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Bhekamachunu Mchunu

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Bhekamachunu Mchunu

Bhekamachunu H Zwelethu Mchunu is an academic, historian and rural development practitioner with more than 20 years’ experience across various sectors

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the keynote address at the 2026 National Commemoration of #HumanRightsDay held at Ar Abass Stadium, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province. Photo The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ANC

Do not narrate Sobukwe out of history

Some analyses suggest South Africa’s human rights framework is “normatively robust but substantively fragile”, marked by a growing gap between constitutional ideals and social…

  • Bhekamachunu Mchunu
7 min read
Right royal mess: The suggestion by King Misuzulu that KwaZulu-Natal should be renamed KwaZulu would not correct a historical injustice, the writer argues.

KwaZulu without Natal a misnomer

History does not belong to kings, politicians or even historians alone. It belongs to the evidence. And the evidence, in this case, does not support the proposed renaming

  • Bhekamachunu Mchunu
6 min read
Patriotic fervour: Last year’s Reconciliation Day theme was enshrined on the call for South Africans to deepen the commitment to unity, healing, forgiveness and nation- building for shared future.
BATTLE OF NCOME

Reconciliation remains an elusive ideal

While a bridge may symbolise connection, many South Africans still begin their journeys from vastly unequal social starting points

  • Bhekamachunu Mchunu
7 min read