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Apartheid

White noise: Black people will always struggle to breathe and be heard
Opinion
/ 14 June 2020

White noise: Black people will always struggle to breathe and be heard

As long as white people refuse to confront their racism they remain robbed of the opportunity to fully understand it and its many manifestations

By Sorayah Nair
The myths that swirl around modern-day South Africa should be dispelled
Opinion
/ 25 May 2020

The myths that swirl around modern-day South Africa should be dispelled

Without an accurate understanding of the dilemmas which overwhelm us, our efforts to produce effective and far-reaching strategies or solutions for change will fail

By Andile Zulu
Tawana Kupe: It takes a continent to raise the Africa we want
Coronavirus
/ 24 May 2020

Tawana Kupe: It takes a continent to raise the Africa we want

Collaborating with other universities will assist in dealing with diseases and other social issues that know no borders

By Tawana Kupe
Blindness: How the Strandfontein camp was set up to fail
Coronavirus
/ 15 May 2020

Blindness: How the Strandfontein camp was set up to fail

The facility in Cape Town was about quarantining the most vulnerable — the homeless — rather than preventing Covid-19

By Jared Sacks
A full life, well lived
Opinion
/ 8 May 2020

A full life, well lived

Denis Goldberg was a forthcoming, funny, angry, brutally honest and impressive man who never stopped fighting for what he believed in

By Tymon Smith
Denis Goldberg: Man of integrity, freedom fighter and true mensch
Opinion
/ 7 May 2020

Denis Goldberg: Man of integrity, freedom fighter and true mensch

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe

By Ronnie Kasrils
The biographies of Robert McBride and Dimitri Tsafendas share a curious resonance
Article
/ 6 May 2020

The biographies of Robert McBride and Dimitri Tsafendas share a curious resonance

Although the two men were from different generations, their lives both lay bare the atrocities of the apartheid state

By Solomon Makgale
Anti-apartheid veteran Denis Goldberg dies
Article
/ 30 April 2020

Anti-apartheid veteran Denis Goldberg dies

Convicted along with Nelson Mandela and eight others, the Rivonia Trialist spent his golden years active in the ANC although he called out its faults

By Lester Kiewit
Going back to school in the pandemic: ‘We are going to live on prayer’
Article
/ 29 April 2020

Going back to school in the pandemic: ‘We are going to live on prayer’

With schools set to reopen as the lockdown eases, teachers say too few classrooms, dodgy toilets and inadequate water make it difficult to teach safely

By Bongekile Macupe
Covid-19: Police abuses reveal systemic flaws
Analysis
/ 16 April 2020

Covid-19: Police abuses reveal systemic flaws

The decision to rely on the police and army to enforce the lockdown was correct, but security force actions show both the weaknesses of the state and of systems for establishing social order

By David Bruce
Chris Hani’s political legacy
Article
/ 13 April 2020

Chris Hani’s political legacy

Chris Hani should not be made into an ideal type or used to settle political scores in the present

By Sean Jacobs
Sharpeville is much more than the site of a massacre
Article
/ 19 March 2020

Sharpeville is much more than the site of a massacre

Tsepo Gumbi’s photographs bring a more complex view of a place that has been so singularly defined as to be unknowable

By Kwanele Sosibo
A Player in apartheid gets award
Article
/ 19 March 2020

A Player in apartheid gets award

South Africa’s legendary golfer, who is said to have aided the past regime, is honoured by Trump

By Lloyd Gedye
Golf-club lease dispute opens forced-removal wounds
Article
/ 19 March 2020

Golf-club lease dispute opens forced-removal wounds

The City also said if the lease were renewed it would reconsider how much the Rondebosch Golf Club would have to pay each month.

