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Tag: Apartheid (Policy)

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South African President Opens Corruption Inquiry of Police Leader

July 13, 2025July 13, 2025John Eligon and Zimasa MatiwaneComments Off on South African President Opens Corruption Inquiry of Police Leader

The police minister was suspended amid allegations that he had protected figures with ties to a criminal syndicate, adding pressure on the country’s embattled government.

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South African Police’s Frequent Use of Torture Echoes Apartheid’s Brutality

July 7, 2025Daneel Knoetze and John EligonComments Off on South African Police’s Frequent Use of Torture Echoes Apartheid’s Brutality

A government led by freedom fighters who helped to liberate the country more than 30 years ago is now overseeing a police force accused of staggering abuses.

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Why Are Police Officers in South Africa Torturing People?

July 7, 2025John EligonComments Off on Why Are Police Officers in South Africa Torturing People?

A data analysis by The New York Times shows that a form of torture popular during apartheid endures in the country despite laws designed to eliminate it.

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South Africa Sets the Stage for Starlink Approval

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025John EligonComments Off on South Africa Sets the Stage for Starlink Approval

A proposed regulatory change would allow Elon Musk’s satellite company and others like it to get a license without having to sell shares to Black South Africans.

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Trump Makes False Genocide Claims. South Africans Respond With Humor.

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025Lynsey Chutel and Zimasa MatiwaneComments Off on Trump Makes False Genocide Claims. South Africans Respond With Humor.

The jokes mask a deep-seated anger over the legacy of apartheid and the inequality that many Black people say continues to define life in their country.

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Who Is Julius Malema, the South African Politician in the White House Video?

May 22, 2025Eve SampsonComments Off on Who Is Julius Malema, the South African Politician in the White House Video?

President Trump surprised a South African delegation with a video montage of apartheid-era chants from Mr. Malema.

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South Africa Wanted to Talk Trade. Then Trump Turned Down the Lights.

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025John EligonComments Off on South Africa Wanted to Talk Trade. Then Trump Turned Down the Lights.

In a bruising Oval Office meeting, the visitors’ plan to keep President Trump from focusing on false accusations of white genocide backfired spectacularly.

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Trump Casts Himself as a Protector of Persecuted White People

May 21, 2025May 22, 2025ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGSComments Off on Trump Casts Himself as a Protector of Persecuted White People

President Trump publicly dressed down the president of South Africa based on a fringe conspiracy theory, providing a vivid distillation of his views on race.

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Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation

May 21, 2025May 21, 2025Erica L. Green and John EligonComments Off on Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation

President Trump showed a video and leafed through printouts that he falsely claimed showed widespread persecution of white South Africans. The country’s president tried to correct the record.

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South Africa’s Leader Criticizes Afrikaners Seeking Refuge in U.S.

May 14, 2025Amelia Nierenberg and Zimasa MatiwaneComments Off on South Africa’s Leader Criticizes Afrikaners Seeking Refuge in U.S.

President Cyril Ramaphosa called the white South Africans “cowardly” for leaving for the United States.

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