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25 Years Ago

A small town’s morning of terror
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/ 9 December 2014

A small town’s morning of terror

Reporter Philippa Garson arrives in Ermelo on a routine assignment … and drives into teargas and violence.

By Philippa Garson
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Article
/ 11 June 2012

Was Boipatong an act of vengeance?

A white policeman was killed shortly before the Boipatong massacre – but police dismiss any link between the two events as "absolute silliness".

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 26 May 1994

Day of the gallows

On Wednesday, Anton Koen and James Henry Cohen, both convicted of common law murder, were taken to the gallows.

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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Article
/ 22 April 1994

ANC’S banana boy with a slippery mission

Jacob Zuma, the ANC’s Natal/kwaZulu premier, is a man at ease in his own ability – which is just as well considering the task that lies ahead of him.

By Stephen Laufer
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Article
/ 25 February 1994

Confessions of a moffie kid

Zackie Achmat, aged 10 when he seduced his first grown-up, tells his life story in a new collection of gay essays.

By Charlotte Bauer
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Article
/ 29 October 1993

Cullinan produces a real gem

A classic, record-breaking innings from Daryll Cullinan has proved he has the temperament to go with his talent.

By Drew Forrest
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Article
/ 3 July 1992

A winning solution

The African National Congress has deftly turned certain defeat into a minor triumph with its right turn on a renewed sports boycott.

By Gavin Evans
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Article
/ 3 July 1992

UK activists to revive sanctions

Archbishop Trevor Huddleston confirmed that most SA church leaders had agreed to lead a new campaign of civil defiance against the government.

By Arthur Gavshon
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Article
/ 3 July 1992

Commonwealth chief jets in unexpectedly

Last night’s urgent visit by the Commonwealth’s secretary general underlines the organisation’s role as primary peace-broker in the SA conflict.

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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Article
/ 3 July 1992

Watch out FW, the crunch is coming

Last night the government was due to announce its response to the ANC’s 14 conditions for the resumption of talks.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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Article
/ 3 July 1992

Where a massacre is a way of life

Boipatong was just the latest in a series of masscares on the Reef which average tow a month and claim on average 25 lives, reports Beathur Baker.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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Article
/ 3 July 1992

Call for state health scheme

Masa has advocated a radical reshaping of the way health care is provided and paid for in South Africa.

By Reg Rumney
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Article
/ 19 April 1991

The koeksuster tannies of the ANC?

Mark Gevisser examines the aspirations of the organisation on the eve of its first national conference.

By Mark Gevisser
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Article
/ 15 March 1991

Bam’s battle for SA’s neglected species

Brigalia Bam is part of a small-but growing elite. She is black, single, well-educated and travelled, a professional who holds down a major post.

By Pat Sidley
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Article
/ 20 December 1990

Maharaj steps down from leadership of ANC, SACP

​Mac Maharaj has retired from the central committee and internal leadership group of the South African Communist Party, it was revealed yesterday.

By Gavin Evans
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Article
/ 30 November 1990

The slithery business of pinning down the PAC

The PAC has been unbanned, wants to take part in negotiations and claims a growing mass membership. But what are its policies?

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 23 November 1990

Zuma did not ‘depose’ Lekota

​The election of the African National Congress’ first southern Natal regional chairman, Jacob Zuma, has met with widespread approval.

By Carmel Rickard 1
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Article
/ 9 November 1990

Poet meets paradox

Mongane Wally Serote had to have permission to come home after 16 years away.

By Charlotte Bauer
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Article
/ 9 November 1990

Let’s break our habit of violence with just laws

Violence is a way of life in South Africa. And to end this tragic habit this country needs material justice before we can live in peace.

By Nadine Gordimer
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Article
/ 26 October 1990

Now the Cape erupts

Five dead, scores hurt in running battles with police.

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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Article
/ 26 October 1990

Prisons go non-racial – and censorship eases

Black and white political prisoners at Pretoria Central men’s prison have been integrated for the first time in South Africa’s history.

By Gavin Evans
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Article
/ 12 October 1990

Mandela’s an outside bet for the Nobel prize

Nelson Mandela is one of the dark horses in the running for the Nobel Peace Prize to be announced on Monday.

By Gavin Evans
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Article
/ 14 September 1990

Who are these whites behind the rooidoeke?

United Nations secretary general Perez de Cuellar has expressed serious concern about the role of security force members in the Reef violence.

By Eddie Koch
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Article
/ 17 August 1990

Behind the violence

Hostel battles: Why there’s more to the eruption of anger than ‘ethnic rivalry’

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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Article
/ 10 August 1990

PE riots rage on, with 33 dead

Thirty three people have been killed in three days of vicious fighting between police and residents of Port Elizabeth’s northeast townships.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 3 August 1990

Black education looks bleak, unless …

The future of black education in the ”new South Africa” seems hopelessly bleak, unless … Samantha Weinberg reports.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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Article
/ 27 July 1990

The ‘Red Plot Mastermind’ slips cover for a chat … and a whisky

Fugitive ANC leader Ronnie Kasrils scoffs at the state’s ‘conspiracy’ claims …

By Shaun Johnson
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Article
/ 20 July 1990

Cosatu move to give vacant land to the homeless

Cosatu has thrown its weight behind the campaign by affiliates and regional structures of the UDF to tackle the problem of the homeless.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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Article
/ 20 July 1990

SA may sign nuclear treaty

The government is considering the possibility of South Africa signing the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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Article
/ 13 July 1990

‘Blue Monday’ row that split DP

The DP was rocked last night by another resignation as recriminations grew over the reasons behind the shock ”retirement” of co-leader Wynand Malan.

By Shaun Johnson
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Article
/ 13 July 1990

The baby who’s going back to prison

Detainee Shirley Gunn has her baby back.

By Gaye Davis
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Article
/ 15 June 1990

AWB plans June 16 showdown

The Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging will hold a protest march in the strife-torn town of Welkom tomorrow, Soweto Day.

By Charles Leonard
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