South Africa marks ‘Freedom Day,’ 30 years since apartheid ended, amid discontent with the ANC Nelson Mandela casts his vote on April 27, 1994, near Durban, South Africa, in the country’s ...

Thousands of kids in South Africa's poorest, most remote rural areas still face a miles-long walk to school nearly 30 years after democratic change.

Luyanda is one of tens of thousands of children in South Africa’s poorest and most remote rural communities who still face long walks to the nearest public school, nearly 30 years after the ...

Yet 18 years on, Freedom Day, no doubt a beacon of hope, light and people-hood across Africa – which has lots to learn from South Africa’s transition – calls for a pause and some reflection.

The mornings are a hive of activity in the Nhlangothi home, in the tiny village of Stratford in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. Once her chores are done, Luyanda embarks on a 10-kilometer ...

Long walk to school: 30 years into freedom, many kids in South Africa still walk miles to class. The lack of government-funded school transportation has exacerbated myriad dangers for thousands of ...

Thousands of children in South Africa's poorest and most remote rural communities still face a miles-long walk to school, nearly 30 years after the country ushered in democratic change.

Luyanda Hlali gets ready at dawn for her 2 hour-long walk from the village of Stratford to her school in Dundee, South Africa, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.