The election was won by Moshood Abiola (of blessed memory), a popular entrepreneur.Activists eye June 12 for protestAs ...

At least two people have reportedly died after volatile protests in Diepkloof, south of Johannesburg. It is believed that a protester was hit by a truck that was trying to escape residents who were ...

The #Endbadgovernance Movement has announced plan to stage nationwide protests on June 12. One of the leaders of the movement ...

Police said the truck driver accelerated through a crowd in an attempt to escape the looting, injuring multiple people.

In the Soweto area of Johannesburg, at least two people are dead and roughly 70 people have been arrested amid protests and looting. The looting started on Monday, after a store owner was accused ...

A small group of EFF members picketed in Soweto on Monday. The group held placards demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa leave office. Contrary to social media momentum leading up the nationwide ...

The 30th anniversary of the Soweto uprising in South Africa is on 16 June: the day school pupils took to the streets of a township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, to protest against the standards of ...

But on June 16, 1976, students in Soweto township outside Johannesburg decided to hold a protest against a government policy mandating that all classes be taught in Afrikaans, the language of ...

Photo: Screengrab Motorists have been urged to avoid the Noordgesig area in Soweto due to protest action. It is understood residents have blocked the roads in the area with rocks and burning tyres ...

Milton (left) was at school in Soweto when the protests began BBC Africa bureaux editor Milton Nkosi was a schoolboy in Soweto at the time of the uprising of 16 June 1976. Here he recalls what it was ...

In June 1976, the choir members' home — Soweto — was the site of one of South Africa's worst race riots. Black students started a peaceful protest to oppose a government policy that forced ...