south africa
-
The Story Behind the Mystery White Billionaire Who Told Trump There’s No ‘White Genocide’ in South Africa
During the White House meeting, Johann Peter Rupert told President Trump, "Just Google my name."
-
Why South Africa’s President Could Tell Trump About Oppressed Black People in the U.S., But Here’s Why He Won’t During Visit
And while Trump has grossly exaggerated the threat of violence Afrikaners face in South Africa, Black Americans have long been Brutalized In America
-
Black America Reacts to Trump Welcoming White People From South Africa, a Nation That Brutalized Black People
Many consider Afrikaners the worst colonizers in history, so Trump giving them refuge is rubbing Black folks the wrong way.
-
FW de Klerk, South Africa’s Last Apartheid President Who Freed Nelson Mandela, Dies At 85
In the final years of his life, the former South African president made many conflicting comments about ending apartheid.
-
South African Stores Toss TRESemmé Hair Products After Racist Ad Causes Massive Protest Campaign
South African shops are pulling TRESemmé products off their shelves after widespread protests over an online ad denigrating Black hair. The ad, which was shown on the chain pharmacy Clicks’ website, showed four separate images of hair. The first two featured Black women, labeling their hair “frizzy and dull” and “dry and damaged.” The images…
-
Whose Storm Is This?
Storm is my favorite character from the X-Men lore. So, I never tolerate any disrespect of the baddest bitch in comics land. Cue this shit—a visual character profile of Storm quickly circulated the internet, in promotion of the upcoming Role-Playing Game (RPG), Marvel Future Fight. What in the colorstruck clusterfuck?! As writer-editor @ConStar24 aptly tweeted,…
-
Zindzi Mandela, Daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Dies at 59
Zindzi Mandela, South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark and the youngest daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, has died at the age of 59, according to the South African government. Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations, commended Mandela for her devotion to the country. “Zindzi will not only be remembered as a daughter of…
-
Confronting A Legacy, and Creating Her Own: Meet The First Black Rhodes, Truman, and Udall Scholar
Like many 21 year olds, Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru is on Twitter. And on Nov. 24, 2019, one of the University of Connecticut senior environmental studies major’s tweets went viral. No, Wawa didn’t absolutely body the latest TikTok dance craze, nor did she create a top-trending hashtag. Instead, she tweeted out news that would earn her…
-
Dozens of South African Women With HIV Were Forcibly Sterilized, Report Finds
A new report published this week from South Africa’s Commission for Gender Equality found state hospitals forcefully sterilized dozens of HIV-positive South African women. In many instances, investigators found hospitals threatened not to assist the women in giving birth unless they signed the sterilization consent forms. According to ABC News, the commission’s 57-page report looked…
-
Love, Loss, and Living to Tell the Tale: Lindiwe Is a Celebration of Song Wrapped in a Familiar Story
Perhaps the best way to approach a play like Lindiwe, a Love Story is not to ask it to be a play at all—at least, not in the conventional sense. After all, the script was largely written to reunite legendary music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo with the equally famed Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago; a relationship…