Let’s stop the rigmarole, merry-go-round and look at the crux of the liberation project

David Letsoalo|Published

We are continually in a despicable state of obsession with peripheral issues and have put the liberation agenda on the back-burner.

Cheers to Shenge at 94: Reflections on Ingonyama Trust

David Letsoalo|Published

When Buthelezi succeeded his father as Inkosi of the Buthelezi clan in 1954, he became the “prime minister” of the Zulu nation under King Cyprian kaBhekuzulu, which ...

The whole post-1994 South Africa, is an “Apartheid Flag” under the guise of Rainbow Nation

David Letsoalo|Published

The whole post-1994 South Africa, is an “Apartheid Flag” under the guise of Rainbow Nation

EFF anniversary celebrations: A solid nine years of active fight for economic freedom in our lifetime

David Letsoalo|Published

Today, the Afrikan continent resonates with the power of Madiba's cry as personified by the charismatic revolutionary, Sello, a Cry of the people. That powerful ...

Current ANC leadership has no guts to kick out the WMC in its fold

David Letsoalo|Published

Frankly, the organisation has, through many phases of history, transmogrified into an inglorious movement which has become a vehicle for pursuance of personal agendas, ...

The collapse of South Africa exposes the loss of consciences of black leaders

David Letsoalo|Published

Beyond the deceptive simplicity of this name is the imperative for black people to free themselves from spiritual and mental slavery.

State Capture furore should not be used to wipe off the Phala Phala ‘DollarGate’ mess

David Letsoalo|Published

The entire report, in fact, contains nothing more than what the people expected, namely the shenanigans that the erstwhile liberation movement, ANC, was centrally ...

In search of meaning of the June 1976 Soweto Uprisings in the context of the liberation struggle

David Letsoalo|Published

It is thus intriguing that almost all parties and races have something to say about June 16. After all, every ethnic group and racial group has youth. Therefore, ...

It’s been 12 days since Fraser opened a case against the president – the test case for the NPA

David Letsoalo|Published

It appears the “why now” question is never asked when criminal complaints are brought against others, or when they are even charged. Obviously, when the so-called ...

The discourse of 'Youth Month' is an effort to hide the apartheid blot on the rainbow canvas

David Letsoalo|Published

The cries by the heroes and martyrs of 1976 for Black Power have, unfortunately, yielded the state of black powerlessness and marginalisation in the new apartheid ...

The agony of the working class in the land of plenty. . . for some

David Letsoalo|Published

On Wednesday, the eve of Afrika Day, I found myself sauntering the lawns of the Union Buildings to “support” the black workers embroiled in a protracted strike against ...

The paradox of SA’s ‘rainbow flag’ exposes the complacency of post-1994 black leaders

David Letsoalo|Published

Last week the people of this country, Azania, were again swept into a whirlpool of confusion and outrage over yet another flag.

Time to embrace an honest meaning of “Mayibuye iAfrika” in this Afrika Month

David Letsoalo|Published

We must unpack what ‘Mayibuye iAfrika’ really means as we celebrate Africa month

Reflections on the new chief justice and looming ANC presidency

David Letsoalo|Published

Supreme Court of Appeal President Justice Mandisa Maya was the only only woman to have been shortlisted in the search for the country’s next chief justice. Picture: ...

The Sona week reminds us of the continued cry for freedom

David Letsoalo|Published

The remark by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on the insignificant role the State should play in the creation of jobs was bound ...

Anniversary of struggle hero Tiro’s murder should serve as reminder of our complacency, gullibility and betrayal

David Letsoalo|Published

'We should halt the repetition of misnomers of “freedom”, because, truth be told, it’s not yet uhuru'

Has Sisulu stepped on the tail of the proverbial snake?

David Letsoalo|Published

THE brouhaha surrounding Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s recent bold opinion piece refuses to die; and won’t die soon. The piece has stirred up the hornets’ nest within ...

’If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones’ - this is what Sisulu implied

David Letsoalo|Published

The 28 years of the so-called freedom under the rainbow of the ANC government has left black people still oppressed, marginalized, exploited, landless and poor. ...

Is it wolves, vultures or sheep? Seeing through the veil of electioneering

David Letsoalo|Published

By David LetsoaloThe so-called Heritage Month as endorsed by the South African authorities and the calendar is beyond us now. Officially. What this practically means ...

Beyond the rhetoric of freedom lies the ANC’s apartheid state

David Letsoalo|Published

It’s hard to believe that it’s almost a decade since the massacre of black people at Marikana in 2012. It’s even harder to imagine that when that atrocious anti-black ...

Why not scrap this Unfreedom Day from the calendar until true freedom has been attained?

David Letsoalo|Published

OPINION: The best that we can do as a way of spending this “holiday” is to commemorate the day as a mark of the moment when the dreams of the oppressed were betrayed ...

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