A statue of Nelson Mandela in an upmarket shopping square.
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Commerce, culture and heritage mix in rather strange and sometimes unsettling ways in South Africa, especially when the struggle for freedom is commemorated.
Nelson Mandela revisiting his cell at Robben Island prison. The image was sold to support his charitable causes.
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Many South Africans have a strong personal relationship with Nelson Mandela. The planned auction felt like a transgression of the moral boundary of familial respect.
Detail of a photo of Frank Anthony (front left) on Robben Island with Walter Sisulu (front right).
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The activist and writer has been erased from South Africa’s history - but new academic work seeks to restore his voice.
Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at home in 1990.
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Jonny Steinberg talks about his intimate double biography of the famous South African leaders.
Robert Sobukwe in his cell at the prison on Robben Island.
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Robert Sobukwe was once perceived to possess more revolutionary potential than Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre in 1994.
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The suggestion that Mandela single-handedly achieved democracy is as intellectually threadbare as the charge that he was centrally responsible for the failure to transform South Africa.
Apartheid-era Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee, Thabo and Zanele Mbeki, Nelson Mandela and his daughter Zenani, FW and Marike de Klerk.
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The book shows that the claim made by some analysts that it was the fall of communism that prompted moves towards negotiations to end apartheid is off the mark.
A younger Dennis Brutus, president of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee in Montreal, Canada in 1976.
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That none of his collections were published in apartheid South Africa testifies to the police state’s censorship.
Rivonia trialist Denis Goldberg speaking at a gala event in 2011 to honour the surviving members of the Rivonia Trial.
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Goldberg was the youngest Rivonia triallist. Segregated prisons meant he was sent to Pretoria, while his fellow accused were incarcerated on Robben Island.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela with former American world boxing champion Marvin Hagler. The undated photo was taken after Mandela’s release.
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Prison life is about routine: each day like the one before; each week like the one before it, so that the months and years blend into each other.
Marine protected areas are geographically distinct regions of the ocean that are given special protection under law.
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A new network of 20 sites have been declared as marine protected areas in South Africa.
How African penguins hunt and feed their chicks gives insight into the health of the marine ecosystem.
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How African penguins and their chicks’ respond to fish availability informs marine conservation.
Between 1963 and 1969 Robert Sobukwe spent six years of near-complete solitary confinement on Robben Island.
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A collection of prison letters provides a peek into the suffering of South African liberation hero, Robert Sobukwe.
Nelson Mandela’s legacy in poetry can re-familiarise us with the values he embodied.
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Nelson Mandela’s release in 1990 was met by an outpouring of poetic celebration both within South Africa and globally.
Nelson Mandela, arriving for Thabo Mbeki’s inauguration in 2004.
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Mandela continues to serve as a rare example of a principled politician committed to forgiveness and reconciliation.
The Kowie River follows a ‘horseshoe bend’ between Port Alfred and.
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The analysis of the Kowie River rehearses the warnings provided by the colonial and post-colonial destruction of culture and nature.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela carved her own political identity in the struggle for freedom.
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s struggle was for humanity, oftentimes waged in an inhuman way.
Spike Island.
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The former prison, Spike Island, is now one of the world’s top ‘dark tourism’ destinations.
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Andimba (Herman) Toivo Ya Toivo remained loyal to what made him the personification of the desire to live in an independent country governed by, and for, its people.
Ahmed Kathrada leaves a legacy filled with self-sacrifice and courage.
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Amed Kathrada’s legacy can be used as an example for a good life. South Africans will miss his unwavering courage to speak out on matters of national interest.