Fame's price: the mental health crisis behind South African celebrity losses
The tragic loss of figures like Riky Rick, Patrick Shai, Shoki Mokgapa, and HHP has exposed the growing mental health crisis ...
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Remembering South African playwright Athol Fugard
Fugard, who died March 8, was a white South African whose plays explored the consequences of Apartheid. He was later awarded ...
Trump administration says South African ambassador has to leave the US by Friday
After Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was no longer welcome in the U.S. and posted his decision Friday on social media, South African embassy staff were ...
A South African play about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela explores Black women's long wait for absent men
A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks to highlight the struggles of Black women in South ...
Athol Fugard: the great South African playwright who captured what it means to be human
His characters – tramps, discarded people, poor people, people on the fringes – are connected with all the people we know of today who are refugees.
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Athol Fugard, South African Playwright Who Spoke to Worldwide Audiences, Dies at 92
He was also an actor and director, and a number of his works were adapted into films. In a 2014 profile of Fugard, NPR dubbed ...
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South African playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid, dies at 92
Prolific South African playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, has died at the age of 92.
EU announces a $5 billion investment in South Africa as the tariffs war with Trump escalates
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — European Union leaders announced 4.7 billion euros ($5.1 billion) in investments in South ...
John Kani Pays Tribute to Dramatist and South African Countryman Athol Fugard: “He Believed in Me and My Anger”
The 'Lion King' and 'Black Panther' actor wrote two searing protest plays about apartheid in the 1970s with his inspirational friend, who died this month.
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Playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, dies at 92
When apartheid ended, and Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa, Athol Fugard thought ... Blood Knot featured only two actors onstage; they played brothers, one Black, the other ...
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Ranking the 30 most memorable Best Actor-winning performances in Oscar history
The Academy Award for Best Actor is the pinnacle for any male actor ... Gandhi's days as an angry young lawyer being tossed off a South African train. Humble but strong, philosophical but ...
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South Africa Is a Warning
Some thought that foreigners had hired hit men from neighboring Lesotho ... he had worked on the fringes of South Africa’s movie industry as a stuntman and actor. His relatives proudly showed ...