SBF FrankTalk

at 3/29/2013

Conversation with Bulelwa Basse

29^th March2013

Title: Gathering Spirit: Arriving to Self Date: 30 March 2013 Time: 14h30 Venue: Steve Biko Centre Auditorium Moderator: Mandla Mbothwe As part of the Ginsberg Easter Festival, the Steve Biko Centre is proud to host a dialogue with Bulelwa Basse. Basse is the Founder of Lyrical Base Project, an arts and culture organisation which seeks to elevate the

at 3/26/2013

The Ginsberg Easter Festival: Ukuvuselela Ubuntu Eluntwini

26^th March2013

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The Steve Biko Foundation, will host the third annual Ginsberg Easter Festival, Resurrecting the Village Spirit, in the Ginsberg Township of King William’s Town from March 29-30. With events taking place at the recently opened Steve Biko Centre, and in open air venues throughout the township, there will be a wide variety of activities for Festival goers of

at 3/26/2013

Fighting Apartheid With Words: Chinua Achebe

26^th March2013

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"How much credence can a victim of racial oppression place on the disinterestedness of any member of the oppressor group who is, or claims to be, a liberal sympathiser while enjoying the benefits conferred automatically on him by his skin colour? Is it fair that the victim should be saddled with the additional burden of sorting out this

at 3/25/2013

Postscript: Chinua Achebe, 1930-2013

25^th March2013

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March 22, 2013 By Philip Gourevitch Chinua Achebe, who died in Boston today at the age of eighty-two, was a few weeks shy of thirty years old when Nigeria was granted independence from the British Empire, on October 1, 1960, and he was already acclaimed, worldwide, as the preëminent novelist of “black Africa.” The British publisher Heinemann had

at 3/20/2013

Steve Biko Legacy Classes

20^th March2013

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The Steve Biko Centre, an initiative of the Steve Biko Foundation, continues to facilitate legacy classes exploring the role played by Bantu Stephen Biko & Black Consciousness in the South African liberation struggle. Below are images from previous sessions For bookings you may contact Mr. Jongi Hoza on 043 605 6700 or jongi@sbf.org.za during office hours. The Steve

at 3/20/2013

We Remember the Sharpeville Massacre

20^th March2013

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In 1959, a breakaway group from the ANC, the Pan Africanist Congress held its first conference in Johannesburg. At this conference, it was announced that the PAC would launch its own anti-pass campaign. Early in 1960 both the ANC and PAC embarked on a feverish drive to prepare their members and black communities for the proposed nationwide campaigns.

at 3/18/2013

FrankTalk Radio Dialogue: Policing in Post Apartheid South Africa

18^th March2013

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On March 19, 2013, the Steve Biko Foundation, in collaboration with YFM, will host the sixth 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. Under the topic, Policing in Post-Apartheid South Africa,

at 3/16/2013

SAPS Vision and Mission: A Lived Reality?

16^th March2013

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The Constitution of the Republic of South African, 1996 (Act 108 of 1996) stipulates that the South African Police Service has a responsibility to: • prevent, combat and investigate crime; • maintain public order; • protect and secure the inhabitants of the Republic and their property; and • uphold and enforce the law. • create a safe and

at 3/14/2013

FrankTalk Radio Dialogue: Policing in Post-Apartheid South Africa

14^th March2013

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at 3/14/2013

Call for Submissions: Africa and The Glittering Prize

14^th March2013

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Opportunity Closing Date: Monday, April 18, 2013 Opportunity Type: Call for Submissions “The great powers of the world may have done wonders in giving the world an industrial and military look, but the great gift still has to come from Africa – giving the world a more human face. We have set out on a quest for true

at 3/08/2013

A Revolutionary Woman

08^th March2013

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By MARWA SHARAFELDIN 30 November 2012 Part of a series of poems by African feminist writers for 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. You talk to me about your austerity measures The need to copyright my past, present and future To relieve your financial crisis pressures I have to tighten my belt and work hard For somehow,

at 3/08/2013

Phenomenal Woman

08^th March2013

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By Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size But when I start to tell them, They think I'm telling lies. I say, It's in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I'm

at 3/06/2013

Biography of The Week: Ladipo Solanke

06^th March2013

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Chief Ladipo Solanke was born in the Yoruba town of Abeokuta, Nigeria around 1886. He was the second child and only son of Adeyola Ejiwunmi and her husband, who had adopted the name of Paley from the Scottish missionary who had raised him. He was educated at St Andrew’s Training Institution, Oyo, Nigeria, and at Fourah Bay College

at 3/04/2013

Steve Biko Legacy Classes

04^th March2013

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On March 8, 2013, the Steve Biko Centre, an initiative of the Steve Biko Foundation, will facilitate legacy classes exploring the role played by Bantu Stephen Biko & Black Consciousness in the South African liberation struggle. Facilitator: Mr. Jongi Hoza Visiting Schools: Imingcangathelo (Alice ) Thubalethu (Fort Beaufort) A.M.S. Sityana (KWT) St Thomas (KWT) The visiting schools will

at 3/01/2013

We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For

01^th March2013

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Poem for South African Women By: June Jordan Presented at The United Nations, August 9, 1978. Our own shadows disappear as the feet of thousands by the tens of thousands pound the fallow land into new dust that rising like a marvelous pollen will be fertile even as the first woman whispering imagination to the trees around her