It is a quarter of a century since the end of apartheid in South Africa. But it’s easy to forget how complex, difficult and violent the...
South Africa survived colonialism followed by apartheid, and most recently, a new pandemic, HIV/AIDS. While we are living through the aftermath of the old order, the...
His face contorts slightly as he, slowly, but painfully, returns through the murky mist of 42 years. His hands tremble with emotion as he relives horrific...
It was the day after Easter. In the afternoon on what was a public holiday in South Africa, news started trickling in of Winnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela’s...
These days the 75 year-old Joe Thloloe is the executive director of the Press Council overseeing the work that he has done for over half a...
At midday, on a bright Wednesday on June 8, 1966, the small sugarcane farming community of Groutville, outside Durban, in South Africa’s coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal,...
Under the apartheid regime, people were kicked out of their homes in Sophiatown and the jazz that reverberated through the streets faded away. A man named...
Benjamin Pogrund was one of the first white journalists to report on black politics in apartheid South Africa. It led to ostracization and a close friendship...
It was a day born of hope with the December shopping season just around the corner and orders for hair products escalating. Astute entrepreneur, Herman Mashaba,...
Principles can be painful and expensive. Mike Tshishonga’s fight against corruption came with excruciating consequences, but he vows to blow the whistle as long as he...