Last Friday saw the 2016 annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture taking place at Unisa in Pretoria, in commemoration of the 39th anniversary of the murder of Bantu Stephen Biko. Biko, born in the Eastern Cape on the 18th December 1946, died on the 12th September 1977 at the age of 31, after weeks of torture at … Read more
When we think of South African struggle heroes names like Oliver Tambo, Steve Biko and Walter Sisulu come to mind, but there were also many women who played a very significant role in the fight against apartheid, names that we should be able to call to mind just as easily. One such name is Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize, after whom Victoria Street is … Read more
Sixty years ago an estimated twenty thousand women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the so-called ‘pass laws’. With women coming in their numbers from all over the country, the 9th August 1956 proved to be a historic day, and one that changed the course of history. The Natives (Abolition of Passes … Read more
On the 9th August 1956 thousands of women of all races marched to Union Buildings in Pretoria. Their aim was to deliver a petition to the then Prime Minister, J.G. Strijdom, objecting to the pass laws that required black Africans to carry a range of documents, including a photograph, employment records, tax payments and criminal records, that enabled the … Read more
As South Africa questions the place that historical statues should have in this, our fledgling democracy, the Department of Arts and Culture is working on a national heritage project that will perhaps bring some sense of peace and progress in this ongoing debate, which seems to have no right answer. The National Heritage Monument in the Groenkloof Nature Reserve, Pretoria, was unveiled towards … Read more
Udompasi incwadi noma ibhuku elaligunyaza abantu abamnyama ngesikhathi sobandlululo ukuthi bavumeleke ukuthi babesendaweni eyidolobha noma yomsebenzi. Nangendawo yokuhlala kwakufanele ubenodompasi. Uma umuntu omnyama etholakala esendaweni eyaziwa ngokuthi ngeyabamhlophe engawuphethe udompasi wayeboshwa. Kwakungakhethile ukuthi ubani okubuza udompasi nengane uma kungeyomlungu yayinelungelo. Umthetho owagunyaza ukuthi abantu abamnyama baphathe odompasi waphasiswa ngonyaka ka1952. Kwakuqala eminyakeni ewu16 ukuthi umuntu … Read more