The country’s Constitution gives its citizens more than a right to the pursuit of happiness. But attempts to redeem that ...
The life of Athol Fugard, a renowned South African playwright whose works transcended theatre to challenge apartheid and ...
Despite mounting evidence that apartheid was unsustainable, genuine support for majority rule remained limited.
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” and other works bear witness to forgotten lives and to the moral blindness and blinkered vision of the ...
When you haven’t been to Israel and rely on the opinions expressed in newspapers or social media, it’s easy to be swayed.
The Gereformeerde Kerk, whose congregants are commonly called ‘Doppers’, has a long history of punching above its weight. Its ...
I’m so much more than the colour of my skin, but I will never deny who I am and the forces that shaped me. I will never forget where I come from. Apartheid may be history, but the racism that nurtured ...
Apartheid existed for decades and then came crashing down rapidly. We didn’t know that its heirs would be wreaking havoc on this country four decades later, but history isn’t an unbroken line ...
The grade 9 history teacher, for example, taught that “the apartheid government gave us labels”, and that “if we didn’t cooperate (by uniting under a Black identity) then South Africa ...
Widely regarded as one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century, Fugard was known for his searing political ...