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The fruits of apartheid
I will never wear my khaki suit to Pietermaritzburg again. I learned this lesson on my first day there. We asked a young man in Mbali...
Bend the bars
From June 1986 to June 1987, during the first year of the state of emergency, there were at least 3050 women in detention. Over one third...
I refuse to serve in the SADF
On Thursday, the 3rd March this year, a doctor from Cape Town was sentenced to 630 days in jail. His crime was refusing to serve in the...
A dark day for the nation
When you get a message that you don’t like, you can do one of two things. You can open your heart and listen — or you can kill the...
The big clampdown
The 24th February 1988 will always be remembered as the day the government turned its back on peace. On that day the government...
Long live the people’s market
The pavement is buzzing. It’s alive. A woman is frying mala mogodu on a dustbin lid. There’s an inyanga selling muti and an old granny is...
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