Old security police likely to remain mum on Aggett
As the reopened inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist Neil Aggett picks up again, his sister Jill Burger admits to having to adjust her expectations of the outcome.
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New Books | Media in Postapartheid South Africa
The media provides a window into the transition from a society organised around apartheid and opposition to it to an individualist, capitalist, consumerist and aspirational reality.
Long Read | The unfinished business of the TRC
The ANC said it would hold those guilty of crimes against humanity to account – but is mum on those involved in political interference in Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions.
New Books | Women in Solitary
Shanthini Naidoo tells the story of jailed activists and those around them – how each person coped with the brutality of detention and exile to find their own versions of freedom.
Nyameka Goniwe, a champion of the people
The former mayor from Cradock spent her life advocating for those in her community and fighting for justice for her husband and the rest of the Cradock Four.
Dumisa Ntsebeza demonstrates ‘The Art of Being Human’
A film about the human rights lawyer from Cala, free to watch online during the Encounters Documentary Festival, chronicles the deep sense of justice that shaped his life.
Joburg township residents powerless in lockdown
The residents of Phola Park are struggling with intermittent electricity supply as the presence of soldiers in the area causes old apartheid traumas to resurface.
The apartheid wars: freedom for perpetrators
Despite the TRC’s recommendations, why have none of the powerful men responsible for apartheid’s atrocities, including the Sharpeville and Kassinga massacres, been prosecuted?
Liz Floyd still fighting for Aggett
On the ‘close comrades’ list, it was only a matter of time before the apartheid police arrested and interrogated Neil Aggett, and his partner Liz Floyd. She is still fighting for justice for Aggett.