Lebohang Liepollo Pheko

A sensation of living inside an endless series of memes is the surreal experience that South Africans shared in 2016.

It is an odd fluke that these two men arrived and departed from this earth on the same day: Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was born on 5 December 1924 while Mandela died on the same date three years ago.  Initially counterparts in the ANC Youth League, their profound tactical differences and deep

September offered South Africa yet another occasion to pore over shared national heritage, contested memories and the construction of meaning.

Africa, Beautiful and Majestic

I dream of my family from Cape to Cairo

From the East to the West I dream of Rain and Sunshine round the year

I dream of snow capped mountains of Lesotho Africa, With your green lustre

If I were to write an open letter to Muhammad Ali now,  my tears would be the ink with which I write. It would be a letter of love and admiration. Of confusion and anger.