But postapartheid South Africa has severe problems too. The country has the world’s biggest HIV/AIDS population, 5 million; violent crime is endemic; and the black underclass has actually grown.

South Africa was to be the rainbow nation. But, a rainbow is a beautiful but fragile thing. For it to persist conditions have to be nurtured. This congenial evolution did not happen.

Rainbow Chicken on Friday said half-year profit surged more than 14 times as the firm recovered from South Africa's worst outbreak of bird flu, though it flagged the possibility of another flare ...

In 2022, I was a victim of a violent attack that left me disabled. The physical toll, and adjustments to my new adaptive lifestyle, necessitated a period of healing and reflection. During this ...

Both groups are here because inside the court Chris Mahlangu, a 29-year old black man, is about to be convicted of the murder of South Africa’s most high-profile white supremacist.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu addresses a crowd during a remembrance ceremony for the late Nelson Mandela held at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec. 9, 2013.