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Twenty years ago the South African academic Jan-Ad Stemmet met the apartheid era justice minister Kobie Coetsee, who announced he had transcripts of 13,000 pages of recordings of Nelson Mandela’s time in prison. … Read More
About Nelson Mandela’s mysteriously buried gun By Alix Jans Amandla!” called Nelson as he appeared at the top of the stairwellin the courtroom. “Ngawethu!” roared his supporters inresponse. They were … Read More
By Edward Tsumele The author of the critically acclaimed book, The Man Who Killed Apartheid: The Life of Dimitri Tsafendas, Harris Dousemetzis, was awarded a major literary award in the … Read More
By Edward Tsumele Photography documentarian Candice Jansen had to travel thousands of miles to the US to discover the work of local photographer Cedric Nunn, while she was researching South … Read More
I first came into contact with his work as a lawyer during my university years while doing research on how the mainstream media reported on the Rivonia Trial of 1963/1964, … Read More
Hugh Masekela’s Thuma Mina – (Send Me) – The People’s Version to be released today By Citylife Arts Writer The people of South Africa are have spoken. They will not let go … Read More
Sifiso Mkhabela’s first solo exhibition at Gallery Fanon deals with the question of identity (24 September – 25 October 2020) By Edward Tsumele Life like they say, is complex. It … Read More
