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Thirty years of South African constitutional democracy and the crisis of Black Thought

Masilo Lepuru — Fri, 10 May 2024 10:00:42 +0000

The year 2024 marks the so-called 30 years of constitutional democracy in South Africa. To those who subscribe to this idea, the so-called first democratic elections of 1994 mark the beginning of a nonracial democratic dispensation in South Africa. Reconciliation between blacks and whites through the “entrancing” magic of Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela symbolised [...]

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Tiro Commemoration: Address by Black Consciousness Movement-United(BCM-U)

Consciousness Admin — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:12:14 +0000

DATE: 12 February 2022 VENUE: 1433 Orient Circle Full Gospel Church Freedom Park We have come to commemorate a colossal figure, Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, president of SASM (Southern African Student Movement), leader in the South African Student Movement (SASM), leader in South African Student Organisation (SASO) and permanent organizer of the Black People Convention (BPC). [...]

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Beneath the Surface: Historical Inconsistencies and Misrepresentations of Historical Specificities

Luvuyo Mthimkhulu Dondolo, Ph.D. — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:36:21 +0000

This piece is the critique of the critique. The article titled ‘ANC version of history overshadows the real story of resistance’ by Panashe Chigumadzi on the Sunday Times newspaper dated 17 June 2018 serves as a reference. This article was intended to highlight the falsification of history by the ruling party – African National Congress [...]

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Complexities of the Four Nation Thesis: The Contested Renaming of the South African Airports

Luvuyo Mthimkhulu Dondolo, Ph.D. — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:30:26 +0000

The Department of Transport and the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) have been holding public meetings over changing the airport’s name. The incident that was witnessed on 5 June 2018 at the Cape Town International Airport, when tempers flared between the members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) – who want it be named after [...]

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Black Panther a liberator or an exploiter?

Ntshala Mahase — Mon, 28 May 2018 09:08:26 +0000

With the release of Black Panther some people see it as a genuine tool for mental emancipation of black people. They see it as an important movie to undo the false perception that super heroes belong only to the white world. Some people see it as a movie that will give black children confidence and [...]

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Racism

Ntshala Mahase — Mon, 28 May 2018 08:55:25 +0000

At the center of misdiagnosing racism has always been, for years, the undermining of the effect and role of macro-economics in its manifestations. The mistake black people often make, according to Dr Umar Johnson, is to relegate racism to a moral issue and that in itself reduces racism into the realm of religion and spirituality. [...]

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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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