Mini went to the gallows singing Ndodemnyama we Verwoerd!, a song he had written in 1950 as a warning to the then minister of native affairs, Hendrik Verwoerd. Black South Africans were mobilising, the lyrics in the Xhosa language warned: Here is the black man, Verwoerd! Watch out.
The year after Mini’s execution, by which time Verwoerd was prime minister, Miriam Makeba revived the song. The 1950s jazz singer christened ‘Mama Africa’ and born in the Prospect township of Johannesburg, was at that time in exile, barred from returning to South Africa because of her anti-apartheid activism, and the song was recorded in New York, appearing on her collaboration with Harry Belafonte
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Military veterans vow to stand up against corruption
Zipo-zenkosi Ncokazi Politics reporter 17 December 2020
SPECIAL DAY: Former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Ben Fihla speaks at Heroes’ Acre in the Zwide Cemetery where the MKMVA marked its 59th anniversary. In front wearing a beret are MKMVA regional chair Phakamile Ximiya, the Rev Jingela Boya and ANC MPL Tamara Xhanti Image: Supplied
A rotten-to-the-core ANC has hampered service delivery with unethical leaders occupying positions of power, Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) Nelson Mandela Bay regional chair Phakamile Ximiya said on Wednesday.
This had resulted in the promise of a better life for all the ANC’s campaign slogan for the 1994 general elections being further delayed as corruption thrived.