Vol 1: Issue 12 23 December 2022 OUR LAND IS AZANIA I draw inspiration from the legendary reggae musician Peter Tosh when he chants, “I’m not in this world To live up to your expectations Neither are you to live up to mine I…
If they thought Covid-19 brought about a “new normal” in the lives of humanity, we have to wait and see what kind of “normal” the Russia-Ukraine conflict will bring to global geopolitics. While the loss of lives and infrastructure destruction we see in that…
Theme: Royal Leadership Taking its Rightful Place to Advance and Reinstate Pride and Dignity of the Institution of Traditional Leadership in South Africa Programme Director: HRH Zola Mkiva;Contralesa President, Kgoshi Mathupa Mokoena;Contralesa Leadership;Distinguished Guests;Ladies and Gentlemen; We are delighted that you could invite us…
BY NELVIS QEKEMA24 APRIL 2022 Wednesday, April 27, marked the 28th anniversary of the first democratic elections in our country. On the country’s national calendar, the day is marked Freedom Day. I am reluctant to go with the flow and refer to April 27…
Programme Director, AZANLAMVA Secretary-General Cde Mbulelo Ketye; AZANLAMVA Chairperson, General George Biya; AZANLAMVA National Office Bearers; BCMA Last Secretary-General, Cde Mpotseng Kgokong; AZANLAMVA Members; Thank you for inviting me to say a few words on the occasion of the 42nd Anniversary of the AZANLA…
Nelvis Qekema 13 April 2022 In his 1968 “A Proper Sense of Priorities” speech, Martin Luther King Jr makes a strong point of principle and moral uprightness: “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor…
Programme Directors, Cdes Mbulelo Ketye and Vuyisile Wauchope;The Tiro Family;AZANLA Generals, Cdes HLomani Mabasa, George Biya and Pitso Hlasa;AZAPO Limpopo Provincial Chairperson, Cde Ngoako Moyaha;Black Consciousness Movement Stalwarts, Cdes Mosibudi Mangena and Don Nkadimeng;Comrades and Friends; We are delighted to have been invited to…
By Nelvis Qekema11 February 2022 At the height of apartheid repression in the mid-seventies and eighties when AZAPO’s voice was the loudest in the call for freedom and liberation; when AZAPO was the dominant advocate in championing the fight against settler-colonialism, the Movement of…
OUR EXPECTATIONS ON THE SONA Nelvis Qekema9 February 2022 The State of the Nation Address offers the President of the country an opportunity to take stock of what has been happening in the country, but also to offer hope to the nation that tomorrow…
