Truth And Reconciliation Commission

/ 19 February 2025

Ramaphosa will no longer oppose application on TRC cases

The president has withdrawn his notice to oppose a landmark case led by the son of Fort Calata

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By Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 3 February 2025

Three developments in January place unequal democracy back on the road to justice

The Expropriation Bill was signed into law; the families of victims of apartheid-era human rights violations want to know why the TRC recommendations haven’t been implemented, and the court has ordered that shortfalls in social grants be addressed

By Brett Herron

Politics

/ 23 January 2025

Families of apartheid victims demand inquiry into suppression of TRC cases

The relatives want to know if the failure to prosecute was orchestrated to protect past and present political elites

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By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 17 September 2024

Remains of 50 apartheid freedom fighters to be returned to SA from Zimbabwe and Zambia

The National Prosecuting Authority told MPs it was trying to expedite Truth and Reconciliation cases because it understood victims’ families were losing hope of finding justice

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By Emsie Ferreira

Friday

/ 26 July 2024

The long and short of a 50-year artistic career

Sue Williamson’s new show opens in Joburg and a retrospective is coming soon

By Charles Leonard

National

/ 9 June 2024

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela scoops Templeton Prize

The Templeton Prize is in recognition of her work in healing in the aftermath of apartheid

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By Lyse Comins

Opinion

/ 14 February 2024

Israel’s destruction of archives, libraries strip Gazans of their past

The anti-apartheid archives provide an understanding of our past and therefore present, something Palestinians no longer have

By Ayesha Omar

Thought Leader

/ 23 December 2023

ANC’s Mbalula reflects on our hopes, fears

Secretary general Fikile Mbalula considers the party’s three decades in power and its future

By Fikile Mbalula

Opinion

/ 14 December 2023

Equality in South Africa: If we want change, we must be ready to feel uncomfortable

To build trust among South Africans and create an equitable society, we each need to dismantle our ‘built-in’ biases and become aware of our blind spots

By Arthi Rabikrisson

Opinion

/ 12 December 2023

If we really want change, we must be prepared to feel uncomfortable

To build trust among South Africans and create an equitable society, we need to dismantle our ‘built-in’ biases and become aware of our blind spots

By Arthi Rabikrisson

Politics

/ 16 September 2023

Buthelezi helped ‘avoid disaster’ during South Africa’s transition: Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa said that the IFP leader had helped end the violence which had gripped the country ahead of the 1994 polls.

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 15 September 2023

Buthelezi fought for 50 years to control how his story was told

The founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party’s greatest fear was to be recorded as being on the wrong side of history

By Paddy Harper

National

/ 9 September 2023

IFP founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi has died

An accomplished orator, historian and custodian of Zulu tradition and culture, Buthelezi was perhaps one of the most contradictory figures in South African politics

By Paddy Harper

Opinion

/ 15 March 2023

Apartheid nostalgia forgets the cruel inhumanity of the past

When South Africans compare their situation today to that under apartheid, they ignore the distressing stories heard at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

By Simon Taylor

Business

/ 2 March 2023

Semigration: A tale of two South Africas

According to Statistics South Africa’s report, the largest increase in employment over the quarter stemmed from the Western Cape at 6.9%

By Sarah Smit

Politics

/ 9 January 2023

New hope in anti-apartheid activist Rick Turner’s murder investigation

The family believes that the truth may come out, 45 years after the academic was assassinated

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By Paddy Harper

Opinion

/ 7 November 2022

Reject commissions of inquiry, the poisoned colonial chalices that do not deliver justice

No matter the quality of the work inquiries do, they are designed to create a simulacrum of accountability, of justice. They appease the public

By Verne Harris

National

/ 16 July 2022

The two faces of Doctor Williamson, wife of an apartheid serial killer

Ingrid Evita Williamson is a psychiatrist praised for her kindness. But for nearly 50 years she has been the devoted wife of Craig Williamson, the security policeman who admitted responsibility for political murders

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By Drew Forrest

Opinion

/ 4 July 2022

What is reconciliation in the South African context?

In 2021, there were 16 different understandings of the concept. At the top of the list is the understanding of reconciliation as forgiveness. This is understandable but problematic.

By Felicity Harrison

Friday

/ 23 February 2022

‘How to Be a Revolutionary’: A timely catalogue of individual and societal failures

CA Davids’s new novel, ‘How to Be a Revolutionary’ is a soulful, lyrical fictional guide to turbulent times

By Glen Retief

Opinion

/ 12 January 2022

It’s imperative that South Africa moves fast on state capture prosecutions. Here’s why

Most South Africans believe the report into state capture must be followed up to ensure that those responsible for rampant corruption are held accountable

By Penelope Andrews

Opinion

/ 11 January 2022

Lest we forget Tutu’s anger, and our own faces

The hardest part of reckoning is the reckoning and where the archbishop is resented it is not for the ways in which the TRC failed but those in which it succeeded and brought an unfathomable past into a flawed present, writes Elisha Kunene.

By Elisha Kunene

Opinion

/ 27 December 2021

Archbishop Tutu — a man of God who liked to laugh

‘The Arch’ never stopped joking as he fought oppression locally and globally, writes Thembisa Fakude.

By Thembisa Fakude

Opinion

/ 27 December 2021

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A legacy of love and speaking truth to power

Tutu’s influence on South Africa has been immense, offering hope for a brighter future while never shirking the responsibility of doing what is needed to achieve it

By John G Clarke

Opinion

/ 16 December 2021

December 16: The Day of Reconciliation is a call for each individual to heal emotional wounds

Reconciliation requires hard work to create restitution and atonement. But it can only happen on an individual level, not a national or group level.

By Mias De Klerk

Opinion

/ 16 November 2021

White South Africans must not follow De Klerk’s example and apologise for apartheid but commit to restoration

The problem with a racial superiority complex is that it does not come to an end with the abolishment of discriminatory laws but finds its expression informally

By Siyabulela Tsengiwe

Politics

/ 11 November 2021

Apartheid truths die with De Klerk

The regime’s last president may have ushered in democracy but he refused to take responsibility for the deeds of his National Party government

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By Paddy Harper

Opinion

/ 28 September 2021

Is B-BBEE an anchor for democracy?

Empowering the poor should be what underlies every debate and policy adopted in South Africa

By Monde Ndlovu

National

/ 17 August 2021

Inquest magistrate covered up Haffejee killing – lawyer

The reopened inquest into the death in detention of Dr Hoosen Haffejee in 1977 has heard that the “pliant” magistrate at the original inquest, Trevor Blunden, ignored evidence that he was badly assaulted to exonerate the security police torturers who killed him. Haffejee, a Pietermartizburg-born dentist, died in detention at the Brighton Beach police station […]

By Paddy Harper

National

/ 5 August 2021

Q&A Sessions: Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela: ‘How do we repair this brokenness?’

Author and academic Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela spoke to Nicolene de Wee about the government’s failure to heal a broken country

By Nicolene de Wee

National

/ 26 July 2021

A renewed commitment to TRC cases

The NPA and the Hawks are allocating people and resources to investigate apartheid-era crimes that have gone unpunished, but not everyone is altogether happy about it.

By Tymon Smith

National

/ 23 June 2021

João Rodrigues is running out of road to appeal

The former apartheid security police officer’s attempt to use political interference as a reason not to stand trial for murder has failed

By Tymon Smith

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