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South Africa’s constitutional democracy and thirty years without Izwe Lethu

Masilo Lepuru — Thu, 09 May 2024 15:01:36 +0000

Jan Van Riebeek once stated in the late 1600s that the Dutch settlers who dispossessed the Indigenous people of their land through “defensive warfare” intend to retain the land. Van Riebeek was affirming without shame “the right of conquest” and laying the foundation of South Africa and white settler constitutionalism which are based on land [...]

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Blacks Can’t Be Racist: Moeletsi Mbeki’s Artificial Post-Racial Destination In South Africa

Luvuyo Mthimkhulu Dondolo, Ph.D. — Mon, 28 May 2018 10:18:07 +0000

Moeletsi Mbeki’s statement about Julius Malema as ‘a black racist’ – as he pushes for land expropriation without compensation – in an article on the Citizen newspaper website dated 15 /05/2018 is misleading and problematic at various levels: historicity of the land issue, present reality and racialised inequality and poverty which, to some extent, relates [...]

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Insightful interview of Nelson Mandela pre 1994 with Ted Koppel and The famous Rivonia Trial Speech

Consciousness Admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:47:32 +0000

Nelson Mandela, 1964: ‘I am prepared to die’ – audio recording of speech at sabotage trial. Posted on YouTube by @garfilld88 Nelson Mandela destroys Ted Koppel Part 1 @winborneb Nelson Mandela destroys Ted Koppel Part 2 @winborneb Below is background information on the above interview taken from YouTube as the description posted by @winborneb: In 1990, [...]

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5 000 words that summarise Mandela’s Judas Iscariotism

Yamkela Fortune Spengane — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:04:13 +0000

Last month it was that time of the year when South Africa and the world catch the fever of the Mandela day Sabbath; I say Sabbath because this Mandela day has become a quasi-religious event blindly followed by people who are not prepared to question what the hype about the day is all about or [...]

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Greatness is Contagious – Red Case Series

Redcase — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 21:53:26 +0000

Global Entrepreneurship Week http://www.gew.co/countries/south-africa Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is around the corner, arguably the biggest celebration of entrepreneurship in the world. Every year, over 140 countries have their own version of GEW where they encourage, inspire and motivate current and future job creators to continue to innovate and reach new frontiers. It will take place [...]

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