(NEW YORK) — South Africans marked the 40th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, when the streets of the township south-west of Johannesburg were stained with blood in one of the country’s most notable ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South African youths recently swept through an intersection in the heart of Soweto township, breaking into immigrant-owned shops and grabbing whatever they could - soda, a loaf of ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa police say a shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg’s Soweto township has killed 15 people and left others in critical condition. Gauteng province police commissioner Lt ...

Soweto residents cast first votes in South Africa's local elections, a few months after a wave of riots and looting rocked the country. Polls suggest a majority of voters could for the first time turn ...

The South African Rainbow dream is steadily fading, with the country now regarded as one of the most unequal societies in the world.

SOWETO, South Africa—South African police said Friday they had arrested more than 150 people after days of anti-foreigner rioting in the sprawling township of Soweto. Police Lt. Gen. Lesetja Mothiba ...

Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s supporters have threatened to disrupt the May 29 elections with riots resembling the July 2021 mayhem when more than 300 people died. Despite reassurances ...

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Made up of five smaller townships, Snake Park is home to about 5,000 properties built under South Africa's Reconstruction and ...