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

He led the African National Congress in its struggle against apartheid - a system of legally enforced racism - and was released from prison in 1990.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

It is never easy to prepare a case from prison, and in this instance we were hampered by the customary apartheid barriers.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela