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Sam Nujoma speaks
The Weekly Mail’s Thami Mkhwanazi gets an invitation to the home of Swapo leader Sam Nujoma.
25 Years Ago
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Secret papers hold ‘hit squad’ key
In two forgotten trials, court told of documents so explosive not even lawyers could see them.
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Anti-war groups hail FW’s Xmas present for conscripts
?President FW de Klerk’s Christmas present to conscripts provides instant relief to 35 000 young white men due to start military service in February.
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Scores hurt in rail violence
Armed vigilantes attack passengers without tickets.
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Where matric is a rather casual affair
Weekly Mail reporter Philip Molefe slips into a marking centre and discovers some extraordinary practices …
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Webster suspect named
Held man a former police sergeant, insurance agent – and a convicted murderer.
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Unrest flares as observers look on – and they accuse police
A senior delegation of visitors and observers watched this week as conflict erupted in Mpumalanga, Natal, leaving 18 dead.
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My life as a killer
The extraordinary tale of the man who claimed this week to be Magnus Malan’s cousin…
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The father who breeds geniuses
Long before his three daughters were born, Hungarian teacher Laszlo Polgar planned that they would grow up to be chess Grandmasters. And they have.
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From death row to light sentences for 6 convicts
Beneath a menacing line of dangling plastic ‘corpses’, human rights lawyers call for an end to the death penalty this week.
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Are you the great South African novelist?
Enter the Weekly Mail’s new literary competition.
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Hit-squad clues could be seen long before Coetzee
Support for police assassination squads has come from the commanding heights of South Africa’s security forces.
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Hit-squad spotlight on Coetzee successor
Man who followed Dirk Coetzee as ‘hit squad’ boss is linked to nine deaths.
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Two shot as police swoop on railway strikers
Police shot two men inside the offices of Cosatu in Germiston while breaking up a meeting of striking railway workers yesterday afternoon.
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Death squad chief flees SA
Before leaving the country, Dirk Coetzee told his story to Afrikaans newspaper Vrye Weekblad.
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Africanists to form joint group
An umbrella body of Africanist organisations is set to be officially launched.
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Weekly Mail ‘buys’ convicts – at R1.40 each
Weekly Mail writer Eddie Koch went to prison this week – and came back with two convicts, his for the day for just R1.40 each
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Three hang as prisons block lawyers
?The state is now hanging death row prisoners while denying them the legal access which might save their lives.
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The call from the shebeens: Settle the beer strike
The sooner the Food and Allied Workers Union and South African Breweries solve their dispute the better.
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‘Alternative’ army system ‘unjustifiable’, says judge
The Supreme Court judge sharply criticised government policy on the treatment of conscientious objectors.
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Surprise ‘warning’ for New Nation
New Nation newspaper was yesterday warned that it faces a suspension order for the second time.
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Who set up Pik?
Who gave Botha the phoney ‘Swapo attack’ message? Was he duped by his own securocrats?
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Police chief suddenly retires
In the midst of allegations of security police assassination squads, Brigadier Willem Schoon has suddenly retired from the police force.
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Future of protest hangs on rally
?The future of mass protest and of government verligheid could depend on Sunday afternoon’s ”welcome home” rally for the seven released ANC leaders.
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First Afrikaans anti-apartheid group begins
The first-ever anti-apartheid organisation aimed specifically at Afrikaans-speakers is being launched.
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The last hope on Death Row: Shucks, the gambler under the gallows
The news came through on the wires shortly before 10am last Friday – three men had been hanged at Pretoria Central Prison at dawn.
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Targets for murder
I was told to kill these activists, says ‘hit-squad’ policeman on death-row.
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Death-row policeman tells of SB ‘hit-squad’
Affidavit implicates top officers in murder of lawyer Griffiths Mxenge.
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Holomisa to Buthelezi: I’ll sue
Holomisa took exception to remarks by Buthelezi at the lnkatha Women’s Brigade Conference last weekend.
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Sunday’s release day
The releases of Walter Sisulu and seven other political prisoners are expected to begin on Sunday and the MDM is planning marches and rallies.
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Despicable! But Rockman two go free
A stunned Lieutenant Gregory Rockman’s first words after the acquittal yesterday of two riot policemen charged with assault were:
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Mandela’s words as he watched the releases on TV: ‘I want to go home’
Sitting watching an historic news bulletin on SABC television on Tuesday night at Victor Verster Prison was a most extraordinary party.