Happy birthday, Arch, there is no other person who challenges every wrongdoing quite like you did, writes Thembile Ndabeni.
But thank God he is still alive and will turn 90 years old today.
That is what led to the declaration of apartheid as a “crime against humanity”. But the heartless human butchers from Pretoria were not ashamed and showed no remorse for their action. Despite an ideological feud resulting in the Black Consciousness Movement’s Azapo’s opposition to other people, the Arch and Reverend Allan Boesak were not deterred from inviting Senator Robert Kennedy on a “fact-finding” tour.The same Arch was not scared of a mob in 1985. He rescued a man from the clutches of the mob and spoke sharply against it. That was when people accused of being impimpis were necklaced.
Though a Christian, he challenged Israeli attacks on Palestine. He did not hide his discontent when the South African government denied the Dalai Lama a visa for the Nobel Summit.
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