Phumzile “Sweetboy” Madikane may not yet be a household name — but give him another year or two and he could become one of the greats of...

Soon after Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in March 1985, he did what all new leaders of that country do. He went...

On the 5th of August this year, students from the University of Venda marched to the government buildings. They were protesting against...

Chief Matsiketsane Mashile still has scars on his back from the whipping he got 30 years ago in the Barberton prison. In 1957 the chief...

Dear Learn and Teach, Please tell me how to help my comrades who are being badly treated by their bosses. One of my comrades worked on a...

Ashley Forbes. The name is painted on the walls of Wynberg in Cape Town where he grew up. His name is on the lips of his friends and...

You can find history anywhere — even in a bottle! The history of liquor in South Africa is sometimes sweet, sometimes dry, but mostly...

There’s a story of a hungry jackal and two fowls. The jackal went to the village to find some fowls for lunch. The fowls saw the jackal,...

They came from all walks of life to the festival in the Flower Hall at Wits University, to celebrate National Women’s Day. Amanda Kwadi...

Dear Learn and Teach, Thank you for a very touching report on the celebration of Nelson Mandela’s birthday at Wembley Stadium. Your...

Solly Said has walked the hard road of karate for 21 years. He has found the real power of karate not in his punch, but in his spirit....

Mary wears glasses — but they are badly broken. Her one leg has a very strange shape, and she limps. The leg has scars from beatings. Who...

A small shop in a dusty road in Bridgeton, near Oudtshoorn, is the home of a brave newspaper — Saamstaan. Since Saamstaan was started...

The people in the hall looked at the nine well-dressed madalas on the stage. They could not believe their eyes. What were these ou...

For many companies Bophuthatswana is like a pot of honey. They fly there for the easy money. But for the workers in Bophuthatswana, life...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu loves to tell jokes — like the one about the time when he and P.W. Botha came together for a meeting. They didn’t...

The Freedom Charter was born at the Congress of the People in Kliptown on 26 June 1955. People came from all over the country to share...

Mackson Tshikambu is dead!”. When I heard these words, I stopped for a moment. He was a man I knew. I felt a loss. Mackson Tshikambu. I...

How many grannies do you know who are boxing fans? None? Then you have not met Granny Alice from Diepkloof, Soweto. Granny Alice Sontonga...

It was a cold winter morning in Soweto. The time was 10:15. The date was June 16, 1976. Sam Nzima, a 42-year old photographer with The...