Empowering the poor should be what underlies every debate and policy adopted in South Africa
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 […]
Author and academic Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela spoke to Nicolene de Wee about the government’s failure to heal a broken country
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.
The former apartheid security police officer’s attempt to use political interference as a reason not to stand trial for murder has failed
Lawyer, author and political activist Dumisa Ntsebeza talks to Nicolene de Wee about his appointment as judge of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights. He also discusses his work with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, how meditation helps him cope with trauma and his love of James Bond movies. How would you describe […]
The former Security Branch officer is asking the SCA for a permanent stay of appeal in the prosecution of the murder of Ahmed Timol in 1971
Saho’s Omar Badsha believes in the power of people telling their own stories, but more funding to support this practice is crucial
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
The renowned South African photographer understood how to look for the tucked-away spaces that were the sources of both light and dark
International crimes must be prosecuted and domestic jurisdictions are well placed to do this. Domestic prosecutions based on universal jurisdiction are on the rise
These 18 stories from members of MK’s Ashley Kriel detachment teach the meaning of sacrifice
Physical and psychological violence will continue unless we self-reflect on our apartheid scars
Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity
He’s apologised now, but my week was ruined when I had to delve into his past
Pressure is mounting on the NPA to charge the former president and others involved in political killings
during apartheid
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
I have been slow but steady in rebuilding South Africa, but it’s time for tough, decisive action
The democractic government has not helped with the investigation into the UN leader’s death
The former minister told the inquest into the trade unionist Neil Aggett’s death that security branch interrogator Stephan Whitehead was voyeuristic
The trade unionist was interrogated by the police and, 70 days later, was found dead in his cell
Allegations of torture highlights the importance of the new national preventive mechanism and the need for independent custody monitoring
The trade unionist’s partner at the time he was detained at John Vorster Square says she now believes his death was not a suicide
Counsel for late trade unionist Neil Aggett’s family decries the slow pace of instituting an inquest into his death
The trade unionist was found hanged in his cell at the John Vorster Square police station in 1982
Doors have opened for the Timol, Simelane and Aggett families but doubts still linger about the NPA’s behaviour and culpability
The Minister of Justice announced that an investigation will reopen over the death of Aggett’s death
Former truth and reconciliation commissioners are entering a court battle to see a former policeman prosecuted
Despite the demise of a dictator and a reparations process, no one will speak out
The Cope leader’s claim that the president informed on him during apartheid has
been described as ‘politically bankrupt’
The NPA has denied that it played any role in delaying the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes, but concedes politicians interfered in its decisions
A truth and reconciliation commission has begun to investigate alleged rights abuses during the 22-year-long rule of Yahya Jammeh