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News Articles: Apartheid

Boys play in a stairwell in Cissie Gool House, an abandoned hospital now home to over 1,000 people. By painting, decorating and maintaining the building, its new residents have managed to turn it into a decent home for themselves and their families within striking distance of central Cape Town.

Inside South Africa's 'hijacked' buildings: 'All we want is a place to call home'

Compelling photos capture the lives of occupiers who say gentrification and a lack of affordable housing in Cape Town have left them no choice but to reclaim space in a city that's squeezing them out.

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  • Tommy Trenchard
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Desmond Tutu, an icon who helped end apartheid in South Africa, dies at 90

The Nobel Peace laureate and archbishop emeritus campaigned against a system he called evil and, after apartheid, helped the nation heal as head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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  • Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
A woman sweeps outside the house where Desmond Tutu lived in Soweto, South Africa. Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died.

World leaders mourn the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The archbishop is being remembered around the world for his commitment to equality and justice and his "impish" sense of humor.

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  • Deepa Shivaram
South African President Nelson Mandela, left, and Deputy President F.W. de Klerk chat on May 8, 1996, outside Parliament after the approval of South Africa's new constitution. F.W. de Klerk, who oversaw the end of South Africa's country's white minority rule, has died at 85 it was announced Thursday.

F. W. de Klerk, South Africa's last apartheid president, dies at 85

De Klerk shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, and ceded the presidency to him in 1994 after Black South Africans were allowed to vote. But he's remained a controversial figure there.

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  • The Associated Press
A checkpoint is seen on a West Bank highway near Jerusalem which critics have branded an "apartheid highway." The highway features a large concrete wall segregating Israeli and Palestinian traffic.

Israeli Human Rights Group Says The Country Pursues Nondemocratic 'Apartheid Regime'

The highly charged reference to South Africa's former policy of white rule has long been a Palestinian critique of Israel's treatment of its Arab citizens and the occupied territories.

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  • Daniel Estrin

On Second Thought For Friday, April 6, 2018

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a leader in South Africa's anti-apartheid movement and ex-wife of the late Nelson Mandela, died Monday . She was 81. On...

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and wife of Nelson Mandela, died Monday in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was 81.

South Africans Remember Winnie Madikizela-Mandela For Anti-Apartheid Activism

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a leader in South Africa's anti-apartheid movement and ex-wife of the late Nelson Mandela, died Monday. She was 81. On Second...

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