History Matters

Kader Asmal, Blade Nzimande, and Raymond Suttner are honoured and respected leaders in the anti-apartheid struggle. They are brave comrades who have dedicated their lives to our freedom, who have made great sacrifices and carried heavy loads in times of great danger. They are some of my role-models and when relating to them the word [...]

Thomas Alberts – The implication that the fate of Zimbabwe is tied to the peculiarities of its ruler’s personality is hardly novel nor unique to Zimbabwe, though the word ‘fate’ might not carry the same weight in democracies as it does in dictatorships. But even in democracies, the politics of saving face is underestimated …

- The ANC leadership has until now appreciated that abiding by Constitutional Court decisions has instilled public confidence in the democratic system. Its respect as the strongest political force is essential for stable democratic order [...]

For cricket fans, this is an important week. In 1935, South Africa beat England for the first time on English soil. The Broederbond was founded this week in 1918; Pixley Seme, journalist and one of the founders of the African National Congress died this week in 1951; and this week in 1980, Umkhonto weSizwe attacked [...]