A Man, Woman, And A Baby Visit South Africa
Petra Diamonds Limited on Monday announced the discovery of a big blue diamond. The mining company confirmed that 20.08 carat blue diamond had been...
Nomvuyo Ngcelwane Tells The Story Of Black People In District Six
Nomvuyo Ngcelwane's book Sala Kahle District Six was first published in 1998. For the 20th anniversary of the book, publishing house Kwela Books have...
Mandela’s Pan-Africanism: In His Own Words
On 12 January 1962, seven months before his infamous life sentence that banished him to Robben Island, Nelson Mandela gave a speech at the...
Steve Biko’s letter and the sale of SA’s heritage to the...
On 28 October, one of Europe's leading autograph and manuscript auction houses will be selling a piece of South African heritage that should be...
7 poems commemorating the Women of the anti-apartheid struggle
On August 9 1956, thousands of women marched to the Union Buildings. They were marching against the apartheid pass laws. Led by Helen Joseph,...
Book Review: District Six – memories, thoughts and images
The book, District Six: memories, thoughts and images, compiled and edited by Martin Greshoff, is a compilation of autobiographical stories and poetry written by...
The Place Of Sara Baartman At UCT
The label “Hottentot Venus†continues to haunt our memory of Sara Baartman. This moniker, used in Jean Reaux’s posters to advertise the exhibit of...
Remembering PAC anti-pass activist Philip Kgosana (1936-2017)
Former student leader and PAC activist Philip Kgosana has died. He was 81. Kgosana is best known for mobilising students in anti-pass protests in...
Land: Why So Afraid Of A Debate?
If there ever was any doubt that different South Africans mean completely different things when they speak about the land, the debate sparked in...
Winnie Mandela: The Woman Who Fought For Our Freedom
The nation mourns the death of the prolific revolutionary and struggle icon Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela, who died on Monday, 2 April at the age...
A brutal time when police were heroes, not villains
Police brutality is once again in the spotlight after SA rugby player, Lindani Myeni, was gunned down by US police. Angelo Louw, who recently...
A Home on Vorster Street: An Extract
In A Home on Vorster Street, Razina Theba witnesses the ebb and flow of a tight-knit neighbourhood trying to survive the forces of apartheid....
Unlearning Gandhi: A South African Narrative
South Africans are excessively familiar with the history of Mahatma Gandhi for many reasons.
The historic train incident that happened at a railway station in...
In Conversation With Fatimah Asghar
Muslim, American, Pakistani-Kashmiri, poet, writer - in her debut poetry collection, Fatimah Asghar reflects on navigating those identities through questions of race, history, sexuality,...
What Mandela Day Means To Born-Frees
July 18 is Nelson Mandela International Day, where South Africans and all people come together to celebrate the life of the first democratically elected...
Here’s How Sign Language Will Become an NSC Exam
During his inaugural state of the nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the first National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination on South African Sign...
“A Home on Vorster Street” is capturing history
An excuse not to return to practising law and a desire to capture her family’s history. That’s the reason why Razina Theba wrote A...
The Camissa museum challenges existing narratives of people classified as “Coloured”
The Camissa Museum challenges the colonial and Apartheid narratives of those classified as "Coloured" and explores the true history of the establishment of the...
#Roshnee55: Preserving history through photography
The Origins And 55-Year Pictorial History Of Roshnee (1967-2022) is a new book and pictorial history that will be released. Put together by former...
Student Leaders On How Robert Sobukwe Influenced Fees Must Fall
The 27th of February marks 40 years since the death of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) founder Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. He was originally a part...
