SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE AZANIAN LIONESS, MANI MOLEFE – RIP
Mani Molefe will be laid to rest in Soweto on Wednesday October 22. Mani could easily have resigned herself to live in the shadow of her sister Mmagauta Molefe. Instead, she cast her own shade. She took to community development enrolling for a six-month Ubuntu Social Development Institute (USDI) Course at Wilgespruit Fellowship Centre (WFC) […]
THE VISIBLE COUNCIL, GUIDED BY THE INVISIBLE
For three days and two nights, tucked away in the quiet embrace of a farm, I sat with men who have lived more than half a century of South Africa’s unspoken histories. It was less a gathering than a council. Visible in our laughter, debate, and storytelling, yet guided always by an invisible hand of […]
SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MOLEFE PHETO, THE SELFLESS LEGEND OF THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE
Molefe Pheto was an outstanding person who contributed to the (national liberation) struggle, and in the arts. A cultural activist of note who was an author, a teacher, a coordinator who touched many lives, wherever he has passed. The committee comprised people from different genres, artists, poets, business people, journalists, struggle veterans, authors, film and […]
SA CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY OF MOLEFE PHETO, THE MUCH LOVED AZANIAN “BULL FROM MORULENG”
Today, June 11, marks the celebration of a true giant of the anti-apartheid Struggle, Molefe Pheto, as he turns 90. The highly esteemed, affable nonagenarian is a renowned South African musician, teacher, and activist. Born on June 11, 1935, in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, Pheto has had a remarkable life dedicated to waging an anti-racist struggle […]
THE USNESS OF US: A TRIBUTE TO SOUTH AFRICA’S FOREMOST STRUGGLE POETS
There are verses that do more than speak. They breathe. They march. They bleed. They return across generations like incantations passed from mouth to ear, from prison cell to refugee camp, from jazz club to the guerrilla front. For those of us who came of age in exile, navigating the uncertainties of borders, belonging, and […]
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 […]