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Sindisa Dunga Foundation Plays its Part in youth development through a career expo
Brand South Africa through its Play Your Part programme continuously encourages each and every citizen to play their part in improving the lives of...
What’s in a South African name? From Krotoa to Van der Stel
Despite generations of official efforts to keep South Africans apart, racial mingling goes back to the very first years when white and black met at the Cape of Good Hope.
Sophiatown: recalling the loss
It was on 9 February 1955 that the forced removal of over 60 000 people from Sophiatown began. Fifty years on, the City of Johannesburg pays tribute to the sons and daughters of its lost suburb.
South Africa’s universities
South Africa's universities and other academic and technical tertiary institutions are some of the
best on the continent and in the world. At the
cutting edge of research in various academic, technology, medicine, law and business spheres,
the country's public higher education institutions offer a range of study and research options for
local and international students.
Lord Joel Joffe: 1932-2017
This Mandela Month, we profile the late Lord Joel Joffe, who defended Nelson Mandela and his co-accused at the Rivonia Trial. Joffe died on...
Dr Ncumisa Jilata: Africa’s youngest neurosurgeon
At the age of 29, Mthatha-born Dr Ncumisa Jilata has become Africa's youngest neurosurgeon following her Fellowship graduation in Durban on 18 May 2017....
Freedom fighters: names you might not know
Many people did their bit, big or small, to ensure the demise of apartheid. The names of struggle stalwarts such as Oliver Tambo, Nelson...
Remembering Nelson Mandela’s first steps of freedom
On Sunday 11 February 1990 - 25 years ago - millions of people around the world watched as
Nelson Mandela walked out of the gates of Victor Verster prison in Paarl.
Press release: Freedom is a gift from leaders like Kathrada
The freedom that we celebrate today is a precious gift bequeathed to us by leaders such as Ahmed Kathrada, says Brand South Africa's CEO...
Remembering ‘Uncle Kathy’: Ahmed Kathrada 1929-2017
Former Rivonia trialist and anti-apartheid struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada died today, following a long illness. He was 87. After 1994, Kathrada served as a...