On 12 April 1980, the Conference of the Black Consciousness Movement in London managed to bring together most of the disparate BC formations in exile. The Black Consciousness Movement of Azanian (BCMA) was born as an umbrella body that brought together the various BC…
A TRIBUTE TO CDE ADVOCATE KABELO LENGANE By Nelvis Qekema20 March 2019 “Goduka Guerilla”. Political activist and human rights lawyer Adv Kabelo Lengane (56) breathed his last on 17 March 2019 at his house in Bryanston, Johannesburg. It was such an ambush to all…
AZAPO held a National Council at the Lay Ecumenical Centre in Pietermaritzburg on the 1 – 2 December 2018. National Council is a policy discussion forum that is held once in every two year cycle. It reviews existing policies and formulates new ones. These…
A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE CDE THENJIWE LEEUW By Nelvis Qekema29 April 2018 Cde Thenjiwe Leeuw seems to have lived by the prescript of Daniel O’Donnel’ s Desiderata where it advises: “Go placidly amid the noise and hasteAnd remember what peace there may be,…
THE PASSING OF COMRADE DR TSHEHLA HLAHLA – ANOTHER PEOPLE’S DOCTOR. The Azanian People’s Organization has been deeply saddened by the passing of Comrade Dr Tshehla Hlahla who died in a car crash on Sunday, 20th August 2017. A tree and its branches has…
It was late on Sunday afternoon on August 20 when Dr Tshehla Francis Hlahla left his surgery at Ga-Hlahla village to drive to Mahwelereng in Mokopane (Potgietersrus), where his main practice was situated. He was a few kilometres into his journey when he was…
A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE AZANLA COMMANDER CDE MADODA GERMAN JABULANI KAZI 24 May 1959 – 25 July 2017 By Nelvis Qekema 31 July 2017 Comrade Madoda German Kazi’s gifts seem to have included knowing when to die. Indeed, he chose to pass his…
MEMORANDUM To: Ministry of Justice,Hon. Minister Mr TM Masutha From: AZAPO SG Mr Z Cindi Date: 27 October 2017 Subject: OCTOBER 19TH 1977 BANNING OF BCM ORGANISATIONS and RECLAIMING OUR ASSETS Introduction The formation of the University Christian Movement (UCM) in 1967 created an…
When the time to go back to Zimbabwe from Mozambique at the end of the Zimbabwean war of liberation arrived, the militant Edgar Tekere is said to have expressed his profound fear of governance. He was secretary-general of ZANU-PF that waged its armed struggle…
“…Xhosas want their Transkei, the Zulus their Zululand etc. Coloured people harbour secret hopes of being classified as ‘brown Afrikaners’ and therefore meriting admittance into the white laager while Indian people might be given a vote to swell the buffer zone between whites and…
Chatting to a Cuban mathematics teacher several years ago, she casually observed that South Africans have a tendency to call large meetings and talk about issues that should just be attended to as a matter of course. She was seconded to our country by…
It is one of the most basic instincts of adults to protect their children against harm. In fact, almost all animals are at their fiercest and most dangerous when trying to protect their young against any real or perceived danger. What kind of adults…
By Mosibudi Mangena That “silly” season of campaigning is upon the South African population once more. Thousands of politicians will be burning the soles of their shoes walking the streets, knocking at doors, kissing unsuspecting babies, engaging citizens and telling their stories. Rallies will…
