View the mix of people and cultures that make up South Africa today, including a special section on tradtional beliefs and customs.

Everyday life in South Africa has been dominated by the politics of racial identities, while such identities form and re-form around a range of cultural activit

Sought after by European aristocrats and a favorite of Napoleon Bonaparte, the sweet wines of Constantia in the Cape Colony were considered to be among the worl

Under apartheid, black South Africans experienced severe material and social disadvantages occasioned by the government’s policies, and they had limited time