AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 28

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AFRIKA LIBERATION DAY This Thursday, mother continent celebrates Afrika Day. It was on May 25 in 1963 that 32 Heads of independent Afrikan States met in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to form the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the precursor of the…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 27

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LET’S ACCEPT THE REALITY – SA REMAINS A COLONY The public spat between Pretoria and Washington over the alleged sale by South Africa of military hardware to Russia has exposed what AZAPO has always maintained, that despite the fanfare of celebrating April 27 as…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 26

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26TH AZAPO NATIONAL CONGRESS STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH The Azanian People’s Organization (AZAPO) held its 26th National Congress outside Tshwane last weekend. The main focus of the congress was to review policy and develop a comprehensive strategy for the national election scheduled for…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 25

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AZAPO CONGRESS: THE HOPE FOR OUR COUNTRY The Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) will hold its non-elective congress outside Tshwane this weekend. The congress will be charged with adopting policies that will prepare the organisation for the national and provincial elections next year. Delegates from…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 23

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BLACK SKIN, WHITE SOUL: OPPOSITION PARTIES ON THE PAYROLL OF WHITE DONORS The cat is out of the bag. The secret is out. Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen has threatened parties refusing to join his coalition against the ruling party with withdrawal of funding…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 22

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BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD STOP HATING THEMSELVES Imagine a white woman cutting her European hair to a scalp. Imagine further, she then covers her bald head with a fake Afro hair. Imagine the same woman using skin-darkening chemicals in order to look Black. Imagine Mr…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 21

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GOVERNMENT IS TIMID TO FORCE TRANSFORMATION Addressing a gathering of mining companies, Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe encouraged mining houses to develop communities that live in areas where they are mining. On the face of it, it sounds fair and reasonable. The plea…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 20

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OURS IS BASICALLY A STRUGGLE AGAINST COLONIALISM We have repeatedly stated that our liberation struggle is a struggle against colonialism. Some amongst us may dismiss this as an outdated approach. They are quick to say that the current government uses colonialism and apartheid as…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 19

WE REMEMBER SHARPEVILLE March 21, 1960 is the date that marked a turning point in our struggle against colonialism and apartheid. Until then, leaders of the liberation movement believed that the settler-colonial regime could be persuaded to abandon its racist and oppressive policies through…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 18

REMARKS BY AZAPO PRESIDENT NELVIS QEKEMA AT THE FUNERAL OF CDE PC JONES HELD AT THE ST GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL IN CAPE TOWN ON 10 MARCH 2023 On behalf of AZAPO, I thank both the National and Provincial Governments for honouring Cde Peter Cyril Jones…

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AZAPO Voice Volume 4 Issue No 17

USE THE POWER OF THE VOTE It is completely understandable why many South Africans would support the idea of a total shutdown as proposed by one of the political parties represented in parliament. Already one of the major trade union federations, the South African…

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