A powerful reflection on women who wait – out of devotion, duty and often unrewarded hope
Bringing together the traditional and the modern, Thandiswa Mazwai is taking her new album Sankofa to the world
An edited excerpt from Jonny Steinberg’s ‘Winnie & Nelson : Portrait of a Marriage’ where their daughter Zindzi visits the jail
The literary event aims to ‘inspire, delight, inform and challenge’ those who attend
‘Soweto Tea Party’ is a children’s book that tells the story of Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang’s childhood, growing up with a father under house arrest
The book may fall short of expectations because those who have canonised Winnie as the patron saint of black women’s emancipation may take offence.
But what of the women who were employed to guard the detained activists during this time of struggle?
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s death illustrates how society defines and judges women — by their biological function
Patriarchal systems have asserted for centuries that women can only own land through their men
The former Safety and Security Minister has denied that he had reopened a criminal investigation into the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
It was a final, fitting, recognition of the Mother of a Nation, who was also one of its sharpest spears.
Once Malema ended his speech, the previously packed stadium thinned somewhat, leaving a majority of ANC and only few EFF party members behind.
Madikizela-Mandela straddled generations because of her radical politics and her empathy for the oppressed.
"The world saw that a young generation, unafraid of the power of the establishment, was ready to challenge its lies…"
A crowd of hundreds gathered to pay their respects to the struggle icon as she made her final journey home
To understand Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s politicisation, one must go back to her makhulu
The parallel destinies of an artist and her muse are telling of the fate of women in struggle
A feast to paint Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as a black nationalist loony and a woman of loose morals kicked into gear even before her body was cold
The impulse to disparage the revolutionary exposes our own racism and sexism
"Her holding my hands and talking about the work I do like that was so, so powerful".
In the wake of the struggle icon’s death Zaza Hlalethwa takes to the streets to recover uMam’Winnie’s legacy
Winnie Mandela threw in her lot with patriarchy but, when measured against its benchmarks of a ‘good woman’, she was found to be flawed.
Details of the procession from the funeral parlour to her home
Nomzamo, Mother of All Endeavours, others will now read what I always wanted to say to you
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s legacy should not be reduced to the uncomplicated heroism that exemplifies today’s personality politics
Mam’ Winnie’s work needs to continue, says ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte.
Orlando Stadium has been filling up with people since early Wednesday morning
Madikizela-Mandela died on April 2 at the age of 81 after a long illness.
The party that is now giving her a special official funeral once shunned her as a ‘wayward charlatan’
Milisuthando Bongela attempts to put into words who it was that has died
An ANC NEC member has not taken kindly to criticism of struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
For her neighbours and her comrades, Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was both an adviser and friend