Robert Sobukwe Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/robert-sobukwe/ Arts and African History Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:14:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Sobukwe Speaking to a Basotholand African Congress Party, Conference in Lesotho in 1957 https://consciousness.co.za/sobukwe-speaking-to-a-basotholand-african-congress-party-conference-in-lesotho-in-1957/ https://consciousness.co.za/sobukwe-speaking-to-a-basotholand-african-congress-party-conference-in-lesotho-in-1957/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:07:26 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=14950 Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sons and Daughters of the soil, I wish, in opening this conference, to quote the caption which appears on “Mohlabani” since it expresses so clearly the reason for our sustained struggle: “Tsoara thebe e tiee oa Rasenate, Oa bona fatse leno lea ea.” ( Hold fast thy shield, son of Rasenate, Thou [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/sobukwe-speaking-to-a-basotholand-african-congress-party-conference-in-lesotho-in-1957/feed/ 0 The ideology of Human Rights as a Eurocentric enterprise https://consciousness.co.za/the-ideology-of-human-rights-as-a-eurocentric-enterprise/ https://consciousness.co.za/the-ideology-of-human-rights-as-a-eurocentric-enterprise/#respond Thu, 27 Jul 2023 10:29:53 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=14855 Conquest, the ANC and the ideology of Human Rights in South Africa Prior to the hegemony of the Congress Tradition as epitomised by the African National Congress as a civil rights movement, 21 March 1960 was celebrated as the day of the Sharpeville Massacre. The Azanian Tradition as spearheaded by Robert Sobukwe is behind the [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/the-ideology-of-human-rights-as-a-eurocentric-enterprise/feed/ 0 Steve Biko Foundation Mourns the Passing of Dinilesizwe Sobukwe https://consciousness.co.za/steve-biko-foundation-mourns-the-passing-of-dinilesizwe-sobukwe/ https://consciousness.co.za/steve-biko-foundation-mourns-the-passing-of-dinilesizwe-sobukwe/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2019 11:12:44 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=13447 Gauteng – It is with a profound sense of loss and deep sadness that we have learnt of the passing of Mr. Dinilesizwe Sobukwe, first born son of struggle stalwarts Robert Mangaliso and Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe. The Steve Biko Foundation extends its deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Mr. Sobukwe. Together with [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/steve-biko-foundation-mourns-the-passing-of-dinilesizwe-sobukwe/feed/ 0 Sobukwe & the Law: Challenging Racist Legal Philosophy – Interrogating Afrikan Jurisprudence https://consciousness.co.za/sobukwe-the-law-challenging-racist-legal-philosophy-interrogating-afrikan-jurisprudence/ https://consciousness.co.za/sobukwe-the-law-challenging-racist-legal-philosophy-interrogating-afrikan-jurisprudence/#respond Wed, 15 May 2019 13:38:51 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=13418 Gauteng – On Thursday, 30th May 2019, the Institute of Dispute Resolution in Africa (IDRA) under the College of Law at UNISA, in partnership with the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Trust (RMST), will host a symposium under the theme: “Sobukwe & the Law: Challenging Racist Legal Philosophy – Interrogating Afrikan Jurisprudence” , at the Philadelphia Hall, [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/sobukwe-the-law-challenging-racist-legal-philosophy-interrogating-afrikan-jurisprudence/feed/ 0 African nationalism and expressing blackness in South Africa today https://consciousness.co.za/african-nationalism-and-expressing-blackness-in-south-africa-today/ https://consciousness.co.za/african-nationalism-and-expressing-blackness-in-south-africa-today/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:31:12 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=13374 In this article, I’m trying to address two distinct terms that are very close to my spirituality – African (Black) Nationalism and expressing blackness. In understanding the concept of African Nationalism in South Africa, it is necessary to draw from the likes of Anton Lembede, AP Mda, Robert Sobukwe and Steve Biko. And although the [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/african-nationalism-and-expressing-blackness-in-south-africa-today/feed/ 0 Solly Mapaila’s comments on Mangaliso Sobukwe – A case of the