Sifiso Skenjana (supplied)
King Goodwill Zwelithini s life will remind us of the investment we need to make in preserving our cultural libraries, as a well as building contemporary libraries of cultural expression in a modern world, writes
Sifiso Skenjana.
The story of monarchs and traditional councils in South Africa has been a sad story of economic leakage by virtue of the weakened role they play or have been afforded in the contemporary democratic dispensation.
Many have used the adage you cannot know where you are going if you do not know where you are coming from to emphasise the importance of history, placement, identity and a self of self in determining ones choices, as well as influencing their economic outcomes. A contextual and intimate understanding of our history allows us to appreciate the value of the knowledge systems that existed at the time, that eventually informed how we do things in today’s context as well as the value systems we