Thirty years after the Soweto uprising, anti-apartheid activists are respected members of society who live in comfortable homes, encapsulating how far South Africa has come in 12 years of ...

President Thabo Mbeki led hundreds of South Africans through the streets of Soweto on Friday, retracing the steps of protesters who galvanized the anti-apartheid struggle 30 years ago.

Hundreds of South Africans, including for the first time white apartheid era conscripts, on Saturday united to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Soweto uprising. "They tried to march, they ...

The 1976 uprising started as a student protest in Soweto against being forced to study in Afrikaans, the Dutch-based language of the white rulers who designed the system of racial oppression known ...

South Africa's high rate of unemployment has cast a pall over Youth Day, the holiday honoring the 45th anniversary of the Soweto student protests which played a key role in ending apartheid, the ...

The young people who marched June 16, 1976 — in what came to be known as the Soweto Uprising — gave new life to the struggle for black power. Reports of police firing bullets on unarmed ...

NPR's Kenneth Walker visits the site of a pivotal protest in the South African struggle against apartheid: a Soweto schoolyard where the government opened fire on thousands of children, marching ...

The presence of Nelson Mandela still hangs powerfully over Soweto, more than 10 years after the death of South Africa’s unifying father figure.

Maria explains that is it important to visit the “tourist sites” like Nelson Mandela’s house; the bustling Vilakazi Street filled with stalls, shops and cafes; and the Hector Pieterson memorial that ...

On the anniversary of the student uprising that helped to end the country’s racist system, Mohoje said that South Africa’s youths need better educations and employment opportunities.

Most days in Soweto you’ll see tourist buses rolling through the streets. People peer out of the windows at local neighbourhoods, stop off to visit Nelson Mandela’s home, and possibly browse a ...

South Africa's high rate of unemployment has cast a pall over Youth Day, the holiday honoring the 45th anniversary of the Soweto student protests which played a key role in ending apartheid, the ...