apartheid
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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
Despite the advent of the multi-ethnic "Rainbow Nation" and the end of the racist apartheid system in 1994, South Africa remains fractured on racial lines.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 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
I kept returning to Ellis Park to watch him play, to study his mannerisms, and to weigh his attacks on apartheid.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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