Hundreds of South Africans, including for the first time white apartheid era conscripts, on Saturday united to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Soweto uprising. "They tried to march, they were ...

President James Moloi has told Parliament that the Soweto Marathon Trust (SMT) remains the lawful owner of the ...

June 14, 2006, 12:26 PM EDT / Source: Reuters All David Kutumela could think about when South African police gunned down his school mates 30 years ago was how to get his hands on an AK-47. “We grabbed ...

President Thabo Mbeki led hundreds of South Africans through the streets of this black township on Friday, retracing the steps of student protesters who galvanized the anti-apartheid struggle 30 years ...

The presence of Nelson Mandela still hangs powerfully over Soweto, more than 10 years after the death of South Africa’s unifying father figure. Bus loads of visiting tourists park outside the fenced ...

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Young people in the new South Africa are struggling to confront AIDS, sexual violence and poverty. Thirty years ago, their predecessors fought to bring down a racist ...

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africans on Thursday commemorated the 40th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the anti-apartheid struggle, a 1976 black student uprising in the Soweto area of Johannesburg ...

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