The People’s War Radio Show, Episode #68: Africans struggle for Bread, Peace, and Black Power in Southern Africa

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From July 9 to July 17 Africans took to the streets of South Africa in protest of the neocolonial government and brutal conditions they live under. As well, the African working class in the neighboring country of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, have also risen up in protest.

The colonial media has tried to explain the uprisings in South Africa as support for the jailed former-president Jacob Zuma. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has echoed the talking points of the former apartheid regime by blaming the unrests on agitation.

Covid-19, unemployment, and other immediate factors have also been pinpointed by some analysts as the cause for the unrest.

Our guests in this episode identify the central contradiction that has defined the global uprising of the African working class over the last year--colonialism; the political and economic exploitation of African people by foreign and alien powers.

Our guests place the uprisings in Southern Africa into the context of the global uprising of African people over the last year. They identify the current uprisings in Southern Africa as part of the struggle to complete the Black Revolution of the 1960s and place the control of African resources into the hands of African people.

Our guests talk about a variety of topic:

• The South Africa Uprising
• The ongoing protests in Eswatini
• The history of settler-colonialism in South Africa
• Neocolonialism and the ANC government
• The culture, education and African Unity from South Africa to the United States; with a focus on the revolutionary use of hip-hop and reggae
• The Bread, Peace and Black Power Campaign

We are joined by three organizers on the ground in South Africa: Tafarie Mugeri, Asa Anpu and Zakhele Mkhondo.

Tafarie Mugeri is the Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party Occupied Azania. Chairman Tafarie is also the Director of Organization for Africa. Under Tafarie’s leadership, the African Socialist International has grown throughout various regions of Southern, Western and East Africa.

Asa is the Secretary General for APSP Occupied Azania. Asa is also the director of the Better Life Association, a non-profit organization, dedicated to solving the problems of healthcare, education, and skills development in the townships.

Zakhele is the President of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement in South Africa.

The People's War radio show is produced by WBPU 96.3 FM "Black Power 96" in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is hosted by Dr. Matsemela Odom and Dexter Mlimwengu, bringing an African Internationalist perspective to the important issues of our world.