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"I had other plans for my life. I wanted to be a minister of the Anglican church with Bishop Clayton. After we married, I was going to train for the ministry in Cape Town. But God had other plans for me. Gods plan was for me to fight in the political liberation for my people." Two weeks after Chris Hani’s assassination, OR Tambo passed away on this day in 1993. He was 75 years old.

guys take note, Helen thinks you are so shallow, she just needs to eat at a chisanyama, swim in a pothole, dance and wear a Pirates jersery to get the blacks to vote for her. I need you all to show her.

The Winnie documentary interviewed apartheid security officials, the most senior - they are old but still mobile and fairly functional old people. Remember the next time you chat to the old man seating next to you in a public bus

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SARB HONOURS MBOWENI The South African Reserve Bank has launched a new annual lecture to honour the late Tito Mboweni, a former Governor and Finance Minister. The first event will feature Professor Axel Weber, previously head of Germany’s central bank. Organisers say the series celebrates Mboweni’s push for sound economic policies and strong public institutions. The lecture will be held in Cape Town, 13 May. Details - ln.run/X4RAu

Society is in shambles because we’ve really allowed money to take precedence over character, principles and values.

Since you guys always equate SRC losses as a sign that the ANC is losing young people, what’s your analysis now that we won the biggest university in the land.

How? Nelson Mandela travelled the length of this continent canvassing support against a vile government that was looking for excuses to kill him. Then came back into SA execute from within. Mandela attacked a government that had power to execute him in their own court.

🇿🇦 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕃𝔻’𝕊 𝔹𝕀𝔾𝔾𝔼𝕊𝕋 𝔻𝔼ℝ𝔹𝕐 🇿🇦 With more than 101 000 fans at the February fixture, and just over 87 000 fans expected at FNB Stadium on Sunday, the #SowetoDerby is the biggest derby in the world by active attendance in the 2025/26 season. #SABCSportFootball

I’m astonished at the apartheid former cops still able to admit to their crimes against us (From outside prison)

Trevor Noah’s new special talks about how easy it is to judge history and to say things like “it was inevitable” now. But there was no surety that this freedom was ever coming. I for one don’t know if I’d be able stand in harms way. Do you?

Winnie was one of the most visible faces of resistance. She became a prime target because discrediting her could weaken the broader anti apartheid movement.

I don’t know why I always thought it was Madiba that turned Winnie into an activist. Turns out it was her own father

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Best Universities in Africa 📚 1. University of Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 2. Stellenbosch University 🇿🇦 3. University of Witwatersrand 🇿🇦 4. Mohammed VI Polytechnic🇲🇦 5. University of Johannesburg🇿🇦 6. University of KwaZulu-Natal🇿🇦 7. University of Pretoria 🇿🇦.... more

KZN SACP's Themba Mthembu publicly supports ANC in upcoming elections iol.co.za/news/politics/…

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Remembering Oliver Tambo. From the docuseries "Have You Heard From Johannesburg?"

“I have no hesitation to convey my heartfelt view, that it is to Oliver Tambo, to OR, that we should bestow the title: The father of South Africa's democracy"- President Thabo Mbeki

Decolonisation will upset Africans badly because the things we hold onto so dearly are colonial💔