South Africa

South Africa’s Soweto Uprising, sign of youth architects of history: Op-Ed

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The turning point in the history of both Türkiye and South Africa was due to the revolutions driven by young people.

Türkiye's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, was part of the revolutionary movement of intellectuals, Young Turks, which inspired the founding values of the Turkish Republic.

In a South African Neighbourhood, ‘All Hell Broke Loose’

Xenophobic violence is a common phenomenon in predominantly poor, black areas of post-apartheid South Africa, where jobs are scarce and locals blame entrepreneurial foreign communities - their numbers swelled via the country's porous and corrupt borders - for the prevalence of drugs, crime and unemployment.

Marking Nelson Mandela's 100th Birthday, A Message from the South African Embassy in Bulgaria

SOFIA - South African Embassy requests all members of the public to honor the Nelson Mandela International Day on 18 July 2018. We call upon members of the society from all walks of life to spend 67 minutes of their time, on Nelson Mandela's birthday - 18 July to perform duties or activities in service to our communities.

Nelson Mandela and the gift of caring

The centennial of Nelson Mandela's birthday finds his country free, independent and democratic but still struggling to reach his goal of social justice. Mandela's reputation is firm as one of the greatest world leaders of the 20th century, but his legacy also faces criticism for many of South Africa's current problems.

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