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Soweto sidewalk gallery brings South Africa’s visual history to the people

On 30 May 2026, the MaNdebele Photo Gallery will bring South Africa’s democratic history directly to the streets of Soweto ...
Foreign Affairs

History of South Africa: From 1902 to the Present

Starting with the end of the Boer wars in 1902 and ending with the COVID-19 emergency, Simpson finely traces the political history of South Africa since the beginning of the twentieth century. He has ...

In 1924, a blast in a South African quarry uncovered a tiny skull that changed what we know about human origins

A chance dynamite blast in a South African quarry in 1924 unearthed the skull of a child, later named the Taung Child. This ...
The Conversation

Is South Africa one of the most politically polarised countries in the world? No, it’s not – sociologist

A number of reports have called South Africa a politically polarised society. This may seem uncontroversial, given the country’s history of dispossession and discrimination during colonialism and ...