South Africa Archives

South Africa

The Makeshift Militia

From “An Army of One’s Own,” which appeared in the February 1997 issue of Harper’s Magazine. The complete article—along with the magazine’s entire 174-year archive—is available online at harpers.org/archive. Eeben…

To Spite His Face

by Hedley Twidle,

What happened to Cecil Rhodes’s nose?

The Wrong Side of History

by Christopher Clark,

Left to the tender mercies of the state, a group of veterans and their families continue to reside in a shut-down town

The Myth of White Genocide

by James Pogue,

An unfinished civil war inspires a global delusion

We Were So Happy Then

by Lynn Freed,

Life in the new South Africa

The Myth of White Genocide in South Africa

Host Violet Lucca,Guest James Pogue

An ongoing racial and economic crisis in a republic that reflects our own

Honky, Napoleon, and the Empress Wu

by Lynn Freed,

Memories of a South African childhood

This Is My Name

by Zanele Muholi,

Portrait of a Township

by Justine van der Leun,

Former militants take on the post-apartheid struggle

Buddhist Retreat Near Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu Natal

by Santu Mofokeng,

The Leaving of Madiba

by Breyten Breytenbach,

Saying goodbye to Nelson Mandela, beloved fighter, visionary, and king