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FrankTalk Journal #5: Black Consciousness and Gender

31^th January2013

Since the advent of South Africa’s democratic dispensation, discourse on gender, and particularly the role of women in society, has gained prominence. Enshrined in the Constitution are certain inalienable rights that guarantee girls and women equality under the law. The African National Congress, the governing party since 1994, has gone so far as to mandate that women comprise

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Dom Coyote to Give Workshops at The Steve Biko Centre

31^th January2013

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The Steve Biko Centre, in partnership with the British Council Residency Programme; Presents Dom Coyote The London-based artist, Dom Coyote, will give workshops and compose music with The Steve Biko Centre's Abelusi and four students from the University of Fort Hare. Date: 04 until 23 February 2013 Venue: The Steve Biko Centre, One Zotshie Street, Ginsberg, Eastern Cape

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The Business Incubator: Tendering Workshop

31^th January2013

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The Business Incubator, an initiative of the Steve Biko Centre, invites you to a Tendering Workshop in Ginsberg. Facilitator: Lungile Sululu from the Steve Biko Foundation Date: February 4, 2013 Time: 10:00 – 12:00 Venue: The Steve Biko Centre, One Zotshie Street, Ginsberg, Eastern Cape Cost: R20 For more information please contact Mr. Sululu on 043 605 6700

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The Business Incubator Workshop: FNB Business Banking

31^th January2013

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The Business Incubator, an initiative of the Steve Biko Centre, invites you to a workshop on FNB Business Banking to be held in Ginsberg. Facilitator: Representative from FNB Date: February 1, 2013 Time: 10:00 – 12:00 Venue: The Steve Biko Centre, One Zotshie Street, Ginsberg, King William's Town, Eastern Cape Cost: Free NB: Clients are urged to book

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Biography of the Week: Sol Plaatje

30^th January2013

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Names: Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho Born: 9 October 1876, Boshof district, Orange Free State Died: 19 June 1932, Johannesburg, South Africa In summary: Teacher, court interpreter and clerk to the Mafeking administrator of Native Affairs, author, journalist, linguist, and first Secretary-General of the SANNC, member of the SANNC deputation that travelled to London to appeal to the British Government

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Biko on Institutionalised Racism

29^th January2013

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The racism we meet is not only on an individual basis; it is also institutionalised to make it look like the South African way of life. Although of late there is a feeble attempt to gloss over the overt racist elements in the system, it is still true that the system derives its nourishment from the existence of

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Biko… on Self-Perception

25^th January2013

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I am against the superior-inferior white-black stratification that makes the white a perpetual teacher and the black a perpetual pupil (and a poor one at that). I am against the intellectual arrogance of white people that makes them believe that white leadership is a sine qua non in this country and that whites are divinely appointed pace-setters in

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Call for Articles: The Contemporary Relevance of Robert Sobukwe

23^th January2013

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Opportunity Closing Date: February 15, 2013 Opportunity Type: Call for Articles/Papers The Steve Biko Foundation is calling for reflections on the legacy of South Africa’s freedom fighter, Robert Sobukwe. The topic is The Contemporary Relevance of Robert Sobukwe. Submissions may focus on any field that was impacted by Sobukwe; but of particular interest are:  Heritage  Land

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FrankTalk Radio Dialogue: Biko and Black Consciousness, Today

23^th January2013

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SBF and YFM Present: The FrankTalk Radio Dialogue On January 29, 2013, the Steve Biko Foundation, in collaboration with YFM, will host the fourth session of the FrankTalk Radio Dialogues. Titled after the pseudonym under which Biko wrote, FrankTalk is designed to engage young people in discussion on salient issues impacting South Africa’s political, economic and social development.

