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A bitter pill to swallow
It is 9 o’clock in the morning. The trade union officials are walking up and down outside a big hall at Wits University. They check the...


“SHA-A-A-KES!”
The goalkeeper is out of position. Most of his team-mates are lying all over the grass. The coach on the bench covers his eyes. On the...

Letters from our readers 1987 No 7
Dear Learn and Teach One day when I was sitting in the bus, I saw someone reading your beautiful magazine. I could not read the whole...


Working with poison
Deep in the forests of Natal where nobody can see her, you will find Maria Sibiya hard at work with a tank of poison on her back. Like...


The life and times of Miriam Makeba
Just before Miriam Makeba left South Africa 27 years ago, she wrote a song called “Iphi Ndlela”. She sang: Stay well, my people I am...
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