Pretoria

Job seeker Johannes Oveida looks over a brochure at a job fair at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. 

Open secret: Some international students in the US are going hungry

Community colleges are an attractive option for international students, in part, because they’re a fraction of the cost of four-year universities. But higher nonresident tuition fees, ineligibility for state or federal aid and limited options for work can still generate sticker shock for people when they arrive in the US.

Open secret: Some international students in the US are going hungry
Close-up of Saidy Brown wearing a gray shirt

At 14, she tested positive for HIV — now she calls herself an HIVictor

At 14, she tested positive for HIV — now she calls herself an HIVictor
Protests at the Pretoria High School for Girls.

Until recently this school in South Africa told black girls to chemically straighten their hair

Until recently this school in South Africa told black girls to chemically straighten their hair
Mavis, a housekeeper from the Pretoria township of Mamelodi, depends on her garden to help provide for her five children and seven grandchildren. But with this year's region-wide drought, her garden is just a dusty patch of seedlings. “I want rain every d

For one South African house cleaner, this year's big drought means crying, hungry children

For one South African house cleaner, this year's big drought means crying, hungry children
Olympic and Paralympic running star Oscar Pistorius stands during court proceedings at the Pretoria Magistrates court.

In a historic moment, Oscar Pistorius' five-year sentence is handed down by a black female judge

In a historic moment, Oscar Pistorius' five-year sentence is handed down by a black female judge
South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius leaves the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on September 11, 2014.

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is acquitted of murder, but could face a lesser charge

After a long and very public trial, Oscar Pistorius will not be convicted of murder — but he could still go to prison for "culpable homicide." Many South Africans were shocked by the acquittal for murder, since Pistorius did not come off well during the trial.

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is acquitted of murder, but could face a lesser charge
Nelson Mandela's former private assistant Zelda la Grange. Her memoir traces the 43-year-old's upbringing in an Afrikaans family that considered Mandela a terrorist to her improbable appointment to his office when he became president in 1994, and her clos

Here's how a young white woman went from loving apartheid to being in Mandela's inner circle

When Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990, Zelda la Grange had no idea who he was. In her Afrikaaner family, he was simply a "terrorist." She was in her twenties and would soon become Mandela's personal assistant, and later, a close friend.

Here's how a young white woman went from loving apartheid to being in Mandela's inner circle
Thabang Senekal during a performance of "Madiba: The African Opera" at South Africa's State Theatre in Pretoria on May 22, 2014.  The opera focuses on Nelson Mandela's  upbringing in the rural town of Qunu on the Eastern Cape and how and why he left that

What's it like to portray Nelson Mandela in an opera? Amazing!

If you're in Pretoria, South Africa, one show you won't be able to see is a new opera about Nelson Mandela. That's because the show, "Madiba: The African Opera," was cancelled after just three nights because of a lack of funding. The opera depicts Nelson Mandela's early years in his native home of Qunu, on South Africa's Eastern Cape. Thabang Senekal is the well-known South African baritone who played Mandela in the production. He describes what it's like to play Mandela on stage.

What's it like to portray Nelson Mandela in an opera? Amazing!
Nelson Mandela, as a young man, before he gave his famous Rivonia speech

Why hearing Mandela's Rivonia speech is so powerful. It's not just the words, it's the sounds behind them

South Africa kept recordings of Nelson Mandela's famous Rivonia speech. But no one could hear them because they were on dictabelts. And then South Africa's last remaining dictaphone machine broke.

Why hearing Mandela's Rivonia speech is so powerful. It's not just the words, it's the sounds behind them

The Oscar Pistorius murder trial has captured the public eye and divided public opinion

Was it murder or a terrible accident? As the trial of Oscar Pistorius continues, South Africans are divided on whether the athlete is guilty of murdering his girlfriend.

The Oscar Pistorius murder trial has captured the public eye and divided public opinion

Oscar Pistorius takes the stand, apologizes to Steenkamp's family

There were tears and sobs from South African athlete Oscar Pistorius as he took the witness stand and apologized to Reeva Steenkamp's family. Pistorius is on trial for Steenkamp's murder.

Oscar Pistorius takes the stand, apologizes to Steenkamp's family
Oscar Pistorius

South Africans are glued to their TVs as the Oscar Pistorius trial unravels

All this week, judges in Pretoria's High Court heard witnesses describe what happened last Valentine's Day, when Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. For South Africans, it is the first time a trial has been broadcast on TV, and they are following it like a prime-time crime show.

South Africans are glued to their TVs as the Oscar Pistorius trial unravels
Oscar Pistorius enters the dock before court proceedings at the Pretoria Magistrates court in 2013.

South Africans search for a moral in the tragic tale of Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius, the South African amputee athlete who runs on high-tech blades, is about to go on trial for the murder of his girlfriend. Many in his country view the tragic case as a morality tale. But what, exactly, is the moral?

South Africans search for a moral in the tragic tale of Oscar Pistorius

At this Christmas, Santa will be looking somewhere new for many refugees

NORAD started tracking Santa by accident, when a phone number was misprinted in a Colorado Springs newspaper. Now the Santa tracking has turned into a digital empire that will delight thousands, perhaps millions, of children around the world on Christmas Eve.

At this Christmas, Santa will be looking somewhere new for many refugees

South African Track Star Oscar Pistorius is Out on Bail

A judge in Pretoria has released double-amputee track star Oscar Pistorius on a $113,000 bail.

South African Track Star Oscar Pistorius is Out on Bail