Black Consciousness Movement (BCM)

Black Consciousness Movement (BCM)

Black Consciousness Movement (BCM)

On 12 September 1977, the Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko died while in the custody of security police. The period...

Stephen Bantu Biko

Stephen Bantu Biko

13 December 2024

Member of the SRC at University of Natal (Non-European section), first president of SASO, Chair of SASO Publications, Bl...

Mafika Pascal Gwala

Mafika Pascal Gwala

11 October 2024

Poet, Writer, Editor, Member of the Black Consciousness Movement, and Contributor for the Black Review, contributor to S...

James Matthews

16 September 2024

Poet, novelist, writer and political prisoner

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

14 December 2023

Vice President of the NIC,Member of the BC movement, Secretary of the BPC, Vice President of AZAPO, Vice Principal of UD...

Benjamin Johnson Langa

Secretary General and Cultural Officer of SASO, political activist, poet, member of MK and the ANC

Thenjiwe Mtintso

Thenjiwe Mtintso

9 November 2020

Journalist, trade unionist, member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) activist, member of the ANC and MK, Depu...

Jeffry Dumo Baqwa

Jeffry Dumo Baqwa

29 January 2020

Member of the Black Consciousness Movement, Medical doctor

Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele

Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele

23 September 2019

Leading author and cultural activist and former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of a number of universities.

Zwelakhe Sisulu

Zwelakhe Sisulu

3 September 2019

journalist, President of Media Workers Association of South Africa, business executive, former SABC CEO, 

The formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention

The formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention

Black university students had tried for many years to make progress through the multiracial and liberal National Union o...