BBC News - South Africa Direct

6 May 2014Last updated at 09:29

Coming homeAfter an exodus, white South Africans are returning home in their thousands

Debating South AfricaA special BBC debate ahead of elections Listen

The township pullSouth Africa's canniest entrepreneurs

Born to ruleWhy the ANC will remain in power

Has South Africa kept its promises?Twenty years on from democracy Watch

Two legs or three?The man who made South Africa's flag

Black middle classCelebrating 20 years of democracy Watch

Born free in South AfricaGrowing up without apartheid

Black and whiteLearning to live with mixed-race couples

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