On Sunday, June 23, 2024, Blackhouse Kollective and eBukhosini Solutions hosted a transformative Afrikan Winter Skool workshop at Funda Community College. This event, led by the extraordinary Dr. Kgafela oa Magogodi, was a deep dive into the art of storytelling, transcending traditional boundaries to explore history, life, and identity. The workshop aimed to prepare the [...] The post A Heartfelt Gratitude to Dr. Kgafela oa Magogodi for an Inspiring Workshop at the Afrikan Winter Skool at Funda Community College appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

The year 2024 marks the so-called 30 years of constitutional democracy in South Africa. To those who subscribe to this idea, the so-called first democratic elections of 1994 mark the beginning of a nonracial democratic dispensation in South Africa. Reconciliation between blacks and whites through the “entrancing” magic of Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela symbolised [...] The post Thirty years of South African constitutional democracy and the crisis of Black Thought appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

Jan Van Riebeek once stated in the late 1600s that the Dutch settlers who dispossessed the Indigenous people of their land through “defensive warfare” intend to retain the land. Van Riebeek was affirming without shame “the right of conquest” and laying the foundation of South Africa and white settler constitutionalism which are based on land [...] The post South Africa’s constitutional democracy and thirty years without Izwe Lethu appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

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Dr Motsoko Pheko: Azanian Revolutionary, Legal Scholer, Philosopher, Author, Historian, Leader, Pan Afrikanist, Internationalist, Husband, Father & Grandfather. OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FROM THE PHEKO FAMILY The final farewell for Ntate Dr. Motsoko Pheko will take place on Saturday, May 4th, 2024, at Rosebank Union Church, located at 40 St Andrews Road, Hurlingham, Sandton, Gauteng. The [...] The post Final farewell for Ntate Dr. Motsoko Pheko appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

”The white man is coming, and it is he who will rule you, and you will be his servants” ( Chaka by Thomas Mofolo). To fully comprehend the call for Cape Independence, one must have a solid understanding of the long history of the idea and political formation called South Africa. While the evolution of [...] The post Cape Independence and “the right of conquest” in South Africa appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

One of the significant benefits of an Afrikan-centred study of European thought and behaviour is the fundamental discovery that “politics is the continuation of war by other means”. Politics in essence is about power. While elections are a function of a representative democracy, they are not the core of power. Elections are a mere aspect [...] The post The problem of Afrikan politics and the danger of white politics in South Africa appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

Azanian Revolutionary, Legal Scholer & Philosopher, Author, Historian, Leader, Pan Afrikanist, Internationalist, Husband, Father & Grandfather. OFFICAL PRESS RELEASE To All Media Houses 22 April 2024 A Word of Gratitude from the Pheko Family The family of Dr. Motsoko Pheko, who passed on 19 April 2024, wishes to express gratitude for the outpouring of love [...] The post Dr Motsoko Pheko – November 13, 1930-April 19, 2024 appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

Be they in the enchanting and vast Drakensburg Mountains, Izintaba zoKhahlamba in Zulu, down along the south coast of Durban along the Umkomaas River Mouth, or any part of KwaZulu-Natal or South Africa for that matter, Zulus are generally a proud people. Whether one lives in a rural area or is an “urban Zulu”, to [...] The post African Ancestors and Amadlozi appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more

As a people, our inclined notion that mother nature is able to take care of herself is irrefutable. Throughout times, whether sunrise or sunset, without cessation, she evolves and re affirms herself as a persevering entity. Much like jazz, her modulation is gradual, and in the same length, definite. Under the unpredictable gleam of today’s [...] The post An Alive Jazz Delight appeared first on Consciousness.co.za Magazine ..read more