Rethink Africa Wits

The student chapter of a youth-led pan African social enterprise focused on issues of African development.
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[Rethink Africa Wits @RethinkWits]

Rethink Africa hereby cordially invite you to participate in an online Dialogue titled Youth & Land: Struggles in the City
Date: Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Time: 18:00 to 19:30 CAT
Venue: FACEBOOK LIVE & Online via Zoom https://t.co/vreMx2Bqp7 Meeting ID 886 6801 4251

[Rethink Africa Wits @RethinkWits]

Rethink Africa will be launching its report on the 1 June 2022 (Wednesday). The report begins with short case studies of the experiences of young people, and how they navigated the economic challenges of the COVID-19 period.

[South African Film & Television Awards #SAFTAs @SAFTAs_1]

The #SAFTAs send sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Lindiwe Ndlovu, a talented SAFTA-Winning Actress💔

We have lost a true talent. #RIPLindiweNdlovu

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[Rethink Africa @Rethink_Africa]

Catch @Sarah_Mulvx @Dear_Aza_ @Funzani_ at the Rethink Africa online Dialogue titled Youth & Land: Struggles in the City
Date: Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Time: 18:00 to 19:30 CAT
Venue: FACEBOOK LIVE & Online via Zoom https://t.co/ucxsj86CIV Meeting ID 886 6801 4251

[Rethink Africa @Rethink_Africa]

Rethink Africa hereby cordially invite you to participate in an online Dialogue. The dialogue will focus on the social impacts that young people face due to lack of access to land, service delivery and infrastructure within South Africa’s urban and peri-urban areas.

[Rethink Africa Wits @RethinkWits]

Thank you once again for attending the launch. We apologies once again for the technical difficulties, but we will share an edited recording of this dialogue on our website.
The research report can also be found on this link: https://t.co/azeU0CzAGM

[Rethink Africa @Rethink_Africa]

Thank you once again for attending the launch. We apologies once again for the technical difficulties, but we will share an edited recording of this dialogue on our website.
The research report can also be found on this link: https://t.co/OFo6IeUJpx

[Rethink Africa Wits @RethinkWits]

We will be launching our Research Report. The research report focuses on the views of youth on how they relate to the land question. The report approaches the land question from three interpretations: land as agriculture, land as mining and land as accommodation and housing.

[Rethink Africa @Rethink_Africa]

Dr Sifiso Ndlovu just spoke on NewzRoom Afrika about the Youth Perspective on Land Report and the Launch on 29 September 2020 (Tuesday). Please do not forget to SAVE THE DATE.

[Zikhona Valela @valavoosh]

Victoria Mxenge was also a lawyer for the families of victims of the Matola (in Mozambique) and Lesotho raids in which some activists were murdered by SADF. I want to do an Ohio/Jacana Pocket book series on this woman (well every black woman who contributed to SA liberation).

[Zikhona Valela @valavoosh]

We also need to understand the way young people rallied behind Mam' Nomzamo in the 1980s in relation to this tragic moment. Both women were regarded mothers of the nation and were loved dearly by young people when Victoria was murdered, youth feared Mam' Nomzamo would be next.

[Zikhona Valela @valavoosh]

Victoria Mxenge was loved by young people. Not only did she provide legal assistance to detainees most of who were youth, she also held political education classes at her home. Her death ignited so much rage that boycotts soon followed notably Durban and Duncan Village, eMonti.

[Zikhona Valela @valavoosh]

She was also a member of the Realease Mandela Campaign. She was buried in Rayi (just outside King William's Town toward Bulembu airport) on 11 August 1985 next to her husband. 10 000 people attended her funeral. In 1987 an inquest into her death was refused.

[Zikhona Valela @valavoosh]

Born eTamara in 1942, she went to school at Forbes Grant in Ginsberg (another alum is Steve Biko) matriculated in Healdtown. She trained as a nurse at Victoria Hospital in eDikeni and served as a community nurse eMlazi by 1964. She obtained her LLB from UNISA in 1981.

[Zikhona Valela @valavoosh]

As an activist umama occupied leadership positions in the KZN section of the United Democratic Front, and in the Natal Organisation of women. As a lawyer she defended young activists making her target for assassination. She also set up a scholarship in memory of her husband.

[Zikhona Valela @valavoosh]

She was murdered in front of her children by vlakplaas thugs in front of her children, four years after her husband Griffiths Mxenge was killed by the same murder squad. Griffiths was a lawyer who'd established a firm in Durban. After his death, Victoria headed said firm up.

[Zikhona Valela @valavoosh]

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Nonyamezelo Victoria Mxenge (a midwife, activist and attorney) just days after delivering her keynote speech at the funeral of the Cradock 4 (Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli, Sparrow Mkhonto).

[Zikhona Valela @valavoosh]

Here's another thread honoring Ma Mxenge at the start of this month. Happy Women's day. https://t.co/kx2OOIftd6