiry to establish whether previous governments led by his party intentionally blocked investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes.

Frederik Willem de Klerk, the last leader of South Africa’s apartheid government who oversaw his country’s transition away from white minority rule, died at the age of 85 on Thursday. Frederik ...

The history behind Donald Trump’s recent accusations that the South African government is engaged in genocide against white Afrikaner farmers.

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An inquest ruled Chief Luthuli, Nobel laureate, died when he was hit by a train, but new evidence casts doubt on that.

“Well before the rise of apartheid in 1948, ... In South Africa, the apartheid government implemented a policy for all Black citizens to carry passbooks in and out of major cities when they ...

South Africa's former president, F.W. de Klerk, has died at the age of 85. When de Klerk took office in 1989, Nelson Mandela was still imprisoned, and apartheid was still in place.

PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday that included a 21-gun salute and the ...

South Africa’s apartheid era -- when segregation was legal and the white minority ruled -- is remembered as a time of rampant violence and divisiveness. But a photo exhibit this summer showcases ...

But almost everyone agrees that South Africa has a long way to go before the effects of apartheid are erased from higher education. Since the end of apartheid, the proportion of black students has ...

South Africa’s apartheid era -- when segregation was legal and the white minority ruled -- is remembered as a time of rampant violence and divisiveness. But a photo exhibit this summer showcases ...

FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last president of apartheid and the polarizing figure who shares a Nobel Peace Prize with the country’s beloved late president Nelson Mandela, has died at 85 years old.