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Imprisoned in open space: The frustration of unemployment

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2014

'After Freedom: The Rise of the Post-Apartheid Generation in Democratic South Africa' looks at how hard it is for most of SA to find employment.

Education round here is not yet uhuru

Article Athambile Masola - 24 Apr 2014

Our journey to freedom continues: 20 years after democracy, those who can’t read or write are locked in a sinister struggle.

Foreigners brave an uneasy refuge in SA

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2014

Immigrants to South Africa still face an uphill battle, but their neighbours seem happy to live and let live.

Democracy has also brought us great inequality

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2014

The Nkandla scandal and the Marikana massacre are the lowest points of South Africa's democracy yet.

De Klerk: The lasting challenge of April 27 1994

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2014

It is also important to stress that April 27 did not constitute the victory of some South Africans over others, as it is often presented now.

Freedom is the door to the future

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2014

We stand together as one nation – and together we will prosper, says President Jacob Zuma.

Murder of ANC guerrilla Kriel haunts sisters 27 years later

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2014

Ashley Kriel's sisters appreciate what freedom has delivered, but feel there should be more

KZN’s Romeo and Juliet, two decades later

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 24 Apr 2014

Two families recall the harrowing times when peace in KwaZulu-Natal was little more than a pipe dream.

Last Boer general fears for the future

Article Phillip De Wet - 24 Apr 2014

General Constand Viljoen says Afrikaners need to establish a political bloc to survive ANC majoritarianism.

Twenty years of democracy: Much has changed, but not enough

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2014

While there is better access to a quality life, let us not forget the sacrificies that made our freedom possible and pretend there's no more to do.

Buthelezi: IFP fought for good citizenship

Article Comment Author - 24 Apr 2014

The Inkatha Freedom Party prepared a generation of young people to become active participants in a liberated South Africa.

SA’s 20 years of democracy: Celebration and concern

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2014

South Africa requires the same levels of wisdom, insight, passion and leadership it had 20 years ago in order to complete the transformation.

ANC and Cope: Freedom unites two generations

Article Mmanaledi Mataboge - 24 Apr 2014

Gertrude Shope and her daughter Lyndall Shope-Mafole have taken different routes to meet South Africa's challenges.

Madiba taught me to be a free white Afrikaner in a modern SA

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2014

Twenty-four years after Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, Zelda le Grange remembers what he taught her - with freedom comes responsibility.

Tutu: ‘Unfinished business’ of the TRC’s healing

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2014

Nelson Mandela's departure from office was a blow from which the commission never recovered.

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