Resistance defines us, upholds us, makes us viable. At a biological level, our muscles are maintained and support our physical lives by being challenged. The effort of resistance gives our bodies tone, and our voices resonance. Tone is a sound, which adds other layers to what we say. At seven, a spanking taught me that my [...] The post Love Song to Resistance appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

In 1983 a book entitled “The rise of Azania: The fall of South Africa” by David Dube of the Pan-Africanist Congress, a call for the liberation and defence of  Azania was unapologetically made by the Azanian tradition. The Charterist tradition under the African National Congress defended the white settler’s colonial name of “South Africa”. This [...] The post The Sharpeville Massacre and the myth of “Human Rights Day” appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

“The biggest mistake the black world ever made was to assume that whoever opposed apartheid was an ally” (Steve Biko) The ongoing war in Palestine has taken a center stage in international affairs. This is partly due to the recent South African legal team’s submission to the so-called International Court of Justice. Since the legal [...] The post South Africa and the pitfalls of solidarity: A case of Israel and Palestine appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

There is a dialectical relation between colonisation and decolonisation. This dialectical relation is dyadic and triadic. Decolonisation as a process of the undoing of colonisation seeks to negate colonisation. So, in terms of the dyadic dialectical relation the confrontational antagonism between the forces of decolonisation and the forces of colonisation must result in the survival [...] The post The Sharpeville massacre and the persistent problem of white settler colonialism in “South Africa”: A Dialectical Analysis appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sons and Daughters of the soil, I wish, in opening this conference, to quote the caption which appears on “Mohlabani” since it expresses so clearly the reason for our sustained struggle: “Tsoara thebe e tiee oa Rasenate, Oa bona fatse leno lea ea.” ( Hold fast thy shield, son of Rasenate, Thou [...] The post Sobukwe Speaking to a Basotholand African Congress Party, Conference in Lesotho in 1957 appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

(Ncebakazi Manzi & Pakama Ngceni) Soccer is opium for the oppressed – a drug that keeps them just where their oppressors would like them to be. It is Generations, Scandal, Days of Our Lives, The Bold and the Beautiful and Jika-Majika all in one. For 90 minutes or more, the black poor can forget about [...] The post BLACKWASH SAYS: Fuck Soccer! We want liberation! appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

Nelson Maldonado-Torres is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, Professor Extraordinarious at the University of South Africa, and Honorary Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. A former President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association, he co-chairs the Frantz Fanon Foundation with its founder, Mireille Fanon Mendès France, and is a [...] The post Personal Reflections on a Decade of Decoloniality Schools in South Africa: From Decoloniality Light to Combative Decoloniality appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

“I do not want to rainbow without bread, I do not want to hate Cecil and anthem with his children” “I do not want to white anymore…white demons drowning in the Atlantic” Makhafula Vilakazi in Words 2022. The annoying persistent fantasy of the rainbow nation has been subjected to a popular critique. Its banality has [...] The post The poverty of Black Constitutional critique and the libidinal economy of South Africa appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

Politics aside, the current leader of ActionSA, Mr. Herman Mashaba, is a man I have a lot of respect and admiration for. His personal story of overcoming abject poverty and the economic barriers imposed by the racist Apartheid state to become one of the most successful black businessmen in South Africa is truly remarkable and [...] The post Mashaba the businessman is a hero to those of us who are sober! appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

(Inspired by a message to Bra Mike Stainbank, the rightful owner of the stolen trademark: The Apartheid Museum®, BHK expands on misery in occupied Azania) The 1994 Mandela project reinforces and reproduces injustice. Worst still, is that Afrikans cannot reclaim their human dignity, let alone their land and sovereignty without first respecting, loving, and doing [...] The post The ANC condoned injustice. In fact, they colluded with it appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more