National Party

It was at The World that he found himself standing alongside one of South Africa’s most towering figures in the press, Percy Qoboza. To serve as deputy to a legend requires a…

Pravin Gordhan was the political architect who tried to shun the spotlight

When a unity government was being formed in the 1990s there was suspicion and mistrust

The majority of 1994’s voters recognised the GNU script because they co-authored it, and were assured of explanations if deviations were unavoidable

Thirty years into its rule, the NP faced the reality of its demise. The ANC faces a similar reality This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free…

We asked political analysts Ongama Mtimka and Mcebisi Ndletyana how the Economic Freedom Fighters defied the odds and why it has flourished

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

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

The death of apartheid’s last leader means some questions now remain forever unanswered

We must ask difficult questions about our cultures and begin reinventing our futures, writes Andile Zulu

A new book draws on the secret archive of NP justice minister Kobie Coetsee to paint a detailed picture of the lead-up to Nelson Mandela’s release. Shaun de Waal spoke to…

South Africa’s legendary golfer, who is said to have aided the past regime, is honoured by Trump

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…

Ramaphosa and his role model Nelson Mandela became presidents of South Africa in very trying times

My mother was a domestic worker and my father a miner, and I went to school in the townships