Following the war, the South African authorities were anxious to charge known war criminals, traitors and collaborators. But nothing came of it.
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When the Truth and Reconciliation was mandated to investigate human rights violations from March 1960, that left twelve years of apartheid rule unexplored.
The low levels of familiarity with key historical events indicate that there are serious shortcomings in the development of national collective memory in South Africa.
Whites lived well under apartheid and it is not absurd for black leaders to want all to live in the same way.
Jackson Mthembu’s death drives home the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Professionalism has to start with ministers for it to stand any chance of being embedded throughout the public service.
According to a new book, the friendships among women in the novel reveal its author Sol T. Plaatje’s view of effective political struggle.
The book shows that the claim made by some analysts that it was the fall of communism that prompted moves towards negotiations to end apartheid is off the mark.
That none of his collections were published in apartheid South Africa testifies to the police state’s censorship.
The magazine grew to be the largest circulation publication for black readers in South Africa, and expanded to include East and West African editions.
Brutus’s life was closely interlinked with the rise of apartheid and offered a way to look at resistance to this system.
The Freedom Charter process was an imperfect but impressive attempt at capturing the will of the people and articulating an alternative vision to apartheid South Africa.
It is not hard to see the roots of 20th century apartheid policies in the legacy of the British settlers.
Goldberg was the youngest Rivonia triallist. Segregated prisons meant he was sent to Pretoria, while his fellow accused were incarcerated on Robben Island.
In his new capacity as President of South Africa, FW de Klerk directly experienced for the first time how the international community had abandoned its support for minority white rule.
The springbok emblem was introduced under white rule in South Africa and by retaining it, it remains a burden for many South Africans who followed the Rugby World Cup.
Many South Africans hold onto the hope that a win in the World Cup translates into another defining moment for the country.
Mmusi Maimane’s resignation highlights one of the core problems of democratic South Africa - the assumption that the only way to do anything is the way white men did it in the past.
Black consciousness in South Africa changed blacks and whites.
The IFP’s constitution provides that the nomination of national office bearers be approved by the branches. But this was not done in the nomination of its new president.
Principais colaboradores
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Associate professor, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
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Lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Senior lecturer in African Studies, Yale University
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Lecturer, Culture and Media department, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of History, University of Botswana
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Chief Research Manager, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior Research Specialist., Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Journalism in the Department of Journalism, Film and Television, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, Applied Language and Literacy Studies, University of Cape Town
