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Sandile Memela

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Sandile Memela

A new struggle: The 1976 pupils wanted to dismantle Bantu education. The 2016 #FeesMustFall students, wanting a seat at Wits and UCT, were fighting for access to a system 1976 rejected. File Photo
SOWETO UPRISING

The Arc betrayed

The 1976 generation fought against Bantu Education for liberation, but their grandchildren, born after 1994, navigate a different landscape. This article explores whether the…

  • Sandile Memela
11 min read
Paul Langa selling newspapers in Soweto. 19 Oct 2011. Oupa Nkosi, M&G
BLACK PRESS

The role of the black press in the struggle is largely a myth

Most editors and journalists were subjected to the financial strictures of white capitalism.

  • Comment Author
  • Sandile Memela
8 min read
The men who flaunt their toys to attract women, or the women who dont seem to know what they want
DATING

No romance without the finance

Two brothers respond to Nikiwe Bikitsha’s inaugural High Heels column

  • Sandile Memela
  • Fikile Ntsikelelo Moya
5 min read