The iconic South African stage production ‘Sophiatown’ returns to the stage at Soweto Theatre in a powerful revival directed ...

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Young people in the new South Africa are struggling to confront AIDS, sexual violence and poverty. Thirty years ago, their predecessors fought to bring down a racist ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africans on Thursday commemorated the 40th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the anti-apartheid struggle, a 1976 black student uprising in the Soweto area of Johannesburg ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Short for South-Western Townships, Soweto is a bustling neighborhood located in Guateng, South Africa. The area is known for many ...

A South African photographer, who captured the iconic black-and-white picture of a dying 13-year-old activist shot by apartheid police during the 1976 Soweto uprising, has died. His photograph of a ...

The Soweto June 16 Uprising 50th anniversary celebrations have received a major boost from the City of Johannesburg, with the launch of the Soweto Unity Concert, set for Orlando Amstel Arena on June ...

SOWETO, South Africa -- President Thabo Mbeki led hundreds of South Africans on a march Friday in the footsteps of children whose bloody uprising 30 years ago reshaped the struggle to end apartheid.