History
In photos: A walk in the night to mark the end of slavery
March through Cape Town commemorates the emancipation of slaves in 1834
Photo Essay | 3 December 2025
In photos: The fossil hunters of the Sterkfontein Caves
There is growing recognition of the work they have done
Photo Essay | 30 June 2025
Photo exhibition: Remembering the fishers of Kalk Bay
“The Sea is in our Blood” photo exhibition outside the Olympia Cafe
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 5 February 2025
Struggle activist denied his pension
Rose Sonto was banned, detained and jailed under apartheid. But the Special Pensions Appeal Board could find no trace of his activism. Now the Public Protector has ordered a review
By James Stent
News | 8 June 2022
The skull of the outlaw hero Koos Sas finally laid to rest
Nearly 100 years after his death, Khoisan leaders ceremonially inter his remains
Photo Essay | 22 April 2021
Matthew Goniwe’s funeral remembered: Here are previously unpublished photos from 1985
Nyameka Goniwe, widow of Matthew, died a week ago.
Photo Essay | 8 September 2020
AnnMarie Wolpe was a pioneer in gender and education
She helped her husband escape prison by smuggling tungsten blades in French loaves and tools in a roast chicken
By Peta Wolpe, Alicia Chamaille and Pippa Green
Obituary | 19 February 2018
Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan dies at 96
Fighter for women's rights dies in US
By Terry Bell
News | 19 July 2016