On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns.
Category: South Africa
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South Africa’s Play to Ease Tensions With Trump: A New Trade Deal
Lawmakers were warned that the United States is planning more punitive actions against the country. Officials hope a new trade deal will help repair the icy relations.
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Bessent to Skip G20 Finance Ministers Meeting in South Africa
The Treasury secretary is the second top U.S. official to boycott the Group of 20 gatherings because of rising tension with South Africa over its land policies.
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Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
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Mike Hynson, Surfing Star of ‘The Endless Summer,’ Dies at 82
The hit 1966 surfing documentary immortalized the maverick California wave rider as an archetype of the footloose rebel surfer.
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Thandiswa Mazwai Is the Voice of South Africa’s First Post-Apartheid Generation
Thandiswa Mazwai has sung of South Africa’s highs and lows since the country became a multiracial democracy 30 years ago. “My calling is to sing the people’s joy, to sing the people’s sadness.”
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McKinsey to Pay $122 Million to Settle South Africa Bribery Case
The global consultancy was accused of bribing foreign government officials. A former senior partner pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge.
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How the Protea Became a Symbol for South Africa
The resilient species — which regrow after wildfires — are said to capture the spirit of a nation reborn.
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Gilead Shot Provides Total Protection From HIV in Trial of Young African Women
An injection given just twice a year could herald a breakthrough in protecting the population that has the highest infection rates.
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He Memorized the World With Google Maps. Now He’s Exploring It.
Few people are better than Trevor Rainbolt at identifying obscure locations online — but there’s even more joy in watching him visit them IRL.
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In ‘Dark Noon,’ Hollywood Westerns Get a South African Reboot
At St. Ann’s Warehouse, a collaboration between a Danish director and a South African troupe that questions the tropes of Western films.