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Emotional texture: Zilungile Mbombo, Mfuneli Ntumbuka and Alex Sono. The script is sharp, witty and moving. Photos: Fiona MacPherson
FEESMUSTFALL

‘Rise ’76’ confronts a generation haunted by how little it has done with its inherited freedom

A powerful and emotionally layered theatrical work revisits the 1976 Soweto Uprising through testimony, memory, contradiction and unresolved generational grief

  • Unathi Kondile
5 min read
Formidable woman: Sally, her husband Nthato and their children. Sally was a political powerhouse in her own right, bringing impeccable struggle credentials.
ANTI APARTHEID STRUGGLE

Standing in her own name

This reflective review revisits the political courage and quiet influence that made Sally Motlana indispensable to the liberation struggle

  • Don Makatile
7 min read
AFRICAN LIBERATION MOVEMENTS

Spies among the liberators

Part political thriller, part historical reckoning, the controversial book probes espionage claims that complicate the heroic narratives of Southern Africa’s liberation struggle

  • Reginald Ntomba
4 min read