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This is the story of Thandi Modise in the March 31 to April 6 1989 edition of the Weekly Mail. Here she embraces her daughter following her release from prison.

From the archives: The life of story of Thandi Modise, guerilla

THE LIFE STORY OF A GUERRILLA: PART II On the streets of Jo’burg, old military habits die hard

This is the story of Thandi Modise in the Weekly Mail March 23 to 30 1989 edition.

Thandi Modise, the knitting needles guerrilla

The first in a two-part series by Thami Mkhwanazi. This week: Life in the camps

Nkosi: Out of jail but back at his books

The Weekly Mail found John Nkosi in a tiny room at the back of a house opposite his parents’ Atteridgeville home.

Students ‘frogmarched’ from class

Eyewitnesses claimed Peter Mnisi was "threatened with live ammunition and pushed against the wall in front of them to a waiting police car.

Bus victims on ‘training’ trip

The trip that resulted in the death of 14 Alexandra township schoolchildren was sponsored by the Department of Education and Training.

A guerrilla arrives in the back of a Mercedes

The only woman among the exiles involved in the talks, Ruth Mompati, returned to a noisy welcome from her home town.

The jobless laugh, limp and die the American way

A nice, bloody morning in the cheap seats at the bug-house.

Sam Nujoma speaks

The Weekly Mail’s Thami Mkhwanazi gets an invitation to the home of Swapo leader Sam Nujoma.

The Sisulu I knew

The Walter Sisulu I know is no different from the man-in-the-street.

Open City opens – despite demos

Fifty volunteers are giving up all their comforts for two days to experience the Group Areas Act at first hand.

The mystery buried in the Khanya wreck

The grim is that if the flames had reached the bombs, it would have looked far worse.

Militant Alex to discuss October votes plan

The Alexandra Civic Association (ACA) is considering a plan for possible participation in the October 26 municipal elections.

Tambo’s former bodyguard shot dead

A former personal bodyguard and driver of African National Congress leader, Oliver Tambo, was shot dead by an unknown gunman in Soweto this week.

The women strike a shut door

Fedtraw members stage International Women’s Day protest outside Chamber of Mines headquarters in Johannesburg.

Black grades for holiday

Black matric results will be announced on Christmas Eve – if all goes well, according to Department of Education and Training PRO, Edgar Posselt.

Mbeki release: Winnie calls for ‘caution and circumspection’

Winnie Mandela has cautioned against ”over-optimistic expectations” following the release of African National Congress leader Govan Mbeki.

Mandela meets Coetsee

Face to face: Minister and jailed ANC leader.

How a schoolboy’s rage turned Mbeki towards Marxism

Govan Mbeki, quiet man of the Rivonia trialists, has given no interviews since his release…

The Island’s man of peace

If there was a single political prisoner in South Africa to whom unity between the ANC and the PAC could possibly be attributed, it was John Nkosi.

My years on Robben Island with Mbeki

Journalist Thami Mkhwanazi spent nearly half of his seven year sentence on Robben Island, much of the time in the same section as Govan Mbeki.