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apartheid

[uh-pahr-tahyt, -tayt] / əˈpɑr taɪt, -teɪt /
NOUN
racial segregation
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JOHANNESBURG—The party of Nelson Mandela suffered another in a string of devastating electoral rebukes, as South Africans, frustrated by high unemployment, failing infrastructure and revelations of government corruption, turn on the movement that toppled apartheid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

A chief negotiator for South Africa's white nationalist government in talks that would lead to the end of apartheid, Meyer was named as ambassador in April, nearly a year after the previous envoy was expelled.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Pillay’s career includes challenging apartheid in South Africa and serving on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where she helped establish legal precedents recognizing sexual violence as an act of genocide.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

From there, he traced a line through the Civil Rights Movement and Black opposition to apartheid in South Africa.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

The government saw the campaign as a threat to its security and its policy of apartheid.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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