Tag: freedom
Remembering Ashley, the Che Guevara of the Cape Flats
By Zubeida Jaffer Thirty-eight years ago this month, South African apartheid police murdered...
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Not in Ashley’s Name: A Tribute and a Warning
By Henriette Abrahams Today marks 38 years since my comrade, mentor, and leader Ashley Kriel was...
Read MoreJohannesburg Launch: An unforgettable evening honouring the legacy of Charlotte Maxeke
Dr Zubeida Jaffer was hosted by 27four in Johannesburg on 18 June for the first of two Gauteng launches of her book, Becoming Charlotte.
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“I would rather die a poor Afrikaner than a rich individual that has lost my identity” Kallie Kriel, Afriforum
By Zubeida Jaffer In a recent article (link), I mulled over the yearning for cultural...
Read MoreWhen Truth is Desecrated
Friday May 10 2024 The Democratic Alliance’s symbolic desecration of a national symbol is not the most disturbing aspect of the recent flag-burning advertisement. Granted, as most commentators have said, it is a crude effort to...
Read MoreIn Memory of Phindile Xaba on Black Wednesday
Zubeida Jaffer, Shepi Mati, Frank Meintjies and Phindile Xaba South Africa has come a long way from the dark day of October 19, 1977 when the Apartheid regime squeezed the noose tightly around press freedom. Known as Black...
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Tiny ripples can lead to tsunamis of change
By Ashley Forbes Death seems everywhere, as does suffering and despair. I recently visited an old...
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Haron and Biko – fallen heroes who died in September
Two dates in September are hard for me to forget – 12 and 27 September. On 12 September 1977, 42...
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Mosques need to take up the issue of violence against women
On 9 August 2018, National Women’s Day, Zubeida Jaffer spoke to Tashreeq Truebody of Radio...
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Let’s choose a path where all can prosper
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was probably one of the world’s most well know freedom fighters, who tirelessly campaigned for an end to apartheid injustice. Award winning journalist Zubeida Jaffer argues that it’s time for all of us to pick up the baton left by stalwarts like Winnie and to fight as she did for a South Africa which benefits all.
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Johnny Issel on freedom
“ What spurred us on then – the need and urge for freedom – still burns within us and it...
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