SOWETO’S NALEDI HIGH SCHOOL MOULDED MEN AND WOMEN OF INTEGRITY
Having scaled the heights of life, a summit of which I reached having climbed the ladder of success step-by-step, I look back at the role that my township Alma Matar Naledi High School played in shaping me to be a kind of man I became. Naledi High School was a place of growth and discovery. […]
ACTIVITIES LINED UP TO HONOUR CDE PHETHO, THE AZANIAN “BULL FROM MORULENG”
On Wednesday June 11 2025, mentors and mentees in the cultural sphere, are expected to descend on the residence of internationally acclaimed cultural icon Molefe Pheto at Bangadile Farm, in Magalies, to celebrate the illustrious life of the living legend turning 90 years of age. The June 11, 2025 event in Magalies will be the […]
ZAMA-ZAMAS OF THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE
An exploration of memory, myth, and the posthumous mining of liberation credentials Gold from the Grave These days, it seems that to die in South Africa is to finally receive your liberation stripes. A friend sent me a link to a social media tribute the other day. The dearly departed was someone we had all […]
MINISTER LAMOLA MOUNRS MA SHOPE AND SAYS DIRCO WILL CONTINUE ASSOCIATION
The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, joins the country in mourning the passing of anti-apartheid veteran Gertrude Shope, who passed away on 22 May 2025 aged 99. Shope lived an extra-ordinary life as a teacher, trade unionist, chief representative of the ANC, President of the ANC Women’s League and Member of […]
HAVE POWER RELATIONS CHANGED?
As South Africa marks Human Rights Day, March 21 in remembrance of Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, the question stands: has the power relations picture changed? Margaret Thatcher said there were a lot of nobodies in the UK who are somebodies in SA. Applying sanctions would increase a lot of nobodies in the UK. Thatcher’s rationale […]