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What Remains of South Africa’s Industrial Dream

Rust Belt Politics

Once built on steel, cheap electricity and state planning, South Africa’s Vaal Triangle symbolized the country’s industrial ambition. Today, much of that industry is shrinking or closing, and communities are left struggling to survive.

Waiting for Justice in South Africa

Apartheid’s Unpunished Killers

South Africa has cultivated an aura of moral authority grounded in its peaceful transition from apartheid. But that image obscures a darker truth, for the state has systematically failed to pursue the justice that was promised in hundreds of cases of political murder and torture committed by the apartheid regime.