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1886 to 1986 – 100 Years of May Day
On the first day of May 1886, the factories in America were quiet. But the streets were full of noise – the noise of the workers singing....
The worker poets
“Awe Comrade! Awe Comrade! Ngake ngahamba Nokuhamba Comrade — Two Sheleni Ngafika ezintabeni zomhlaba — two Sheleni Ngahlangana nama...
South Africa’s biggest killer
Tuberculosis, or TB, as people say, is a very dangerous sickness. Ten people die from TB every day in South Africa. And no-one knows how...
A big meeting at Athlone
One Thursday evening, early in April, 1986 about forty people met at Park Station in Johannesburg. They were on their way to Cape Town to...
A letter from Rooigrond
Dear Learn and Teach I live and work in Rooigrond near Mafikeng. I want other people in our country to know of our struggle for the land...
The new face of Apartheid
“I saw a group of people coming to my house. They were armed with pangas, kieries and shovels. When they got near the house, they said...
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