Articles
A company called Springbok Patrols
On a hot day in Umtata in December 1982, a young man stood with his belongings next to a big truck. He was nervous. Gcinisiko Mthini was...
A mother and a father
One evening back in 1963, policemen carrying guns went to the house of Elias and Caroline Motsoaledi in old Mzimhlophe. They took Elias...
The disease of love
Last Christmas was a special time for Manthabiseng. Her husband came home from the mines. It was special because he did not come the year...
Dark times for nightwatchmen
by Mahlomola Skosana organiser of the Vukani Security Guards Union Thousands of contract workers work in the security industry in cities...
Letters from our readers 1985 No 2
Dear Learn and Teach I have a problem. My problem is this. Last year in November, I lost my job. They said there was no more work. I...
Blowing in the wind
They say that when the wind blows down there in Port Elizabeth, it really does blow. Men have to hold into their hats and women their...
Swimming with Spencer
Ten years ago, a fat Iittle boy went to the Orlando Swimminq Pool In Soweto everyday. Everybody laughed at him. They called him Spencer...
Agreement at Sasol
In the last two magazines we told you how 6,000 workers lost their jobs at Sasol. They were fired in November last year because they...
Working women
“WORKING WOMEN” is a new book about women in South Africa. The women in the book tell us what they think about different things. Read...
‘Ford, you robbed my Pa’
In a small house in the old mission town of Bethelsdorp near Port Elizabeth, lives a man who has worked for the Ford Motor Company for...
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...
