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Mine "bloodbath" shocks post-apartheid South Africa

The police killing of 34 striking platinum miners in the bloodiest security operation since the end of white rule cut to the quick of South Africa's psyche on Friday, with searching questions asked of its post-apartheid soul.

 

Mandela Marks 20 Years of Freedom

Mandela Marks 20 Years of Freedom

South Africans on Thursday celebrated the steps that sounded apartheid's death knell 20 years ago: Nelson Mandela walking to freedom after 27 years in prison.

 

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