THE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS: THE SOUTH AFRICAN MIGRAINE
Because the advent of the nation-state was imposed on Afrika by colonialism and imperialism, a misanalysis is often committed to the effect that the Continent would otherwise never have had nations and social classes. It is outrageously ahistorical to think Afrika would have been immune to the laws of historical development and forever remain in […]
AZAPO MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL CDE SAMMY TLOUBATLA
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The Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) has learned with profound sadness of the passing of its founding Secretary General, Cde Sammy Tloubatla, who departed on 30 March 2026. Following this tragic loss, AZAPO leadership, led by President Nelvis Qekema and Secretary General Mbulelo Ketye, visited the Tloubatla family to offer support and solidarity during this difficult […]
BIKO BOOK REVIEW: “NDIBHALA INTANDO YAM”
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On 21 March 2026, I had the honour of attending the historic launch of the isiXhosa translation edition of Steve Biko’s book I Write What I Like at the Steve Biko Centre in Ginsberg. I have no doubt that I represent the entire nation in doffing my hat to the Biko family for a job well […]
BIKO: A LIGHT IN A TIME OF DARKNESS
Nothing describes and summarises Steve Biko’s brief but sufficient life on earth as does the title of the legendary Alice Walker’s 2007 book, We are the Ones We have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness. While he died at the tender age of 30, he would have turned 79 this coming December. […]
AZAPO’S OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA
Greetings Mr President, To act in this uncharacteristic manner is a desperate attempt to grab your highly contested and congested attention and redirect it to the voice of the voiceless. The fact that you cut your political teeth in the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), of which I remain an activist, gives me the assurance that […]