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Harold Wolpe

Nic Wolpe helped preserve precious memories of South Africa’s past

Op-eds

Nic Wolpe helped preserve precious memories of South Africa’s past

By Peta Wolpe, Tessa Wolpe and Alicia Chamaillé

Teaching SA Struggle history … at the height of the Struggle against apartheid

South Africa

Teaching SA Struggle history … at the height of the Struggle against apartheid

By Learn & Teach

Audacious escape, dangerous journeys: A tale of friendship and struggle to mark 60 years since Marshall Square

South Africa

Audacious escape, dangerous journeys: A tale of friendship and struggle to mark 60 years since Marshall Square

By Hillary Hamburger

Marshall Square escapee Mosie Moolla's life carries powerful lessons to be celebrated and shared

South Africa

Marshall Square escapee Mosie Moolla's life carries powerful lessons to be celebrated and shared

By Elinor Sisulu

Trauma, terror, uncertainty — the apartheid scars of a childhood in exile that never quite go away

South Africa

Trauma, terror, uncertainty — the apartheid scars of a childhood in exile that never quite go away

By Peta Wolpe

Was the abandonment and displacement worth it? asks the daughter of struggle activists Harold and AnnMarie Wolpe

South Africa

Was the abandonment and displacement worth it? asks the daughter of struggle activists Harold and AnnMarie Wolpe

By Tessa Wolpe

From the sublime to the ludicrous: How SA’s Great Escape rippled out to a moment of election farce

Politics

From the sublime to the ludicrous: How SA’s Great Escape rippled out to a moment of election farce

By Albie Sachs

‘The physical and emotional effects of torture have endured my whole life’ Charlie and Harlene Jassat’s story

South Africa

‘The physical and emotional effects of torture have endured my whole life’ Charlie and Harlene Jassat’s story

By Peta Wolpe

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Setting up the primary division of Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College – chronicle of an ANC decline foretold

Africa

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: Setting up the primary division of Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College – chronicle of an ANC decline foretold

By Terry Bell

Harold Wolpe: South Africa today is a betrayal of my father’s fight for rights and justice

South Africa

Harold Wolpe: South Africa today is a betrayal of my father’s fight for rights and justice

By Peta Wolpe

GroundUp: AnnMarie Wolpe was a pioneer in gender and education

South Africa

GroundUp: AnnMarie Wolpe was a pioneer in gender and education

By GroundUp