World May 15 South Africa braces for what may be a major election. Here is a guide to the main players By Gerald Imray, Associated Press
World Apr 27 South Africa’s historic election anniversary is coming up. Here’s why it’s so poignant this year South Africa's “Freedom Day” marks the country’s first democratic election that officially ended apartheid in 1994. The 30th anniversary falls on an important election. By Gerald Imray, Associated Press
World Jan 11 Nelson Mandela’s support for Palestinians endures with South Africa’s genocide case against Israel The two leaders believed that the struggle for freedom by Blacks in apartheid South Africa and Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank were the same. That solidarity has survived for more than 30 years. By Gerald Imray, Associated Press
Politics Oct 23 Trump compares himself to Nelson Mandela after filing for New Hampshire primary Trump suggested at a rally Monday that he might go to prison for political reasons due to what he argues are prosecutors out to get him. By Holly Ramer, Jill Colvin, Associated Press
World Jan 01 ‘Moral compass’: Requiem for South Africa’s Archbishop Tutu Tutu died last Sunday at age 90. His plain pine coffin, the cheapest available at his request to avoid any ostentatious displays, was the center of the service, which also featured African choirs, prayers and incense. By Associated Press
Dec 27 Watch 5:54 ‘My humanity is caught up in yours’ : How Desmond Tutu dedicated his life to greater good By Jaywon Choe, Harry Zahn South Africa has begun a week of public mourning for the late Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The Nobel Peace Prize winner died Sunday, at age 90, after a lifetime of fighting apartheid and working for racial unity. We take a… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 7:13 Remembering Desmond Tutu’s life and legacy By PBS NewsHour Former Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, died Sunday at 90. Tutu’s passionate voice helped end South Africa’s brutal apartheid regime that oppressed its Black majority for decades. World leaders, South Africans and people around the globe… Continue watching
Dec 26 Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace winner, dies at 90 By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Tutu worked passionately, tirelessly and non-violently to tear down apartheid — South Africa’s brutal, decades-long regime of oppression against its Black majority that only ended in 1994. Continue reading
Dec 24 South African minister objects to sale of Mandela’s cell key By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press The key is among Mandela memorabilia being sold by Guernsey’s auction house in New York on Jan. 28. Continue reading
Nov 11 South Africa’s last apartheid president, F.W. de Klerk, dies By Andrew Meldrum, Cara Anna, Associated Press F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa's last apartheid president oversaw the end of the country's white minority rule, has died at the age of 85. Continue reading