By BO Staff Writer On 16 June this year, Black First Land First (BLF) President Andile Mngxitama hosted a panel discussion with Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) heavyweights Dr Nchaupe Aubrey Mokoape and Prof Itumeleng Mosala on the place of the June 16, 1976 Soweto Uprising in the history of our struggle. The discussion was an explosion …
By BO Staff Writer Dr Nchaupe Aubrey Mokoape, Cde Tiyani Lybon Mabasa, and Prof Itumeleng Mosala – you can’t miss this outstanding lineup of Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) panelists who will tonight be discussing the location of the June 16, 1976 moment in the history of South Africa. The discussion will be streamed live via …
Khotso Seatlholo (left), Tsietsi Mashinini (right) By Andile Mngxitama Tsietsi Mashinini, the chairperson of the Soweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC), and his deputy Khotso Seatlholo were members of the South African Students’ Movement (SASM). Both the SSRC and SASM were among the 18 Black Consciousness-affiliated organisations banned on 19 October 1977. After the June 16 …