South Africa

    Skin Deep Politics

    The question as to whether a coloured can become leader of South Africa's ruling party and even, more remotely, president of the country.

    Out of Here

    I am spending the opening weeks of the 2010 World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. I have tickets to a few games. The main aim is to be among football people.

    Blue Balls

    When white South Africans do ordinary things, like travel to a black neighborhood, they're showered with platitudes. This is not reserved for their black country fellows.