Emperor Peter the Great had great foresight when he founded the University by decree in 1724. Since then, the institution has had a profound impact on Russian intellectual life and has produced a long ...

1645: The Tower of London is stormed The “New Model Army” under Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax beat royalists forces of Charles I at the Battle of Naseby. 1658: English and French forces defeat ...

There is a rule of thumb that suggests the more controversial the life, the more more interesting the obituary. And, as dead folk cannot sue for defamation, the inclusion of some unpleasant truths ...

Captured Mandela’s release and South Africa’s first electionsBlended photojournalism with jazz to document Black joy and struggleLeft behind 500,000 ...

Analysis - The click of a camera shutter and the improvisation of a jazz saxophone may seem worlds apart. Yet, in the hands of South African photojournalist and cultural organiser Rashid Lombard, they ...

FILE: A picture taken on 13 April 1986 shows Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, then-wife of South African president Nelson Mandela and anti-apartheid campaigner, addressing a meeting in Kagiso township.

South Africa's leading woman struggle icon, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, was honoured for her courage, bravery and revolutionary spirit - something she demonstrated for more than six decades of her ...

JOHANNESBURG — A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks to highlight the struggles of Black women in South Africa who had to wait years for their husbands’ return ...

JOHANNESBURG — A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks to highlight the struggles of Black women in South Africa who had to wait years for their husbands’ return ...