Apartheid

Witness History. Staging Othello in apartheid South Africa. Audio, 10 minutes
Dame Janet Suzman recalls directing Shakespeare's classic in 1987
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Paul Simon: Under African Skies. Video, 101 minutes
Capturing Paul Simon's return to South Africa some years after the release of Graceland.
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BBC Two
Available for 11 months
South Africa re-opens inquest into Nobel laureate's death
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Africa
Posted
14 April
Ghosts of apartheid haunt South Africa as compensation anger brews
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Africa
Posted
19 March
Lives Less Ordinary. Rewind: The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid Part 2. Audio, 42 minutes
ANC spy Sue Dobson infiltrated the South African government. Then her cover was blown.
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Witness History. King Kong: South Africa's first all-black musical. Audio, 9 minutes
South Africa’s first musical with an all-black cast opened to critical acclaim in 1959
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Lives Less Ordinary. Rewind: The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid Part 1. Audio, 41 minutes
Another chance to hear one of our favourite episodes, a story of spycraft in South Africa
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Claims of white genocide 'not real', South African court rules
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Africa
Posted
25 February
Race policies or Israel - what's really driving Trump's fury with South Africa?
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BBC InDepth
Posted
23 February
Short History Of... Nelson Mandela. Audio, 52 minutes
What drove Nelson Mandela to become an activist against South Africa’s apartheid regime?
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
Witness History. Drum: Africa’s revolutionary magazine. Audio, 9 minutes
The first African lifestyle magazine Drum, was first printed in 1951
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
South African anti-apartheid writer Breytenbach dies
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Africa
Posted
24 November 2024
Witness History. South Africa’s first inter-racial marriage. Audio, 9 minutes
For almost 40 years, marriage between people from different ethnic backgrounds was banned
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Witness History. Arrested for "immorality" in South Africa. Audio, 9 minutes
Dr Zureena Desai was arrested in South Africa for breaking the Immorality Act
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Mass killer who ‘hunted’ black people says police encouraged him
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Africa
Posted
22 July 2024
1954: Interview with ANC's Chief Albert Luthuli. Audio, 00:13:07
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BBC
Posted
8 July 2024
1983: Abandoned baby in apartheid South Africa. Video, 00:02:28
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BBC
Posted
5 July 2024
South Africa's new coalition government unveiled
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Africa
Posted
1 July 2024
1991: News - Apartheid Laws Scrapped. Video, 00:03:35
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BBC
Posted
27 June 2024
1990: South African President promises Mandela’s freedom. Video, 00:01:08
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BBC
Posted
27 June 2024
1998: Apartheid report released by Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Video, 00:02:04
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BBC
Posted
27 June 2024
1982: English cricket rebels in three-year ban. Video, 00:03:55
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BBC
Posted
25 June 2024
1988: News - Bomb Attack in South Africa. Video, 00:01:26
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BBC
Posted
20 June 2024
1994: Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president. Video, 00:04:06
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BBC
Posted
13 June 2024