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Apartheid

Stop calling us ‘coloured’ and denying us our diverse African identities
Article
/ 2 August 2018

Stop calling us ‘coloured’ and denying us our diverse African identities

Khoi Revivalists denounce racist groups using its name and want the apartheid category eliminated

By Staff Reporter
Ahmed Timol murder accused granted bail
Article
/ 30 July 2018

Ahmed Timol murder accused granted bail

Rodrigues appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on charges of murder and defeating the ends of justice

By Jeanette Chabalala
Officer in Ahmed Timol case to appear in court on murder charge
Article
/ 29 July 2018

Officer in Ahmed Timol case to appear in court on murder charge

Almost 46 years since his death, the high court last year found that Timol died at the hands of apartheid security branch police while in detention

By Jeanette Chabalala and Alex Mitchley
PODCAST: He ran all the way
Article
/ 26 July 2018

PODCAST: He ran all the way

This is the story of a man and his mother, set in the transition years between the old and the new South Africa

By Rasmus Bitsch and Sound Africa
Ethnic boxes perpetuate colonialism
Article
/ 13 July 2018

Ethnic boxes perpetuate colonialism

The dangerous re-ethnicisation of SA politics must be stopped lest it lead to the same ethnonationalism that caused bloodshed in Rwanda and Yugoslavia

By Angelo Fick
Race debate needs to enter more productive terrain
Article
/ 12 July 2018

Race debate needs to enter more productive terrain

We need to move towards refining our understanding of the causes behind structural and racialised inequality

By Staff Reporter
Struggle lawyer led the charge
Article
/ 6 July 2018

Struggle lawyer led the charge

Michael Richman’s career was closely linked with those who suffered the injustices of apartheid

By Staff Reporter
The way history is taught in South Africa is ahistorical ― and that’s a problem
Article
/ 10 June 2018

The way history is taught in South Africa is ahistorical ― and that’s a problem

History needs to focus on historical consciousness if students are to become capable of dealing with South Africa’s social problems

By Natasha Robinson
Remembering South Africa’s catastrophe: The 1948 poll that heralded apartheid
Article
/ 29 May 2018

Remembering South Africa’s catastrophe: The 1948 poll that heralded apartheid

Apartheid has been removed from the statute books for almost three decades. But a de facto apartheid endures both economically and socially

By Staff Reporter
PODCAST: Freedom for sale
Article
/ 17 May 2018

PODCAST: Freedom for sale

This is the second episode in the new Sound Africa series “Re-visits.”

By Rasmus Bitsch and Sound Africa
Ramaphosa, ANC hail veteran photographer Sam Nzima
Article
/ 13 May 2018

Ramaphosa, ANC hail veteran photographer Sam Nzima

The veteran photographer who ‘captured the full brutality of apartheid oppression’ died over the weekend

By Agency
Slice of life: ‘I sought my own slave saint’
Article
/ 20 April 2018

Slice of life: ‘I sought my own slave saint’

‘People always ask how can I look like a white person, but not be white’

By Raeesa Pather
It’s Blac to the future in Bishop Lavis
Article
/ 29 March 2018

It’s Blac to the future in Bishop Lavis

A new wave of activism has swept over the Cape suburb, as residents band together to target gangs

By Govan Whittles
Luthuli inquest could be reopened
Article
/ 29 March 2018

Luthuli inquest could be reopened

The NPA is relooking at the ANC leader’s 1967 death, and those of other activists

By Paddy Harper
Detainee’s ‘suicide’ revisited
Article
/ 23 March 2018

Detainee’s ‘suicide’ revisited

With the Timol inquest findings overturned, there’s hope that the truth about Hoosen Haffejee will be known

By Paddy Harper
Zille, return the land, protesters say
Article
/ 21 March 2018

Zille, return the land, protesters say

On Human Rights Day, thousands of people who demand land justice marched from District Six to the Cape Town Civic Centre

By Raeesa Pather
A comrade rises – before the fall
Article
/ 16 February 2018

A comrade rises – before the fall

T​here was a time long ago, and not so long ago, when Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma represented the potential the liberation of an oppressed people held.

By Beauregard Tromp
Looting of Africa calls for action
Article
/ 9 February 2018

Looting of Africa calls for action

Top-down regulatory measures come to naught, so the battle must be fought from the bottom up

By Patrick Bond
Government stopped apartheid victims from receiving better compensation— Ntsebeza
Article
/ 3 February 2018

Government stopped apartheid victims from receiving better compensation— Ntsebeza

​A people’s tribunal on economic crimes in South Africa has heard submissions on how big corporations evaded the TRC

By Raeesa Pather
What is the Legacy of Lucas Mangope?
Videos
/ 29 January 2018

What is the Legacy of Lucas Mangope?

For Bophuthatswana leader Lucas Mangope’s death brings into focus the role of bantustans and their leaders in upholding apartheid’s mission.

By Staff Reporter
Institutional racism is still alive and kicking in the workplace
Article
/ 26 January 2018

Institutional racism is still alive and kicking in the workplace

Colonialism and apartheid were all-encompassing systems, involving institutions, professions and the public and private sectors.

By William Gumede
A name change would be pointless if Rhodes still coddles white supremacy
Article
/ 11 December 2017

A name change would be pointless if Rhodes still coddles white supremacy

The facts not in dispute are that Cecil John Rhodes was an “arch-imperialist and white supremacist who treated people of this region as sub-human"

By Philip Machanick
The roast of Busisiwe Mkhwebane
Article
/ 8 December 2017

The roast of Busisiwe Mkhwebane

The public protector was grilled so badly in court that she was left fighting for her professional life

By Phillip De Wet
Lord Hain seeks probe into Barclays’ Gupta-linked accounts
Article
/ 6 December 2017

Lord Hain seeks probe into Barclays’ Gupta-linked accounts

Lord Peter Hain has requested an "immediate investigation" into bank accounts held in London by South African state owned enterprises

By Raeesa Pather
Hunger is still killing South Africa’s children
Article
/ 1 December 2017

Hunger is still killing South Africa’s children

The state needs civil society to help to combat malnutrition, which stunts children’s potential

By Lori Lake
Gloves come off in public protector showdown
Article
/ 1 December 2017

Gloves come off in public protector showdown

The Reserve Bank and Absa have lost their cool and the court battle promises to be ugly

By Phillip De Wet
The West owes Zimbabwe a future
Article
/ 25 November 2017

The West owes Zimbabwe a future

Zimbabwe is still suffering from having to pay off loans accrued by a pre-independence white supremacist government.

By Staff Reporter
A township obliterates a rural life bulldozed by apartheid
Article
/ 24 November 2017

A township obliterates a rural life bulldozed by apartheid

This week the Mail & Guardian is proud to publish a story that is a continuation of a new, specialised reporting genre,

By Lucas Ledwaba
One author has said the apartheid government left a ‘blueprint’ for state capture
Article
/ 8 November 2017

One author has said the apartheid government left a ‘blueprint’ for state capture

Large-scale government corruption existed before the rise to power of the ANC, journalist and author Pieter-Louis Myburgh said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
NPA opening docket to charge Timol murder accused
Article
/ 24 October 2017

NPA opening docket to charge Timol murder accused

It is set to be the first prosecution of its kind for the death in detention of an anti-apartheid activist.

By Raeesa Pather
Justice for Timol leaves us with bittersweet grief
Article
/ 13 October 2017

Justice for Timol leaves us with bittersweet grief

“Long live Ahmed Timol, long live!”.

By Raeesa Pather
Editorial: Biko’s ideology must live
Article
/ 15 September 2017

Editorial: Biko’s ideology must live

We must resist the Mandelaisation of Steve Biko.

By Editorial
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