By Lester Kiewit
Compensation Fund capacity grilled
Article
/ 12 March 2020

Compensation Fund capacity grilled

Despite fears that backdated claims by domestic workers may cripple the beleaguered Compensation Fund, the labour department said it will honour its legal obligations

By Sarah Smit
An open letter to the City of Cape Town: Land restitution and the Rondebosch Golf Club
Article
/ 9 March 2020

An open letter to the City of Cape Town: Land restitution and the Rondebosch Golf Club

Families were forcibly removed during apartheid and this dispossession has not been rectified during democracy

By Open Letter
Why Soweto residents do not owe Eskom R18-billion
Analysis
/ 8 March 2020

Why Soweto residents do not owe Eskom R18-billion

This debt should be deemed a subsidy, an external cost that the government must bear for inadequate service delivery.

By Aisha Bahadur
Africa’s youth must continue the struggle of great leaders
Analysis
/ 8 March 2020

Africa’s youth must continue the struggle of great leaders

Our continent is not just united geographically, but also by our shared experiences and we should use that to build a bright future

By Mcebo Dlamini
SAA rescue costs us social reforms
Article
/ 6 March 2020

SAA rescue costs us social reforms

As with the ban on SAA flying to the United States in 1986, political pragmatism will eventually be trumped by economic realities

By Khaya Sithole
Partners aim to build a new society
Article
/ 28 February 2020

Partners aim to build a new society

Nelson Mandela University and the Nelson Mandela Foundation are collaborating to realise Madiba’s dream of building a new society

By Professor Sibongile Muthwa and Sello Hatang
Real-life spy drama reads like a novel
Article
/ 28 February 2020

Real-life spy drama reads like a novel

How Moe Shaik went from ANC spy to boss of the secret service in the democratic South Africa

By Paddy Harper
Unfinished business: We need self-examination to heal from apartheid
Analysis
/ 27 February 2020

Unfinished business: We need self-examination to heal from apartheid

Physical and psychological violence will continue unless we self-reflect on our apartheid scars

By Eusebius McKaiser
Court date finally set for death in detention Haffejee inquest
Article
/ 25 February 2020

Court date finally set for death in detention Haffejee inquest

Another apartheid-era death will be investigated after NPA pressured to finally act

By Paddy Harper
Poppie Nongena: The trouble with this truncated film adaptation
Article
/ 24 February 2020

Poppie Nongena: The trouble with this truncated film adaptation

In the original novel, readers are exposed to Poppie Nongena’s backstory, highlighting the effects of apartheid. But the film’s visual shorthand doesn’t capture the nuances

By Zaza Hlalethwa
The Portfolio: Tsepo Gumbi
Article
/ 21 February 2020

The Portfolio: Tsepo Gumbi

With the Sharpeville massacre in mind, Kwanele Sosibo takes a look at how Tsepo Gumbi’s collection of photographs are a necessary intervention

By Kwanele Sosibo
Apartheid criminals still at large
Article
/ 21 February 2020

Apartheid criminals still at large

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

By Ilham Rawoot
Inside the Security Branch: Torture between brandy and boerewors
Article
/ 21 February 2020

Inside the Security Branch: Torture between brandy and boerewors

A former SB operative, Paul Erasmus, talks about the torture of a young trade unionist, Neil Aggett, and the machinations at John Vorster Square

By Janet Smith
Laws must be adapted to SA’s current reality
Article
/ 21 February 2020

Laws must be adapted to SA’s current reality

The Trespass and Riotous Assemblies Acts can criminalise innocent people

By Thato Masiangoako
Cradock Four back to haunt De Klerk
Article
/ 20 February 2020

Cradock Four back to haunt De Klerk

Pressure is mounting on the NPA to charge the former president and others involved in political killings
during apartheid

By Paddy Harper
Seven lean years in the Northern Cape
Article
/ 18 February 2020

Seven lean years in the Northern Cape

As the Karoo hopes for an end to its worst drought in a generation, the region’s history may hold important lessons for its future

By Dennis Webster
De Klerk now admits apartheid was a crime against humanity
Article
/ 17 February 2020

De Klerk now admits apartheid was a crime against humanity

Apartheid’s last president walks back comments that definition was a Soviet plot

By Lester Kiewit
De Klerk’s paradoxical presence
Article
/ 12 February 2020

De Klerk’s paradoxical presence

Although leaders of the reconciliation era accept South Africa’s last white president, younger politicians are not as forgiving

By David Smith
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