Zimba Ramabwe, Author at Consciousness.co.za Magazine

When being indigenous is not enough

Zimba Ramabwe — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 09:16:08 +0000

An Afrikan is understood to be one who is indigenous to Afrika; whose originality cannot be traced anywhere else other than in Afrika. In addition to being an indigene, an Afrikan can also be those whose sole allegiance and loyalty is owed to nowhere else but Afrika. In other words, one cannot leave her country [...]

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For the women

Zimba Ramabwe — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 08:08:58 +0000

The month of August is known as “women’s month” in our country, South Afrika/Azania. This is due to the fact it was on the 9th of this month sixty years ago (1956) that women went on a march protesting against the extension of the dreaded pass laws to women. The pass was the most diabolical [...]

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Afrikans and their songs

Zimba Ramabwe — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:13:01 +0000

Much has been said about the Afrikan’s love for song and rhythm. During the days of slavery, the slave master thought of the slaves’ singing as a sign that they were happy and content with their lot. A DJ on a national radio station was even flippant enough to say that it was the slaves’ [...]

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Koze kubenini Afrika?

Zimba Ramabwe — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:58:08 +0000

Putting Afrika on an even keel in terms of the continent’s relations with the world, eliminating the culture of dependence, and enabling the continent to exercise its sovereignty and thereby, taking its destiny in its own hands. That is the essence of the much vaunted Afrikan Renaissance. In Afrika define yourself, former South Afrikan President, [...]

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Afrikans, heroes and public holidays

Zimba Ramabwe — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 08:28:57 +0000

A year or two ago, the South Afrikan government set up a commission to convene public hearings on the question of public holidays in the country. At issue was whether or not religious public holidays such as Easter and Christmas were indeed acceptable in a multicultural country where all religions (including Satanism) were protected under [...]

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Adv. Thuli Madonsela, under fire for doing her job!

Zimba Ramabwe — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 08:28:33 +0000

At its core, the struggle against apartheid was for the restoration of the humanity of the dispossessed, oppressed and exploited Afrikan masses. Apartheid had reduced ours to the status of sub-humans. Even dogs were given a better treatment that our people were! And to be called a dog in our culture is probably the worst [...]

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Afrikan Bank placed under curatorship

Zimba Ramabwe — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 09:00:07 +0000

In his autobiography, A Testament of Hope, Dr. Sam Motsuenyane tells the story of how Afrikan Bank was started. As Afrikan businessmen in apartheid South Afrika, getting finance to start and/or grow their businesses was like climbing an insurmountable mountain. Established banks insisted on collateral in the form of immovable property being put up as [...]

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The dilemma of the Afrikan Intellectual

Zimba Ramabwe — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 09:10:05 +0000

In his autobiography, ‘Sometimes there is a Void’, prolific South Afrikan author, playwright and academic, Zakes Mda tells of how he became an outsider and was overlooked for government jobs because of his independent and critical stance on the issues of the day. As a columnist for a weekly newspaper he was critical of former [...]

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Sometimes there is a Void – Zakes Mda

Zimba Ramabwe — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:29:47 +0000

A review by Smart M. Maqubela Reading Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni (popularly known as Zakes) Mda’s novels, one can’t help but notice that they are based in an historical setting. His Heart of Redness was set against the backdrop of the Nonqgawuse catastrophic prophesy that Afrikans must kill all their cattle and thereafter the dead will [...]

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