'Unfinished business' of the TRC healing
Desmond TutuMandela's departure from office was a blow from which the commission never recovered
De Klerk: The lasting challenge of April 27 1994
FW de KlerkIt is also important to stress that April 27 did not constitute the victory of some South Africans over others, as it is often presented now.
Last Boer general fears for the future
Phillip De WetGeneral Constand Viljoen says Afrikaners need to establish a political bloc to survive ANC majoritarianism.
KZN's Romeo and Juliet, two decades later
Kwanele SosiboTwo families recall the harrowing times when peace in KZN was little more than a pipe dreamRomeo and Juliet, two decades later.
Anger and resignation in Lerato Park's shantytown
Sarah EvansResidents of the township outside Kimberley are used to broken promises, but some are drawing the line at the ballot box.
What happened to transformation?
Colin BundyThe ruling party failed to reshape the economy and govern effectively in our developmental state.
Tshwane digs deep for JZ's road warriors
Mmanaledi MatabogeThe city's biking corps has been deployed to shore up the prestige of President Jacob Zuma and his deputy, Kgalema Motlanthe.
Democracy has also brought us great inequality
Mosibudi MangenaThe Nkandla scandal and the Marikana massacre are the lowest points of South Africa's democracy yet.
Madiba taught me to be a free white Afrikaner in a modern SA
Zelda la Grange (author)Twenty-four years after Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, Zelda le Grange remembers what he taught her - with freedom comes responsibility.
Vavi forced to sing ANC's praises
Matuma LetsoaloCosatu's Zwelinzima Vavi is back in the fold, and being compelled to wave the ruling party's pom-poms.
ANC and Cope: Freedom unites two generations
Mmanaledi MatabogeGertrude Shope and her daughter Lyndall Shope-Mafole have taken different routes to meet South Africa's challenges.
SA's 20 years of democracy: Celebration and concern
Roelf Meyer (author)South Africa requires the same levels of wisdom, insight, passion and leadership it had 20 years ago in order to complete the transformation.
Foreigners brave an uneasy refuge in SA
Rapula MoatsheImmigrants to South Africa still face an uphill battle, but their neighbours seem happy to live and let live.
Twenty years of democracy: Much has changed, but not enough
Ela GandhiWhile there is better access to a quality life, let us not forget the sacrificies that made our freedom possible and pretend there's no more to do.
Murder of ANC guerrilla Kriel haunts sisters 27 years later
Glynnis UnderhillAshley Kriel's sisters appreciate what freedom has delivered, but feel there should be more
Mpumalanga: Hostage to the power of patronage
Verashni PillayLittle of the province's riches reach the people, but it remains an ANC stronghold.
R1m for Tshwane cops' EC beach bash
Mmanaledi MatabogeMetro officers were snubbed by the military at Nelson Mandela's funeral in Qunu because of an apparent 'lack of trust'.
ANC Youth League: From the frying pan into the fire
Verashni PillayThe ANC breathed a sigh of relief when the youth league cleared its 2008 conference debt of more than R15m. Then another creditor came knocking.
Jacob Zuma's koeksuster diplomacy kicks in
Sarah EvansThe Voortrekker Monument proved an ironic choice of venue to discuss land reform with Afrikaner farmers.
Front Nasionaal stokes the embers of the Afrikaner right
Dan Roodt and other Afrikaner have activists recently launched a new political platform, which aims to fight for Afrikaner self-determination.
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