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Jul
17
2022
By The African Mirror
Tributes for late ANC leader Jessie Duarte

Tributes for late ANC leader Jessie Duarte

NEWS
THE ANC, South Africa's governing party, has led South Africans in paying tribute to leading political activist Jessie Duarte, the organisation's deputy secretary-general who has passed on after a battle with cancer. Duarte, stepped down from her ANC duties to focus on her health. She passed away on Sunday and was buried later in the day, in line with Muslim rites. The South African government honoured Duarte by declaring an official funeral for her. SA President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to Duarte, whom he described as a long-time anti-apartheid activist who served as a special assistant to former President Nelson…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
The ANC needs a genuine renewal and refocuses in order to achieve the socio-economic transformation of society

The ANC needs a genuine renewal and refocuses in order to achieve the socio-economic transformation of society

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
THABO MBEKI AN outstanding African patriot and freedom fighter, our irreplaceable and beloved leader, Xhamela, Walter Sisulu, passed away on May 5, 2003 aged 91 years. Twelve days later, on 17 May, I was honoured to deliver the Funeral Oration as we were about to lay to rest his mortal remains at the end of a solemn and dignified Official Funeral.  I began that Oration in these words: “Our country, and nature herself, have been in mourning since that fateful day, the 5th of May, when Walter Sisulu ceased to breathe. “While he lived, there were many in our country…
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Jul
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Down memory lane with the departure of the backroom boy, Bab’ Umlangeni

Down memory lane with the departure of the backroom boy, Bab’ Umlangeni

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
KHULU MBATHA FLASHBACK: We met acting president-general of the ANC, Oliver R Tambo, for the first time in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in 1976. We, fresh from South Africa, still carrying scratches and cuts on our bodies all sustained during the stone-throwing confrontations with policemen and armed SADF personnel.  Seating underneath the shade of a big Kigelia, the sausage tree, the new arrivals were making a meal out of Tambo’s presence and bombarding him with so many questions about the struggle. What have you been doing in the past [since the banning of the organisation] 16 years? Where was the ANC when…
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