For a thorough understanding of South Africa's appalling apartheid era, a visit to Johannesburg's Apartheid Museum is a must. The museum features a series of graphic yet informative exhibits ...

Trade and financial sanctions were applied to South Africa from 1979 following decades-long pressure from anti-apartheid activists and governments. By 1994 Nelson Mandela had been elected president of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Interview - Thandiswa Mazwai has lived the modern history of African music. In the early '90s, when she was still a teenager, she pioneered the emerging kwaito sound in South Africa, first with a trio ...

The greatest gift we can give to our children, and the future South Africa, is our own healing. South Africa may have moved beyond apartheid, but not beyond racial polarisation. Virtually every ...

Without Phoenix, there would have been no Mahatma Gandhi. In her book, Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie brings that settlement and its ...

When exploring the Western Cape province, a museum visit is worth adding to your itinerary. Consider these museums.

The policy of our country should envisage total apartheid as the ultimate goal of a natural process of separate development. A standing advisory body of experts on non-White affairs is to be ...

A ranking of the top songs based on streaming and sales activity from within the country- as tracked by Luminate. The ranking is based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams ...

Caterpillar expanded the reach of our products and services in South Africa in 1926 through naming Barloworld Equipment as an independent Cat® dealership. But it wasn’t until 1962 that our presence ...

In an insightful interview with Bronwyn Nielsen, veteran scenario planner Clem Sunter discusses red flags in global ...

Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s leading news and information websites bringing millions of readers breaking news and updates on Politics, Current Affairs ...