The South African government said that nearly 900 people, many children, had fallen sick since September.
Tag: Soweto (South Africa)
Hounded From a Beauty Pageant in South Africa, Then Crowned in Nigeria
A South African beauty pageant contestant with Nigerian heritage was forced to withdraw from the competition after her participation fueled anti-immigrant sentiments.
At Least 21 Dead After 3 Tavern Shootings in South Africa
The shootings further highlighted concerns about safety, coming only two weeks after 21 teenagers died mysteriously in a coastal city tavern.
Regrets in South Africa After Lives and Livelihoods Lost in Mass Unrest
The manager of a looted supermarket in Soweto and a man who joined in ransacking it reflect on the causes and consequences of some of the worst unrest to hit parts of South Africa since the fall of apartheid.
‘Coloured Lives Matter’: A South African Police Shooting Like No Other
He was a young man from the projects gunned down by officers near his home. But race is complicated in South Africa, and so is his story.
Soweto, Once Unified Against Apartheid, Is Now Divided by Wealth
The township was once a symbol of united resistance to a racist regime in South Africa. Now it embodies the class divisions in the country’s black majority.