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Somewhere over the rainbow

Bryan Rostron — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Since apartheid ended, hardly any land has been transferred to black South Africans, yet old liberation heroes prosper. Will SA go Zimbabwe's way?

Cry land, cry freedom

Bryan Rostron — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Some lived in Georgian double-storey houses. But during apartheid's heyday, they all had to leave because Cape Town's District Six was declared whites only. Bryan Rostron revisits the area as the old residents return

A day out with Indres, and his memories of torture

Bryan Rostron — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Bryan Rostron, on a private visit to Robben Island, finds a former inmate unfailingly cheerful, and proud of his family's long and classy penal record

Don't mention the race factor

Bryan Rostron — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:00:00 GMT

At the polls, most black South Africans will vote again for the ANC. But is this a vote in their own interests or just a statement of identity? Bryan Rostron reports from Cape Town

The rise of Mblaireki

Bryan Rostron — Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Mandela's successor is under fire from his allies, particularly in the unions. He calls them ultra-leftists who line up with the ultra-right; they say the people are ultra-hungry

The business of apartheid

Bryan Rostron — Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:00:00 GMT

The role of multinational corporations and banks under South Africa's racist regime is finally coming to light. Some would rather it didn't. Bryan Rostron reports from Cape Town

And not a drop to drink

Bryan Rostron — Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Business is frustrated at the slow pace of privatisation in South Africa, but the poor, reports Bryan Rostron, are already feeling the effects

Welcome to our torture chamber

Bryan Rostron — Mon, 17 Sep 2001 12:00:00 GMT

South Africa may want to forget its past, but there is money to be made in the theme parks and museums of the apartheid era

A world left behind by the rest of South Africa

Bryan Rostron — Mon, 06 Aug 2001 12:00:00 GMT

Despite Archbishop Tutu's talk of a rainbow coalition, Cape Town is still uneasy about its multiracial society, reports Bryan Rostron

Real skeletons in the closet

Bryan Rostron — Mon, 23 Apr 2001 12:00:00 GMT

In South Africa, the long legacy of apartheid means that even museum exhibits still provoke angry debates about racism, reports Bryan Rostron