Sparks that light the fire of protest in SA’s activists WeekendArgus
Cape Town - Fearless in their fight to bring about political and policy change in the country, activists - both young and old - spoke to the Weekend Argus about why they could not just sit back or merely speak out on the many issues plaguing some of the country’s voiceless.
“I’ve always known that there was something not quite right about the way I felt growing up as a coloured woman in South Africa, but until #RhodesMustFall happened I didn’t have the vocabulary to explain my experiences effectively and pinpoint the root cause of the negativity that I felt in certain environments.” she said.
Conrad’s activism has now spread to her work life, where she has vowed to fight for accurate and diverse representation within the arts industry of all people of colour, and specifically women of colour. Malumane-Moshokoa, 22, recalled a time when a friend had no accommodation and a protest broke out on campus.“#FeesMustFall drew me into activism because it resonated with me. Education is not meant to be commodified - it should be free to all people.”“Students started to mobilise to drive what we are facing. We wanted an education that is for us to solve our issues as Africans, not education that is Eurocentric.
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