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Filmmaker Enver Samuel began in mainstream media but shifted to doing social comment documentaries that create a meaningful impact.

Enver Samuel: Documenting change through storytelling

Enver Samuel tells of his decades-long quest to tell stories about social justice from the apartheid era

A priest leads a funeral procession for four United Democratic Front activists from Queenstown who were abducted and murdered by the South African security police. Those slain included Matthew Goniwe and Sparrow Mkonto. One mourner carries a small ceremonial spear within his black power salute, symbolic of Umkonto Wa Sizwe, which means “spear of the nation”. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images)

Let us not allow FW De Klerk’s death to tear us apart

His blanket apology did not cast him as a man of principle but as a man of cowardice

Former apartheid security police officer João Rodrigues, who was charged with the murder of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in 1971, died at his home on Monday. (Anthony Schultz/M&G)

João Rodrigues, apartheid police clerk accused of 1971 Timol murder, dies

The former apartheid police officer who was charged with the murder of Ahmed Timol ‘saved’ by the grave

(John McCann/M&G)

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

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

Ismail Haffejee and Sarah Lall with a portrait of their brother, Hoosen Haffejee.

Court date finally set for death in detention Haffejee inquest

Another apartheid-era death will be investigated after NPA pressured to finally act

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Editorial: Dealing with the sins of yesteryear

Life moves at a heady pace in South Africa and with it the march of history. In dealing with the sins of yesterday we must realise that we have to also deal with the sins of…

FW de Klerk (below left) at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. (Gallo Images/Rodger Bosch)

Cradock Four back to haunt De Klerk

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

FW De Klerk at the State of the Nation address on February 13. (David Harrison/M&G)

De Klerk now admits apartheid was a crime against humanity

Apartheid’s last president walks back comments that definition was a Soviet plot

Neil Aggett died in police custody in 1982. (Gallo)

Inquest into Neil Aggett’s death begins

The trade unionist was found hanged in his cell at the John Vorster Square police station in 1982

Imam Abdul Haron. (Imam Abdul Haron Foundation)

Bid for slain Imam Haron’s family to see justice

Fifty years ago, the anti-apartheid activist was killed in police custody. His family fought to survive after his death, and now they want justice.

Ismail Haffejee and Sarah Lall with a portrait of their brother, Hoosen Haffejee.

Bungling Hawks spook Haffejee witness

In early 2018 the witness reversed his decision to give evidence about his last hours alive after the Hawks were 2 weeks late to take his statement

Ismail Haffejee and Sarah Lall with a portrait of their brother, Hoosen Haffejee.

Haffejee inquest: Security branch operative dies days after decision to reopen case

Colonel James Taylor will not be brought to book for his role in the death of Dr Hoosen Haffejee because of delays in getting the case to court

Hope for justice: Ismail Haffejee and Sarah Lall are building a case to argue that the death of their youngest brother, Hoosen Mia Haffejee, in 1977 was a result of police torture, not suicide. (Rogan Ward/M&G)

Bruises may solve 40-year mystery

A new inquest may prove a family’s belief that their brother was murdered by apartheid police

Judge Cynthia Pretorius handed down judgment on June 5 after the gruelling litigation led to numerous delays in the trial of Willem Coetzee

SAPS ordered to pay legal fees of security cops accused of murdering MK fighter

SAPS will pay legal costs for three apartheid era security policemen who stand accused of murdering Umkhonto weSizwe fighter Nokuthula Simelane

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PODCAST: Freedom for sale

This is the second episode in the new Sound Africa series “Re-visits.”

The ANC’s top six, including Magashule, stepped back from the statement the secretary general issued on a review of the mandate of the central bank on Tuesday which led to the row. (Alet Pretorius/Gallo)

Hani: Holes in the evidence

In this extract from Incorruptible, Evelyn Groenink looks into the murder of Chris Hani in 1993

Dulcie would not have been satisfied spending her time on the photo opportunities

How to kill a school teacher

​In this extract from Incorruptible, Evelyn Groenink looks into the mysterious death of Dulcie September in 1988

In South Africa, the struggle against apartheid found its most potent voice in a confluence of literature and activism. Steve Biko, a revolutionary thinker and anti-apartheid activist, authored I Write What I Like.

Reflections on Steve Biko’s life and legacy, 40 years later

Biko encouraged looking ”forward with confidence to the future, rather than be burdened by negative thoughts of uncertainty because of bad governance”

Awie de Swardt, managing director of Futura SA Administrators

Timol inquest: NPA and Timol family challenge apartheid cop’s testimony

Rodrigues often testified that he "cannot remember" or "cannot comment" on certain questions because 46 years had passed since Timol’s death.

Rodrigues will continue his testimony on Tuesday where he is expected to comment on the evidence he gave during the original inquest.

Apartheid cops stick to their story on Timol death

Joao Rodrigues is the last known person to have seen Ahmed Timol alive