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
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
Political posters persuade the undecided, rally supporters to a cause and get the public to vote
Be aware that history repeats itself — even when two types of government appear vastly different
History, politics, drugs, terrorists, cartoons, sport celebrities and memoirs … expand your knowledge over the Christmas period
Police are investigating the allegations of a paedophile ring contained in the book ‘The Lost Boys of Bird Island’
The Broederbond itself — dedicated to ensuring the supremacy of Afrikaners —was split into verkrampte and verligte tendencies
Dimitri Tsafendas, the man who killed the architect of apartheid, was an enigmatic ‘revolutionary’ with a ‘deep social conscience’
