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Gaye Davis
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In Lusaka, wary exiles dared to hope
Elation was tempered by fear and the sense that the unbanning was real came only when Mandela was released.
Kriel shot in back, says pathologist
Ashley Kriel was shot in the back at point-blank range, according to an autopsy report by a private pathologist.
School boycotts flare
Thousands of Western Cape students stayed away from school yesterday in widespread action not seen in the region since the ’85 class boycotts.
Tension soars as police swoop on Cape Town shacks
Inside KTC, residents told the Weekly Mail how police and kitskonstabels had entered and searched their homes yesterday morning.
There’s much more to Cape Town than Clifton
Gaye Davis advises on the Cape Town that lies outside the tourist traps
Reasons why I had to leave
Gaye Davis spoke to Rhoda Kadalie about the frustrations which forced her to resign from the Human Rights Commission.
Magic man still at the top
As Nelson Mandela turns 79 on July 18, Gaye Davis looks back on his past three-and-a- half years at the helm of the government
Is Thabo Mbeki fit to rule?
Thabo Mbeki is the mystery man who looms large in South Africa’s future. Gaye Davis spoke to people close to this intensely private personality.
A community united in fear
The discovery of a serial killer in their midst has brought fear and anger to the people of Mitchell’s Plain, reports Gaye Davis
Squeak up, comrade, or we’ll tell on you
Prominent Cape activist Vincent Diba has experienced harassment before.
Ramphele takes up the UCT challenge
Dr Mamphela Ramphele has been appointed at the deputy vice-chancellor of UCT.
The baby who’s going back to prison
Detainee Shirley Gunn has her baby back.
Island doors may swing open soon
Lawyers expect some 300 prisoners free within days.
Albie goes back to jail … just for the day
”I’m not coming to complain, I’ve ‘ just come back to see how things have changed”
A portrait of Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma, the African National Congress’s chief of intelligence, never attended school.