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Mzwandile Manto kaB. Wapi

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A ‘self-hating’ black person speaks truth to power

Let us focus on internal struggles because black identity is harmed by those who stifle criticism and accountability

The late Pravin Gordhan. (Oupa Nkosi)

Dear EFF, Africans do not insult the dead

The Economic Freedom Fighters spat on Gordhan, the real freedom fighter who embodied integrity

(John McCann/M&G)

The impact of colonialism on contemporary African knowledge systems

Africans need to return to communalism and share knowledge to thrive together in the 21st century

Floyd Shivambu’s political future is not more important than the future of South Africa. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Our lives should not be dominated by politicians

Every person in this country needs to stop blindly following political leaders and start thinking for themselves

The alienation of Mgwali village from the Bholo police station has its roots in the frontier wars and vanquishment of the Xhosa. (Andrea Jurgen/ Flickr)

Shadow of colonialism looms over policing in rural Eastern Cape

The alienation of Mgwali village from the Bholo police station has its roots in the frontier wars and vanquishment of the Xhosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa, new minister of agriculture John Steenhuisen, and vice president Paul Mashatile. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

A government of national interest is more urgent than the GNU

Influenced by middle-class issues, the government of national unity may neglect the problems of the poor

We are all political animals by nature, so let us protect our freedom from the tyranny of false idols

The meaning of freedom and life in the age of false idols

We are all political animals by nature, so let us protect our freedom from the tyranny of false idols

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – May 6, 1990: F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela during negotiations between the Apartheid government and the ANC. (Photo by Gallo Images via Getty Images/ Sunday Times)

A new GNU: South Africa’s first democratic election and the evolution of power sharing in the ANC

The majority of 1994’s voters recognised the GNU script because they co-authored it, and were assured of explanations if deviations were unavoidable