Steve Biko married reason with proselytising in ways that made him an excellent organiser. He understood the importance of organising and the need for faith in action.
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He failed to understand that the struggle for justice and freedom in southern Africa was changing the world - and diplomacy itself.
The dismantling of the liberation armies and that of the apartheid state was managed badly. It left in its wake thousands of angry veterans who felt betrayed.
The low levels of familiarity with key historical events indicate that there are serious shortcomings in the development of national collective memory in South Africa.
Black consciousness in South Africa changed blacks and whites.
Photographer David Goldblatt’s presence through his photographs will always be with us.
Women students have not been afraid to embrace the label of feminist, leading a wave of university protests in South Africa during 2015 and 2016.
Forty years after the students uprisings of 1976, South Africa is again in the midst of a political movement led by students.They have changed the tenor and shape of political discussion around education.
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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