Nadine Gordimer - Taking stock

Moments in South African History by SABC Radio News

Nov 20, 202000:05:10Society & Culture

Seamus Heaney called her "one of the great guerrillas of the imagination"; the Nobel Committee called her "a magnificent epic writer" and the Independent newspaper says she's "one of the world's greatest writers". Credit...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from Moments in South African History.

FW de Klerk - Nobel laureate

Nov 15, 2021 - 00:09:10

Former South African president FW de Klerk who died at the age of 85 in Cape Town, was one of only four S...

FW de Klerk - 2 February 1992

Nov 11, 2021 - 00:05:53

South Africa's last white president, FW de Klerk, who has died at the age of 85 in Cape Town, will be rem...

FW de Klerk - The call for blood

Nov 11, 2021 - 00:10:13

The National Party in the form of its leader, FW de Klerk, appeared before the Truth Commission in Cape T...

The life of Nelson Mandela

Jul 18, 2021 - 00:17:03

Former President Nelson Mandela was South Africa’s first democratically elected Head of State. His five-y...

Nelson Mandela - The voice

Jul 18, 2021 - 00:12:24

Former president Nelson Mandela wasn't a brilliant orator like Winston Churchill, John F Kennedy, Martin...

The Soweto uprising 1976 - You kill one, you kill all

Jun 16, 2021 - 00:09:35

The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s first-ever partial event hearing took place at th...

The Constitutional Court of South Africa

May 17, 2021 - 00:06:47

After a long process to choose a design and construct a building, the new South African Constitutional Co...

The Apartheid Museum

May 10, 2021 - 00:03:46

Most people would frown at a casino consortium agreeing to build a museum for its licence. But that’s exa...