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The Sharpeville Massacre, as the bloodletting ordeal has come to be known, was a watershed moment in the lives of our people, standing up to be counted, demanding to be heard, claiming their rights as equal citizens in the land of their birth.

Editorial: Sharpville 69 deserve more than this

Saturday, 21 March, marks 66 years since 69 people were killed and close to 200 others injured when police opened fire on marchers in Sharpeville on this date in 1960. All things considered, the majority black government has, since 1994, failed the spirit of the martyrs who lost their lives in that historic march against […]

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Patriotic fervour: Last year’s Reconciliation Day theme was enshrined on the call for South Africans to deepen the commitment to unity, healing, forgiveness and nation- building for shared future.

Reconciliation remains an elusive ideal

While a bridge may symbolise connection, many South Africans still begin their journeys from vastly unequal social starting points

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Poster child: A boy holds a Nelson Mandela election placard in 1994 in Lindelani, outside Durban. Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images

Echoes of apartheid: Who were you then and who would you be today?

As we go to the polls, and in the light of Israel’s genocide in Palestine, we should reflect on what freedom means and the power of our vote

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read