apartheid

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He became a prominent advocate for ending apartheid in South Africa, and in the 1990s served as presidential special envoy to Africa for Bill Clinton.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

South Africa’s nuclear dismantlement during its transition from apartheid to democracy in the early 1990s offers a positive counterexample.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Prior to 1994 and the end of South Africa's racist system of apartheid, the province now known as KwaZulu-Natal was split into two.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

Makeba had been made stateless for her opposition to apartheid and after her marriage to Carmichael, who popularised the slogan "black power", her US visa was revoked.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

I grew up in South Africa during apartheid, which was awkward because I was raised in a mixed family, with me being the mixed one in the family.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah