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Apartheid

Inequality on global scale
Article
/ 23 November 2012

Inequality on global scale

There are many benevolent Bongos in Hout Bay. They have built crches and quality schools for children from less privileged backgrounds.

By Letters
Reparations still on the back foot
Article
/ 16 November 2012

Reparations still on the back foot

In 2013 a fund for the victims of apartheid will have more cash than it did when it was created as it continues to accumulate interest.

By Phillip De Wet
Get apartheid on your chest
Article
/ 16 November 2012

Get apartheid on your chest

When saying sorry isn’t nearly enough, there is a way for you to wear your apartheid apology on your shirt.

By Lloyd Gedye
Israel is not apartheid state
Article
/ 9 November 2012

Israel is not apartheid state

To equate Israel with apartheid, as Gideon Levy does displays a profound ignorance of the horror that was South Africa.

By Letters
PW Botha’s secret stroke blocked path of reform
Article
/ 9 November 2012

PW Botha’s secret stroke blocked path of reform

Did the rupture of a blood vessel in PW Botha’s brain prevent SA from starting the process of a negotiated settlement in 1985 rather than in 1990?

By Max Du and Preez Author
Apartheid speech came as big surprise
Article
/ 6 November 2012

Apartheid speech came as big surprise

The Rubicon speech was received with great dismay by South Africa’s diplomats, writes Pieter Wolvaardt.

By Letters
Practising apartheid — and proud of it
Analysis
/ 2 November 2012

Practising apartheid — and proud of it

Israelis like the idea of democracy, but openly advocate discrimination against Arab citizens. How can people embrace a word synonymous with evil?

By Gideon Levy
The day apartheid started dying
Analysis
/ 26 October 2012

The day apartheid started dying

Hermann Giliomee explains how former president PW Botha’s Rubicon speech increased white South Africa’s isolation in 1985.

By Hermann Giliomee
De Waal review shows one-track vision
Article
/ 21 September 2012

De Waal review shows one-track vision

Reading ‘Pastrami and apartheid’ gives the impression that there is only one side to this conflict and only one narrative, says areader.

By Letters
A racist and intolerant country cannot call itself civilised
Article
/ 13 September 2012

A racist and intolerant country cannot call itself civilised

Which path should post-apartheid South Africa take in its relation with Israel, a country with its own brand of modern-day apartheid?

By Staff Reporter
Maties residence offers apology for apartheid wrongs
Article
/ 30 August 2012

Maties residence offers apology for apartheid wrongs

Students from the Dagbreek men’s residence at Stellenbosch University have offered an unusual apology to the country for its involvement in apartheid.

By Glynnis Underhill
New statue to be unveiled to mark 50 years of Mandela’s arrest
Article
/ 4 August 2012

New statue to be unveiled to mark 50 years of Mandela’s arrest

The monumental sculpture, which will be unveiled in Howick, is made up of 50 steel rods of between five and 10m high symbolising a prison.

By Jean Liou
Boipatong’s ripples still spread today
Article
/ 26 July 2012

Boipatong’s ripples still spread today

Twenty years on, the events of the massacre are contested and people remain divided and angry, writes the M&G’s ombudsman Franz Kruger.

By Staff Reporter
Listening is key to safeguard our dignity
Article
/ 12 July 2012

Listening is key to safeguard our dignity

Beware of repeating the apartheid era’s fatal error of failing to heed the people’s desperate cries, writes Sandi Baai.

By Sandi Baai
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Article
/ 22 June 2012

Education the best honour for the class of 1976

Had the blind, evil apartheid regime acted responsibly on June 16 1976, many a life would have been saved.

By Staff Reporter
De Klerk bit the bullet
Article
/ 22 June 2012

De Klerk bit the bullet

How exactly do you embrace popular opinion without going against the preconceptions of your own tribe, writes Jaco Fouche.

