South Africa

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  • The AIDS-drug warrior

    Activist Jamie Love says pharmaceutical companies must be forced to yield their patents to save hundreds of thousands of lives. Is he a visionary -- or a dangerous radical?
  • Amy and Goliath

    A first-year law student brought a giant pharmaceutical to its knees. But will her victory for South Africa's AIDS sufferers deprive the world of new medicines?
  • Fighting the plague

    The World Trade Organization steps into Africa's AIDS crisis, creating incentives for pharmaceutical companies to give some of their drugs away.
  • Look at this!

    Two South African politicians are in trouble for viewing porn at work.
  • Back at the Ranch

    An infamous South African brothel is closed after a year of legal wrestling.
  • Hymen exam

    Girls and young women are tested for virginity in South Africa as part of an AIDS and pregnancy prevention program.
  • Porn fight

    Chain stores in South Africa compete for upscale customers.
  • Python vs. hookers

    A South African man successfully uses a pet snake to clean up his neighborhood.
  • Nelson Mandela

    Long Walk to Freedom
  • Conservative whitewash

    Dick Cheney is relying on our cultural amnesia to wipe away his record on South Africa.
  • Contributing to genocide

    By giving HIV deniers a global platform, South African President Mbeki has put countless lives at risk.
  • Bidding on better boobs

    A South African hospital is auctioning cosmetic surgery like breast reduction to attract uninsured patients.
  • The dream and the coming disaster

    AIDS threatens to ravage the hopes of South Africa's young democracy. Don't expect leaders to get excited because a few companies cut the cost of HIV drugs.
  • The return of Miriam Makeba

    "Mama Africa" is back in the USA with a new CD, a summer tour and a lot to say.
  • Close quarters

    In the compartment of a train leaving Cape Town, South Africa, I discover something about race, witchcraft and toaster ovens.
  • Letters to the editor

    Is crime the price of apartheid? Plus: The naked body is magnificent; was the plastic bag in "American Beauty" a rip-off?
  • Rape, robbery and anguish in the new South Africa

    I was arrested for fighting apartheid, but what good is freedom if rampant violence terrorizes blacks and whites alike?
  • Gay refugees seek asylum in friendly South Africa

    Once a place for hate, the new and improved nation now boasts one of the most accepting constitutions in the world.
  • "Disgrace" by J.M. Coetzee

    The winner of the 1999 Booker Prize is a bleak tale of human and animal misery in post-apartheid South Africa.
  • Man caught snatching a plastic snatch

    Abandoned and unemployed, a man makes the mistake of getting caught with his hands in some artificial pants.
  • Sharps & flats

    "Freedom Blues" presents the tunes of South African jazz artists under apartheid -- and they sound a lot like John Coltrane.
  • Woman scales Everest second time

    South Africa's Cathy O'Dowd becomes the first woman to climb the world's highest peak from its northern and southern sides.
  • Afoot in the South African bush

    A New Yorker ventures on a walking safari into the wild world of wildebeest, Cape buffalo and dung beetles.
  • This week in travel

    Wanderlust presents a selective guide to the week's travel-related news
  • The Salon Interview - Nadine Gordimer

    The conscience of South Africa talks about her country's new racial order.
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