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Omar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary

Friday Niren Tolsi - 17 Sep 2020

Saho’s Omar Badsha believes in the power of people telling their own stories, but more funding to support this practice is crucial

Review: ‘A New Country’ portrays the lingering aftertaste of a bittersweet freedom

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 13 Aug 2020

Taking its cues from the dimming of the hope suggested by rainbowism, ‘A New Country’ attempts to articulate the depths of betrayal South Africans feel

George Hallett: Nomad, raconteur and photographer who ‘became the camera’

Friday M Neelika Jayawardane - 8 Jul 2020

The renowned South African photographer understood how to look for the tucked-away spaces that were the sources of both light and dark

Zimbabwe: What is the current status of the Torture Docket case?

Africa Atilla Kisla - 23 May 2020

International crimes must be prosecuted and domestic jurisdictions are well placed to do this. Domestic prosecutions based on universal jurisdiction are on the rise

‘Voices from the Underground’: in service for our liberation

Article Nadine Cloete - 21 Apr 2020

These 18 stories from members of MK’s Ashley Kriel detachment teach the meaning of sacrifice

Unfinished business: We need self-examination to heal from apartheid

Analysis Eusebius McKaiser - 27 Feb 2020

Physical and psychological violence will continue unless we self-reflect on our apartheid scars

Apartheid criminals still at large

Article Ilham Rawoot - 21 Feb 2020

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

FW’s ‘truth’ a sickening read

Article Paddy Harper - 21 Feb 2020

He’s apologised now, but my week was ruined when I had to delve into his past

Cradock Four back to haunt De Klerk

Article Paddy Harper - 20 Feb 2020

Pressure is mounting on the NPA to charge the former president and others involved in political killings during apartheid

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February 11 1990: Mandela’s media conquest

Article Sean Jacobs - 17 Feb 2020

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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The State of the Nation speech Ramaphosa should make

Article Piet Naudé - 13 Feb 2020

I have been slow but steady in rebuilding South Africa, but it’s time for tough, decisive action

SA and the death of Dag Hammarskjöld

Analysis Richard Goldstone - 7 Feb 2020

The democractic government has not helped with the investigation into the UN leader’s death

Aggett tormentor had a ‘morbid’ obsession — Barbara Hogan

Article Sarah Smit - 29 Jan 2020

The former minister told the inquest into the trade unionist Neil Aggett’s death that security branch interrogator Stephan Whitehead was voyeuristic

Suicide or not, police killed Aggett

Article Sarah Smit - 24 Jan 2020

The trade unionist was interrogated by the police and, 70 days later, was found dead in his cell

Police torture continues

Article Sean Tait & David Bruce - 24 Jan 2020

Allegations of torture highlights the importance of the new national preventive mechanism and the need for independent custody monitoring

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The tender that keeps on giving

Athandiwe Saba - 18 Sep 2020

A battle between three North West departments has exposed how a firm was paid half a billion rand (and counting) for a R122-million contract

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SANDF mum on serial rapist claim

Sabelo Skiti - 17 Sep 2020

An internal report on sexual offences at a military academy says the defence force failed a deceased rape victim and has called for an internal investigation

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SA’s level best: Welcome to the new normal

Lester Kiewit - 17 Sep 2020

It’s a lifestyle that South Africans will have to maintain as the country navigates an almost post-lockdown situation in which the coronavirus remains very alive and active

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

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Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

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Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

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Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

Special Reports

POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

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JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'