Her win was celebrated at home. But the 22-year-old sparked controversy in the US by referring to herself as “Coloured”. In South Africa it has a very different meaning – and, by claiming ...

According to Stats SA, in 2023 children made up 33.7% of the South African population — 50.1% boys and 49.9% girls.

This engraving of Benezet, taken from a book published in 1850, shows him teaching two black children, a calling which he joyfully pursued for half a century.

"The church was divided into white congregations, Coloured congregations ... It is true that if every child from a difficult home in South Africa were to grow up and perform an act of brutality ...