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Leaders’ profiles
WALTER SISULU Sisulu was born in December 1912 in the Engcobo district in the Transkei Political involvement: He joined the ANC in 1940...
Welcome home!
The Welcome Home rally on 29 October 1989 for the released ANC leaders was the biggest political gathering this country has ever seen. It...
The forgotten workers
Once they were strong and healthy mineworkers, working in the belly of the earth. Today, many are in wheelchairs, the result of accidents...
Letters from our readers 1989 No 5
Dear Learn and Teach, Please help me with my problem. Some white guys made me very angry on the 1st of July. I was busy working out which...
‘Important dates’ competition
In Issue No.3 1989, Learn and Teach had a competition. It was called the “Important Dates Competition” and we invited readers to write...
Walter Sisulu speaks
Sisulu welcomed us into his home in Orlando West with a big hug for each of us. He then led us into a bedroom and found us each a seat....
Winds of defiance
End Separate Facilities! The People Shall Swim! Away with Bantustans! End Apartheid on the Buses! Away with Racist Elections! Away with...
A working life, cruel beyond belief
“This book is dedicated to the working people of South Africa, especially the migrant workers.” So begins the book “A Working Life, Cruel...
Death on the border
Carlos Ndlalane, a Mozambican refugee, was shot dead by SADF soldiers as he crossed the border into Ka-Ngwane… Two months ago, Carlos...
From Cape Town with love
COSATU’s Third National Congress in July was a good congress. Workers came out of the meeting united as never before. But it was hard...
