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We Remember Mama Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela-Mandela
CROSSING BORDERS SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, 8TH MARCH 2019, UBUNTU HOUSE, COPENHAGEN Excellencies! Garba Diallo, Mariano Davies and…
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How A Book About Children’s Views On Mandela Was Allegedly Forged
In a four-part series, UnCensored brings you the story of the alleged forgery of a manuscript on the views of…
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The Politics Of Betrayal, Hatred And Forgiveness Within The Democratic Movement
Greg Alexander Mashaba writes this moving piece of his personal experiences of betrayal by both the enemy outside and within…
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We Remember Oliver Reginald Tambo: 27 October 1917 – 24 April 1993
Who Was Oliver Reginald Tambo? http://www.tambofoundation.org.za/ Oliver Tambo’s name and reputation are lauded, not least because he succeeded, remarkably, in keeping
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The Campaign To De-ligitimise Winnie Mandela – Forcing Mandela to Choose Between President or His Wife
The machinations of an apartheid campaign that sought to deligitimise Winnie Mandela and other radical elements in the ANC, through…
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The State Capture Debate: Limitations Of Current Applications And Definitions
The presidency of Jacob Zuma came to an end 18 months ahead of the date stipulated in the constitution of…
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Call For Apology To Victims & For Appointment Of A Commission Of Inquiry To Investigate The Suppression Of The TRC Cases
Dear Mr. President, CALL FOR APOLOGY TO VICTIMS & FOR APPOINTMENT OF A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO INVESTIGATE THE SUPPRESSION…
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We Remember Anton Lembede: Africanist, First President Of The ANC Youth League, Born 21 January 1941
Anton Musiwakhe Lembede (21 January 1914 – 30 July 1947) was a South African activist and founding president of the ANC…
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We Remember Duma Nokwe – Politician, Teacher, Lawyer
Philemon Pearce Dumasile Nokwe, known as Duma Nokwe, was a South African political activist and legislator, and served as the Secretary-General of…
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The Global Citizen Festival Was A Weapon To Put Us To Sleep
Dr Toni Luck is an inspirational and motivational speaker. She says she wept watching the Global Citizen Festival which took…
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Rivonia Trialists Charged With Sabotage on 9 October 1963
On this day in 1963, the Rivonia trialists were charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the South African government. This…
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We Remember the Five Children Executed in Mthatha on 8 October 1993 on FW De Klerk’s Orders
Sigqibo Mpendulo, father of the twins executed in their sleep. He holds pictures of: Twins Sadat and Samora and cousin…
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The power of white supremacy and colonialism in “post-liberation” societies: The case of South Africa
Not yet Uhuru, not yet Azania: Reflection on South Africa’s Rainbow Myth through the Lens of Pan Africanism and Black…
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BRICS: Work Still to be Done to Defeat the British Empire
By Ramasimong Phillip Tsokolibane One can only be encouraged by the proceedings at the recently concluded 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg,…
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A Rejoinder To Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Views On Nelson Mandela
This submission seeks to respond to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana’s views on Nelson Mandela and the…
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Rejoinder To Archbishop Makgoba’s Mandela’s Legacy Defended
Many people, I suppose including the Archbishop of the Anglican church of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba, would agree with me…
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The UN obsession with Nelson Mandela and not Winnie
“When I turn on my radio, when I hear that negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we…
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Mandela Not A Pan Africanist
One wonders if the South African Broadcasting Corporation Board (SABC) and apparatchiks read comments on Facebook that questioned why they…
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Nelson Mandela’s legacy hijacked to help West sell liberal agenda
The theft and distortion of Nelson Mandela’s legacy by champions of Western liberalism has and continues to be both sickening…
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In Search Of Stratcom Journalists
IN the wake of Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s death, South Africans revisited the Truth & Reconciliation Report into the role of…
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The Questions Madiba Would Have Posed To Africa and Its Leaders
WHAT Nelson Mandela would have reminded us: That as He fought in the 1950 & 60’s, the entire continent of…
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Obama’s Hypocrisy On Inequality
SPEAKING at the Nelson Mandela Centenary Lecture yesterday, former US President Barack, put on his customary charm and smile and…
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Zindzi Mandela Interview: The Father I Knew
The world knew him as the father of South Africa. She just knew him as dad. Zindzi Mandela talks about…
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In Memory Of Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela – 100 Years Old Today
Former President Nelson Mandela has left behind a rich archive of letters he wrote during his 27 years of incarceration.…
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Obama – The Wall Street President, The Drone President, The President Who Destroyed Libya
Dr Cornel West – a historian, philosopher and social activist on issues of race, poverty and The Empire – is…
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“The Freedom Charter Is Not A Revolutionary Document, It Is Not An Anti-colonialist Document, And It Is A Useless Document”
A REJOINDER TO THE FREEDOM CHARTER IS NOT A DOCUMENT OF THE COMMUNISTS BUT THE CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE The…
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A Rejoinder To Dr Mahlatsi’s Forms And Methods Of Struggle For Liberation
Dr Lehlohonolo Kennedy Mahlatsi’s response to my submission, “Black Consciousness and the Quest for a true Humanity and American Policy…
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Complexities of the Four Nation Thesis: The Contested Renaming of the South African Airports
The Department of Transport and the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) have been holding public meetings over changing the airport’s…
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Nedbank & The Allegedly Forged Mandela Book
In a three-part series, UnCensored brings you the story of the alleged forgery of a manuscript on the views of…
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ANC Must Hang Its Head In Shame In Airports Renaming Row
EVEN beyond her grave the African National Congress (ANC) finds it must trample on Mama Winnie Madikezela Mandela’s grave and…
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In Search of History: Fact or Misrepresentation of South Africa’s History?
