MPHO LAKAJE: What kind of nation allows its roots to rot?
27 April 2021 4:01 PM
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Mpho Lakaje looks at why the houses of some of our freedom fighters have been abandoned. Do we not care about preserving our history?
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Today marks exactly 27 years since South Africaâs first democratic election. But it appears that important parts of our history died along with legislated racial segregation. Eyewitness News contributor Mpho Lakaje looks at why the houses of some of our freedom fighters have been abandoned. Do we not care about preserving our history?
Having been driving for nearly three hours on a national road, I appreciated the greenery I saw from a distance. Finally, a sign of nature. Itâs a commercial farm thatâs obviously looked after. But this stunning view didnât last long. I made a turn into a dirt road and drove for quite some time. The roughness of the terrain forced my car to shake. Keeping the steering wheel steady became a serious
The governance of SA has taken a back seat while ANC is embroiled in internal power struggles
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The navel-gazing at the ANC’s Luthuli House is fast having far-reaching ramifications for the country.
By now South Africans have come to realise that when the ANC sneezes, the whole country catches pneumonia.
Since coming to power in 1994 the party has not known peace. The party of John Langalibalele Dube, Pixley ka Isaka Seme, Albert Luthuli, Oliver Reginald Tambo and Nelson Mandela has been reduced to a battle ground.
The once-glorious movement was voted in overwhelmingly by the majority of South Africans in the first democratic elections on April 27, 1994. From the onset, what looked like a fight between those from exile and those who remained fighting apartheid flames in the country, soon degenerated into what seemed to be ethnic divisions – amaXhosa versus amaZulu.
Armageddon seemed to have come early for the political party in yellow, black and green. Well, I do not mean the Congress of the People but the based at 54 Pixely kaIsaka Seme (formerly Sauer) Street.
The ANC was founded on January 8 1912 by traditional chiefs, representatives of people’s organisations, churches and other prominent members of the community.
They all heeded the clarion call of Pixley ka Isaka Seme for “natives” to gather under one homogenous banner and defend the rights and freedom of oppressed races.
More than a century later, the ANC has evolved into one of the most revered liberation movements in political history, the organisation has evolved into a party that largely secured the political liberation of the black African majority in South Africa, ultimately ending apartheid.
On April 8 1960, the apartheid regime’s proclaimed the Unlawful Organisations Act 34 of 1960, which was aimed at declaring any political party that “threatened” public order and state security as illegal.