and right-hand man to President PW Botha during the 1980s; towards the end of the decade, however, he played a crucial role in the negotiations with Nelson Mandela which led to the end of apartheid.

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’.

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 ...

Neil De Beer criticizes ANC leaders for their failures and discusses the low standard of education affecting South Africa's ...

The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against ...

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, ...

Explore how Naspers’ News24 perpetuates apartheid-era narratives against independent black business leaders in South Africa.

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 ...

In November 1979, former apartheid president, Pieter Willem Botha appointed Barnard to form an intelligence service and came into operation in 1980. In 2017, Barnard launched his book, Peaceful ...