Furthermore, Prof LenkaBula is spot on with the observation that Matsepe was “a product of history grounded in Sepedi tradition wherein we can draw on him as a source of the usage of ‘kgoro’ or ‘royal courtyard’ as a traditional place of resolving societal issues and disputes including gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) and all forms of women abuse.”
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As South Africa was preparing for its first democratic election in April 1994 - in Rwanda a genocide that left almost a million people dead was unfolding
The decolonization of tertiary education is not necessary only in the legal space. Decolonization to me, is about teaching, preparing and producing intellectuals, professionals and academics that will have not only thoroughly engaged with their subjects, but who are going to be placed in a position to transform our country and to form part of solutions that will find meaning and relevance in the South African context. For instance, in my space which is land reform, I find that most law schools do not have land reform as a stand-alone and focused subject.
The Department of Health recently announced plans to conduct medical tests on former gold mineworkers who were employed on South African mines between 1965 and…
"Can Themba knew that no matter how educated or experienced he was, and no matter how well he did his job, he would never gain the recognition of being editor of Drum magazine, nor would he get any salary increase – simply because he was black."
News of his plans to take the team to Brazil so soon after London made the alarm bells ring louder around Zola Mahobe. More people started questioning whether his businesses could sustain his lifestyle, while to others he was an apartheid-era hero who was doing good things for the South African people, especially soccer fans.
Central to the transformation of sports towards non-racialism, Dan Qeqe paved the way for the mainstreaming and liberation of black rugby and cricket players in South Africa. He co-engineered the birth of the KwaZakhele Rugby Union (Kwaru), a pioneering non-racial rugby union that was more of a political and social movement.
Apartheid's forced removals not only impacted victims physically but also led to spiritual turmoil caused by the disconnection of people from their ancestral land
Award winning author and publisher Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho recently hosted the inaugural Rine Book Festival in his home village of Madombidzha in Limpopo. The event was the first of its kind in this sprawling village on the outskirts of the historic town of Louis Trichardt.
'we are ending this today, don’t ask me how, but today we are ending this.'