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Keeping it in the (royal) family

While Alex Cooper initially had the idea of becoming a captain in the SA Defence Force in his head, education was in his heart and the decision to pursue it led to an unforgettable teaching career spanning four decades.

More than 100 suspected illegal miners were arrested during a joint operation by police and the SA Defence Force in the Ekurhuleni area on Friday.

A few years ago, I read a book titled When a State Turns on its Citizens by Prof Lloyd Sachikonye. The book traces decades of institutionalised violence in Zimbabwe. The central theme of the book is that the violence that characterises contemporary Zimbabwean society was born in the struggle for liberation – both by the colonial regime of Ian Smith and within the camps of national liberation movements.

Updated article Edited by Bev Mortimer- Three SA Navy mariners died, one is currently in a critical condition in hospital, and four were safely rescued after an SA Navy submarine accident occurred one nautical mile off Kommetjie in the Western Cape yesterday afternoon, 20 September. NSRI Kommetjie Rescue craft The SA Defence Force in a…

Anyone absolving the IFP and its former leader from political killings from the mid-80s to just before our first democratic elections in 1994 is, sadly, too economical with the truth.

Limpho Hani, Chris Hani’s widow. (Photo by Gallo Images/ Sunday Times/ Alaister Russell) On the 30th anniversary of

Limpho Hani, the widow of slain SACP leader Chris Hani, did not mince her words when she slammed the role of the ANC and Chief Justice Raymond Zondo in the release on parole of her husband’s killer Janusz Walus.



Brian Rath, relates how he was present at the exact moment that the song ‘Shot Down’ was conceived by James Phillips.

If someone else drives your car, will you be covered if the car is stolen or damaged while they have possession of the car keys?