By Staff Reporter
The historical case for an independent judiciary
Article
/ 21 June 2012

The historical case for an independent judiciary

Viewed from the context of SA in 2012, Common Purpose reminds us of apartheid brutality, FW de Klerk’s recent protestations notwithstanding.

By Serjeant At The and Bar Author
To be more than circumstance
Article
/ 19 June 2012

To be more than circumstance

Mpho Moshe Matheolane thinks back to how he learnt his worth in South Africa – through the pain of his father’s apartheid memories.

By Mpho Moshe Matheolane
De Klerk’s ‘goodwill’ was just realpolitik
Article
/ 19 June 2012

De Klerk’s ‘goodwill’ was just realpolitik

In his heart, De Klerk was never a reformer, but rather a practitioner of realpolitik, even if it meant unbanning the ANC, writes Charles Leonard.

By Charles Leonard
Posturing or genuine dialogue?
Article
/ 17 May 2012

Posturing or genuine dialogue?

The ANC met with conservative Afrikaners last week – an event one critic labelled as ‘dangerous’. Charles Leonard reports.

By Staff Reporter
Too easily we lose sight of our cattle
Article
/ 17 May 2012

Too easily we lose sight of our cattle

Nikiwe Bikitsha describes how disturbing it was to watch Jessica Leandra dos Santos and Tshidi Thamana at their kiss-and-make-up press conference.

By Staff Reporter
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Analysis
/ 13 April 2012

Apartheid link is born of ignorance

Two representatives from Palestine and Israel repeatedly heard the region’s conflict called "apartheid". They explain why this idea is inaccurate.

By Benjamin Pogrund and Comment Author
‘Dr Death’ gets a drubbing
Article
/ 30 March 2012

‘Dr Death’ gets a drubbing

Advocate Salie Joubert has accused controversial cardiologist Dr Wouter Basson of being an "untruthful witness" and not accepting responsibility.

By Faranaaz Parker
Rage against dying of the dream
Article
/ 19 March 2012

Rage against dying of the dream

<em>NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT</em> by Nadine Gordimer (Picador Africa).

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 9 March 2012

The Inconvenient Truth II

Comparing Israel with the apartheid state has been going on for years. Now a new documentary film explores the comparison in disturbing detail.

By Staff Reporter
Settlement sets hopeful precedent for apartheid victims
Article
/ 2 March 2012

Settlement sets hopeful precedent for apartheid victims

Victims of apartheid will receive R10 000 as a result of a settlement between General Motors in the United States

By Adrian Ephraim
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Article
/ 16 February 2012

Colour bar still exists in relationships

Apartheid or democracy, colour is still an issue in relationships.

By Fatima Asmal Motala
The curse of the ill-fated apartheid-era imbongi
Article
/ 3 February 2012

The curse of the ill-fated apartheid-era imbongi

The politics of apartheid constrained both the substance and the form of David Manisi’s poetry.

By Mbongiseni Buthelezi
Umkhonto WeSizwe celebrates 50 years
Article
/ 16 December 2011

Umkhonto WeSizwe celebrates 50 years

Umkhonto WeSizwe (MK) marked its 50th anniversary by urging the state to look after ex-combatants who fought against apartheid.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 30 June 2011

Inter-racial SA family grew in apartheid’s shadow

Isaac and Joan Ngwenya have an exceptional story from the apartheid era, whereby every citizen was classified by race.

By Griffin Shea
Stripped naked, our racist past is ugly
Article
/ 24 June 2011

Stripped naked, our racist past is ugly

<i>British Magnum</i> photographer Ian Berry’s odyssey in South Africa is charted in an exhibition at the Liverpool International Slavery Museum.

By Jeremy Kuper
Saved by ‘township treatment’
Article
/ 11 June 2011

Saved by ‘township treatment’

30 Years after the first cases of Aids were reported, 17 since the end of apartheid — here’s a story about how the virus has helped bridge division.

By Mia Malan
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