Khaya Sibeko, Author at Consciousness.co.za Magazine

Are black working-class children on their own?

Khaya Sibeko — Tue, 16 May 2017 18:24:19 +0000

This year marks the 21th anniversary of the adoption of our constitution, the world-renowned document that is the linchpin of South Africa’s democratic project. Section 29 of the constitution enshrines the right to education and the successive governments have continuously set aside a lion’s share of the national budget to the realisation of that right. [...]

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The Alek Wek Journey

Khaya Sibeko — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 11:52:27 +0000

Some three years ago I went to an Exclusive Books Warehouse Sale where for R50 one could get a kilogram of books! Amongst the literary treats I picked up was Alek Wek’s autobiography Alek (Amistad). She was the supermodel I’d known about but didn’t really know much about her other than the pictures of her [...]

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The Library: A Sacred Institution

Khaya Sibeko — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:57:56 +0000

At a particular time during the liberation struggle a call was made to underground networks of banned political organisations, and by extension oppressed people, to make South Africa ungovernable. Such ends were to be achieved by prolonged industrial protests; civic marches; acts sabotage to vital cogs of the economy. And so the destruction of municipal [...]

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Is Chaos A Ladder?

Khaya Sibeko — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:50:17 +0000

Since time immemorial there has never been a period without a bit of chaos. It would seem that the idea of a tranquil existence, although desired, has not been aggressively pursued, and when attained has not really been allowed to thoroughly blossom. Disorder has somewhat tied to the human experience. It’s that very reason that [...]

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It’s About Time: The Rise And Imminent Fall of Barça

Khaya Sibeko — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 13:35:19 +0000

Deprivation. Desire. Underachievement. Self-respect. Glory. These are some of the ingredients that fuel progress and development. It is they that push history makers to do what mere mortals may perceive impossible and when everything falls into place they bask in the attention; adoration and all manner of spoils that accrue from their hard work. In [...]

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Viva Gabo!!

Khaya Sibeko — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 13:26:18 +0000

“And the only thing I ever wanted to do in life was write” So declared the late 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature recipient Gabriel García Márquez of Columbia. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that in the man born on March 6 1927 is a man who knew his purpose and served it exceptionally [...]

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As A Giant Takes His Bow

Khaya Sibeko — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:53:37 +0000

The philosopher and author of the renowned of “As A Man Thinketh”, James Allen, writes that “the world is beautiful because” composers; poets and painters “have lived. Without them labouring humanity would perish”. If that be so then librarians must occupy a higher space in the universal order of things. For the conduct and work [...]

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Literary Gatherings Galore

Khaya Sibeko — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:38:44 +0000

The first weekend of September, spring weekend as it’s affectionately called, has been known to give parents of mostly teenagers headaches and sleepless nights as young revelers leave home without parental consent to paint the town red and the police and emergency personnel usually bear witness to the sometimes fatal side of party people who’ve [...]

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Football’s Burden of History

Khaya Sibeko — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:45:06 +0000

As people we are products of histories that we have no hand in their creation and the kind that we actively participate in its making through our actions or lack of them. History in this instance is both a series of past events that aren’t necessarily notable and those are epoch-making. Whether conduct is ground [...]

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To Achebe, With Love

Khaya Sibeko — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:03:52 +0000

To Achebe, With Love Death is the ultimate right of passage for all living things. Its eventual occurrence is as guaranteed as the rising of the sun and the darkness that ensues when its sets. Whereas the act of dying is solely that of the victim, the usually excruciating implications of death are left to [...]

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