Sobukwe film screened at jail where he was kept In celebration of Pan Africanist Congress founder Robert Sobukwe, who would have been 100 years old on 5 December, the multi-award-winning film, Sobukwe: A Great Soul, will be screened at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg on 7 December. The film was made by Free Women Films’ Carolyn Carew […]
Play explores the intimate love and enduring sacrifices of Robert Sobukwe and his wife Veronica on the centenary of his birth
This is an edited extract from the book Darkest Before Dawn: Writings, Testimonies and Correspondence from the Life of Robert Sobukwe
Bringing together the traditional and the modern, Thandiswa Mazwai is taking her new album Sankofa to the world
The change of street and place names rouses the country’s attention unlike anything else and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon
Tembeka Ngcukaitobi commemorates the 45th anniversary of the death of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
Lindiwe Sisulu and other power and prosperity seekers in the ANC had the authority to improve the lives of ‘the people’, but didn’t
Pan-Africanism is an ever-evolving ideology, without a set rubric, and is dependent on one’s interpretation
The memory of the influential former leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress has been shunted to the margins in the country’s sham democracy
The university with its rich history is not only the pride of the Eastern Cape but of the continent. It needs to regain its glorious status in academia and not only be in the news for unfortunate reasons
This collection of essays by people touched by the PAC leader opens a debate on his influence
Robert Mugabe shaped and twisted an entire nation in his own image. Now he can rule forever from the Great Presidential Palace in the Sky.
Robert Sobukwe’s wife was an activist, and she looked after the children while he was incarcerated
‘She is the embodiment of humanity; evidently, as a nurse, but above all, as a mother of Azania’
He had moral authority and integrity, and believed that land was at the heart of his fight for liberation
The regime regarded the PAC leader as the only political prisoner. The others, including Nelson Mandela, were ‘ordinary’ prisoners
Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe — struggle icon and widow of Robert Sobukwe — died on Wednesday morning
Whiteness has spread its colour through knowledge production, teaching and learning
"We should celebrate Sobukwe for being an uncompromising anti-apartheid hero, but we need not distort history to do so"
Graffiti has long been used as a form of protest, which a new generation in South Africa is discovering.
Robert Sobukwe died 37 years ago today. His dream of economic emancipation remains unrealised, with half of the population still living in poverty.
The current assault on freedoms would make the pan-Africanist Robert Sobukwe turn in his grave.
President Jacob Zuma’s crackdown on discord is nothing new; the ANC has always dealt brutally with dissenters, says Verashni Pillay.
When is a hero a hero? It would seem South Africans can only agree about one undisputed icon – and that’s former president Nelson Mandela.
After seeing a new play on the history of the PAC, Mpho Moshe Matheolane realises not enough stories have been told about the country’s past.
The ANC is accused of rewriting the past to give itself the starring role in the struggle.
In a brief, explosive moment the PAC moved history forward
Kwanele Sosibo asks Thando Mama about how his work is received and the commercial viability of video art.
Those who fought against apartheid are not everyone’s heroes, the Afrikanerbond said on Tuesday. ”These heroes from the ‘struggle’ past are not the only heroes and definitely not everyone’s heroes,” said Afrikanerbond managing director Jan Bosman.