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FILE: Late struggle icon Steve Biko. Picture: @BikoFoundation/Twitter.

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KENNETH MOKGATLHE: Steve Biko's name shouldn't be used by the corrupt in the ANC

By Kenneth Mokgatlhe

The oppressor is no longer white. The oppressor is the ruling elite, and it does not matter what colour they are, writes Kenneth Mokgatlhe.

  • FILE: Late struggle icon Steve Biko. Picture: @BikoFoundation/Twitter.

    WATCH LIVE: 21st annual Steve Biko memorial lecture

    The World Health Organization (WHO) Sub-Saharan Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, is delivering the 21st annual Steve Biko memorial lecture, hosted by the Steve Biko Foundation.

    248 days ago
  • The family and friends of Steve Biko friends held the annual commemoration of his passing at his gravesite in Ginsberg, Eastern Cape, on 2 September 2021. Picture: Steve Biko Foundation.

    'One of SA's greatest freedom fighters': 44th anniversary of Biko's death marked

    The Biko family, friends and dignitaries held their annual commemoration at his gravesite in Ginsberg, Eastern Cape.

    248 days ago
  • Bishop of Makhanda, Ebenezer Ntlali anoints Ntsiki Biko following the awarding of the Honorary Doctrate of Laws Degree by Rhodes University at the Steve Biko Centre. Picture: Steve Biko Foundation.

    Ntsiki Biko, freedom fighter & widow of Steve Biko, receives honorary doctorate

    The university held its 72nd graduation ceremony on Wednesday in Makhanda, where Ntsiki Biko was the recipient of a degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) (honoris causa).

    382 days ago
  • US civil rights activist Al Sharpton performs a eulogy during a memorial service for George Floyd at North Central University on 4 June 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Picture: AFP

    US activist Sharpton: Black people should redefine values of black consciousness

    Sharpton was speaking at the 20th Annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture on Saturday night titled Black Lives Matter.

    612 days ago
  • A YouTube screengrab of Reverend Frank Chikane testifying at the Neil Aggett inquest at the Johannesburg High Court on 30 January 2020.

    'You're going to die like Biko': Chikane recalls apartheid security threats

    The cleric was testifying at the Neil Aggett inquest hearing at the Johannesburg High Court.

    839 days ago
  • The iconic photo of Hector Pieterson being carried on 16 June 1976. Picture: Sam Nzima.

    BUSANI NGCAWENI: To be young, willing but black

    Busani Ngcaweni writes passionately about the challenges faced by young black South Africans, 25 years after the demise of Apartheid.

    1067 days ago
  • A portrait of Steve Biko by Ennock Mlangeni. Picture: Ennock Mlangeni/Twitter.

    [WATCH] 'Ricoffy' artist creates commemorative Steve Biko portrait

    Ennock Mlangeni creates a variety of artworks using conventional materials and he recently caught the eye of popular DJ Black Coffee, when he created a portrait of him using just Ricoffy granules and water.

    1344 days ago
  • FILE: Late struggle icon Steve Biko. Picture: @BikoFoundation/Twitter.

    [LISTEN] Reflecting on Steve Biko’s legacy

    Talk Radio 702's Clement Manyathela spoke to the founder and executive trustee of the Steve Biko Foundation, Nkosinathi Biko, about Biko’s legacy.

    1344 days ago
  • FILE: Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) founder Steve Bantu Biko. Picture: AFP

    EFF reiterates call for East London Airport to be renamed after Steve Biko

    Back in April, when the EFF called for Cape Town International Airport to be renamed after Winnie Madikizela-Mandela following her death, the party also proposed that East London Airport be renamed after Steve Biko.

    1345 days ago
  • The 19th annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture. Picture: @SteveBikoFoundation/Twitter

    Ramaphosa to deliver keynote at 19th Steve Biko Memorial Lecture

    Today marks 41 years since Biko, the father of the Black Consciousness Movement and anti-apartheid struggle hero, was murdered by apartheid police while in custody.

    1345 days ago
  • FILE: Late struggle icon Steve Biko. Picture: @BikoFoundation/Twitter.

    41 years on, Steve Biko remembered as inspiration for youth

    Biko died from injuries sustained while in police custody at what was then called the Pretoria Central Prison.

    1345 days ago
  • Hlumelo Biko (right) makes an appearance at the Cape Town magistrate’s court on 4 January, 2018. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN

    Biko now facing charge of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm

    Hlumelo Biko’s wife filed a complaint against her husband on New Year’s Day.

    1596 days ago
  • Hlumelo Biko. Picture: LinkedIn

    Steve Biko's son to appear in court over assault

    Hlumelo Biko's wife of less than two years opened the case against him on 1 January.

    1596 days ago
  • Hlumelo Biko. Picture: LinkedIn

    Assault case opened against Steve Biko's son

    Camps Bay Police have told Eyewitness News that Hlumelo Biko’s wife, Sandisiwe, filed the complaint earlier this week.

    1597 days ago
  • FILE: Retired Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke is in charge of the Esidimeni dispute resolution process. Picture: Masego Rahlaga/EWN

    [LISTEN] Moseneke: Esidimeni tragedy comparable to Steve Biko treatment, death

    One hundred and forty-three mentally ill people died after the Gauteng Health Department terminated its contract with the Life Esidimeni group and transferred them to ill-equipped NGOs.

    1647 days ago
  • FILE: Retired Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke is in charge of the Esidimeni dispute resolution process. Picture: Masego Rahlaga/EWN

    Moseneke likens Esidimeni tragedy to how apartheid govt killed Biko

    Former president of the South African Society of Psychiatrists, Dr Mvuyiso Talatala, said that his organisation warned the Gauteng Health Department about moving patients from Esidimeni.

    1647 days ago
  • FILE: Late struggle icon Steve Biko. Picture: @BikoFoundation/Twitter.

    [WATCH LIVE] 18th Steve Biko memorial lecture underway at Unisa

    The lecture is combined with the conferring of a posthumous honorary doctorate on Bantu Stephen Biko by Unisa.

    1651 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma. Picture: GCIS

    Zuma: Struggle for black people not over yet

    President Jacob Zuma says that black people must not be victimised for speaking their minds.

    1709 days ago
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