The first moment of freedom: Trevor Manuel and Whitey Jacobs were released from prison yesterday.
A former personal bodyguard and driver of African National Congress leader, Oliver Tambo, was shot dead by an unknown gunman in Soweto this week.
The right to publish pictures of South Africa’s political prisoners – such as ANC leaders Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu – will be tested in court.
The government’s own Bureau for Information may have to register in terms of the new State of Emergency controls over ”news agencies”.
The face of SA in the eyes of the world: A ‘terrorist state’
Government departments have been instructed not to talk to foreign journalists who are not accredited with the Bureau for Information.
Low turnouts in most areas as thousands stay home.
Talks between unions and managers fail to resolve ‘days of protest’ dispute.
Eleven treason trialists are on hunger strike – because the blacks among them are denied privileges granted to the whites.
Drinking spree, followed by a ‘panel-beating’ for victim …
MP Wynand Malan, who led an eight-member delegation, met with four senior ANC members in Frankfurt.
Amid massive foreign pressure, the government is backing down on plans to impose tight controls on foreign funding.
Prevented from leaving, paid R5 a day for shifts of up to 15 hours … a glimpse into the harsh life of the farm labourer.
The Weekly Mail editors yesterday thanked people involved in the campaign to stop the minister from acting against the press.
Pressure mounts as one warlord gets death verdict
Bloody clashes between union and non-union miners during labour protests.
The last copies … a special edition of South is sold in Cape Town. Minutes later the paper was banned.
The Weekly Mail is in possession of the names of the three men and a ‘British woman.
South Africa faces the prospect of a full-scale, extremely costly war in Angola…
Weekly Mail ‘s co-editors expect to meet the Minister of Home Affairs, Stoffel Botha, next week to discuss his threat to act against the paper.
The beaches of Port Elizabeth, scene of Allan Hendrickse’ famous swim are now legally open to all races.
The South African Defence Force acknowledgement of the death of 31 of its men in Angola raises serious questions.
The 15 defendants were each sentenced to six months on contempt of court charges after a spate of singing, chanting and dancing.
The Minister of Home Affairs gazettes a ‘warning’ against Weekly Mail and prompts a public outcry …
Independent MP Jan van Eck mediates between pupils and riot police at Engjongo primary school.
Why SABC boss was worth a golden handshake to Nats.
President PW Botha has proposed a prime minister be appointed with responsibility for day-to-day administration.
Cry Freedom’s Attenborough, denies he’s pulled movie out of South Africa.
Two amazing ‘verligte’ speeches by Nat MPs spark a rumpus in the House.
Albie Sachs, bound for the beach, opens his car … and it explodes.
2 500 identified as carriers. But some experts put figure at 4 000.
Murders in Paris and Lesotho, cross-border raids, bombings … diplomacy has taken a black seat.