The magic of Madiba's dual personality
Robin RenwickMandela was a far wilier politician, and could be less saintly, than some other portrayals would have us believe, writes Robin Renwick.
The promise of the time hasn't been fulfilled
Mosibudi MangenaGenuine hopes of a new dawn have been dashed and we have been reduced to a protest society.
The day that changed our lives
Patricia de LilleThe sacrifices we made for the struggle were all validated in one speech by FW de Klerk.
Unbanned 25 years ago: Sharing a toilet with Tutu – that's a first
Cheryl CarolusThe unbanning of political parties caught people unawares, but most can recall where they were.
Editorial: The hatemongers must not triumph
EditorialSince May 2008 the government has done, on a net basis, nothing about xenophobia. The fine words are more than cancelled out by the lack of action.
In Lusaka, wary exiles dared to hope
Gaye DavisElation was tempered by fear and the sense that the unbanning was real came only when Mandela was released.
Unbanned and uncertain: How we found new purpose
Anton HarberThe unbanning of political parties and the end of emergency media laws meant the Weekly Mail had to reassess its role.
Inkatha, too, paved the way to peaceful liberation
Mangosuthu ButheleziThe Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) sought the greatest possible protection of human rights and the strongest possible constitutional democracy.
FW de Klerk's 'quantum leap': Did he jump or was he pushed?
Max du PreezThe motives of the 'last apartheid president' can only be truly understood within a 20-year context.
Peace with neighbours led to unbanning
Pik BothaA sequence of solutions – in Angola, Namibia and Mozambique – guaranteed democracy in SA.
Load-shedding: Do not go gentle into that good night
Haji Mohamed DawjeeAn ode to the long-suffering people of South Africa in light of Eskom’s perpetual rolling blackouts, by Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
Don't leave forgiveness out of SA's race debate
Verashni PillayWe can have more honest conversations about race but we cannot reject forgiveness and its aim of reconciliation, writes Verashni Pillay.
Beware of bigotry veiled as satire
Kagure Mugo'Charlie' represents a hierarchy of Western ideals to which not everyone subscribes.
Make way for the wise man of Winterveldt
Johnny MasilelaWhat kind of a book would the biography of the leader of Winterveldt, arguably the largest informal settlement in the southern hemisphere, make?
Blacks gave whites the gift of freedom
Diane SaltersSouth Africans need to work with each other to resolve our collective guilt and innocence.
Letters to the editor: January 23 to 29 2015
LettersReaders write in about the plight of cartoonists, Zambian democracy, a Hamas leader visiting South Africa and the origin of French Muslims.
Editorial: A thirsty future beckons
EditorialWater scarcity is here and we need to act now, as this is more difficult to solve than the electricity crisis.
Zelda, you shatter our illusions
Tinyiko MalulekeOur dismay at La Grange is born of an expectation for her to be a symbol of Nelson Mandela’s ideals
Editorial: Zuma holds state hostage to his rule
EditorialTwo decades of struggle to move away from a South Africa in which the executive and minority interests reign supreme may have been in vain.
Liberty feels hollow when we are still economically incarcerated
With so many citizens trapped in poverty and hunger it is difficult to remember February?2 1990 today with the same feelings we had 25 years ago.
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