Zenzile Miriam Makeba: Mama Afrika “Honestly, I’m just a little old singer, I am not a politician, I’m not an economist or anything of the sort. I just wish that…
The Power of Telling Our Own Stories We are the stories we are told, and we are the stories we tell ourselves and the world. Your culture is your story.…
Papa: The Village Pope You’re waiting for your name, to be calledYour body is shaking with disbeliefCause you never, ever worked for it before Born from the masterA master of…
Johnny Clegg’s Final Journey I think we are moving into a kind of massive, global meltdown of national identities into sub-identities. The fracturing of societies on race, class, gender, and…
ATTACKING THE HEART OF APARTHEID: THE ANC’S MK SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT Yunus Carrim For over three decades, the remarkable story of Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Special Operations Unit has remained largely…
ARTISTS HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY We are trying to bring about a consciousness among our artists to be aware that they are cultural workers and that they really fall amongst…
Arts, Culture, Heritage and the National Democratic Revolution “It is inconceivable that the National Democratic Revolution would fully succeed without elevating arts, culture and heritage which in many instances is…
Justice “Gizenga” Mpanza (aka “Reuben Nhlabathi”) Justice “Gizenga” Mpanza (aka “Reuben Nhlabathi”) was born on 5 September 1937 at Groutville Mission, near to KwaDukuza (Stanger). His father was one of…
Developing Our Revolutionary Heritage The Programme of the South African Communist Party: “The Road To South African Freedom” says: “The state should encourage in particular the unity of the African…
“Women of South Africa are some of the most powerful people on Earth. Change what you believe is possible for yourself.”– Oprah Winfrey – There are approximately 32.2 million women…