South Africa’s history shows that mobilising white privilege can be a useful tool for advancing the struggle against racism.
- Senior Lecturer in History, University of Dundee
The British Anti-Apartheid Movement was founded 60 years ago. Here’s why it remains as relevant today as in its heyday.
Ramaphosa is constrained by his tenuous control over South Africa’s governing party, the ANC.
Nelson Mandela’s dream of a great rainbow nation has been badly but not fatally undermined by corruption, violence and inequality.
Mandela continues to serve as a rare example of a principled politician committed to forgiveness and reconciliation.
The ANC has worked hard to monopolise the history of the anti-apartheid struggle – meaning transformational figures are being left out.
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