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Western legal philosophy of conquest, the ANC and the ideology of Human Rights in “South Africa”

Consciousness Admin — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:01:11 +0000

Introduction Before the dominance of the Charterist tradition, as represented by the African National Congress (ANC) as a civil rights movement, 21 March 1960 was celebrated as the day of the Sharpeville Massacre. This massacre of Africans by the Apartheid regime was the most violent expression of settler colonialism in “South Africa”[1]. The uprising, leading [...]

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Local Fashion Brand Urban Zulu Goes Global

Consciousness Admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 17:01:06 +0000

From Africa to the World Johannesburg, 13 April 2022: From dropping out of university due to a lack of funds to teaching himself how to hold a hand needle. Nearly 2 decades later, Urban Zulu Founder, Papy Kaluw says he is not done using his sewing machine. Kaluw is taking Urban Zulu to the world. [...]

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Royalstaff Royal by Nthwesane Kautlwale

Consciousness Admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:37:46 +0000

If one believes in reincarnation, then I would say that this person was sent back from his past life to come and complete his unfinished business and that’s how one can explain that he’s a humanitarian, a Botho, a Craftsman and a Renaissance Spirit. Kgosi Kautlwale was born in a small village of Manamakgoteng Moruleng [...]

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Tiro Commemoration: Address by Black Consciousness Movement-United(BCM-U)

Consciousness Admin — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:12:14 +0000

DATE: 12 February 2022 VENUE: 1433 Orient Circle Full Gospel Church Freedom Park We have come to commemorate a colossal figure, Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, president of SASM (Southern African Student Movement), leader in the South African Student Movement (SASM), leader in South African Student Organisation (SASO) and permanent organizer of the Black People Convention (BPC). [...]

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The Parental Guide to Financial Education

Consciousness Admin — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 12:45:13 +0000

Author: Masizakhe Lekhulene Title: The Parental Guide to Financial Education Publishers: KigSiza Publishers (2019) The Parental Guide To Financial Education is intended for use by parents in order to provide the necessary guidance to their children with regard to financial education. Topics in this guide have been systematically arranged. It is important to indicate in [...]

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The Artistry of Thibedi Nthwesane Kautlwale

Consciousness Admin — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:40:03 +0000

It’s a blazing hot Saturday as I step into Thibedi Nthwesane Kautlwale’s art studio in Mamelodi, Tshwane/Pretoria. He seems to be working on three pieces at the same time: A strikingly beautiful couch, a painting and one of his signature neckpieces which he produces under his art brand RoyalStaff Royal (https://web.facebook.com/royalstaff.royal). In the background are [...]

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King Moshoeshoe

Consciousness Admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:56:46 +0000

Founder and first paramount ruler of the Basotho nation, Moshoeshoe I was one of the most successful Southern African leaders of the 19th century, and he is revered as the Father of the kingdom which later became known as Lesotho. Born in 1786, near the upper Caledon River in Menkhoaneng, northern Basutoland (north of present-day [...]

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Shaka Zulu

Consciousness Admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:46:11 +0000

Sigidi kaSenzangakhona commonly knows as Shaka was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived in an area of south-east Africa between the Drakensberg and the Indian Ocean, a region populated by many independent Nguni chiefdoms. During his brief reign more than a hundred chiefdoms were brought together in a Zulu kingdom which survived not [...]

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King Mzilikazi

Consciousness Admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:18:43 +0000

Source: www.sahistory.org.za Mzilikazi (meaning The Great Road), was a Southern African king who founded the Matabele kingdom (Mthwakazi), Matabeleland, in what became Rhodesia and is now Zimbabwe. He was born ca. 1790 near Mkuze, Zululand (now part of South Africa). The son of Matshobana whom many had considered to be the greatest Southern African military [...]

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King Sekhukhune

Consciousness Admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:04:16 +0000

Source: www.sahistory.org.za Sekhukhune was King of the Marota people (commonly called Bapedi) who originated from the Bakgatla of the Western Transvaal. Sekhukhune, like Moshoeshoe King of the Basotho people, was an illegitimate ruler who came to power using military force. As a result, his half brother, and legitimate heir, Mampuru was forced to flee from the Kingdom. [...]

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