Discussion Topic: Understanding South Africa

DISCUSSION TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING SOUTH AFRICA

Starting Places

"Country Profile: South Africa," BBC News.

News In Context

South Africa -- Times Topics: An anthology of articles from the New York Times.
Andrew Harding, "Curtain Call For South Africa's Julius Malema Show," BBC News, November 11, 2011.
"Profile: Julius Malema," BBC News, November 10, 2011.
David Smith, "Desmond Tutu's Dreams For Cape Town Fade As Informal Apartheid Grips The City," Observer, October 9, 2011.
"Desmond Tutu At 80," Guardian, October 7, 2011.
Karen Allen, "Tutu At 80: Will Humble Pie Be Eaten At His Party?," BBC News, October 7, 2011.
David Smith, "Archbishop Desmond Tutu Refuses To Let ANC Spoil His Birthday Party," Guardian, October 6, 2011.
Justice Malala, "Is Julius Malema South Africa's President In Waiting?," Guardian, September 15, 2011.
"ANC To Challenge Malema Shoot The Boer 'Hate Song' Ban," BBC News, September 13, 2011.
Milton Nkosi, "Malema And Zuma Battle For The ANC's Soul," BBC News, August 30, 2011.
Eve Fairbanks, "You Are Here: Overtime In Soccer City," New York Times, July 22, 2011.
Stanley Uys, "General Magnus Malan Obituary," Guardian, July 18, 2011.
Pumza Fihlani, "Could South Africa's Freedom Fighters Return To The Streets?," BBC News, July 18, 2011.
"Albertina Sisulu Funeral Held In South Africa," BBC News, June 11, 2011.
Andrew Harding, "South Africa: Burying An Icon," BBC News, June 8, 2011.
Liz McGregor, "Albertina Sisulu Obituary," Guardian, June 6, 2011.
Celia W. Dugger, "Separating Free Speech From Hate In South Africa," New York Times, April 30, 2011.
Louise Redvers, "Winnie The Opera Premieres With All Eyes On Winnie The Spectator," Guardian, April 29, 2011.
Celia W. Dugger, "South Africa Exults Abroad But Frets At Home," New York Times, April 19, 2011.
David Smith, "Winnie Mandela: South Africa's Divisive Diva," Observer, April 17, 2011.
David Smith, "Sharpeville Massacre Survivor Moves Into First Home," Guardian, March 22, 2011.
"Mandela's Life And Times," BBC News, January 28, 2011.
David Smith, "Nelson Mandela And Margaret Thatcher: The Meeting That Never Was," Guardian, November 28, 2010.
David Smith, "Life Through A Lens: Ernest Cole Photographs Shed Light On Apartheid," Guardian, November 25, 2010.
David Smith, "The Rand Club, Johannesburg -- Where Colonial Fantasists Are Welcome," Guardian, November 18, 2010.
Celia W. Dugger, "Homecoming For Stark Record Of Apartheid," New York Times, November 17, 2010.
"Ernest Cole: Photographer," New York Times, November 16, 2010.
David Smith, "The Mandela Clan: South Africa's Answer To The Kennedys," Guardian, November 4, 2010.
David Smith, "Nelson Mandela Anguished Over Family's Suffering, Says Book," Guardian, October 11, 2010.
Stephen Moss, "Nadine Gordimer Goes Back Into Battle," Guardian, August 31, 2010.
Farouk Chothia, "The Battle For Nelson Mandela's Legacy," BBC News, July 16, 2010.
Richard Williams, "World Cup 2010: The Real Legacy," Guardian, July 12, 2010.
Holland Cotter, "Art Review: Country Divided In Black And White," New York Times, July 1, 2010.
Justin Cartwright, "Young Mandela By David James Smith," Observer, June 20, 2010.
William C. Rhoden, "Sports Of The Times: Soweto Recalls The Power And Courage Of One," New York Times, June 16, 2010.
David Smith, "A New Mandela Moment?: World Cup Reawakens Rainbow Nation To The Power Of Possibility," Guardian, June 16, 2010.
David Smith, "Soweto Welcomes White People As Rugby Crosses South Africa's Racial Divide," Observer, May 30, 2010.
Rian Malan, "Every Day Brings Momentous Exhilarations And Dumbfounding Setbacks," Observer, May 16, 2010.
Farai Sevenzo, "African Viewpoint: Songs And Death," BBC News, April 14, 2010.
Larry Rohter, "The Long Story Of A Long Revolution," New York Times, April 12, 2010.
Pumza Fihlani, "Race Hate Lives On In 'Rainbow Nation,'" BBC News, April 6, 2010.
David Smith, "Sharpeville 50 Years On: 'At Some Stage All Hell Will Break Loose,'" Guardian, March 19, 2010.
David Smith and Lisa Sknner, "50th Anniversary Of The Sharpeville Massacre," Guardian, March 19, 2010.
Barry Bearak, "Robben Island Journal: Men Defend Historic Mandela Site . . . From Rabbits," New York Times, January 31, 2010.
George Vecsey, "Sports Of The Times: When A Sport Draws People Together," New York Times, December 10, 2009.
Alex Duval Smith, "Profile: Jacob Zuma, South Africa's Leader In Waiting," Observer, April 12, 2009.
Scott Baldauf, "Thabo Mbeki: The Fall Of Africa's Shakespearean Figure," Christian Science Monitor, September 22, 2008.
Barry Bearak, "A South African Of Charisma And Mystery," New York Times, September 21, 2008.
Michael Wines, "Durban Journal: Where The Road To Renaming Does Not Run Smooth," New York Times, May 25, 2007.
Tim Adams, "The Dark Heart Of The New South Africa," Observer, March 25, 2007.
Michael Wines, "Song Wakens Injured Pride Of Afrikaners," New York Times, February 27, 2007.
Desmond Tutu, "The Truth Will Set Us Free," Guardian, January 4, 2007.
Chris McGreal, "Botha Buried Amid Tributes And Censure," Guardian, November 9, 2006.
Peter Biles, "South Africa's Post-Apartheid Struggle," BBC News, September 30, 2006.
"Soweto, 30 Years After The Uprising," Guardian, June 16, 2006.
Justin Pearce, "Soweto Mothers March To Remember," BBC News, June 16, 2006.
Martin Plaut, "Why The Soweto Protests Erupted," BBC News, June 13, 2006.
Hamilton Wende, "How Soweto Changed Everything," BBC From Our Own Correspondent, June 10, 2006.
Benjamin Pogrund, "Remembering Sharpeville," Guardian, March 20, 2006.
Sean O'Toole, "Marketing The Cult Of Mandela," BBC News, July 5, 2005.
Gwyn Topham, "Redemption Songs," Guardian, September 23, 2004.
"South Africa Honours Sisulu," BBC News, May 17, 2003.
David Beresford, "Obituary: Walter Sisulu," Guardian, May 7, 2003.
"Obituary: Walter Sisulu," BBC News, May 5, 2003.
"Mandela's Jail Named World Heritage Site," BBC News, December 2, 1999.
"Mandela Bows Out: Special Report," BBC News, June 20, 1999.

