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The president has called on South Africa to regain its humanity and moral compass
As Mandela said, education is the most potent weapon we have to create a truly free and equal South Africa
No answer is simple in our complex society, which is why the ‘obvious’ solutions are so often wrong
Black women must not compromise their commitment to ending white supremacy
Maybe it’s being raised in racist enclaves. Whatever it is, white people still believe they are the rightful owners of South Africa
A leading European autograph and manuscript auction house will be selling a piece of South African heritage that should be in governmental archives.
Forty years ago the apartheid regime crushed the free press. Today, the media industry is better off but it’s in a mess
Whiteness has spread its colour through knowledge production, teaching and learning
We must resist the Mandelaisation of Steve Biko.
BC iconography book is thorough despite some blindspots
‘Maybe Biko’s thoughts and his legacy make the ANC as nervous as they did the Nats’
The leader of the Black Consciousness movement would have demanded that those who stole funds meant for the poor answer for their misdeeds
His murder reminds us that many people still live under the conditions engineered by apartheid
The Black Consciousness Movement commemorates fallen struggle hero Steve Biko at Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria.
Biko encouraged looking ”forward with confidence to the future, rather than be burdened by negative thoughts of uncertainty because of bad governance”
Here are some of the choice selections from "No Fears Expressed: Quotes from Steve Biko."
"His ideals of self-reliance are more relevant than ever now as we push a radical socio-economic transformation agenda"
‘African citizens need to be vested in what makes us African and to tap into indigenous systems.’
The apartheid police force did everything in their power to ensure they could not be held liable for the unlawful killings of anti-apartheid activists
Readers write in about Steve Biko’s ideas, and Allister Sparks.
Times have changed and the need is for all South Africans to acknowledge the iniquities of the past and work towards an egalitarian future.
The lecture is taking place at the University of South Africa’s ZK Matthews Hall.
‘Where are we, in 2016, as the youth of South Africa? What direction are we taking?’
It’s hard to ignore the tragic demise of a movement that held and had so much meaning and potential.
Graffiti has long been used as a form of protest, which a new generation in South Africa is discovering.
Nothing has changed. The people who could not access education institutions during apartheid are the same people who can’t access them today.
He would look inwards, build institutions, seek humanity and channel anger away from violence.
It is 38 years since black consciousness leader Steve Biko’s death. Have we lost a hold on his legacy, asks Tutu Faleni.
Philosopher Lewis R Gordon defines ‘being black’ in the book ‘What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to his Life and Thought’.
In this edited extract from the first chapter of ‘The Colour of Our Future’, Xolela Mangcu posits what moving beyond race could mean.