Day Israelites were mowed down

Dougie Oakes|Published

THIRTY minutes… was all it took for a force of close to 1 000 white policemen, armed with machine guns, to crush an act of civil disobedience led by an African prophet ...

DA playing a Day Zero sum game with Zille-De Lille

Dougie Oakes|Published

The mess the DA is trying to extricate itself from in Cape Town has highlighted a key point: it is not half as good as it claims to be.

Gap between rich and poor a simmering volcano

Dougie Oakes|Published

As usual, the information contained in the Oxfam report will horrify human rights supporters and activists.

Cricketing great 'Dik' Abed denied the biggest stage

Dougie Oakes|Published

It could be argued that Dik Abed, who died in the Netherlands on Friday, was one of the biggest casualties of the “D’Oliveira Affair” in 1968.

Patricia de Lille yesterday's person – the party is over

Dougie Oakes|Published

The goings-on in the City of Cape Town can be summed up in a wonderfully expressive Afrikaans saying: “Bo bont, onder stront. ”

Time is ripe for a fresh start

Dougie Oakes|Published

Ordinary ANC members sighed with relief when Jacob Zuma stepped down as president of the organisation.

December 16, the day Blood River came into being

Dougie Oakes|Published

The Day of Reconciliation was born out of the triumph of bullets and cannons over spears - and the formation of a body to wage an armed struggle against apartheid. ...

Polly Slingers a true revolutionary, a giant of Trafalgar High School

Dougie Oakes|Published

“Slingers died with his integrity intact and his boots on. He was an unrelenting revolutionary for truth and justice. He was a true giant. ”

After many broken promises, has fight for non-racial sport truly been won?

Dougie Oakes|Published

The fact is so much that should have been done has not been done. So many promises have been made and glibly broken.

ANC's Khoza hits out at Mbalula over 'suicide bomber' comments

Dougie Oakes|Published

"My views on President Zuma are well known. I believe the president should step down. But that doesn?t make me a suicide bomber. "

Khoza sticks to her guns over fierce criticism of Zuma

Dougie Oakes|Published

Makhosi Khoza says she will vote against President Zuma in the upcoming motion of no confidence, despite warnings of dire consequences for ANC MPs who do not toe ...

ANC discontent palpable as Zuma sounds off against veterans

Dougie Oakes|Published

Only he will know what possessed him to attack the ANC veterans and stalwarts.

A fight for rights with cemented links

Dougie Oakes|Published

Philip Kgosana, who died last week, was propelled into the limelight at the age of 23 when he led a march of 30 000 in 1960, writes Dougie Oakes

Gigaba in hot seat after cabinet bloodbath

Dougie Oakes|Published

President Jacob Zuma late on Thursday night effected one of the biggest culls of a cabinet since 1994, naming 10 new ministers and 10 new deputies. .

Gigaba replaces Gordhan amid huge cabinet cull

Dougie Oakes|Published

President Jacob Zuma has appointed 10 new ministers and 10 new deputy ministers following one of the biggest culls of a cabinet since the advent of democracy.

Ombud rules in favour of Molefe

Dougie Oakes|Published

Former Eskom chief executive Brian Molefe is mulling his next step after a significant ruling in his favour by the press ombud, Johan Retief.

Heart of gold that touched lives

Dougie Oakes|Published

As a lawyer, Essa Moosa, who died yesterday at the age of 81, shone like a beacon through some of the bleakest times in the history of the fight against apartheid. ...

Heart of gold that touched lives

Dougie Oakes|Published

As a lawyer, Essa Moosa shone like a beacon through some of the bleakest times in the history of the fight against apartheid.

Castle's 350th anniversary could be real history lesson

Dougie Oakes|Published

OUR conversation switches suddenly from the 350th anniversary commemoration of the Castle of Good Hope to a tiny island off the coast of the west African state of ...

Watch VideoIndy's executive chairman helps school attain dreams

Dougie Oakes|Published

Livingstone High School’s decades-long wait for a fully-equipped science laboratory will soon be over thanks to alumnus Dr Iqbal Survé.

Livingstone High gets R1 million donation boost

Dougie Oakes|Published

LIVINGSTONE High, the school whose name became synonymous with a relentless fight for non-racialism and the provision of excellence during the apartheid era, is ...

Cetshwayo: dignified in victory, defeat

Dougie Oakes|Published

THE mood of the congregation was sombre as Bishop John William Colenso stepped up to the pulpit of the Anglican Church in Bishopstowe in the colony of Natal – and ...

The 'Bread Man' will be sorely missed

Dougie Oakes|Published

IN RETREAT, ...

Call to be brave transformation force

Dougie Oakes|Published

“UNLESS you take control of your destiny, you will have no destiny. ” ...

Songs of praise for a worthy heroine

Dougie Oakes|Published

IT WAS often said of Nelson Mandela that few of the iconic figures of the 20th century, including even the great Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Martin Luther King ...