His song “Mannenberg” became the unofficial anthem of the country’s fight against apartheid, with Nelson Mandela calling him ...

Abdullah Ibrahim, legendary South African jazz composer and pianist, who wrote 'Mannenberg', South Africa's "unofficial ...

Pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim, who died Monday aged 91, escaped apartheid-era South Africa to be discovered by jazz great Duke Ellington, becoming highly influential with a distinct musical ...

The 1960s is a significant era in Abdullah Ibrahim’s story. It’s a time when the South African master’s international career ...

It's 50 years since the Soweto uprising in South Africa. On 16 June 1976, tens of thousands of young black South Africans protested against being taught in the Afrikaans language (alongside English) ...

African languages should be promoted at a national rather than provincial level. Higher education institutions should develop their own system of benchmarking language proficiency instead of relying ...

A former Israeli national security adviser told Euronews that the EU, which he called "irrelevant", will come to its senses ...

President Trump has created an exception to his refugee ban for white South Africans, reshaping a program intended for people ...

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Being an elderly person in South Africa presents a range of challenges. Apartheid shaped diverse experiences of ageing and elderly care along racial and ethnic lines. In the post-apartheid era, ...

Olunloyo dismissed widespread reports that Nigerians killed in South Africa, particularly two Nigerians killed in April 2026, ...

While South Africa commemorates the youth of 1976 every June, millions of young people today face a stark reality of unemployment and economic exclusion. This article explores the persistent ...