South Africa: A Nation Under Siege by Corruption & Power Politicians have turned our country into a crime scene – all in their greedy pursuit of corruption and power. Anyone who dares disrupt their criminal empire becomes a target for assassination . Yet, we are still blessed with heroes like Lt Colonel Kelebogile Thepa 👏🇿🇦 The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) spokesperson recently gave emotional testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into police interference and misconduct. She revealed: 🔫 Being accosted by armed men – TWICE 🔥 Receiving death threats of being burnt alive 📰 Her career sabotaged and name smeared by a superior after a "blue light scandal" media probe Her courage in exposing corruption and fighting for accountability is inspiring . This is the kind of integrity South Africa desperately needs. We need MORE like Lt Col Thepa to restore the rule of law and reclaim our country. 💪 #StandWithThepa #EndCorrupti...
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Aluta Continua: Remembering Miriam Makeba in a South Africa Still Struggling for Dignity By Mathibela Sebothoma I grew up listening to Miriam Makeba’s music. As a young person in the 1980s, with the help of Peter Mnono Makgatholela, we sang her songs not just for entertainment, but as an expression of identity and hope. Only later did I come to understand that the woman whose voice shaped our imagination had been exiled and banned from her own home. Her music was not only beautiful; it was a lifeline for a people kept silent. On November 9, 2008, Miriam Makeba collapsed on stage in Castel Volturno, Italy, performing at an anti-mafia concert in solidarity with the writer Roberto Saviano. She was seventy-six. Seventeen years later, on the anniversary of her passing, her songs Aluta Continua (1980) and African Sunset (1987) still speak urgently to South Africa. Aluta Continua was recorded during her exile in Guinea. Its title, “the struggle continues,” drew from Mozambican liberatio...