In 1929, a young bakery worker called Moses Kotane joined the Communist Party of South Africa. He rose to become the Party’s Secretary...

The story of Cowley House For a long time, relatives of political prisoners on Robben Island prison had nowhere to stay when they went to...

It is three minutes before midnight on the 20th March 1990 and the Windhoek stadium is packed. About 30 000 people have come to be part...

An interview with Curtis Nkondo. President of the National Education Union of South Africa (NEUSA) Since the beginning of March, our...

The tiny village of Komaggas in Namaqualand is fighting to stop the giant ESKOM from building a nuclear powerstation on its doorstep…...

Worker Ishmael Ramothibe paid tribute to Nelson Mandela… and got fired! But his union, the National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) fought...

Dear Learn and Teach, I read Learn and Teach and find it very easy to understand. I think it is very important for people to read it and...

An Interview with Krish Naidoo, General Secretary of the National Sports Congress (NSC) In 1960, South Africa took part in the Olympic...

I am the kind of person who never looks down … at my shoes. As a result I always forget to polish them in the morning. It never really...

Throughout our country, and throughout the whole world, the winds of change are blowing strong. Many of our old ideas are being swept...

When Grace Bopape came into the Learn and Teach offices, she was wearing a pretty spotted dress and a big smile. Nobody could believe...

Since his release. Nelson Mandela has spoken out on many issues. Here are some extracts from some of the speeches and interviews he has...

The final chapter of the Delmas Treason trial — the longest political trial in the history of South Africa —came to an end in December...

Hundreds of thousands of people waited to see and be addressed by Comrade Nelson Mandela outside the City Hall in Cape Town on the day he...

At sixteen minutes past four on Sunday afternoon, the 11th February 1990 the prison gates opened for Comrade Nelson Mandela for the...

Everybody in Mozambique knows this man. The children follow him every morning on his way to work with his camera hanging over his...

On 10 February 1990, President F W de Klerk told the world that Nelson Mandela was going to be released the next day. All over South...

Over the last six months we have seen political changes that were unthinkable a year ago. In October last year Comrade Walter Sisulu and...

After many years of struggle, the Namibian people have at last elected their own representatives to decide on a constitution for an...

Anti-apartheid cultural activists come in all ages and sizes. The members of the Soweto Youth Drama Society are just one example… Peter...