The ANC has been painted throughout South Africa’s most recent history as the leader of the Liberation struggle in South…
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South Africa Was Invaded By Barbarians From 1652 The Chickens Are Now Coming Home To Roost
By Sam Ditshego Africa and other parts of the world were invaded from 1500 BCE until 1500 CE. The Munhumutapa…
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This Day In History: On 19 March 1996, Nelson & Winnie Mandela Divorced
After 38 years of marriage, Judge Eloff granted Nelson and Winnie Mandela a divorce. Irreconcilable differences were cited as the…
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Happy Birthday To Mama Rebecca Kotane on her 106th Birthday
Morwa Kotane, born in 1912 and a widow to the late former general secretary of the Communist Party of South…
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Today In History: Comrade Nelson Mandela Walks Free – 11 February 1990
Former President Nelson Mandela with his former wife Winnie on his release from 27 years of incarceration – The Day…
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ANC Turns 106 Years Today – A Brief History Of The ANC via www.anc.org.za
The founding members of the ANC, originally known as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) “In 1912, just over…
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Statement of the ANC NEC Subcommittee on Education, Health, and Science and Technology ahead of the 54th ANC National Conference
Minister of Science & Technology delivered the Statement on the work of subcommittee on education, health & science & technology…
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Today In History: Nelson Mandela Dies At His Houghton Home
On this day, 5 December 2013 former President Nelson Mandela passed away at his Houghton home. Excepts courtesy of Nelson…
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OPEN LETTER TO Oliver Tambo: We Have Lost Our Way
ANC Spokesman Zizi Kodwa Writes to Oliver Tambo Dear Comrade President, I have no guides to ask how you are,…
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OPEN LETTER: Rupert: Not All Blacks Are Afraid Of You
By Tiisetso ‘Afrika’ Makhele Firstly, let me indicate to you what you already know. Your money is dirty and stinks…
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MKMVA Extends Revolutionary Congratulations To The ANCYL On Celebrating The 73RD Anniversary Of Their Formation
Anton Lembede – Founding President of the ANC Youth League The Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) extends revolutionary…
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Nelson Mandela on White Monopoly Capital, White Domination & Real Meaning of Freedom for Africans
Objective of Freedom Charter “The most important political document ever adopted by the ANC is the ‘Freedom Charter’. It is…
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Hamba Kahle Cde Andimba Toivo ya Toivo: MKMVA Salutes a Great Liberation Fighter
Yesterday and Today one of the greatest sons of Africa, a strong and heroic comrade and a great liberation soldier,…
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Take care of the youth; they are the future of South Africa! ‘A lesson from OR Tambo’s message’
This article was co-authored by Doctor Maepa and Jimmy Keketsi. It is as relevant today as it was when they penned…
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Trevor Manuel wants to Save South Africa?
The author looks at Trevor Manuel’s complicity in commodification of basic services to citizens in line with IMF and World…
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What a WikiLeaks report said about Thabo Mbeki
Historical events do not happen in isolation. This excerpt and attached document called High Treason, an Intelligence report on South…
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Today In History: Nelson Mandela Inaugurated
10th May 1994: Nelson Mandela became the first president of a democratic South Africa, ending three hundred and forty-two (342)…
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Apartheid Grand Corruption
Apartheid grand corruption Assessing the scale of crimes of profit from 1976 to 1994 A report prepared by civil society…
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The Night That Nelson Mandela Became The De Facto President Of South Africa
By Carl Niehaus On the fateful Easter Sunday morning of the 10th of April 1993 Chris Hani was assassinated…
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THE TIME FOR COMPROMISE AND ACCOMMODATION IS OVER
By Carl Niehaus Many years ago we were discussing our future National Anthem in the National Executive Committee (NEC) of…
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Dear President Zuma
By Steven Motale The letter was first published in Weekly Xpose’ It has been nearly two years since I had…
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Today in History: South Africa holds White Referendum
Results of a referendum held on 17 March 1992, gave former President F W De Klerk an overwhelming “Yes” to…
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Today In History: Nelson Mandela is released from prison
We publish Today In History under extreme provocation by those who are against our work. We non- the-less bring you…
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Chief Langalibalele – one of the first activists to be imprisoned on Robben Island – a Century before Mandela
As part of our series on Today In History, one of our readers Devine Hadebe reminded us of one of…
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Former British spy’s investigation ‘revealed South African bank corruption’
The South African corporate media, in an attempt to cover-up for the massive looting by banks on the eve of…
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Ciex no work of Fiction: Koorbonally to Johann Rupert
OPEN LETTER TO JOHAN RUPERT Ref is made to: Ciex Investigation & findings. Operations on behalf of RSA Government Aug…
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About market values, social vacuums and the land question…
Bhekindlela Mwelase (86 years old) with his pass-book Khaya Sithole traces four families’ battle to reclaim their land from the…
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Open Letter to Kriegler: Does Tyne Doyle donate to the Mandela Fund?
By Pinky Khoabane Dear Judge Kriegler I come to you because through your organisation, Freedom Under Law, its evident that…
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December 5, a day that marks the birth and death of two great South Africans
Today marks the birth and death of two men who shaped the history of South Africa. Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe, born…
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Are BEE beneficiaries of Mbeki-era standing in the way of transformation?
Jay Naidoo of J&J Group. The Maytrix argues that the comrades of yesteryear who are now sharing boardrooms with the…
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Are opposition parties, civil society and the liberal media plotting to destabilise critical state institutions?
Is South Africa being deliberately destabilised through litigation, media propaganda and consistent efforts to make parliament dysfunctional asks Mxolisi ka…
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