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South Africa must revisit and refresh its idea of itself

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Covid has propelled citizens into feelings of a new shared identity in which the historical force of ‘whiteness’ is fading into irrelevance
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‘Prisoner 913’: The long, zigzagging path to Mandela’s release

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A new book draws on the secret archive of NP justice minister Kobie Coetsee to paint a detailed picture of the lead-up to Nelson Mandela’s release. Shaun de Waal spoke to co-author Riaan de Villiers
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EFF MPs to be investigated for disrupting parliamentary proceedings

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Under the spotlight will be the Economic Freedom Fighters’ behaviour at the State of the Nation address and during the public enterprise department’s budget speech
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Right of Reply: M&G chose ‘good story’ over truth — Buthelezi

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Mangosuthu Buthelezi says the Ingonyama Trust was not created in a secret deal to ensure his participation in the 1994 election
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Human Rights Day: South Africa continues to neglect the legacy of Robert Sobukwe

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The memory of the influential former leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress has been shunted to the margins in the country’s sham democracy
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Real-life spy drama reads like a novel

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How Moe Shaik went from ANC spy to boss of the secret service in the democratic South Africa
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Unfinished business: We need self-examination to heal from apartheid

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Physical and psychological violence will continue unless we self-reflect on our apartheid scars
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Apartheid criminals still at large

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Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity
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FW’s ‘truth’ a sickening read

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He’s apologised now, but my week was ruined when I had to delve into his past
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Editorial: Dealing with the sins of yesteryear

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Life moves at a heady pace in South Africa and with it the march of history. In dealing with the sins of yesterday we must realise that we have to also deal with the sins of yesteryear
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Cradock Four back to haunt De Klerk

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Pressure is mounting on the NPA to charge the former president and others involved in political killings during apartheid
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Ramaphosa makes peace with Malema over gender-based violence comments

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In his Sona response, the president apologised for the weaponising of gender-based violence, saying the attack on the red beret leader was "uncalled for"
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EFF ‘circus’ becomes contagion as MPs heckle Malema

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ANC MPs test the EFF’s disruptive tactics on the leader of the Red Berets in Sona reply
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De Klerk now admits apartheid was a crime against humanity

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Apartheid’s last president walks back comments that definition was a Soviet plot
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February 11 1990: Mandela’s media conquest

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Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was also South Africa’s first ‘media event’. And, despite the NP’s, and the SABC’s, attempt to control the narrative, the force of Madiba’s personality meant that he emerged as a celebrity
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