Readers write in about Steve Biko, statues, Zuma, headlines and Islamic scholars.
Also of particular interest to me was a petite blonde young woman, who wore signature berets of different shades.
The high court in Johannesburg has found in favour of the family of Steve Biko and halted the auction of the autopsy into the cause of his death.
As the architects of apartheid, it’s time for black people to collectively say sorry for the system Mandela designed to exploit white people.
The EFF has united a divided left and Steve Biko’s legacy goes beyond race and place, say M&G readers.
Jared Sacks’s distortions are compatible with the historical white left’s hegemony, writes Athi Mongezeleli Joja.
Political consolidations, if done properly, are the lifeblood of both opposition and ruling party life, writes Hlumelo Biko.
From apartheid South Africa to the Palestinian plight, slam poet Remi Kanazi’s words highlight social inequality and its effects on humanity.
As Julius Malema’s beret gains in popularity locally, Percy Zvomuya takes a look at the political significance of different headgear.
In September we remembered significant quotes by Steve Bantu Biko. On what would have been his 67th birthday, we revisit his influence on politics.
As SA observes the 36th anniversary of Steve Biko’s death, Khaya Dlanga spotlights a new black consciousness – a move away from "izinto zabelungu".
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.
Steve Biko’s vibrant, liberating philosophy is the only solution to the vexed ‘national question’, writes Andile Mngxitama.
There is already too much violence in our politics. Public intellectuals have a responsibility to denounce violence, say readers.
Mail & Guardian readers respond to Jared Sacks’s article titled ‘Biko would not vote for Ramphele’.
Were he alive today, the Black Consciousness activist would be one of Mamphela Ramphele’s most ardent critics, says Jared Sacks.
Steve Biko’s intentions were that black people should stand up for themselves and know themselves in their full power as participants in the world.
The recently launched Steve Biko Centre will bring people together in a way Biko would have applauded, says Azapo’s Mosibudi Mangena.
Xolela Mangcu says Andile Mngxitama’s take on his writings about Steve Biko shows Mngxitama’s ‘contempt for black communities’.
Biographies are notorious for revealing more about their authors than their subjects. Biko: A Biography by Xolela Mangcu falls into this category.
Thank you to Andile Mng-xitama for "A dream not deferred, but defiled" (September 14).
The NY1 road in Gugulethu, Cape Town, has been officially renamed Stephen Biko Drive.
While the world was tweeting about the new iPhone on Wednesday, South Africans were sharing thoughts about Steve Biko on Twitter.
In commemorating the 35th anniversary of the death of Steve Biko it is time to return to the politics of respect, consciousness and participation.
Remembering Steve Biko is increasingly becoming an act of "death by memory", as Gail Smith has observed, writes Andile Mngxitama.
Where have we gone wrong, asks Simphiwe Dana, in an open letter to Black Consciousness activist Steve Biko on the 35th anniversary of his death.
The complex world of South Africa’s favourite thinking diva.
The ANC is accused of rewriting the past to give itself the starring role in the struggle.
There has been little real progress towards Africanising our education system.
African-American writer Alice Walker is the first speaker from outside Africa to speak at the Steve Biko Memorial Lecture.
Author Alice Walker will visit South Africa for the first time in September this year to deliver the 11th Steve Biko Memorial Lecture.
I am not about to give up on ”darkies” or offer nails for the coffin of black leadership.