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Tsietsi Mashinini and the decline of Black Power in “post-Apartheid South Africa”

Masilo Lepuru — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 18:21:20 +0000

The 27th of January marks the birthday of Tsietsi Mashinini who in terms of South African history and politics symbolises the idea of Black Power. Black Power as embodied by the activists of 1976 was an important challenge to white power as epitomised by the Apartheid regime. The dialectic of Black Power and white power [...]

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Solidarity with Dr. Pedro Mzileni

BlackHouse Kollective Soweto — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:29:01 +0000

BlackHouse Kollective Soweto (BHK) stands in solidarity with Dr. Pedro Mzileni and the growing list of supporters who affirm the need to identify and critically engage the continued legacy of settler colonialism culture and structural antiblack racism in Occupied Azania. We oppose the weaponization of institutions and discourses that are meant to counter the legacy [...]

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The History of June 16 Soweto Uprising: By Tiyani Lybon Mabasa

Tiyani Lybon Mabasa — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:18:57 +0000

The history of 16 June 1976. In figuring a proper historical background of South African history, particularly within the apartheid regime, one of the important issues that has arisen is that of June 16 1976. The question that arises is one that entails the political influences that led to the June 16 uprising. In recent [...]

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Mthuli Ka Shezi 50th Anniversary Commemoration

Dr. Hlulani Mabasa — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:07:30 +0000

BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT-UNITED (BCM-U) “WE ARE MADE OF FIBRE THAT COULD CHANGE THINGS”: A TRIBUTE TO THE AZANIAN MARTYR MTHULI KA SHEZI There are those who in the course of the revolutionary struggle sacrifice their energy, time, ideas and ultimately their lives for the course of liberation. It is common knowledge that life is in [...]

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The Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa

Consciousness Admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 22:27:00 +0000

Source : http://azapo.org.za The Black Consciousness (BC) philosophy in South Africa was born from the realisation that “the most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed”. Introduced by the South African Students Organisation (SASO) to the South African political landscape, with Steve Biko as its leading theorist and [...]

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