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Motsuenyane wanted above all things to see black people becoming agents of their own development. For this reason he supported African entrepreneurship as strongly as he disapproved of the way the ANC’s BEE policy had developed, which he felt discouraged self-reliance.
Veteran activist and community leader Sally Motlana died in a Johannesburg hospital on Saturday after collapsing three days earlier at her home in Dube, Soweto. She was born in 1927.
An honorary doctorate was conferred on 84-year-old renowned Venda sculptor Noria Mabasa by the University of Johannesburg on Wednesday for her "spiritual" art form since 1974.
Nelson Mandela Bay will boast four names on the honour roll when president Cyril Ramaphosa bestows the country’s highest awards, the National Orders, on deserving individuals next week.
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi, creator of multi-award-winning soapie 'Generations' Mfundi Vundla, Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis and US songwriter and singer Tracy Chapman are among the recipients who will have National Orders bestowed on them by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
His work in the early 1990s exposed the involvement of the top police command structure in the murder of political opponents and activists. It also exposed the work of the then SAP security branch’s hit squads under Eugene de Kock at Vlakplaas.