Articles

"South Africa's Leading Populist: He'll Be Back," Economist (November 19, 2011).
"Debriefing: Charlayne Hunter-Gault On Jacob Zuma," New Yorker (June 28, 2010).
Alex Perry, "Playing The Rebel Game," Time, 175 (June 14, 2010): 88-94.
Moeletsi Mbeki and Johann Rossouw, "South Africa, Time For Change," Le Monde Diplomatique (June 2010).
R.W. Johnson, "Zuma's First Year," Current History, 109 (May 2010): 200-204.
Gary Baines, "Remembering Sharpeville," History Today, 60 (March 2010): 34-35.
Douglas Foster, "Jacob's Ladder," Atlantic (June 2009).
Joseph Lelyveld, "How Mbeki Failed," New York Review Of Books (April 9, 2009).
Gary Baines, "South Africa's Forgotten War," History Today, 59 (April 2009).
Johann Rossouw, "South Africa: Not Yet Post-Colonial," Le Monde Diplomatique (August 2008).
Jeffrey Herbst, "South Africa After The Age Of Heroes," Current History, 107 (April 2008): 161-166.
Joshua Hammer, "Inside Cape Town," Smithsonian (April 2008).
Gary Baines, "Coming To Terms With The Past: Soweto, June 16th, 1976," History Today, 56 (June 2006): 18-20.
Andrew Meldrum, "South Africa On Trial," Current History, 105 (May 2006): 209-213.
Antoinette Handley, "The New South Africa, A Decade Later," Current History, 103 (May 2004): 195-201.
Victoria Brittain, "Truth And Reconciliation In South Africa," Le Monde Diplomatique (December 1998).

Audio Sources

"Oxford Exhibits Photographs Of Apartheid South Africa," BBC News, July 14, 2011.
"Nelson Mandela: In His Own Words," BBC Documentary Archive, October 17, 2010.
"Race And Reconciliation, Part One: Rainbow Nation Or Racial Tension," BBC Documentary Archive, June 10, 2008.
"Race And Reconciliation, Part Two: The Politics Of Race," BBC Documentary Archive, June 19, 2008.
"Race And Reconciliation, Part Three: New Waves," BBC Documentary Archive, June 25, 2008.
"Truth And Reconciliation," Speaking Of Faith, March 22, 2007.
"Audio Slideshow: Soweto Remembered," BBC News, June 15, 2006.
"South Africa: 10 Years Later," NPR, 2004: A series of reports from the American public broadcaster.
"Mandela: An Audio History," American Radioworks.

Video Sources

"Post-Apartheid South Africa," PBS Religion And Ethics Newsweekly, July 2, 2010.
"The Splintering Rainbow," Al Jazeera English, April 22, 2009: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4.
"Jacob Zuma," ABC Foreign Correspondent, April 7, 2009.
"A Look At Nelson Mandela's Legacy On His 90th Birthday," Charlie Rose Show, PBS, July 18, 2008.

Web-Sites

South Africa: A BBC Education Scotland site for students of Intermediate and Higher Modern Studies.