Welcome to Paballelo, says a brand-new sign as you drive into Upington’s black township. The main road is tarred, and at night, street...

Ma Peggy Moyo says she was born twice in her life. The first time was in 1931. This was when her mother first greeted the new child she...

There were slogans. There was toyi-toying. There were long discussions among comrades. Speeches. Friendly handshakes. Freedom songs....

Old age should be a time of peace and joy — time to stop work and stay at home, having tea with the neighbours and watching the little...

Death row is like a factory… a factory which produces corpses. You know, you go in alive and come out dead… The whole place is serviced....

Dear Readers We have a problem with some of the letters that we get. Some letters do not have the name and address of the reader. So we...

It was a sunny Monday morning when Learn and Teach took a drive to Carletonville. The first thing we saw before we entered the town were...

The sun was rising when six-year-old Franisse went down to the river near his village in the Gaza province of Mozambique. His family was...

I have always been a great admirer of the boxing greats. Jake Ntuli, Mohammed Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Elijah Mokone, Simon Skosana… these...

On 23 January this year, 20 detainees in Diepkloof prison went on a hunger strike to protest against detention without trial. By...

AN INTERVIEW WITH DR ALLAN BOESAK When Dr Allan Boesak starts to talk, you soon understand why he has such a huge following. In his own...

Dear Learn and Teach I am a reader of your magazine. I even sell it. My problem is that I am at school in Oukasie and I have no money. My...

Most people go home in the evening and try to forget their work. The women who work at the Black Sash Advice Office would like to forget...

After a rough day at the office, and knowing that you will be in deep trouble back home because you left your dirty socks on the kitchen...

Everybody remembers the leaders of the people who have been behind bars for many years now – like Mandela, Sisulu, Kathrada, Mlangeni,...

T racy Chapman, Sting, Bruce Springsteen…. These are big names in the music world. Those lucky people who saw them at the ‘Human Rights...

A great man is dead. Murdered. Shot dead in cold blood. His name was Dr Abu-Baker Asvat — and his death has left a great pain and sadness...

Special people are born on Christmas Day — like Thandi Modise. She has carried the cross for her people. She has suffered so that they...

The hills around the villages of Mafefe in the northern Transvaal look like lions, sleeping under the hot African sun. Their backs are...

A tall thin man comes onto the stage. Shy. He moves his big eyes from one corner to the other. He raises his hands and begins to speak....