apartheid

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Meyer, 78, played a key role as one of the chief mediators, alongside Ramaphosa, during the talks to end the racist system of white-minority rule known as apartheid in South Africa in the 1990s.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

For Geffen co-stars Beatty and Hatendi, it has been a privilege to work alongside two people who knew Fugard so intimately and understood apartheid South Africa so thoroughly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

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

The apartheid government under President F.W. de Klerk dismantled its nuclear weapons and associated facilities in an orderly process—before acceding to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Dozens of black leaders were also detained, including several prominent whites opposed to apartheid: Beyers Naude of the Christian Institute, and Dcnald Woods, editor of the East London Dispatch and a friend of Biko’s.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane