The current king of amaHlubi Inkosi Langalibalele II continues to be treated as a mere inkosi who is a junior to other kings despite having about 30 senior amakhosi under him. The important question to ask during this time as we mark the 30th anniversary of our democracy as a new country following the 1994 breakthrough is the following: what is the state of the Kingdom of amaHlubi and its nation?
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Having died as a ‘commoner’ and prisoner what are the lessons that can be learnt from this hero, especially in the context of the anti-apartheid struggles that we in the 1950s and beyond? What kind of foundation can we justifiably attribute to a leader such as Langalibalele? How did that foundation shape the politics of later leaders such as Mabhida, Mandela, Sobukwe, Hani and many others?
The milestones that the Barokologadi Communal Property Association (CPA) achieved after having the 26 000 hectares adjacent to the world-famous Madikwe Game Reserve in the…
On 19 June 1913 the Native Land Act passed by the minority white Union of South Africa regime became law. The Act limited African land…
The Proclamation effectively abolished amaHlubi as a cultural group or people as they had, in terms of the Proclamation ceased to exist. Their cattle and other property were ‘eaten up’ by the colonial government as was the practice during that period.
The anguish of dispossession also manifested itself in the treatment we received at Mohlabaneng. Stripped off our land rights and bereft of both home and hope, residents of Ga-Monwana had to fend off the depredations of stigma, discrimination, and salacious gossip. We were shunned and loathed with such persistence that you would swear the settlement was cursed.
The projects touted by the mine as beneficial to the community are either dysfunctional or misaligned with the community's developmental needs.
The mistake often made by many is that of assuming or thinking that the fight against oppression started with celebrated leaders such as Mandela, Biko, and Sobukwe amongst others.
It is early morning, and Michael Lokuru Kuri is taking his cattle out to graze as he does every day when the sun rises, to…
"We must deliver the land through the act of parliament, which is a legal means. But if that does not, succeed, our land was taken through the barrel of a gun. And it must be returned through that barrel if they cannot give us."