revolution - The African Mirror

Aug

29

2024

Birth of a Guerrilla Fighter: Richard “Barney” Molokoane

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

RICHARD “Barney” Molokoane will forever be remembered for his exceptional bravery, his total dedication to the cause of freedom and the revolution On 27 August 1957, Richard Lekgotla Molokoane was born in Tladi, Soweto. Molokoane became politically active during the student uprisings of 1976. Like many of his contemporaries, Richard “Barney” Molokoane, joined the African National Congress (ANC) and the glorious People’s Army Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), where he belonged to the June 16 Detachment. Proud of his role as a fighter for freedom, Molokoane was scrupulously faithful to the ideals of the ANC and MK. He was a very…

Don’t let the elders steal your revolution

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian.By Patrick Gathara IN the space of just three weeks, the political scene in Kenya has been completely upended by a youth protest movement that threatens to render all the normal rules of political engagement obsolete. The upstart Generation Z has rejected much of the wisdom and tradition of their elders and created a “fearless, leaderless, partyless, and tribeless” movement that has left the political class – both within government and outside of it – scrambling to catch up. Kenya hasn’t seen anything like it. In the past, political action has been…

Women in South Africa’s armed struggle: new book records history at first hand

LITERATURE

SOUTH Africa’s young democracy was a culmination of years of sweat, blood and revolution against the apartheid regime. In the early 1960s, after decades of “non-violence” as a policy of resistance, the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) formed military wings to take the fight to the apartheid regime. THOKO SIPUNGU, Lecturer in Sociology, Rhodes University Based on the living record and popular discourse, it would be easy to assume that the struggle against apartheid was almost entirely the domain of men. But women played a crucial role – one which is only really coming to light…