A collection of opinion and book review posts
Graaff-Reinet: Persistence of white supremacy in the Eastern Cape under democracy
Racism – white supremacy – is still deeply entrenched and memorialised in most, if not…
Browsing: Opinion and Book Reviews
Native life in South Africa: 1913 – 2003 – 2019
Solomon Plaatje: “Awaking on Friday morning, June 20, 1913, the South African native found himself,…
African nationalism and expressing blackness in South Africa today
In this article, I’m trying to address two distinct terms that are very close to…
Black History Month Presentation – African History and The Need for Reparations
The context within which we are gathered here today is a Pan Afrikan Nationalist context.…
On Mosioua Lekota’s allegation that Cyril Ramaphosa betrayed them in 1974
As a disclaimer: I am not saying that Cyril Ramaphosa was a spy or anything…
Solly Mapaila’s comments on Mangaliso Sobukwe – A case of the continued distortion of the history of the struggle against apartheid
by Yamkela F Spengane and Malaika Wa Azania “Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell…
We must unite now or perish
“We must unite now or perish… We must recognise that our economic independence resides in…
Arrogance of Power: Officialdom & The Dialectics of The So-Called ‘State Funeral’ With Reference to the Funeral of Mama Sobukwe
Wednesday 22 August 2018, was the day epitomised by a series of memorial services for…
Sobukwe Family Mourns Passing of Mama Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe
Graaff-Reinet – It is with deep sense of loss, pain and profound sadness that we…
Inconsistencies in affirming Sobukwe’s legacy: A response to Benzi Ka-Soko
The timely City Press article by Benzi Ka-Soko on Sunday, 15 July 2018, titled “Affirming…
Beneath the Surface: Historical Inconsistencies and Misrepresentations of Historical Specificities
This piece is the critique of the critique. The article titled ‘ANC version of history…
Complexities of the Four Nation Thesis: The Contested Renaming of the South African Airports
The Department of Transport and the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) have been holding public…
Blacks Can’t Be Racist: Moeletsi Mbeki’s Artificial Post-Racial Destination In South Africa
Moeletsi Mbeki’s statement about Julius Malema as ‘a black racist’ – as he pushes for…
South African Youth
Despite unemployment rate which has remained stagnant at a worrying 27.7%. South African youth is…
Black Panther a liberator or an exploiter?
With the release of Black Panther some people see it as a genuine tool for…
Racism
At the center of misdiagnosing racism has always been, for years, the undermining of the…
MAMA VERONICA SOBUKWE RECEIVES ORDER OF LUTHULI: AN HONOUR TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
On the 28th April 2018, a day after Freedom Day, 90 years old struggle stalwart…
Land claim in South Africa (Whose land is RSA land?)
A lesson learned too often was that of Jan Van Riebeeck‟s arrival in South Africa…
A critique of the Presidential Age limit in Zimbabwe
On May 22, 2013, former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe signed into law the Constitution of…
Compensating white farmers in Zimbabwe is a sell-out of the Chimurenga
The land question has consistently stayed at the center of Zimbabwe’s political, economic and social…