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WHAT a year this has been! Since president de Klerk’s speech on February 2, we have seen more political change in one year than in the...


“Flower man” Baloyi
William Baloyi makes his living by selling flowers. Learn and Teach spoke to him at his stall in Norwood, Johannesburg… In 1941, a tall...


A brutal harvest – violence against farmworkers
Learn and Teach reviews a shocking report about the way farmers treat their workers…. For thirty years, Mr Jacob Maseko and his family...


Another kind of love
About one in every ten people in South Africa is gay. In other words, three and a half million South Africans prefer to make love with...


The ‘Lion of Azania’ is gone
On 23 October 1990 — the day before this magazine went to the printers — Zephania Lekoane Mothopeng, president of the Pan Africanist...


Letters from our readers 1990 No 6
Dear Learn and Teach, Allow me to voice my dissatisfaction through your popular magazine. I cannot see why political organisations,...


A call for peace
Death, destruction and grief… We have seen and heard little else on the Reef forthe last three months. What are the causes? What are the...


Getting South African citizenship back
In 1970, the South African government made every “African” a citizen of one of the homelands. The way the government decided which...


Stepping forward
The Students Teaching and Education Programme (STEP) is a project run by university students for high school students… On Friday night I...


His fingers do the talking
Abdullah Ibrahim — better known to us as Dollar Brand, the world famous pianist and composer — is back home after 14 years in exile....


Dorkay House – “Waar goedes happen”
Dorkay House was once the home of some of our greatest and best-loved musicians. Then, many of the musicians went into exile and Dorkay...


Strange things happen in life
Before he went to join the ANC in exile in 1963, Samuel Dabulamanzi Zwane had one piece of advice for his four children — “get as much...


Blowing in the wind
A few years ago, a young Eastern Cape boy started collecting empty tins of food. At first, nobody knew why he wanted them. What was he...


Royal comrades
The villagers of Phokeng have fought bravely against Bophuthatswana “independence’ for many years. At the forefront of their struggle are...


Picking up the pieces
What is happening to the children of war- torn Natal? How do they survive? Learn and Teach spoke to three youths who are struggling to...


The screaming Sundowner
the story of Stanley “Screamer” Tshabalala Double Action Mamelodi Sundowns is one of the best soccer clubs in South Africa. This is...


Praise be the women
An interview with Gertrude Shope, a member of the ANC’s National Executive Committee and head of the ANC Women’s Section Learn and Teach:...


It’s good and clean and fresh
I was walking near Park Station in Johannesburg the other day when I saw a very strange sight. A long line of taxi drivers and marshalls...


For the love of the game
A Short History of Soccer in South Africa Six hundred years ago, the rich people in Britain could be seen on weekends in their checked...


Letters from our readers 1990 No 5
Dear Learn and Teach, I feel an exciting sensation running through my bloodstream when I read Learn and Teach. I like Learn and Teach! I...
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