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Old apartheid police station
gauteng

Old apartheid police station is a place of hope in Sharpeville

Stephanie Kemp
News

Anti-apartheid stalwart Stephanie Kemp dies at 81

Thembi Mtshali-Jones mapantsula berlinale berlin film festival
Entertainment

‘Vital time capsule’: Thembi Mtshali on 4K ‘Mapantsula’ at Berlinale

Old apartheid police station
Gauteng

Old apartheid police station is a place of hope in Sharpeville

Stephanie Kemp
News

Anti-apartheid stalwart Stephanie Kemp dies at 81

Thembi Mtshali-Jones mapantsula berlinale berlin film festival
Entertainment

‘Vital time capsule’: Thembi Mtshali on 4K ‘Mapantsula’ at Berlinale

cannabis in South Africa: apartheid incited a war on drugs
News

Cannabis in South Africa: apartheid incited a war on drugs

By The Conversation06-02-2023 15:54

Cannabis is being commercialised in South Africa and Poor rural communities have long cultivated weed illegally.

Ernest Cole
Culture

Ernest Cole: SA’s famous photobook republished after 55 years

By The Conversation23-01-2023 15:48

Cole’s photobook produced hundreds of photographs that portrayed the structural violence of apartheid in fine detail.

Janusz Walus
News

‘The cult of Janusz Walus’: How Chris Hani’s killer became a neo-Nazi idol

By Storm Simpson08-12-2022 15:29

‘They wrote to him that they admired him because he tried to stop communism in South Africa, that he is the great hope of the white race,’ said a journalist who interviewed Walus.

Janusz Walus Limpho Hani
News

Just in: Janusz Walus released on parole

By Storm Simpson07-12-2022 13:21

The government confirmed Janusz Walus was discharged from hospital and released on parole on Wednesday, 7 December.

Chris Hani killer Janusz Walus
News

Janusz Walus’ attacker aimed for his heart but missed

By Storm Simpson30-11-2022 09:09

Janusz Walus is in a stable condition after he was stabbed at the Kgosi Mampuru II Prison in Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon.

Gauteng crime
News

South Africans protest parole for anti-apartheid hero’s killer

By Agence France-Presse27-11-2022 07:00

ANC protested outside a top court Saturday following it’s order to release a Polish immigrant who killed an anti-apartheid hero in 1993.

Small-scale Fishers
News

Small-scale fishers facing marginalisation since apartheid

By The Conversation23-11-2022 23:27

South Africa is home to tens of thousands of small-scale fishers and fishing households for both consumption and commerce.

Dulcie September
News

Dulcie September assassination: Family to hear court decision in December

By Storm Simpson19-11-2022 12:15

Anti-apartheid activist Dulcie September was shot five times outside the ANC’s Paris office in 1988. The Paris court heard that she twice informed local police her life was in danger before her assassination.

Former President FW De Klerk Nobel Peace Prize, stolen.
News

‘HUSH’: FW de Klerk’s Nobel Prize medal stolen MONTHS AGO

By Agence France-Presse10-11-2022 04:15

The Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to the last apartheid president, FW de Klerk, was stolen from his Cape Town home six months ago.

Haron inquest
News

Haron family unimpressed with State’s ‘loose’ evidence after day one of inquest

By Storm Simpson07-11-2022 22:49

‘I feel that they should’ve done more than what they’ve given us here today in terms of information. There should have been hardcore information,’ said Fatiema Haron-Masoet.

Imam Abdullah Haron
News

After 53 years, reopened inquest into the apartheid death in detention of Imam Haron starts

By Storm Simpson07-11-2022 05:00

Anti-apartheid activist Imam Abdullah Haron died at the age of 45 in 1969. He was held in solitary confinement for 123 days.

Apartheid in South Africa
News

Apartheid ‘town planning’ has become a hotbed of black resistance

By The Conversation28-10-2022 11:26

Orlando was one of the first municipal locations (townships under apartheid) established in 1932 under the 1923 Native Urban Areas Act.

apartheid flag
News

Apartheid flag removed from Australian town display after 63 years

By Storm Simpson11-10-2022 12:22

The South African High Commission has been calling for the apartheid flag’s removal from the display for nearly a decade.

The Bitter Olive Adopted in Aparthied
Books

Adopted during apartheid: ‘The Bitter Olive’ author recalls childhood

By Carmen Coetsee26-09-2022 22:21

In an exclusive interview, Ronald Samuels details his remarkable journey which unfolded when he was adopted during apartheid.

university publisher
News

A South African university publisher makes it to 100

By The Conversation16-09-2022 11:54

There are only a few African university presses functioning in 2022, a survey revealed that only 15 out of 52 are still active.

Zola Budd
Sport

On this day: Zola Budd shatters 5 000m world record running barefoot – WATCH

By Garrin Lambley26-08-2022 08:44

On this day, 26 August, 37 years ago, Zola Budd shattered the women’s 5 000m world record at a meeting in Crystal Palace in London.

women
Lifestyle

A heroic South African woman whose story hasn’t been fully told: Lilian Ngoyi

By The Conversation14-08-2022 20:43

Lilian Ngoyi and other women leaders on 9 August 1956 led an estimated 20 000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

Pieter Groenewald FF Plus farm murders
News

FF Plus FUMING over apartheid poster, says it ‘incites violence’

By Thabo Baloyi30-07-2022 16:41

Freedom Front Plus now intends writing to Defence Minister Thandi Modise, asking that the poster be removed from 1 Military Hospital

Unlikely secret agent
Culture

‘Overthrow evil dictatorships’: ‘The Unlikely Secret Agent’ at Artscape

By Nokuthula Ngcobo19-07-2022 06:00

‘The Unlikely Secret Agent’ is about a remarkable woman who fought against the evils of the Apartheid regime.

Apartheid
Education

Two decades later Apartheid still blamed for schools’ poor conditions

By Siso Naile29-06-2022 20:20

Two decades later, the oppressive system of Apartheid is still being used to justify the wrongs in poorly constructed schools in KZN.

Apartheid flag, Stellenbosch University, urination scandal, maties pee perpetrator, Theuns du Toit, Pierre du Toit, Rudi du Toit, old South African flag
News

Stellenbosch urination: Brother of accused GRINS holding apartheid flag

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty05-06-2022 12:26

Pierre du Toit, the brother of the student who urinated on another’s belongings, was photographed holding the apartheid flag with a smile.

Shamila Batohi TRC
News

NPA: TRC prosecutions being prioritised – Advocate Shamila Batohi

By Thabo Baloyi02-06-2022 05:00

Advocate Shamila Batohi says a unit has already been established to deal with TRC cases and nearly 100 are being investigated

Apartheid Flag AfriForum N7 Cape Town
News

Huge backlash as AfriForum fight for the right ‘to display apartheid flag’

By Tom Head06-05-2022 10:24

AfriForum has outlined the reasons why they want to protect the right to legally display an apartheid flag – but critics aren’t happy…

Trevor Noah
Celeb News

Let’s be direct: Trevor Noah on difference between US and SA racism

By Marilynn Manuel30-04-2022 08:28

Trevor Noah just impressed thousands of his fans after ‘expertly’ breaking down the difference between SA and US racism. Have a look…

South Africa ndependence Day
News

South Africans celebrates freedom reflecting Mandela’s fight on apartheid

By Agence France-Presse27-04-2022 12:58

South Africans celebrates freedom on Wednesday reflecting a date to fight against apartheid, as last surviving leaders questions democracy

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