Apartheid

Opinion

Déjà View | Covert operations

In the 1960s and 70s, India was involved in seemingly virtuous intelligence activities in the most unusual place: Africa

4 min read12 Jun 2015
Photos

Paris solidarity march and other prominent rallies of the modern world

Over 3.7 million people in Paris participated in a march to show solidarity with the victims of last week's gruesome attack on office of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Here are some of the most significant rallies and marches in modern history in pictures-

12 Jan 2015
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Politics

We are living in a world of climate apartheid: Kumi Naidoo

Greenpeace's executive director on the environmental group's ideology and why climate change is an immediate threat that should be addressed

7 min read8 Nov 2014
Industry

Nadine Gordimer, South Africa's first Nobel Prize winner, dies at 90

The South African author's 1981 book 'July's People' is still taught in the country's schools and colleges

3 min read15 Jul 2014
News

South Africa prepares funeral for the ages for Mandela

Presidents, heads of government from across the globe will be among those seeking to pay their respects

5 min read8 Dec 2013
News

Nelson Mandela, a lasting force for freedom, dead at 95

Mandela, whose struggle against apartheid led to his imprisonment for 27 years, died on Thursday

11 min read6 Dec 2013
News

When Cape Town mourned for Nelson Mandela

The mood in Cape Town is sombre but accepting

1 min read6 Dec 2013
Opinion

How Nelson Mandela was more different than similar to Mahatma Gandhi

The South African freedom struggle was different from India's, and the paths Mandela and Gandhi took were also different

7 min read7 Dec 2013
News

Mandela free-market legacy imperiled by South African inequality

Mandela recognized that for the poor to prosper, the rich had to feel they had a future in the country

7 min read6 Dec 2013
Opinion

Nelson Mandela, RIP

Nelson Mandela had a rare combination of moral courage and political pragmatism that made him a great leader

1 min read6 Dec 2013