Trailblazing black beauty queen who defied apartheid South Africa dies aged 76
At the 1972 Miss World contest, Cynthia Shange was one of two contestants from South Africa – one black and one white.
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Africa: Saving South Africa’s Forgotten Story of Sport That Defied Apartheid
Black, Indian and mixed-race South Africans built their own sporting world during apartheid, defying segregation with parallel clubs and competitions. Archivists in Johannesburg are now working to save that history. The archives in the basement of Wits University are a real maze – but Ajit Gandabhai knows exactly where he is going. “There are a…
Africa: Travel As Activism – 6 Stories of Black Women Who Refused to ‘Stay Put’ in Apartheid South Africa
For black people living in South Africa during apartheid, simply moving around the country was a fraught activity, let alone crossing its borders. This was especially the case for black women, who were “rock bottom of the racial pile”, as South African writer Lauretta Ngcobo expressed it. Coming to power in 1948 and ruling for…
‘No Azure for Apartheid’ sparks tensions inside Microsoft
Demonstrators march in support of Palestinians in Gaza near the Microsoft Build conference, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, to call for the termination of Microsoft’s Azure contracts with Israel in Seattle on 21 May. David Ryder/Reuters Two Microsoft employees were fired on Wednesday after taking part in a…