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Obituary: Literary allrounder Stephen Gray was a scholar, critic, novelist and poet

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Stephen Gray made an immense, long contribution to the South African literary landscape across many genres, but it was poetry that he described as ‘the main activity of my life’
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The other side of the cell

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But what of the women who were employed to guard the detained activists during this time of struggle?
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Apartheid killings and awkward questions

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A book long in the making about controversial assassinations challenges official accounts
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When you think of heroes, rather listen to your heart

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‘This book is about how I was made by the liberation struggle and how I was broken by it’
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The Russian Revolution: a reflection on the role of women revolutionaries

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Recollections often revolve around images of powerful men but women have always been key participants in the Communist movement.
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Lwandile Fikeni’s Ruth First speech on rage in the rainbow nation is indispensable

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Rage is being expressed in response to institutional violence against the poor and the marginalised.
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Leigh-Ann Naidoo: The anti-apartheid generation has become afraid of the future

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The keynote address struck a chord with university students, who were encouraged to channel their discontent and use it to bring about change.
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Slovo, First biography – Bedfellows of a different feather

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Alan Wieder's biography on Joe Slovo and Ruth First focuses on the couple's relationship, their different personalities and opposing views.
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Coup by the connected and corrupt

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South Africa is a democratic touchstone in the new Africa. We are safe. But are we? Or have we perhaps been lulled into a false sense of security?
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The First pan-African martyr

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Ruth First pursued a better life for all Africans, but she was killed by a letter bomb 12 years before the liberation of her country.
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Vavi questions Protection of Information Bill

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Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi criticised the proposed Protection of Information Bill during the Ruth First memorial lecture on Tuesday.
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The hidden citizens

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Ruth First Fellowship winner and photographer Alon Skuy explains how he interpreted the theme of this year's Ruth First lecture.
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