Aug 05 Watch 2:32 News Wrap: Chicago police release video from fatal shooting of unarmed black teen By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, authorities in Chicago released video footage of a car chase and altercation between police and black teenager Paul O’Neal, who was fatally shot. Reports indicate O’Neal was unarmed. Also, in South Africa, the African National… Continue watching
Aug 03 Column: The economic issues roiling South Africa on election day By Vikram Mansharamani Political scandals and economic weakness have driven the party of Nelson Mandela to a moment of reckoning. Continue reading
Jul 22 Can South Africa meet its ambitious goal to end AIDS? By Jon Cohen, Science In South Africa, the Themba Lethu Clinic is celebrated as an example of what can be done to care for large numbers of HIV-infected people. This is at once a compliment to the clinic and a hint of the country’s… Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 9:49 How South Africa, the nation hardest-hit by HIV, plans to ‘end AIDS’ By William Brangham, Jason Kane Nearly one in five people infected with HIV globally lives in South Africa, and only half of those individuals are on treatment. But the nation has made major strides against the virus in recent years and now is aggressively moving… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 8:56 South Africa mulls regulating traditional healers for the modern age By Connie Kargbo In South Africa, practitioners of traditional medicine, including herbalists, midwives, and faith healers who claim to speak to ancestors, have historically practiced openly and freely. But the government now aims to formally register and regulate the estimated 250,000 self-described healers,… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 8:50 A ruthless defender of apartheid now seeks forgiveness In South Africa, thousands were killed and tens of thousands were detained under the watch of former apartheid-era government official Adriaan Vlok. Once seen by some as the regime’s “face of evil,” Vlok is now seeking redemption by reaching out… Continue watching
Dec 03 Court finds Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder, overturning previous decision By Yena Oh South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday found Oscar Pistorius guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, a move that overturns a former, less severe conviction of manslaughter. Continue reading
Nov 19 Inside the world of South Africa’s spiritual healers By Corinna Kern Sangomas carry forward a long history of traditional healing in the Zulu, Swazi, Xhosa and Ndebele traditions of South Africa. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 9:23 Trove of fossils from a long-lost human ancestor is greatest find in decades By PBS News Hour Scientists have discovered a new human-like species, deep in a cave system in South Africa. Researchers have said that the discovery could change our conception of human ancestry. For more on the discovery, Jeffrey Brown speaks to Jamie Shreeve of… Continue watching
Sep 10 ‘Black Mamba’ female rangers awarded for anti-poaching efforts By Larisa Epatko A mostly female anti-poaching unit known as the “Black Mambas” in South Africa won the United Nations’ top environmental prize this week. Continue reading