It was an initiative of the SA Catholic Bishops Conference and activist-journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu who was the founding editor.
[1] Its early ethos was heavily shaped by liberation theology, and it shone a spotlight on black workers' rights and other aspects of inequality and racism, which led to hostile reactions from the state.
[2] As editor of the weekly newspaper, Sisulu championed the rights of black workers, incurring the hostility of the state.
The paper aligned itself with the trade unions as well as the Winnie Mandela grouping within the ANC.
[6] New ownership and a new look proved insufficient to revive the fortunes of the newspaper, whose sales declined to 22,000 in early 1997, at which point its owners decided to cease publishing it.