The idea of sleeping in former Robben Island guard houses feels like a line we shouldn’t be crossing — not because of what it could earn but because of what it risks eroding
I remain close to the places where ordinary black life meets the police, the farmer, the mine and the state face to face. That ground has no patience for fashionable radicalism. That ground exposes every counterfeit. Speaking from the safety of a donor-funded human rights NGO is ‘Butlerism’ on steroids. So is abandoning the Black Land First formation for the security of a career in Parliament
Known for speaking truth to power, Lekota’s contributions to democracy, education and social development have left an indelible mark on South Africa’s journey toward equality and dignity for all citizens
Political leaders and mourners gather in Bloemfontein to honour Mosiuoa Lekota, remembered for fierce convictions, humility, and a lifelong commitment to ordinary South Africans
This year’s Eid is not naïve. It does not pretend the world is at peace. It does not ignore the children buried under rubble, the families displaced, the cities reduced to ash
Joburg mayor humorously urged UDF leader Bantu Holomisa to stop his party’s councillor from filing motions of no confidence against him. Morero also honoured Lekota’s decades-long contribution to South Africa’s struggle against apartheid
Like many of our struggle heroes, the many years he spent serving prison terms denied him a stable family life. This left his wife Cynthia, to raise their children largely alone as a single parent. He often expressed regret about not being present during his children’s upbringing and missing many of their important developmental milestones
The Congress of the People co-founder was lauded for his principled positions ‘even in the face of criticism and humiliation’ and for being outspoken against corruption
Lekota died in the early hours of Wednesday after a long illness, surrounded by his family, a spokesperson said
A gregarious man with a mission, a complex personality, hard-nosed politician, he strode from the pulpits of politics to the precipice of the Oval Office, paving the way along Pennsylvania Avenue for Barack Obama
Fort Hare must be to the African what Stellenbosch University is to the Afrikaner
For decades, the island was a towering emblem of punishment—first for enslaved labourers and lepers under colonial rule and later for the anti-apartheid resisters who dared to defy a brutal system
Three new books spotlight Indian South Africans who helped shape the nation — through resistance, reflection and reinvention in unexpected places
South Africa’s commitment to a foreign policy of non-alignment and Cyril Ramaphosa’s experience with negotiations to end apartheid serve as an example
The ANC has hailed the former struggle veteran and party stalwart as a committed patriot
The freedom struggle and labour veteran says the law is soft on criminals and perpetrators must be punished
After being discovered with a belly full of plastic waste, Bob has become an ocean ambassador
The anti-apartheid struggle veteran was the last remaining defendant of the historic 1963-1964 trial
Although leaders of the reconciliation era accept South Africa’s last white president, younger politicians are not as forgiving
A new network of 20 sites have been declared as marine protected areas in South Africa
The newly sworn-in delegate was only recently released from Boksburg prison and is on parole after serving almost 28 years behind bars
"Cape Town is a charming but tumultuous melting pot of culture, people and weather."
Robert Sobukwe’s wife was an activist, and she looked after the children while he was incarcerated
It has more than a 500-year history as a trading post, a leper colony and an island had also been used to house banished religious leaders.
He had moral authority and integrity, and believed that land was at the heart of his fight for liberation
Panel concludes we must learn from Madiba, instead of blaming him for our shortcomings
‘Chota Motala: A Biography of Political Activism in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands’ recounts the doctor’s role in shaping politics
‘She was the mouthpiece unofficially for whatever was happening inside [Robben Island]’
Sello Hatang, the chief executive officer of the Nelson Mandela Foundation says Madiba was fiercely private about his religious convictions.
There was a time long ago, and not so long ago, when Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma represented the potential the liberation of an oppressed people held.
“’We are Namibians, and not South Africans,’ he told the Supreme Court during his trial in Pretoria in 1967-1968"
The recently retired Constitutional Court judge was the youngest political prisoner to be sent to Robben Island.