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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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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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South Africa and the pitfalls of solidarity: A case of Israel and Palestine

Masilo Lepuru — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:13:02 +0000

“The biggest mistake the black world ever made was to assume that whoever opposed apartheid was an ally” (Steve Biko) The ongoing war in Palestine has taken a center stage in international affairs. This is partly due to the recent South African legal team’s submission to the so-called International Court of Justice. Since the legal [...]

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South African non-racialism and its discontents

Masilo Lepuru — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 10:10:22 +0000

The resolution of the national question is one of the conditions of possibility for the relatively smooth running of government. A coherent national identity premised on a given ideology serves as a foundation for an effective bureaucracy. The resolution of the national question depends on the historical evolution of a nation. In the South African [...]

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Memory is a weapon: Reflections on the Doctrine of Discovery in South Africa

Masilo Lepuru — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:59:03 +0000

“Look at us, we have been here before. Long before others came to our shores. Long before other conquerors came” (Don Mattera in Azanian Love Song). Azania as opposed to “South Africa” has recently mourned the transition of Don Mattera. On the other hand, the UK is currently mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth. Since [...]

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Africa Land of The Disabled

Ben Themba Silindza — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 16:43:16 +0000

AFRICA LAND OF THE DISABLED -Impucuko the word is from the one Kuphuca meaning someone taking something from you. Kuphucuka means to lose something or allowing something to be removed from you. Africans are now in the process yekuphucuka. As a result they have allowed to be robbed of everything whilst claiming they are being [...]

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Reconciliation

Ben Themba Silindza — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:28:54 +0000

It is surprising that the whites in South African are the ones who are mostly talking about forgetting the past and moving forward in order to rebuild the country. They are forgetting that the past shapes the future, if one forgets the past he is unlikely to be succeed in the future because he will [...]

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National Anthem

Ben Themba Silindza — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:56:42 +0000

A national anthem it is actually a prayer for a nation. All nations are supposed to have their anthem in keeping with their spirituality, yet the significance of a national anthem is not known to most of us. Unfortunately we are not able to distinguish between a civil society and a nation. It is very [...]

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Busi Mhlongo – Biography

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 16:18:25 +0000

Source: www.sahistory.org.za For her excellent contribution to music and putting South Africa on the international music map with her prolific musical compositions, Mhlongo was awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo, popularly known as Busi Mhlongo, was born in 1947 at Inanda, near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. She began her singing career in [...]

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Bheki Mseleku – Artist Biography

Consciousness Admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:24:15 +0000

Source: MySpace.com Bheki Mseleku fused elements of traditional African township music, American bebop, and his own devout, far-reaching spirituality to emerge as the premier South African jazz pianist of his generation. Born Bhekumuzi Hyacinth Mseleku in Durban, South Africa on March 3, 1955, he was the son of a music teacher. Still, the senior Mseleku [...]

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