continued distortion of the history of the struggle against apartheid https://consciousness.co.za/solly-mapailas-comments-on-mangaliso-sobukwe-a-case-of-the-continued-distortion-of-the-history-of-the-struggle-against-apartheid/ https://consciousness.co.za/solly-mapailas-comments-on-mangaliso-sobukwe-a-case-of-the-continued-distortion-of-the-history-of-the-struggle-against-apartheid/#respond Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:47:50 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=13370 by Yamkela F Spengane and Malaika Wa Azania “Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories.” – Amilcar Cabral, Revolution in Guinea (1969) On Tuesday, Solly Mapaila, the First Deputy General Secretary of the South African Communist Party, made [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/solly-mapailas-comments-on-mangaliso-sobukwe-a-case-of-the-continued-distortion-of-the-history-of-the-struggle-against-apartheid/feed/ 0 Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Tribute Lecture https://consciousness.co.za/robert-mangaliso-sobukwe-tribute-lecture/ https://consciousness.co.za/robert-mangaliso-sobukwe-tribute-lecture/#respond Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:02:40 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=13318 On Wednesday, the 27th February 2019 the University of Fort Hare (UFH) Centre forTransdisciplinary Studies in partnership with Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Trust (RMST), will host the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Tribute Lecture theme: “Tile Political Spirituality of Sobukwe’s Leaders/zip – does it hold relevance in South Africa, post 1994?”. The Tribute Lecture is a remembrance activity [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/robert-mangaliso-sobukwe-tribute-lecture/feed/ 0 Arrogance of Power: Officialdom & The Dialectics of The So-Called ‘State Funeral’ With Reference to the Funeral of Mama Sobukwe https://consciousness.co.za/arrogance-of-power-officialdom-the-dialectics-of-the-so-called-state-funeral-with-reference-to-the-funeral-of-mama-sobukwe/ https://consciousness.co.za/arrogance-of-power-officialdom-the-dialectics-of-the-so-called-state-funeral-with-reference-to-the-funeral-of-mama-sobukwe/#respond Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:23:42 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=13301 Wednesday 22 August 2018, was the day epitomised by a series of memorial services for Mama Sobukwe held in different parts of the country. At the University of Fort Hare, the Centre for Trans-disciplinary Studies and the Centre of Theology Studies organised her memorial service. The Mother of Azania did not only pass away on [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/arrogance-of-power-officialdom-the-dialectics-of-the-so-called-state-funeral-with-reference-to-the-funeral-of-mama-sobukwe/feed/ 0 Sobukwe Family Mourns Passing of Mama Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe https://consciousness.co.za/sobukwe-family-mourns-passing-of-mama-zondeni-veronica-sobukwe/ https://consciousness.co.za/sobukwe-family-mourns-passing-of-mama-zondeni-veronica-sobukwe/#respond Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:46:20 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=13290 Graaff-Reinet – It is with deep sense of loss, pain and profound sadness that we inform the public that struggle stalwart, Mrs. Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe, passed away at age 91 at her home in Graaff- Reinet, South Africa, on Wednesday, 15th August 2018. She transcended after a short illness, for which she had been hospitalized [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/sobukwe-family-mourns-passing-of-mama-zondeni-veronica-sobukwe/feed/ 0 Inconsistencies in affirming Sobukwe’s legacy: A response to Benzi Ka-Soko https://consciousness.co.za/inconsistencies-in-affirming-sobukwes-legacy-a-response-to-benzi-ka-soko/ https://consciousness.co.za/inconsistencies-in-affirming-sobukwes-legacy-a-response-to-benzi-ka-soko/#respond Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:59:56 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=13250 The timely City Press article by Benzi Ka-Soko on Sunday, 15 July 2018, titled “Affirming Sobukwe’s Legacy Is Imperative”, is an excellent and timely intervention in acknowledging Sobukwe’s towering, yet concealed and obscured, role in the Azanian (SA) liberation struggle, both as a political ideologue, an intellectual and a philosopher par excellence. Ka-Soko’s contribution must be [...]

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