Voices | Vusi Mavimbela | The ANC must evolve and renew or else it dies
When Pixley ka Seme wrote his poem titled The Regeneration of Africa at the beginning of the 20th century, he was expressing a dream of all the African people.
“Oh Africa! Like some great century plant that shall bloom/ In ages hence we watch thee/ In our dream see in thy swamps the prospero of our stream/ Thy doors unlocked, where knowledge in her womb hath lain innumerable years in gloom/ Then shalt thou, walking with that morning gleam, shine as thy sister lands with equal beam...”Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. You can cancel any time.
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