M'afrika Christine Qunta, an Africanist who served on the SABC Board during the Thabo Mbeki era, should be congratulated for the success in insisting that the public broadcaster spend up to R4m on the documentary. The outcomes of the work done, and the footage makes for interesting viewing and a puts a fresh perspective on Sobukwe. Each year in the past ten years at least there has been growing publicity on the contributions of Mangaliso Sobukwe to the main agenda of liberation politics in South Africa, from many persuasions and from individuals other than PAC members. I would take it that since this project was implemented around, the chief censors within the SABC kept shunting it up and down to the archives refusing to broadcast. The centenary celebrations and the costs allocated to it must have pressured the SABC to use the documentary in March 2012 - also known for 21 March and dubbed Sobukwe month by the broadcaster. I'm also sceptical of the treatment in the documentary of support and endorsement of Sobukwe by individuals such as, for e.g., Kathrada who was on the Rivonia Trial, and even characters like Lennox Mlonzi who defied the call for 'No Defence, No Bail, No Fine' during the Positive Action Campaign, and went on to serve in the Urban Bantu Councils and formed anti-PAC organisations like the Christian Democratic Party in which he was number two in the list during the 1994 general elections. By inference, the viewers would liken sobukwe to these personalities. Also, there was open promotion of the ANC as the premier organisation in that conjured up scene at Fort Haare where the actors play out Sobukwe and AP Mda in a documentary of the leader and founder of the PAC. That is negative propaganda smuggled in a PAC documentary, to promote the ANC. But let us all agree, this documentary puts us in the limelight and it educates the masses that there were other credible leaders other than the incumbent ruling party. Izwe lethu Jaki To: [email protected] Subject: [PAYCO] Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:13:58 +0000
ExternalClassecxshapeExternalClassp.ecxMsoNormalExternalClassli.ecxMsoNormalExternalClassdiv.ecxMsoNormalbottom:.0001pt;fontsize:11.0pt;fontCalibriExternalClassa:linkExternalClassspan.ecxMsoHyperlinkcolor:blue;text-decoration:underlineExternalClassa:visitedExternalClassspan.ecxMsoHyperlinkFollowedcolor:purple;text-decoration:underlineExternalClassp.ecxMsoAcetateExternalClassli.ecxMsoAcetateExternalClassdiv.ecxMsoAcetatebottom:.0001pt;fontsize:8.0pt;fontExternalClassspan.ecxEmailStyle17Calibricolor:windowtextExternalClassspan.ecxBalloonTextCharExternalClassecxMsoChpDefaultWordSection1size:8.5in11.0inExternalClassdiv.ecxWordSection1page:WordSection1 Seroke and Ndebele I hope everything is well with you. assuming that you watched the documentary that was screened on SABC 1 about Robert Sobukwe. I was indeed thrilled with the comments from interviewees more especially from the longest-serving apartheid minister Pik Botha who admitted that the whole Africa wanted to negotiate with Sobukwe other than Mandela. I was somewhat amazed that Ka-Platjie has some interest of writing about PAC or its heroes, as it is said that writing some book about Sobukwe. This contradicts with his master , Jacob Zuma, who averted mentioning the name of Sobukwe at Kliptown. A more pathetic twaddle came from Fikile Mbalula who said “ this day, is not a PAC day”. I fail to understand why we don’t organize our own rally at Sharpeville. kind regards Mduduzi Sibeko Admin/finance T +27-11-724-9281 C +27-71-101-2595 F +27-11-900-1929 F 086-754-2176 E [email protected] www.randwater.co.za This email and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential and proprietary information. This information is private and protected by law and, accordingly, if you are not the intended recipient, you are requested to delete this entire communication immediately and are notified that any disclosure, copying or distribution of or taking any action based on this information is prohibited. Emails cannot be guaranteed to be secure or free of errors or viruses. The sender does not accept any liability or responsibility for any interception, corruption, destruction, loss, late arrival or incompleteness of or tampering or interference with any of the information contained in this email or for its incorrect delivery or non-delivery for whatsoever reason or for its effect on any electronic device of the recipient. Views and opinions expressed or implied in this email are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of Rand Water. If verification of this email or any attachment is required, please request a hard-copy version. -- Sending your posting to [email protected] Unsubscribe by sending an email to [email protected] You can also visit http://groups.google.com/group/payco Visit our website at www.mayihlome.wordpress.com -- Sending your posting to [email protected] Unsubscribe by sending an email to [email protected] You can also visit http://groups.google.com/group/payco Visit our website at www.mayihlome.wordpress.com
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