Articles
When a woman’s work is not enough
Nokuzola goes to work with a heavy heart. Every night she has to clean ten dirty offices, one corridor and a cloakroom. She works from...
The singing unions
When we think of trade unions, we think of people at work. We know that trade unions help people to look after themselves and to speak...
Voices from Kliptown
1953 Professor Z.K. Matthews, one of the leaders of the ANC, went overseas. When he visited other countries, he was asked the same...
Letters from our readers 1985 No 4
Dear Learn and Teach I have a standard 9 boy living with me. This boy bought shoes from Pick a Pair in Tzaneen. His brother paid for the...
When dogs go shopping
Am I dreaming? Here I am saying hello to a dog. The dog gives me his right front leg and we shake hands. “Meet Lucky,” says Jacob...
The home of umqombothi
You will always find people at Mama Ndou’s place. They stay there until 9 o’clock in the evening, when Mama Ndou chases them home. And so...
The dangers of liquor
You can get a sickness called Pellagra from Liquor. Liquor eats up the vitamins in your body – and your body need vitamins to be strong....
The state of emergency
The police in South Africa have always had many powers. But on Saturday the 21st July, the State President gave the police even more...
