1953: A car ferry sinks in the Irish Sea in one of the worst gales of the winter, claiming the lives of up to 130 passengers and crew. On the same day, Isthmian League side Walthamstow Avenue draw 1-1 ...

Lukas Daniel ‘Niël’ Barnard believed that successful intelligence agents needed to master the art of acting and operating inconspicuously, relying on ‘little else but their ideological convictions’.

President PW Botha's speech on 15 August 1985 to the National Party (NP) of Natal was the turning point at which white rule in South Africa failed to turn. Botha was expected to use the speech, ...

The ANC’s practice of kicking people upstairs has now become so common that those who commit misconduct in local or provincial government have nothing to fear. There is no incentive to avoid ...

James Myburgh says the fedex's decision to expel the MP is a bad one, which will have bad consequences for the party (if allowed to stand) On Friday 30 October the Democratic Alliance announced that ...

The tale of Koos Bekker is not one of redemption but of reinvention. The wolf may have donned sheep’s clothing, but its teeth ...

In reality though P.W. Botha more than F.W. de Klerk represents the bridge between ... In September 1984 he was sworn in as the first executive president. Instead of enhancing the state’s legitimacy ...

Zuma and Botha are no different; they have the same value system. What else can we expect from the man from Nkandla. President Jacob Zuma is correct in comparing himself to the Afrikaner leader PW ...

This has a debating chamber and offices for many MPs. Both of these are adjacent to the National Assembly wing, built thirty years ago in President PW Botha’s time when South Africa embarked on the ...

In certain circles of the University of Cape Town, where I was a lecturer of political studies, he was regarded as even more of a political demon than President PW Botha. It was speculated that he was ...