The article analyzes Black Consciousness poetry of the 1970s and 1980s South Africa alongside the protest poetry of white South African poet Wopko Jensma. It is argued that while the racial definition of oppression and resistance by Black Consciousness poetry had the important aim of the recovery of the black people’s dignity and the fostering of racial solidarity and unity, it also had the unfortunate consequence of not recognizing white resistance and preventing cross-racial solidarity and empathy.
Wallacedene is an Informal Housing Settlement in the Eastern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. The Settlement was established during the 1980s when the relaxation of pass laws allowed rural Populations, to be able to migrate to Urban Centers with far less restrictions! By 2004, Wallacedene had an estimated Population of 21,000 people. The Predominant Race, making up 76% of the Population is: Black African Peoples. The Housing Rights Activist Irene Grootboom lived in Wallacedene.
The little Village of Ashton is famous for its; Fruit, Wine and Rose Nurseries. Ashton originally served as a Settlement Area for the Employees of one of the largest Factory Co-Operatives in the Southern Hemisphere, which produces: "Canned Fruit, Jams and Vegetables". Today, Ashton is one of the towns on Route 62 - the shorter more Scenic alternative to the N2 highway that is fast earning a reputation as the World’s longest Wine Route - and is one of the main Wine-Producing Towns on the Robertson Wine Route.
During September 2019 protests against Gender Based Violence (GBV) peaked after Uyinene Mrwetyana, a student at the University of Cape Town (UCT), was brutally raped and murdered on 24 August 2019 by Luyanda Botha, a post office worker. [1] Her body, which had been stored in a Clarenreich post office safe overnight and then set alight, was found shortly afterwards in Lingelethu West, Khayelitsha in the Western Cape. [2] As a result of her death and the rise in femicide in South Africa, hundre
It is difficult to talk about Zoar or Amalienstein separately, so interwoven are these sister Towns. They lie adjacent to one another on Route 62, they are both on the Missionary Route (that includes Mamre, Genadendal, Wuppertal, Steinkopf and Elim) and both Towns are under-explored and dependent on Tourism, for their survival.
Their History goes something like this: Zoar was the first of the South African Missionary Society's (SAMS) 'projects', established in 1817.
In March 2015 students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) (Western Cape) launched a student movement, namely #Rhodes Must Fall which focused on the decolonization of education and tertiary institutions in South Africa. [1] This “Fallist” movement did not only give rise to the #FeesMustFall protests, that focused on decreasing tertiary education fees, but was also the start of the Open Stellenbosch movement. [2] The Open Stellenbosch protests were led by black students who argued that Afrikaans as
In Kadzamira Modjadji’s MatieMedia newspaper article about Fees Must Fall he quoted students who described the movement as revolutionary since protests against the rise in tertiary education fees and for the decolonization of the curriculum peaked.[1] During 2015 this student-led protest started at Rhodes University in Grahamstown that soon became a nation-wide movement which spread to various campuses.[2] In 2016 this student-led protest spread to Stellenbosch University (SU), located in the Western Cap
Personal Information
Harry Garuba
Born:
1958
Died:
February 29, 2020
Harry Garuba was born in Akure, southwestern Nigeria, in 1958. [1] At the young age of seventeen he was accepted to study English at the University of Ibadan located in southwestern Nigeria, where he graduated with a BA Honours degree. [2] He continued with a master’s degree and finished his PhD in 1988 at the same university. [3] During his studies, in 1981 he was appointed to lecture at the University of Ibadan where he taught for seventeen years.
Established in 1951, Slanghoek Cellar is situated in the picturesque Slanghoek Valley, 800 m above sea level, surrounded by the majestic Slanghoek Mountains from which the cellar derives its name. Slanghoek Cellar is a mere 20 km from Worcester and 90 km from Cape Town!
The Valley’s Geographic position, fertile, varied soils and micro climate are reflected in the unique character of Slanghoek’s renowned and prize-winning red, white, sparkling, dessert wines and port.
Mary Butcher Turok is the wife of the anti-apartheid activist, parliamentarian and Professor Ben Turok, who played a prominent role in the writing of the Freedom Charter.[1] They met at the University of Cape Town (UCT), where they both became involved in progressive politics.[2] Recognized as a white South Africans during Apartheid, Mary and Ben Turok gave up their whit