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Two funerals and one song

Posted by Soccer Cinema on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, In : text 

Two funerals and one song


The killing of SACP Secretary General Chris Hani on 10 April 1993 was one of the most tragic events in recent South African history, robbing us of one of our greatest leaders, threatening to tear South Africa apart. 


At his funeral, the late Peter Mokaba, then ANC Youth League president sang a song that has been making headlines in recent weeks: Kill the Boer, Kill the farmer. 

The tune, picked up 17 years later, by another ANC Youth League president, Julius Malema, has...


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Wickedness Killed Greatness

Posted by Soccer Cinema on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, In : video 

     


A poem by Benjamin Zephaniah

 

Wickedness tried to kill greatness.

In a corner of South Africa

Where they believed there were

No mothers and fathers

No sisters and brothers


And


Where they believed

One could not hear the cries of another,

Wickedness tried to kill greatness.


Wickedness tried to build a nation

Of white tyrants.


In a corner of the planet

They arrogantly downpressed

They did not overstand


As they suffered the illusion of the God complex,

But these words are not for wickedness.


These w...


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Between Joy and Rememberance - Lingelihle, Cradock

Posted by Soccer Cinema on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, In : text 
Cradock seemed further than two hours from Grahamstown. The R350, a bit of a dribble through pothole at times, winds north, past the quaint town of Bedford and paparazzi-shy monkeys, through canyons and across the Great Fish River.   We have been blessed to have Nyameka Goniwe's support to introduce Soccer Cinema to Lingelihle. Through her, we met primary school teacher Sandile Sepeni and soccer coach Mxolisi Ndatya, both biiiig soccer fans, at the Lingelihle Stadium.

The annual Easter Tourna...

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