OPINION: Shaun is facing own shakedown

JANET SMITH|Published

Amid rumours of conspiracy, NPA head Shaun Abrahams's future lies in the balance, writes Janet Smith.

The advocate takes charge

JANET SMITH|Published

Dali Mpofu was a surprise element at the Wits protests. If this was a test of his personal power, what lies in the background?

SA Olympian faces Israeli arrest

JANET SMITH|Published

There was a high possibility of South African Olympian Leigh-Ann Naidoo being arrested by members of the Israeli naval forces this morning while on board a humanitarian ...

The day Winnie took Malema and pals to police

JANET SMITH|Published

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s influence on young black revolutionaries was immense, as Julius Malema recalled in an interview with Janet Smith.

Populist politics in refugee policy

JANET SMITH|Published

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba released the Green Paper on International Migration. Janet Smith spoke to Loren Landau, director of the African Centre for Migration ...

Tlokwe could set local polls’ crisis in motion

JANET SMITH|Published

JOHANNESBURG: Julius Malema was still campaigning for the ANC in Tlokwe in 2011, and his drive had its entertainment. This came mostly through his lively crossing ...

Hidden racist truths remain

JANET SMITH|Published

SIX years ago, a new year in South Africa started with allegations of a racist murder when farmworker David Mohaule was attacked by farmer Willem Rochia at Swartruggens. ...

Uncovering truth behind Timol’s death

JANET SMITH|Published

Apartheid magistrate JL de Villiers told the world that young South African, anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol had committed suicide upon the instruction of the ...

Spreading the culture of right of return

JANET SMITH|Published

Hamas members are visiting SA as guests of the ANC. Janet Smith interviewed Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al in Doha, Qatar

We can’t stop till we reclaim our land

JANET SMITH|Published

In one hundred years struggle, Palestinians have practised all options, Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al tells Janet Smith.

‘State is happy to trade with Israel’

JANET SMITH|Published

Woolworths defends its position to continue doing business with Israel to Janet Smith

SA on alert for AU arrivals

JANET SMITH|Published

With arrest warrants being sought for the leaders of Egypt and Sudan, government is keeping a weary eye on AU summit arrivals, writes Janet Smith

Young man without liberal albatross ready to rule DA

JANET SMITH|Published

Mmusi Maimane peered forward politely to have a closer look at photographer Boxer Ngwenya's pictures.

For Mac, the knife cuts both ways

JANET SMITH|Published

As ANC veteran Mac Maharaj's days in office come to an end, loyalists salute him and foes condemn him, writes Janet Smith.

‘There are things you can’t spin’

JANET SMITH|Published

According to his detractors, Mac Maharaj’s retirement from politics is tainted by ignominy

Ours is a flawed democracy

JANET SMITH|Published

Even as we celebrate Human Rights Day tomorrow, the institutions that protect us are troubled, writes Janet Smith.

Political fight for rights of soap stars

JANET SMITH|Published

Like the Lonmin miners, these actors wanted promises kept and three-year contracts, writes Janet Smith

A healthcare revolution is born

JANET SMITH|Published

The war between government and private health care has started. Janet Smith talks to major players

Where despair and filth breed

JANET SMITH|Published

Diepsloot Extension 1, where the two little girls were raped and murdered, is a bleak place, says Janet Smith

Red berets get their licence to lead

JANET SMITH|Published

The EFF has the licence to lead a charge, and the mythology around Malema has imploded, writes Janet Smith

Farewell to a champion of the law

JANET SMITH|Published

Born in March 1939 in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, Pius Nkonzo Langa had a childhood dream of becoming a lawyer.

The meteoric rise and fall of a hero

JANET SMITH|Published

How the fairy tale of fame and glory for the fastest man with no legs suddenly unravelled in tragedy.

Kani’s King Lear moment

JANET SMITH|Published

It’s a magical year for John Kani. He’s doing The Island again with his son, and he’s turning 70, writes Janet Smith

A fight that’s never to be forgotten

JANET SMITH|Published

When MK’s old soldiers are decorated in a parade today, memories from the 1960s of the Luthuli Detachment’s bold revolutionary adventures will come to life, writes ...

An anchor for drifting nation

JANET SMITH|Published

Struggle stalwart fires up nation to make difference, flays materialism and urges embrace of good traits