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RUTH FIRST MEMORIAL LECTURE
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#RuthFirst Memorial Lecture: Rage, violence and the time for revolution

South African students are beginning to imagine a future that the anti-apartheid generation has yet to accept.

  • Raeesa Pather
5 min read
In several African countries, students continue to raise concerns about affordability and inclusion.
200 YOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS

Lwandile Fikeni’s Ruth First speech on rage in the rainbow nation is indispensable

Rage is being expressed in response to institutional violence against the poor and the marginalised.

  • Lwandile Fikeni
24 min read