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25 Years Ago

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/ 31 March 1988

No handshakes this time, as students march on Pretoria

As the procession approached, policemen turned away journalists, saying it was a security area.

By Vusi Gunene
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/ 31 March 1988

The ‘secret war’ gets ever more dirty

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

By Phillip Van Niekerk
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/ 31 March 1988

Two police guilty of murder

Court finds Brixton man La Grange lied about ‘ANC deaths’.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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/ 25 March 1988

Grassroots has two weeks to make representations to Stoffel Botha.

Grassroots has two weeks to make representations to Stoffel Botha.

By Gaye Davis
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/ 25 March 1988

Weekly Mail receives another missive from Botha

Minister of Home Affairs and Communications Stoffel Botha has invited Weekly Mail to ”supplement or adjust” its representations to him.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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/ 25 March 1988

What New Nation would have said …

They banned the New Nation and damned it to silence because it dared to reflect the violence of apartheid.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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/ 18 March 1988

Twenty-eight years later Sharpeville bleeds again

Sharpeville was sombre this week, with an air of heavy gloom pervading the dusty streets of the tiny Vaal Triangle township.

By Mono Badela
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/ 18 March 1988

Looking at the ‘Sharpeville Six’ – one by one

Theresa Ramashamola was convicted of murder and subversion for shouting: ”He is shooting at us, let’s kill him,”…

By Jo-Ann Bekker
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/ 18 March 1988

Sharpeville to be mourned – despite the clampdown

Monday is Sharpeville day and will be mourned by a variety of organisations ranging from ”Charterist” to black consciousness groups.

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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/ 18 March 1988

The Sharpeville Six the pain … the joy

In Sharpeville, almost 1 000 people prayed for a last-minute miracle at a church service in the local Dutch Reformed Church at noon yesterday.

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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/ 11 March 1988

The women strike a shut door

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

By Thami Mkhwanazi
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/ 11 March 1988

PW shuffles his cabinet

President PW Botha announced a minor cabinet reshuffle last night.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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/ 11 March 1988

Uncertain future faces New Nation

The New Nation newspaper faces an uncertain future following the Rand Supreme Court ruling this week.

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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/ 11 March 1988

A diary lost at kidnap site leads trial to … army HQ

A ”hit squad” accused of abducting and assaulting Duduza activist Vusi Mashabane has been traced to military headquarters in Johannesburg.

By Adrian Hadland
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/ 11 March 1988

SADF threw fake ECC pamphlets from ‘copter, court hears

The court heard claims the SADF manufactured posters reading ”ECC does it from behind” and ”ECC members are yellow.

By Moira Levy
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/ 4 March 1988

Elections thrashing: PW slams ‘foreign’ elements

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

By Phillip Van Niekerk
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/ 4 March 1988

Inquest raps policemen for ‘Trojan Horse’ shootings

Police who killed three Cape youngsters in the 1985 Trojan Horse shooting were negligent, a Cape Town inquest court found yesterday.

By Moira Levy
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/ 4 March 1988

Objector Toms gets 630 days

Crossroads doctor Ivan Toms, was yesterday sentenced to 630 days imprisonment the maximum sentence asked for by the state

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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/ 26 February 1988

Pen portraits of a dozen of those banned yesterday

Two United Democratic Front presidents, a priest and a fish hawker are among 18 people banned this week.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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/ 5 February 1988

Blamed for PMB strife: ‘Operation Doom’

In January Cosatu and the UDF warned of fears that Inkatha was about to launch ”Operation Doom” or ”Operation Cleanup” against UDF and Cosatu members.

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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/ 5 February 1988

Ominous new black-out bill

In the past, the minister could only impose controls by notice in the Government Gazette.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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/ 5 February 1988

Students march in Soweto

If a soldier dies let us pick his spear and continue the fight…

By Vusi Gunene
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/ 5 February 1988

Soldiers’ trial reveals plan to discret ECC

The court rejected Monnig’s version as improbable and Thompson’s as untruthful.

By Gaye Davis
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/ 11 September 1987

Steve Biko: The man who refused to submit

On the anniversary of Biko’s Death, Patrick Laurence assesses the relevance of his ideas.

By Patrick Laurence
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/ 11 September 1987

Why the Biko ideas continue to be potent

The resolve of Black Consciousness to free black people from psychological self-oppression was captured in Biko’s celebrated phrase:

By Mandla Seloane
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/ 11 September 1987

Could Biko, too, have switched camps?

Some ex-colleagues who joined the Freedom Charter camp discuss whether Biko might not have joined them.

By Mono Badela
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/ 11 September 1987

Steve Biko: Ten years after

Ten years ago Steve Biko died in detention under the care of state doctors and security policemen. Where are they now?

By Edith Bulbring
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/ 30 April 1987

The skop, skiet en donner election

Mineworkers are considering action starting on Monday.

By Mono Badela
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/ 16 April 1987

Argus sells to Inkatha

The bi-weekly <em>Ilanga</em>, will now be owned by a newly-formed company called <em>Mandla-Matla</em> with Inkatha directors.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 10 April 1987

Advocate links police to De’Ath death

Affidavits handed into the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court yesterday alleged that George De’Ath was killed by <em>witdoeke</em> vigilantes.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 10 April 1987

Oom Poem: Political Lionkiller of the North

Johannes Oom Poem" Lampbrecht is a world-renowned big game hunter — the new "Lion of the North" is meant to be his next prey.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 April 1987

The Dissenting Professor

Jo-Ann Bekker reports on the Afrikaner dissenter in the middle of the Delmas controversy.

By Staff Reporter
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