List of South Africa articles
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet each other at the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 27, 2018. 6 Swing States Will Decide the Future of Geopolitics
These middle powers of the global south should be the focus of U.S. policy.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia. South Africa’s Nonsensical Nonalignment
The ANC has forgotten that the outside world’s principled rejection of neutrality sustained the struggle against apartheid.
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Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sergei Lavrov meets with South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor during a press conference in Pretoria, South Africa, on Jan. 23. A South African Scandal Could Shake Up Relations With Washington
Do South Africa’s denials that it supplied weapons to Russia ring true?
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Housing structures in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town, South Africa, on April 21, 2022. Adam Tooze: The Mixed Record of South Africa’s Economy Since Apartheid
Its GDP has surged, but deep inequalities persist.
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Protestor standing in front of a river, holding a sign against the Amazon River Club Development. Amazon’s New Africa HQ Pits Indigenous South Africans Against Each Other
The planned development will bring jobs, but raises questions about who speaks for Khoi and San peoples, what is sacred, and how to commemorate injustice.
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The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning by Eve Fairbanks (Simon & Schuster, 416 pp., $27.99, July 2022). No Justice. No Peace.
Post-apartheid South Africa remains steeped in the “rainbow nation” ideals of reconciliation and forgiveness—but it has never truly reckoned with accountability.
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People sit atop a yellow billboard featuring a photo of Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress logo, and the slogan "Vote for Jobs, Peace and Freedom." Nelson Mandela’s Missed Opportunity
South Africa’s former president had the chance to launch a massive program of regional economic integration but failed to seize it.
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Residents of Johannesburg’s Soweto township protest. Why South Africa Is in the Dark, Again
Winter is here. And the country is facing its worst-ever energy crisis.
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Operation Dudula leader Nhlanhla “Lux” Mohlauli Has South Africa’s Donald Trump Arrived?
The xenophobic firebrand Nhlanhla “Lux” Mohlauli is courting poor Black voters by stoking hatred of foreigners. It’s working.
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South-Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) attend the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 24, 2019. South Africa’s Self-Defeating Silence on Ukraine
ANC leaders are letting Soviet nostalgia outweigh morality.
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South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks. Without Tutu and Mandela, Is South African Moral Exceptionalism Dead?
The country could still achieve genuine racial justice after its moral giants have left the stage—but don’t count on the ANC government to lead the way.
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Coal plant in South Africa South Africa’s Coal Deal Is a New Model for Climate Progress
The agreement is the most impressive thing to come out of the COP26 climate summit.
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South Africans gather at the Union Buildings. The Death Penalty Isn’t African. It’s a Legacy of Colonialism.
Capital punishment was a tool of white supremacy designed to instill terror and cement foreign domination. African governments should abolish it.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa link hands as they pose in front of their countries' flags. Why BRICS Still Matters
BRICS may be a young institution, but it shouldn’t be underestimated.
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Members of the South African Police Service line up to receive their dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine during the vaccination drive at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto. South Africa’s Twin Crises Are Feeding Each Other
Political chaos is worsening the third wave of the coronavirus.
