South Africa's gross domestic product contracted by an annualized 51% in the second quarter of 2020, its fourth consecutive economic decline recorded. Restrictions to curb the impact of COVID-19 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The design of this coin from South ...

SHORTLY after the violent race riots in South Africa, the Minister for Foreign Affairs announced at a press conference: “South Africa is rapidly returning to normal.” This was a surprising statement ...

THE Treason Trial is now a byword in South Africa. It is three years old; its preparatory examination lasted fourteen months; it has been broken into several trials. It adjourns for months to enable ...

The year 1960 was to be crucial for Africa: 17 sub-Saharan countries became independent from their European colonisers, 14 of them from France. Harold Macmillan delivers his Wind of Change speech ...

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Sixty-five years ago, 14 African countries gained independence from France. DW examines how they have developed since then — and how much influence the former colonial power still wields ...

The year 1960 is known as the “Year of Africa” because of a number of events that occurred then most notably the independence of seventeen African states. Between January and December of 1960, 17 ...