For the Fallen - honouring the unsung heroes and heroine of the liberation struggle by Mzwakhe Ndlela

 

For the Fallen by Mzwakhe Ndlela

Hello guys,

So this is heritage month and we need to know more about our country. Hence this week, I felt the book, For the Fallen by Mzwakhe Ndlela will be a perfect book to look at this week.

Yes, here we read anything and everything as we are trying to get everybody to read.

 You know the joke they say about black people? If you want to hide anything from them, put it in the book and they wont find it.

 

But with me by your side in this blog, that witchcraft, we send it back to the sender. 

Mr Roelf Meyer's interview is very informing. apartheid in SA started in 1948 upwards but racial division was there since the white settled in South Africa more than 300 years ago.

This is an easy read but rich in history of South Africa. Mr Ndlela reflects on how we South Africans have obtained our democracy.

 As an old man he is also worried that all that was fought for is slowly fading and the as he says in the book, the 2000 generation are ignorant of our past.

The book reminds us of amongst other stalwaltz, Govan Mbeki, Makhenesi Stofile, Nosiviwe Mapisa and Charles Nqakula.

I know this might not be a statement that some people will like but the book does demonstrate that the ANC has a capacity to win back black voters. Those who were once lost, that is if the party put the right people on the right jobs.

Also the party needs to promote community work, especially amongst black professionals. 

The current reality is that we do have black educated youngsters, but because they do not know the community they serve there are many clashes. Some are so unnecessary if those in authority/ titles to help or serve the community knew the plight and were able to respond to them.

Mr Mzwake also give details of amongst other things the Maseru Massacre of 1982. Our papers had history of announcing people dead when they are still alive. Here The Sowetan published the name of Ngwenduna Vanda as having died in the massacre yet he was alive.