CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, began their first official tour as a family Monday with their infant son, Archie, in South Africa, with Meghan declaring to cheers that “I am here with you as a mother, as a wife, as a woman, as a […]
A report from labor rights groups says women sewing blue jeans for Levi’s, Wrangler, Lee and The Children’s Place in several African factories faced sexual harassment and gender-based violence and some were coerced into having sex with supervisors to keep their jobs. The report released Thursday from the Washington-based Worker Rights Consortium says the brands […]
Years ago, probably in 1997 or 1998, the Tom Joyner Morning Show crew took a trip to South Africa. Literally everyone went, and they were riding around South Africa and just telling jokes! It’s a trip Tom will never forget, especially because George Wallace decided to drop his pants. Sybil says when he did it […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Mandla Maseko, a South African man who had won the opportunity to become the first black African to go into space, has died in a motorcycle crash. He was 30. Maseko was killed in Pretoria over the weekend, according to a family statement reported by local media Monday. Maseko became known as […]
LONDON (AP) — Baby Archie will make his first overseas appearance this fall when parents Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, take him on an official visit to South Africa. The couple’s Instagram account said: “This will be their first official tour as a family.” Archie is expected to make the trip when […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Perhaps nowhere in today’s South Africa is the country’s inequality on more dramatic display than in the neighboring Johannesburg suburbs of Sandton and Alexandra. With its gleaming high-rises and lush estates, Sandton is known as Africa’s richest square mile. Alexandra, a onetime home to Nelson Mandela, is a squalid, cramped and crime-infested […]
Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa James A. Joseph celebrates a birthday this week. He is notable for being the first diplomat to present their credentials to the late Nelson Mandela, sparking a strong bond between the nations that persists today. Joseph was born in 1935 with some sources citing March 12 as the official […]
While in South Africa for the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100, “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah made a stop at his grandmother’s house in Soweto. Noah gave viewers a tour of the neighborhood he grew up in and spoke to his grandma about Nelson Mandela and the struggles they faced during apartheid. “What’s amazing about this place is that […]
Carmelo Anthony has verbally committed to joining the Houston Rockets and will sign on the dotted line after he returns from Africa, where he and his wife, La La Anthony, were on hand last week with their son, Kiyan, to dedicate a refurbished basketball court. Via their foundation, the Anthonys gifted the kids of Soweto the colorful outdoor […]
Officials in South Africa are investigating an incident where a woman was declared dead at the scene of a crash, placed in a morgue freezer, then found alive. The incident occurred on June 24. After a car crash paramedics declared people dead at the scene, reports USA Today. Forensic officers brought the bodies to a morgue, […]
The late Charlotte Maxeke is not a well-known figure outside her homeland of South Africa, but on this day in 1901 she made a significant mark. The activist and religious leader became the first South African woman to obtain a degree and according to some accounts the first native African to earn a degree in […]
Hearts are heavy in South Africa and across the world as the world mourns the loss of iconic jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela. The South African musician and anti-apartheid activist passed after a long battle with prostate cancer, leaving behind a dazzling array of work. Hugh Ramapolo Masekela was born April 4, 1939 in Witbank, South […]
