On the 19th of November 2021, I was led up a flight of black staircases into a building and then into a classroom whose wall is emblazoned with Steven Biko’s pensive big graphic face. I had arrived at the Instituto Cultural Steve Biko (ICSB –...
Read MoreThe Steve Biko Centre is participating in the MuseumFutures Africa, a Pan-African project established to support the conceptual development of museums throughout the African continent. Spearheaded by the Goethe-Institut and a team of practitioners from the art and museum fields, the project was conceived in...
Read MoreBishop of Makhanda, Ebenezer Ntlali anoints Mam' Biko following the awarding of the Honorary Doctrate of Laws Degree by Rhodes University at the Steve Biko Centre. I would like to thank Rhodes University for the honour it has bestowed upon me through the award of a...
Read MoreGauteng – The Steve Biko Foundation and UNISA are pleased to advise our patrons that the 20th Annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture will be rebroadcast on SABC News tonight at 19h00 SAST. The rebroadcast was arranged following the technical interference encountered during the live broadcast...
Read MoreGauteng – The Founder and Executive Trustee of the Steve Biko Foundation, Mr. Nkosinathi Biko, and the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of UNISA, Professor Mandla Makhanya, have expressed gratitude to viewers and technical teams for bearing through the technical challenges encountered during the earlier live broadcast...
Read MorePOLITICS / 07 SEPTEMBER 2020 / Press Release Gauteng - The Founder and Executive Trustee of the Steve Biko Foundation, Mr. Nkosinathi Biko, and the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of UNISA, Professor Mandla Makhanya, are pleased to announce the upcoming 20th Annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture. The...
Read MoreBy Nkosinathi Biko Millions of South Africans who are still nursing the raw wounds of apartheid found the recent utterances by the last President of Apartheid South Africa, Frederik Willem De Klerk, vile, provocative and reactionary. The remarks were made in an interview with the SABC...
Read MorePOLITICS / 4 SEPTEMBER 2018, 11:32AM / BALDWIN NDABA Johannesburg - President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the 19th annual Steve Biko memorial lecture in commemoration of the of 41st anniversary of the Black Consciousness leader's death in police custody. The announcement was made by the founder and executive trustee of the Steve Biko...
Read MoreRead the full speech by Dr Ibbo Mandaza here: 18th Annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture - Pan-Africanism, Class and the State in Southern Africa - Dr Ibbo Mandaza...
Read MoreBy Nkosinathi Biko We are a people immersed in a culture of symbolism. One such symbol is that which marks the grave of the departed. In modern day form this is a tombstone. While designed to mark the end of life, many African communities believe that...
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