Prisoners in their own homes
As the doors of South Africa’s prisons open to release the detainees, other doors bang shut. Most detainees — and many others who are...
An unbroken spirit
The receptionist at the South African Council of Churches (SACC) put down the telephone and greeted us with a smile: “Yebo bantwana bam’i...
There will be peace and justice
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...
A tribute to Dr Abu-baker Asvat
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...
A woman at war
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 man and his vision
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...