Nelson Mandela’s ideals about forgiveness and a diverse and united South Africa remain in the hearts of many people
A world where where individual well-being is measured by collective prosperity is within our reach if we are prepared to put in the hard work that it requires
Madiba’s dream of national unity refuses to die decades after he was our first democratic leader
Hatang, who had already resigned, was placed on special leave in May after some employees complained about his behaviour
Khulekani Skhosana says the sanctions are a ‘medal of honour’
An edited excerpt from Jonny Steinberg’s ‘Winnie & Nelson : Portrait of a Marriage’ where their daughter Zindzi visits the jail
Ehlers was in the apartheid government’s inner sanctum. By 1994, he found a new source of income in the killing fields of Rwanda
Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently of the ANC?
Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently?
The world tends to think of the hardened mother of the nation who always had her fist in the air, but she was so much more
The DA can’t shake off the question of race if it aspires to grow
As a country, our struggling economy is hitched to both the prospects of the East and the West. Being frozen out by any of them, would be punishing for all
In 1997, the warning bells were ringing that South Africa faced a dark future because Eskom would run out of capacity to supply a growing populace and an expanding economy
As SA’s democracy heads towards 30 years, we need to critically assess what needs to be done differently to become Madiba’s miracle nation
Ginwala served the ANC and the anti-apartheid struggle in exile for three decades
The president is likely to head an NEC made up of people who
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In this edited extract from his new book, ‘Leadership for Transformation Since the Dawn of South Africa’s Democracy: An Insider’s View’, Malegapuru Makgoba focuses on the fifth president, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa
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A credible campaign is one that involves the essence of the ANC and individual character
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Our former presidents, like former spouses, tend to be a bitter bunch
It is the institution of the British monarchy, and not Elizabeth herself, that is associated with atrocities of colonialism
I felt curious grief, gut-wrenching sadness at the passing of a woman I did not know and had never me
uBaba should have the full black, green and gold treatment with all the trimmings for his next court appearance
In this time of distress, we need hope and harnessing the memory of Mandela will ‘illuminate the way’
In Spear: Mandela and other Revolutionaries, Madiba is cast as an underdog and the rise of Umkhonto weSizwe is explored by reframing the archives. In Ghosts of Archives we encounter the history of the liberation struggle, often signified by the iconography of Mandela, not as a linear progression but as a holistic improvisation
Duarte died after an eight month battle with cancer
‘Soweto Tea Party’ is a children’s book that tells the story of Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang’s childhood, growing up with a father under house arrest
As I enter the exhibition titled Names in Uphill Letters — A historiography of the newsmakers who tread(ed) South Africa’s soil, at the Workers Museum in Newtown, I encounter a photography lecturer, reflecting with a group of students on the picture frames by freelance photojournalist Jacob Mawela. The museum itself has a chequered history starting […]
Three interns at the Mail & Guardian write about being young in South Africa today
The secret headquarters of the anti-apartheid struggle and the events that took place there in the early 1960s hold stories well worth sharing
The graft, alleged by the head of an investment management firm, is said to implicate Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki
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A threatened coup in Lesotho was averted in 1998 and so was the apartheid regime’s attempt to cede part of South Africa to Swaziland
Vladimir Putin has breached international law and South Africa argues that the matter must be resolved through dialogue — but this assumes the autocrat and rogue leader will participate in good faith