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In SA, whenever streets and towns are renamed, certain struggle icons like great scholar Dr Neville Alexander, former editor of note Ahmeen Akhalwaya, firebrand Africanist !Khoisan X, eloquent Strini Moodely etc, are overlooked.
As we reflect on this troubled history and honour those who sacrificed their lives to bring freedom to South Africa, hard questions must be asked about whether the ideals they fought for have yet to be realised.
Amílcar Cabral was assassinated 50 years ago today. His thought, which sometimes arrived in South Africa via a circuitous route, speaks to our current crisis with undiminished power.
It seems that we humans are hotwired for conflict and the merciless killing of each other – and the evidence is overwhelming. From the violent collapse of the Songhai Empire in the early 17th century, to Zimbabwe’s Operation Murambatsvina in 2005, to Operation Dudula in our own backyard.