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30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY: Taking on the lions and chief
Mam’ Lydia Kompe’s vote was revolutionary: she, and the thousands of women who followed her, were voting in the very courtroom of the Matlala Tribal Authority that treats them as…
FROM THE ARCHIVES | Madiba: A symbol of the power of good
Nelson Mandela will be remembered as a symbol for wisdom, for the ability to change, and the power of reconciliation – an obituary by Mark Gevisser.
‘Courageous reinvention’: an extract from Mark Gevisser’s ‘The Pink Line’
In this extract from Mark Gevisser’s new book, Aunty, fleeing abuse and witchcraft, treks to northern Malawi
Zuma goes down laughing— at us
Confronting his political death, he cares nought about anyone or the tainted legacy he has bequeathed South Africa
The world of Epainette Mbeki: A mother and a comrade to the end
Mark Gevisser looks back on the life of activist and struggle stalwart Epainette Mbeki.
SANDF’s new brothers in arms
Brigadier Roland de Vries and Colonel Solly Mollo in The Mark Gevisser Profile Colonel Rocky Williams, an Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) commander now at the defence secretariat,…
Squabbles leading up to the great debate
After three weeks of negotiation and at least six meetings, the African National Congress, the National Party and the SABC have finally settled on the format of next Thursday’s…
Clash of the television titans
Thursday’s TV debate between South Africa’s two leading statesmen promises to be a psychological drama revealing much about how they are going to rule the country together.
The koeksuster tannies of the ANC?
Mark Gevisser examines the aspirations of the organisation on the eve of its first national conference.