Image: Tsietsi Mashinini By BO Staff Writer Tsietsi Mashinini, chairperson of the Soweto Students’ Representative Council and member of the South African Students’ Movement (SASM), led the June 16, 1976 uprising together with his deputy Khotso Seatlholo. Both the SSRC and SASM were part of the 18 Black Consciousness organisations that were banned on 19 …
BO Staff Writer On this the 46th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, BLF Leader Andile Mngxitama today addressed the June 16 commemoration service hosted by the Black Consciousness Movement United (BCMU) at the Funda Centre in Soweto. His message was very clear: “The time for black unity is now. We shall not go to the …
Image: Khotso Seatlholo (left) and Tsietsi Mashinini (right), leaders of the June 16 uprising Andile Mngxitama I once wrote a coloumn in the Sowetan under the heading “the kwaitofication of June 16”. The ANC government governs through erasure of history and thought. That the children of Soweto do not know the names Tsietsi Mashinini and …
By Andile Mngxitama Dr Nchaupe Aubrey Mokoape. A great mind has ceased to think. A revolutionary to the end. Eternal youth… On June 16 this year, I was privileged to be in conversation with this great tower and close friend of one of our Prophets, Steve Biko. I’m honored to have had such interactions. You …
Featured Image: On 16 June 1976, black high school students revolted against the anti-black education system. Photo: Bongani Mnguni/City Press/Gallo Images By Masixole Ka Dlamini It has become a normalised ‘political culture’ to commemorate the 1976 uprising without a critical reflection on and a nuanced understanding and meaning of this historic revolutionary uprising, particularly amongst black …
By BO Editorial Collective The children of Steve Biko and Robert Sobukwe gathered at the Kilombo Village in Khayelitsha this past weekend to commemorate the June 16 Soweto uprising. There were speakers from all walks of Black Consciousness life, sharing intergenerational knowledge and pumping each other with black love and life! Watch a short video …
From Left to Right: Khotso Seatlholo and Tsietsi Mashinini, both leaders of the June 16 youth rebellion. By Andile Mngxitama This piece was written as a tribute to Khotso Seatlholo soon after he had passed on following a short illness. It is republished 15 years after his death. Khotso was the second in command in the …
By BO Staff Writer Black Opinion republishes this short and incomplete biography of one of the leaders of the June 16, Black Power uprising. The young heroes of the uprising, inspired by the Black Consciousness movement, had the country on standstill and fought diligently for liberation of black people. We republish this short biography in …