A collection of opinion and book review posts
Prof Chabani Manganyi, JET’s first CEO
As the first Executive Director of the Joint Education Trust, along side Nick Taylor, Prof.…
Browsing: Opinion and Book Reviews
A Heartfelt Gratitude to Dr. Kgafela oa Magogodi for an Inspiring Workshop at the Afrikan Winter Skool at Funda Community College
On Sunday, June 23, 2024, Blackhouse Kollective and eBukhosini Solutions hosted a transformative Afrikan Winter…
Thirty years of South African constitutional democracy and the crisis of Black Thought
The year 2024 marks the so-called 30 years of constitutional democracy in South Africa. To…
South Africa’s constitutional democracy and thirty years without Izwe Lethu
Jan Van Riebeek once stated in the late 1600s that the Dutch settlers who dispossessed…
Cape Independence and “the right of conquest” in South Africa
”The white man is coming, and it is he who will rule you, and you…
Dr Motsoko Pheko – November 13, 1930-April 19, 2024
Azanian Revolutionary, Legal Scholer & Philosopher, Author, Historian, Leader, Pan Afrikanist, Internationalist, Husband, Father &…
Love Song to Resistance
Resistance defines us, upholds us, makes us viable. At a biological level, our muscles are maintained…
The Sharpeville Massacre and the myth of “Human Rights Day”
In 1983 a book entitled “The rise of Azania: The fall of South Africa” by…
South Africa and the pitfalls of solidarity: A case of Israel and Palestine
“The biggest mistake the black world ever made was to assume that whoever opposed apartheid…
The Sharpeville massacre and the persistent problem of white settler colonialism in “South Africa”: A Dialectical Analysis
There is a dialectical relation between colonisation and decolonisation. This dialectical relation is dyadic and…
The problem of Afrikan politics and the danger of white politics in South Africa
One of the significant benefits of an Afrikan-centred study of European thought and behaviour is…
Tigritude: Of the Souls and Spiritual Strivings of Aime Cesaire and Leopold Senghor
“A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces” (Wole Soyinka, 1964) The Newtonian equation…
Sobukwe Speaking to a Basotholand African Congress Party, Conference in Lesotho in 1957
Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sons and Daughters of the soil, I wish, in opening this conference,…
The International Court of Justice ruling and the war in Palestine: An Afrikan lesson
The recent outcome of the International Court of Justice regarding the Israeli war against Palestine…
BLACKWASH SAYS: Fuck Soccer! We want liberation!
(Ncebakazi Manzi & Pakama Ngceni) Soccer is opium for the oppressed – a drug that…
Tsietsi Mashinini and the decline of Black Power in “post-Apartheid South Africa”
The 27th of January marks the birthday of Tsietsi Mashinini who in terms of South…
Personal Reflections on a Decade of Decoloniality Schools in South Africa: From Decoloniality Light to Combative Decoloniality
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The poverty of Black Constitutional critique and the libidinal economy of South Africa
“I do not want to rainbow without bread, I do not want to hate Cecil…
Mashaba the businessman is a hero to those of us who are sober!
Politics aside, the current leader of ActionSA, Mr. Herman Mashaba, is a man I have…
The ANC condoned injustice. In fact, they colluded with it
(Inspired by a message to Bra Mike Stainbank, the rightful owner of the stolen trademark:…