Articles
Preparing ourselves for freedom
Throughout our country, and throughout the whole world, the winds of change are blowing strong. Many of our old ideas are being swept...
“Teachers are humans too”
An interview with Curtis Nkondo. President of the National Education Union of South Africa (NEUSA) Since the beginning of March, our...
From humble beginnings to a great leader
In 1929, a young bakery worker called Moses Kotane joined the Communist Party of South Africa. He rose to become the Party’s Secretary...
“Proud to be black like Mandela”
Worker Ishmael Ramothibe paid tribute to Nelson Mandela… and got fired! But his union, the National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) fought...
The birth of a new nation
It is three minutes before midnight on the 20th March 1990 and the Windhoek stadium is packed. About 30 000 people have come to be part...
Letters from our readers 1990 No 3
Dear Learn and Teach, I was born in 1965. Many years ago my father told me about a great hero. He said his name was Mr Nelson Mandela. I...
Far away, but wide awake
The tiny village of Komaggas in Namaqualand is fighting to stop the giant ESKOM from building a nuclear powerstation on its doorstep…...
Home away from home
The story of Cowley House For a long time, relatives of political prisoners on Robben Island prison had nowhere to stay when they went to...
A brave son of the Vaal
Since October last year some political prisoners have been released from jail. But many more have been left behind. David Moisi is one of...
