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UCT stuck on academic freedom

A lecture delivered by an academic who challenged the logic of anti-Semitism claims has opened old wounds

Remembering: Yasmin Sooka, a commissioner at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, was present when Hawa Timol spoke about her son. She and other commissioners want prosecutions for apartheid crimes. (Albert Gonzalez Farran/AFP)

TRC commissioners demand justice

Former truth and reconciliation commissioners are entering a court battle to see a former policeman prosecuted

Betrayal: Mandla Langa’s brother, Ben, was falsely accused of being an informer and was assassinated. (Delwyn Verasamy)

Impimpi accusations are ‘reckless’

The Cope leader’s claim that the president informed on him during apartheid has been described as ‘politically bankrupt’

Memory: Even in death Nokuthula Simelane is brutalised. A statue of her in Bethal has been vandalised. (Troy Enekvist)

Family loses hope MK fighter is alive

To find peace, the mother and sister of Nokuthula Simelane are asking for her to be presumed dead

Let’s party: Gatvol Capetonian’s president, Fadiel Adams, says his group of coloured nationalists want to contest the 2019 elections on a Western Cape secessionist ticket. (David Harrison)

Gatvol Capetonian sets its sight on 2019 elections

The Cape Town-based group was propelled to national attention after it began agitating for the Western Cape to secede

North West agriculture MEC Manketsi Tlhape, an ally of former premier Supra Mahumapelo, denies that cattle delivered by AgriDelight to her farm. (Tiro Ramatlhatse/ Sowetan/Gallo Images)

Bo-Kaap residents lose bid to stop development

The development of a “monster building” is set to go ahead after a Western Cape high court judgement

(Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

Would-be Xolobeni miner has ‘broken’ West Coast promises

A new report by Oxfam shows how the mine allegedly breached the terms of its mining rights agreement

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.

Thuli Madonsela – ConCourt confirmed I did my job

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela was vindicated by the Constitutional Court on Thursday regarding her 2014 Nkandla report.

The anti-pass march on March 21 1960 in Soweto started from Robert Sobukwe’s house.

Memories of anti-apartheid bravery are fading in Mofolo

Many know about Sharpeville. Few know about the anti-pass march in Soweto on the same day in March 1960.