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Sobukwe, Politics and the Sharpeville Massacre

23^th January2013

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In 1948 Sobukwe and three of his friends launched a daily publication called Beware. Topics appearing in the paper included non-collaboration and critiques of Native Representative Councils and Native Advisory Boards. That same year Sobukwe joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), which was established on the university campus by Godfrey Pitje, a lecturer in the Department

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Biography of the Week: Robert Sobukwe

23^th January2013

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Names: Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso Born: 5 December 1924, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Died: 27 February 1978, Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa In summary: Teacher, lecturer, lawyer, Fort Hare University SRC President, secretary of the ANC branch in Standerton, founding member and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and Robben Island prisoner. Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was

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My Blackness is the beauty of this land

22^th January2013

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my blackness, tender and strong, wounded and wise, my blackness: I, drawling black grandmother, smile muscular and sweet, unstraightened white hair soon to grow in earth, work-thickened hand thoughtful and gentle on grandson’s head, my heart is bloody-razored by a million memories’ thrall: remembering the crook-necked cracker who spat on my naked body, remembering the splintering of my

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Ethics Alive Symposium 2013

17^th January2013

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The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics invite you to attend an evening of reflection and debate on Healthcare Professionals and Social Conscience Date: Thursday 14 March 2013 Time: 17h30 Venue: Hospital Auditorium, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg Proceedings

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PARI Postgraduate scholarships available

17^th January2013

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The Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) invites applications for postgraduate and postdoctoral scholarships for study at the University of the Witwatersrand. PARI-Nedbank Scholarship Programme: Masters scholarships are available under this prestigious programme which supports talented South African students interested in researching the histories, cultures and economics of public sector institutions. PARI-NRF PhD and postdoctoral scholarships are available under

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Biography of the Week: Sam Nujoma

16^th January2013

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Sam Nujoma is commonly referred to as ‘the father of the nation' and, indeed, his personality and achievements tower over Namibian politics and public life. Nujoma is the central figure in the liberation struggle that brought independence to Namibia and he is equally central to the policies and practices that have shaped Namibia since then. Nujoma was born

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Why The Term 'Black'?

15^th January2013

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Judge Boshof: But why do you refer to you people as blacks? Why not brown people? I mean you people are more brown than black. Biko: In the same way as I think white people are more pink and yellow and pale than white. Judge Boshoff: Quiet…but now why do you not use the word brown then? Biko:

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The Definition of Black Consciousness

14^th January2013

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This is the paper produced for a SASO Leadership Training Course in December 1971 by Bantu Stephen Biko. We have defined blacks as those who are by law or tradition politically, economically and socially discriminated against as a group in the South African society and identifying themselves as a unit in the struggle towards the realization of their

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Afrika You Raised Me

11^th January2013

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Afrika you raised me Afrika embrace me Pain and suffering, hardship doesn’t faze me Afrika, Protector, you never let them erase me So here I stand Feet soaked deep in blood shed in our land But I will walk hand in hand, with the wind and the rain, my companions and fellow soldiers against the pain Although I

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Sir Seretse Khama: The Nationalist Hero

09^th January2013

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Fit To Rule Seretse Khama returned to Britain to continue with his law studies, but was met with a Parliamentary investigation into his suitability for the chieftaincy -- whilst Bechuanaland was under its protection, Britain claimed the right to ratify any succession. Unfortunately for the government, the investigation's report concluded that Seretse was "eminently fit to rule" --

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Biography of the Week: Sir Seretse Khama

09^th January2013

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Seretse Khama was the first prime minister of Botswana, and from 1966 to his death in 1980, he served as the country's first president. Date of Birth: 1 July 1921, Serowe, Bechuanaland. Date of Death: 13 July 1980 An Early Life Seretse (the name means "the clay that binds together") Khama was born in Serowe, British Protectorate of

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Afrika Who Are You

07^th January2013

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They speak about you in corners naming and renaming you, third world, underdeveloped, developing... Afrika who are you? They say you are the dark continent The land of the hopeless Disease struck pagans people with no purpose Afrika who are you? The media called you a child soldier, I hear you are famine-ridden It’s known the world over

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