Pretoria Local News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana
Stay updated with breaking news from Pretoria local. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Top News In Pretoria Local Today - Breaking & Trending Today
Long before I was detained, I knew there was a code of conduct for freedom fighters in detention, in court and as sentenced prisoners. One does not beg for mercy. One does not give away one’s comrades. And if one is forced under extreme duress to say certain things, one tries to limit the damag. ....
As indicated in the first part of this series, the content of the notions revolutionary consciousness and activity are not static (https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-05-24-the-meaning-of-revolutionary-or-emancipatory-consciousness-and-action-before-and-after-1990-94/). Their meanings may change over time. To have a revolutionary or emancipatory consciousness and what constitute revolutionary or emancipatory activity do not mean the same thing, as conditions that prevail in South Africa (or anywhere else) change. This ought to be obvious, but much discourse is ahistorical and intended to elevate and legitimate specific movements by grotesquely claiming a “revolutionary” character for the organisations. It is an attempt to link the organisations nationally and internationally to previous revolutionary moments and movements, notably the Cuban revolution in many cases. ....
Escape from Pretoria: ‘Our cells were on the first floor, so there was nowhere to dig to’ 1 May 2021 In this extract from the book, the author describes the beginnings of a plan to break out from prison In our first weeks at Pretoria, Steve and I carefully studied the layout of the prison to see if there were any obvious cracks in the prison’s security. From our initial observations, all escape routes had their origin in the prison yard. It was reasonable to think that way, for once you were in the yard the only barrier between you and freedom was the yard wall. Any other starting point meant that you were placing more barriers in front of yourself, not fewer. You could take your cell as the point of departure but once out of it you had to get out of the prison building, and that meant into the yard. ....