apartheid

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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

South Africa’s nuclear dismantlement during its transition from apartheid to democracy in the early 1990s offers a positive counterexample.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Over the last three decades, many cities, towns and roads in South Africa have been renamed, replacing them with indigenous ones or calling them after heroes of the struggle against apartheid.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

Russia too is respected for its role in supporting the ANC's struggle against the apartheid regime and white-minority rule.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

The walls of apartheid were coming down just as American hip-hop was blowing up, and hip-hop made it cool to be from the hood.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah