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Prof. Somadoda Fikeni and Nomzamo Ntombela

Prof. Somadoda Fikeni and Nomzamo Ntombela

October 8, 2018 00:38:23

Guests: Ntombela, Nomzamo
Fikeni, Somadoda

Host: Alegi, Peter

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Episode 118

Social Justice in South Africa

Prof. Somadoda Fikeni (UNISA) and Nomzamo Ntombela (Stellenbosch) reflect on continuities and changes in South African social justice activism. Fikeni and Ntombela share their respective personal and political experiences, connecting the motives and lessons of 1980s anti-apartheid mass mobilization to the recent #FeesMustFall student movement. Click here to watch the "Campus Activism for Justice: From Southern Africa to Michigan" conference, part of the Year of Global Africa at Michigan State University.

00:00:00 - 00:02:12 Introduction
00:02:13 - 00:06:49 Visitors give more background on themselves
00:06:50 - 00:10:31 Stellenbosch
00:10:32 - 00:15:10 Relationship between rural areas and politics
00:15:13 - 00:18:29 Young people's perspective on living in urban versus rural areas
00:18:30 - 00:23:56 Fees Must Fall and gender
00:23:57 - 00:29:51 Prof. Fikeni on Fees Must Fall
00:29:52 - 00:36:42 Guests describe the topics for their presentations at the Campus Activism for Justice conference
00:36:43 - 00:38:23 Outro

Cite this Episode

Alegi, Peter, Peter Limb, Somadoda Fikeni, and Nomzamo Ntombela. "Social Justice in South Africa". Africa Past and Present, October 8, 2018. https://afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/episode=118/.