25 Years Ago

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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