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My father lived 20 more years than the Bible’s allotted three score years and ten, and reluctantly retired from his popular diabetic practice at the Netcare Parklands Hospital in Durban, four years ago at the age of 86. Now that the aftershock of his departure is slowly easing, I thought it f...

The person who attempted to deface the mural was captured by neighbours’ security cameras, but was not identifiable as they wore a cap, a mask and a cloak

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Emeritus Professor Crain Soudien presented his research paper A Rereading of Kies’ ‘The Contribution of the Non-European Peoples to World Civilization’ during the second instalment of the Mafeje-Jordan Seminar Series, held on Wednesday 12 May 2021. Emeritus Professor Soudien is a former deputy vice-chancellor at UCT, where he continues to contribute to the School of Education and Centre for African Studies (CAS). He recently also concluded his term ...

District Six was such a moral symbol of injustice that not even the apartheid government at the peak of its power could simply go in and rebuild the area. Photo: Lerato Maduna/ Supplied. 11 February 2021 marks the 55th anniversary of District Six being declared a whites-only area under apartheids Group Areas Act. What was once a vibrant melting pot in Cape Towns inner city was left barren by the apartheid regime. In commemoration of those who were forcibly removed from the ...