According to author Anthony Butler’s study, the "idea" of the ANC is framed in terms of three categories: power, unity and liberation.
Several times in the past 10 years scientists have had to rewrite the textbooks on Neanderthals, the last species of human to go extinct.
A central concept of precolonial society provides a key to the way forward in a modern democracy, writes Professor Jeff Guy.
The top echelons of the former SA defence force are afraid of the legal consequences of the taking of so many innocent
lives in Namibia 34 years ago
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/ 2 December 2011
Memories blur clear-headed critiques of the present. But what about the future of memory? How will memories of oppression affect the future of SA?
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/ 25 November 2011
There are myriad theories and stories we cannot prove because it was never Southern Africa’s tradition to record our history on paper.
On the 46th anniversary of Ian Smith’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, <b>Percy Zvomuya</b> surveys three books about Zimbabwe.
Surveying the trials and tribulations of pre- and postcolonial Namibia.
Top educationist Jane Hofmeyr says working moms need to make compromises but should not neglect themselves
Now in its 17th year, UWC’s celebrated history seminar takes stock, writes <b>Jill Weintroub</b>.
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/ 18 October 2010
Plans are on track for the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre to move to new premises next year.
Two seasoned journalists consider what it takes to report “a world we can never fully understand”.
As a young girl, I once sat in awe as an elderly and inebriated uncle explained the provenance of the Bikitsha name.
Athens’s new museum is spectacular, even without its star exhibits. Kevin Rushby gets a sneak preview.
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/ 21 February 2008
Adriaan Basson reviews Hermann Giliomee and Bernard Mbenga’s <i>New History of South Africa</i>.