Photos show 1960s South Africans of all races revelling together in illegal underground clubs

Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that dictated the social structure in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 until the early 1990s, after white South Africans voted to abolish it in a referendum on March 17, 1992 after decades of racial struggles. Apartheid was characterised by an authoritarian political … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: What if Africans had colonised Britain and we were slaves?

Noughts + Crosses Thursday, BBC1  Rating: The Trouble With Maggie Cole Wednesday, ITV Rating: Noughts + Crosses is an adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s novel for young adults, so why it’s being shown on a Thursday at 9pm rather than in the Doctor Who slot, I cannot say. All I can say is that the conceit, which … Read more