The 6th Annual Robert Sobukwe Memorial Lecture

The 6th Annual Robert Sobukwe Memorial Lecture

23th February2011
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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare, the CEO of the Steve Biko Foundation and the CEO of the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Trust cordially invite you to the 6th Robert Sobukwe Memorial Lecture to be delivered by Professor Kwandiwe Kondlo, Director, Centre for Africa Studies, University of the Free State. Date: Thursday 17 March, 2011 Time: 14

The Bridge: Defining blackness for the 21st centuury

The Bridge: Defining blackness for the 21st centuury

14th February2011
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This article was written by Sipho Hlongwane, journalist and coloumnist for the Daily Maverick. A couple of months ago I interviewed Nkosinathi Biko the CEO of the Steve Biko Foundation, for The Daily Maverick. In an unreported part of our conversation, we discussed black consciousness and its place in post-apartheid South Africa. Biko said, “If under the old

State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, at the Joint Sitting Of Parliament

State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, at the Joint Sitting Of Parliament

11th February2011
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"Celebrating the legacy of freedom through strengthening the link between Parliament and the People”. Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces; Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP; Deputy President of the Republic, Honourable Kgalema Motlanthe; Former President Thabo Mbeki, Former Deputy President FW De Klerk, Former

Johannesburg Launch of "Black Man You Are On Your Own"

3rd Franktalk Discussion

3rd Franktalk Discussion

02th February2011
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On the 26th of January, the Steve Biko Foundation held the third session in the Franktalk series. Given that learners, educators and parents throughout South Africa were reviewing and analysing the recent matric results, the dialogue explored the role that communities at large could play in supporting the nation's educational agenda. Here are some of the images from

Extract from Black Man You are On Your Own

Extract from Black Man You are On Your Own

02th February2011
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Taken from Black Man You Are On Your Own By Dr. Saleem Badat Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University In both scholarly and popular literature, black students in South Africa have tended to be treated in two ways: simply as victims of apartheid in appalling educations conditions, or as catalysts of educational and political struggle through their campaigns. Yet their