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This article tells about the photographer Ernest Cole who was a photojournalist during the apartheid. His book of photos was banned in South Africa and was only brought to major attention very recently, when there are many exhibitions. This relates because it shows how influential the little-known stories of the apartheid are, and the photographs give us a glimpse into the life of South Africans during this time.

This article discusses the 2014-2015 South African and United Kingdom Seasons, where artists from both regions showcase their artwork. This relates to the apartheid idea because this event helps to South Africa recover from the apartheid and reunite the countries.

This article is about a black South African who was exiled because of his writings about the apartheid government. This connects to the issues addressed in this activity because is shows how serious apartheid is and how is still exists.

As South Africa approaches their 20 year anniversary of democracy, they also come close to election day where both candidates seem to have a fatal flaw. Jacob Zuma was found to have used twenty million dollars of government money to upgrade his house while the other candidate, Oscar Pistorius, is under trial for the murder of his girlfriend. Neither of these candidates are well liked or popular in South Africa. This applies to apartheid since it talks about the twenty year anniversary since it is also the anniversary of the end of apartheid.

Since the end of apartheid, South Africa made a policy that at least 50% of the professional sports team must be colored. The article says that some teams have failed to meet this requirement.

This article describes a Muslim man's controversial efforts to open a mosque that grants gender equality and admits anyone, regardless of religion or sexual orientation. This philosophy is a literal interpretation of the Quran (Muslim holy text), and he chose to do this because it goes against the problematic radical interpretations that lead to stereotypes and ethnic conflicts. The mosque has not yet opened, but the founder has already received numerous death threats because of the institution's non-standard philosophy. This relates to our study because it is an example of someone who is today trying to end stereotypes in South Africa, just as the ANC tried to end apartheid stereotypes.

There is a mosque opening in South Africa that will allow anyone to worship. This has created criticism as many believe that gay people should not be allowed to worship and women should not be allowed to lead prayers. This does not directly relate to apartheid but is similar in that there is discrimination happening.

Former African President F. W. de Klerk argues that the ANC should not implement drastic changes to current property laws in South Africa, as the new laws could cause economic collapse. This land redistribution issue is one that sprang from the end of the era of apartheid. The fact that it is continuing to be an issue highlights the great effect that apartheid had in South Africa.

Desmond Tutu argues that racial integration is not occurring on the rugby field and the negative effects of apartheid are still being felt. As a result, a new regulation proposes that there must be at least seven non-white players on South Africa's Springboks next year. This relates to the integration of colored people into aspects of society after the fall of apartheid.

This article explains why crime is running rampant in South Africa with over 16,000 murders and 21,000 child assaults in a single year. The author makes the case that South Africa's past, including the apartheid, is to blame for the current crime rate. The laws that segregated blacks and a justice system that favored whites created a general distrust and blatant disrespect for the law, especially after some that violated basic human rights were not prosecuted even when they did not apply for amnesty. A slow redevelopment of trust in the law can possibly make the crime rate drop dramatically.

Oscar Pistorius was cleared of the murder of his girlfriend but is still under trial for manslaughter since he believed that there was an intruder in the bathroom. This judgement is likely to be condemned since it will fuel fears that the decision was based on Pistorius's wealth and fame. This article is relevant to our lesson since it talks about the fear of the people toward the judgement and how people were scared of apartheid.

On his way to attend the Nobel Peace conference, the Dalai Lama was denied a visa to enter South Africa. This is the third time in five years that South Africa has denied a visa to the Dalai Lama. This coordinates with our lesson as that this article deals with oppression and during apartheid, races were oppressed from various things.

The BDS-SA, an organization that wants to raise awareness for the Palestinians, put up billboards advertising their cause. However, they were taken down because they violated a city law about insensitive advertising. The BDS-SA made a lawsuit saying that the billboards' removal, and the city law, violated the constitution's freedom of speech. They won this case on Thursday, which shows how South Africa is recovering more from the apartheid because of freedom of speech and fair trials.

This articles describes the lack of growth and development of women extending into high education. This relates to the poor education systems in South Africa because as it experienced apartheid and as it was hard enough to get/have well educated teachers to teach the class now there is an issue to get well educated female teachers in higher education. In short, education continues to be a problem within South Africa, however the problems have down scaled, but are equally important.

Friday morning a church collapsed in Nigeria killing at least 70 people, many of which were definitely from South Africa. President Zuma said that 67 of his compatriots died on Friday night, which is thought to be one of the worst tragedies in South African history, even more than many of the massacres during the time of Apartheid.

This Article describes how the sport of rugby in South Africa still takes apartheid into account. In general, in South Africa, black people played soccer, while white people often played rugby. This is shown as the Springboks has 56 black players as opposed to 182 white players.

This connects to the issues of the activity because the article describes how white people in South Africa are still dominating most of the land. This still occurs even 20 years after apartheid.