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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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A Sona to reflect troubled times

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Ramaphosa and his role model Nelson Mandela became presidents of South Africa in very trying times
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Mandela said I could, so I got my doctorate

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My mother was a domestic worker and my father a miner, and I went to school in the townships
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Campaigning by billboard

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Political posters persuade the undecided, rally supporters to a cause and get the public to vote
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Rule of law requires our real respect

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Be aware that history repeats itself — even when two types of government appear vastly different
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History, politics, drugs, terrorists, cartoons, sport celebrities and memoirs ... expand your knowledge over the Christmas period
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Police breathe new life into ‘cold case of over 30 years’

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Police are investigating the allegations of a paedophile ring contained in the book 'The Lost Boys of Bird Island'
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Verwoerd’s assassin a complex ‘hero’

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Dimitri Tsafendas, the man who killed the architect of apartheid, was an enigmatic ‘revolutionary’ with a ‘deep social conscience’
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Of ciphers and little favours

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The Broederbond itself — dedicated to ensuring the supremacy of Afrikaners —was split into verkrampte and verligte tendencies
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Coalition crash leaves DA cornered

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The party has a lot to do after the spectacular failure of its much-vaunted strategy to govern
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The battle for restitution in Alex is never-ending

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It’s not only the original property owners but also young people who dream about land
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Bird Island child abuse: The truth will set us free

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Apartheid’s ministers must account for their crimes and we too need to confront them
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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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