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Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe

Human Rights Day: South Africa continues to neglect the legacy of Robert Sobukwe
Article
/ 20 March 2020

Human Rights Day: South Africa continues to neglect the legacy of Robert Sobukwe

The memory of the influential former leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress has been shunted to the margins in the country’s sham democracy

By Thando Sipuye
New ways of seeing Sobukwe
Article
/ 29 January 2020

New ways of seeing Sobukwe

This collection of essays by people touched by the PAC leader opens a debate on his influence

By Lehlohonolo Shale
A quiet partner in revolution
Article
/ 24 August 2018

A quiet partner in revolution

She was reticent but Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe’s story of her place in the liberation struggle is emerging

By Kwanele Sosibo
Thank you eternally, Mme Sobukwe
Article
/ 17 August 2018

Thank you eternally, Mme Sobukwe

In next week’s edition of Friday a tribute to yet another woman who should not have suffered will honour the life of Mme Sobukwe.

By Arts Desk
Nomvo ‘Poqokazi’ Booi, a mother of the struggle
Article
/ 10 August 2018

Nomvo ‘Poqokazi’ Booi, a mother of the struggle

Nomvo Booi was as important to the battle against apartheid as her male counterparts

By Zaza Hlalethwa
Maimane: Our struggle is to fight the oppression of colonialism and apartheid
Article
/ 21 March 2017

Maimane: Our struggle is to fight the oppression of colonialism and apartheid

Maimane’s comments alluded to tweets sent last week by DA Western Cape Premier Helen Zille.

By Given Sigauqwe
​Sobukwe: A giant whose voice endures
Analysis
/ 8 December 2016

​Sobukwe: A giant whose voice endures

Unlike canonised Madiba, the Africanist leader was feared in life and all but forgotten in death.

By Staff Reporter
Robert Sobukwe’s pan-Africanist dream: An elusive idea that refuses to die
Analysis
/ 5 December 2016

Robert Sobukwe’s pan-Africanist dream: An elusive idea that refuses to die

For Africa to be for Africans, pan-Africanism should be a lived experience, not an ideological project for political rhetoric.

By Mashupye Herbert Maserumule
Robert Sobukwe’s dream unrealised, 21 years into democracy
Article
/ 27 February 2015

Robert Sobukwe’s dream unrealised, 21 years into democracy

Robert Sobukwe died 37 years ago today. His dream of economic emancipation remains unrealised, with half of the population still living in poverty.

By Staff Reporter
Golden Miles: ‘We’ll stand with Juju to bitter end’
Article
/ 13 April 2012

Golden Miles: ‘We’ll stand with Juju to bitter end’

Prisoners’ rights activist Golden Miles has taken steps to launch a website, Facebook page and SMS hotline account for the beleaguered Julius Malema.

By Glynnis Underhill
Sobukwe: Picture of an icon
Article
/ 16 March 2012

Sobukwe: Picture of an icon

A new film has explored why the famous Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) l­eader Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe has almost ­disappeared from memory.

By Percy Zvomuya
BC parties want free press
Article
/ 10 February 2012

BC parties want free press

Black consciousness is mostly ignored by the media, but it doesn’t support censorship.

By Kwanele Sosibo
No image available
Article
/ 11 July 2008

PAC to split again over ‘power-grab’

Party leader Letlapa Mphahlele denied that he was centralising power and dismissed suggestions that he wants to run the party without a constitution.

By Monako Dibetle
No image available
Analysis
/ 24 June 2008

When darkies are dazed, leaders are few

I am not about to give up on ”darkies” or offer nails for the coffin of black leadership.

By Fikile Ntsikelelo Moya
Sharpeville: By the only reporter who was there
Article
/ 23 March 1990

Sharpeville: By the only reporter who was there

Three decades ago this week, police opened fire on an unarmed crowd in a small Vaal township.

By Humphrey Tyler

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