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The ‘Red Plot Mastermind’ slips cover for a chat … and a whisky

Fugitive ANC leader Ronnie Kasrils scoffs at the state’s ‘conspiracy’ claims …

‘Blue Monday’ row that split DP

The DP was rocked last night by another resignation as recriminations grew over the reasons behind the shock ”retirement” of co-leader Wynand Malan.

A pure white hole in the black area

The farm of Boerestaat Party leader Robert van Tonder north of Johannesburg could soon be surrounded by a mixed-race township.

SA hints at ‘mediator’ role

There could be a role, after all, for an outside ”mediator” in the process of negotiations in South Africa.

Stand by for Emergency IV

​In recent weeks, extra-parliamentary resistance groups have experienced a pleasant deja vu.

Walking through Alex with Moses Mayekiso

​The last time Moses Mayekiso walked up Alexandra’s 7th Avenue, its squalid shacks were framed by dark, thick smoke from burning barricades.

Is state preparing to lift Emergency?

The current Emergency expires in less than a month’s time, on June 10..

Why Heunis quit

Shock letter of resignation last night a sign of sagging morale in NP.

Sorry about Blowpipe, PW Botha tells Thatcher

A personal apology for the Blowpipe scandal.

Mystery of the ‘clean’ head-wounds

Among all the mutilated bodies of Northern Namibia, the least disfigured have caused most concern – and led to an international furore.

Behind the border battle

A fateful order from ‘Comrade Danger’ led to distater.

Huge dossier on Namibia dirty tricks’

Court told of anti-Swapo violence.

Winnie banished – by her own people

Winnie Mandela has begun a term of banishment and internal exile in Soweto much harsher than her eight years of isolation in Brandfort.

HOO-HA HOOEY

Wildly overblown SA reaction to a US ‘terror report’ which heralds no changes.

Pretoria’s confident of controlling Nujoma

Pretoria believes an independent Namibia cannot pose a major threat to its power in South Africa.

Ex-detainee says: I was kidnapped in Swaziland – by an SA policeman

A recently released detainee has given a dramatic first-hand account of South African Police involvement in her gunpoint abduction from Swaziland.

Unita push into Namibia

Savimbi’s strategic gambit on eve of peace …

The gunpoint mandate

They have been dubbed the gunpoint elections – but it seems intensive security action failed to encourage black voters to go to the polls.

Inside the Kine consulate

Why we did it – the first interview with one of the Kine fugitives.

Turn round PW, says Andries

The CP scoffs at the hand of peace.