THE Weekly Mail will celebrate its first birthday next week by hosting a historic meeting: the first direct encounter between the most powerful men in the mining industry, Harry Oppenheimer and Cyril Ramaphosa. In keeping with its aim of provoking exchanges about the future of South Africa, the Weekly Mail has organised for these two […]
The Weekly Mail will celebrate its first birthday next week by hosting an historic meeting.
Everyone knows his name and what he stands for. But almost no-one knows what Nelson Mandela looks like.
Weekly Mail Reporter Two Weekly Mail journalists, co-editor Anton Harber and freelance reporter Jo-Anne Bekker, were this week found guilty of contempt of court for three articles on the Delmas treason trial which appeared in last Friday’s edition of the newspaper. Mr Justice K van Dijkhorst, the presiding judge in the Delmas trial, sentenced Harber […]
In last week’s Weekly Mail, a report appeared on page nine which purported to contain notes made by Mr Justice K van Dijkhorst regarding a video shown at the Delmas treason. At the time we published this report, we believed the notes were made by the judge. This was incorrect. A legal representative for the […]
The little-publicised treason trial of 22 men at Delmas took a surprise turn this week when a young state witness said that she fabricated her evidence after being sjambokked in detention.
Winnie Mandela yesterday denied she had called for violence when she made her controversial "necklaces and matches" speech.
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/ 14 February 1986
Senior Advocate George Bizos was due to fly to Cape Town late yesterday for further consultations with Nelson Mandela in Pollsmoor Prison.
That Nelson Mandela will soon be released from prison is common cause. Less certain is what effect this will have on the country. Anton Harber reports
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/ 24 January 1986
Winnie Mandela, defiant wife of jailed African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, once again attracted wide publicity.