Post-apartheid South Africa: 50 years after Soweto riots, what has changed? (opens original article in a new tab)

Fifty years after the Soweto riots, South Africa reflects on the event's role in ending apartheid, while grappling with ongoing economic and social challenges, including xenophobic violence against migrants.

• 50 years after the Soweto riots, South Africa commemorates the event that contributed to the end of apartheid.
• Despite democracy, South Africa faces high poverty, unemployment, and crime, with Black communities disproportionately affected.
• Recent xenophobic attacks on African migrants have led to evacuations and tensions, with the government denying accusations of xenophobia.