Phillip Van Niekerk

David Beresford, the Guardian correspondent who died in Johannesburg last week, leaves a remarkable legacy.

How President FW de Klerk responds to the present political crisis will determine the fate of South Africa.

John was born into the African cultural aristocracy. His uncle, Meekly Matshikiza, was a pioneer of South African jazz.

Mail & Guardian editor Phillip van Niekerk’s submission to the Human Rights Commission.

The battle between the government and the ANC is now on the centre court but no one appears to be serving up the aces.

In his television address FW de Klerk presented himself as the reasonable man. But beneath the benign tone lay a much harsher message.

Mandela: An angry man, taking a harder line than before. De Klerk: Under heavy pressure from abroad to get talks moving.

FW de Klerk had one moment of public spontaneity in his two days of talks in Zambia and Zaire.

South Africa faces the prospect of a full-scale, extremely costly war in Angola…

2 500 identified as carriers. But some experts put figure at 4 000.

Murders in Paris and Lesotho, cross-border raids, bombings … diplomacy has taken a black seat.

President PW Botha yesterday blamed ”foreign interference” and ”actions by radical elements that break internal laws”

Natal violence: Seven interdicts, yet no investigations …

There has been international speculation that Strauss is on a mission to examine the prospects of a negotiated settlement in the subcontinent

Six anonymous activists from inside South Africa addressed delegates at the ANC conference in Arusha, Tanzania, this week.