New scandals call in to question the state of South Africa’s democracy 20 years after Mandela.
South Africa
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Xenophobic violence in South Africa
Church and civil organizations are working to bring relief to victims.
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Slumming
Two different responses to racial inequality and isolation in South Africa.
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More reaction to Mandela’s passing
As South Africans prepared to bury Nelson Mandela on December 6, tributes from around the world began pouring in, acclaiming a man who brought South Africa back from the brink of revolution and through a slow, sometimes painful process of reconciliation.