"I don’t know how it happened but I know that the community voted for me. I had won the area but on the day I was goin…"

"I used to work so hard for [the ANC] here in Wonderkop. I helped at the community centre where people came with their…"

"These were young men I knew. Some of them had come to me for advice and we were building a community here together.”"

"Poetry is part of the struggle. You use the armed struggle; you use political methods… You recite a poem. It’s better…"

"On behalf of my mother, Lindiwe Mabuza we thank Rhodes University for this prestigious award. As a family, we are bot…"

"Our nation owes her an enormous debt of gratitude and appreciation for all the sacrifices she has made throughout her…"

"People without a memory cannot chart their past to the future"

"Poetry plays a significant role in the restoration of the memory of a nation"

"South Africa's collective memory is an integral part of its living heritage"

"people without an awareness of where came from cannot be in a position to reclaim their history"