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25 Years Ago

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/ 15 June 1990

Tears as Oom Bey comes home at last

After 27 years and amid tears Beyers Naude returned to the white Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) on Sunday night.

By Charles Leonard
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/ 15 June 1990

Youth wing attacks PAC policy

The youth wing of the Pan Africanist Congress has set itself on a collision course with the PAC leadership ..

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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/ 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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/ 15 June 1990

Memories of Mama Afrika

Don Mattera remembers the Miriam Makeba of old.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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/ 8 June 1990

FW sets a tough poser for the ANC

By moving far – but not as far as expected – FW lands the ANC with a hard choice.

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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/ 8 June 1990

New unity mood in black politics

A new mood of unity was forged this week when the ANC and the PAC met to halt violence between their members.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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/ 1 June 1990

A pure white hole in the black area

The farm of Boerestaat Party leader Robert van Tonder north of Johannesburg could soon be surrounded by a mixed-race township.

By Shaun Johnson
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/ 25 May 1990

Announcing a new Daily Mail

The Weekly Mail today announces the launch of its new morning newspaper, the Daily Mail, due on the streets on June 20.

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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/ 25 May 1990

SADF, MK generals talk about peace

An extraordinary meeting between members of the SADF and the ANC’s army is taking place in Lusaka.

By Gavin Evans
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/ 25 May 1990

Island doors may swing open soon

Lawyers expect some 300 prisoners free within days.

By Gaye Davis
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/ 25 May 1990

Blast rocks Boer war house

An explosion rocked the historic Melrose House in Pretoria at 9.30pm on Wednesday night .

By Charles Leonard
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/ 18 May 1990

‘Strip Buthelezi of police powers!’

The African National Congress and Cosatu yesterday called on the government to strip kwaZulu’s chief minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi of his powers.

By Carmel Rickard 1
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/ 11 May 1990

Brigadier was killed by his own hit-squad

Death-row prisoner tells how Bop ‘hit-squad’ helped kill police chief who recruited them.

By Charles Leonard
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/ 11 May 1990

Hospital strike ends with rights for union

The Transvaal Provincial Administration granted de facto recognition to the union and agreed to bargain with, it over wages in future.

By Thandeka Gqubule
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/ 11 May 1990

Mandela thanks Angola for support

Nelson Mandela yesterday thanked the people of Angola for their support for the resistance struggle in South Africa.

By Sapa
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/ 11 May 1990

Winnie won’t be called for Stompie trial

Despite being mentioned often in the Stompie case, Winnie Mandela won’t be appearing, reports Cassandra Moodley.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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/ 11 May 1990

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.

By Thami Mkhwanazi
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/ 11 May 1990

Albie goes back to jail … just for the day

”I’m not coming to complain, I’ve ‘ just come back to see how things have changed”

By Gaye Davis
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/ 4 May 1990

The ex-cop who betrayed Dirt Coetzee

How the captain’s private letters fell into the hands of the state.

By Ivor Powell
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/ 4 May 1990

Patients roam Soweto in pyjamas

Striking workers from Baragwanath Hospital dance through the streets of Soweto.

By Thandeka Gqubule
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/ 4 May 1990

‘How foolish we all were … not to do this ages ago’

Hopes high as both sides reakise … ‘This discussion should have happened years ago’

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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/ 27 April 1990

Out rolls a shiny Madibamobile

What kind of Mercedes Benz rolls off the assembly line wrapped in cellophane paper and plastered with stickers proclaiming the virtues of the SACP?

By Eddie Koch
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/ 27 April 1990

The man who watched Webster

Council spy Tony Naude befriended slain activist David Webster and was his jogging partner until shortly before he was gunned down.

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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/ 20 April 1990

Chemical groups try to silence allegations about crop devastation

Seventeen chemical companies are trying to suppress allegations that their herbicides are causing massive damage to South Africa’s ecology.

By Eddie Koch
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/ 20 April 1990

Far right warns of a new ‘Boer War’

‘The war of Boere liberation is in progress … it’s just a matter of when the war of weapons is declared’

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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/ 12 April 1990

CP leaders haven’t seen that ‘ANC plot’ document

The African National Congress has denied knowledge or a much-publicised ”secret” document detailing a plot to assassinate rightwing leaders.

By Thandeka Gqubule
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/ 5 April 1990

Peace on the edge as FW meets Mandela

A top-level four-man African National Congress delegation meets with State President FW de Klerk today.

By Gavin Evans
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/ 5 April 1990

David Bruce says COs must ‘reassess’

Surprise! A leaner, stronger David Bruce steps back into the world.

By Philippa Garson
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/ 5 April 1990

Buthelezi also in Cape Town today

Inkatha Mangosuthu Buthelezi will be in Cape Town today, as will African National Congress Deputy President Nelson Mandela.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 April 1990

Teachers head back to the classroom

More than 6 000 teachers in the Johannesburg region resolved to suspend the four-week-long ”chalks-down” strike.

By Weekly Mail Reporter
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/ 30 March 1990

Detained magistrates set free

Two magistrates and a regional prosecutor were released this week after their lawyers threatened to file a supreme court interdict.

By Vusi Gunene
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/ 30 March 1990

We’ll tell all, say warders

Striking prisons men threaten to reveal truth about jail conditions.

By Weekly Mail Reporters
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