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South African activist Frank Anthony wrote a novel that has been forgotten: why it shouldn’t have been

South African activist Frank Anthony wrote a novel that has been forgotten: why it shouldn’t have been

HOW does it come about that a man who dedicated the greater part of his life to a vision of a just South Africa, and sacrificed his family and personal relationships to do so, disappears from the annals of the country’s history? How does a writer with consummate command of two of South Africa’s national languages – English and Afrikaans – and whose work in poetry and prose reflects deep insights into world politics, literature and culture come to be virtually totally forgotten? Author F. FIONA MOOLLA, Senior Lecturer in English, University of the Western Cape This is what happened…
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Andrew Mlangeni 1925-2020: South Africa loses the last of the Rivonia triallists

Andrew Mlangeni 1925-2020: South Africa loses the last of the Rivonia triallists

KEITH GOTTSCHALK, Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape ANTI-apartheid struggle hero Andrew Mokete Mlangeni, who died this week at the age of 95, was the last surviving of the eight African National Congress (ANC) activists who were sentenced to life imprisonment in the infamous Rivonia trial in the 1960s. Mlangeni spent 20 of his 26 years in jail on Robben Island alongside fellow triallist Nelson Mandela and other luminaries of the ANC. He symbolised the generations who had joined the ANC during the most dangerous period of resistance to apartheid. No rewards, but only vindictive persecution, including detention and…
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Beautiful send off for SA political stalwart

Beautiful send off for SA political stalwart

AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER ARCHBISHOP Emeritus Desmond Tutu has led friend, comrades and family in paying warm and glowing tributes to anti-apartheid stalwart Tom Manthata, who has been laid to rest. Tutu told mourners at the funeral that Manthata was a wonderful person who was committed to the liberation of South Africans. He said Manthata was gentle but strong. “ Tom was a wonderful, wonderful person.  You would think that he could not say boo to a goose until you found out how deeply committed he was to the liberation of our people, shown by the fact that he and others…
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