SNI & The People’s Manifesto – FAQs
What is the September National Imbizo? The September National Imbizo (SNI) is a PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT. It is a national voluntary movement of like minded people who wish to bring about a new society where all are taken care of for real. This means the SNI is not a political party, but a revolutionary movement that…
The ANC Rewards The Man Who Murdered Dr Walter Rodney!
The Government of the African National Congress (ANC) has decided to award in gold “The Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo” to a political thug, the former President of Guyana, Forbes Burnham who murdered one of the best black Marxist historians and Black Power revolutionary leaders, Dr Walter Rodney. By granting this award to Burnham, the ANC insults not just…
Hands Off Andile Mngxitama!
| March 31, 2013 | News |
As the September National Imbizo (SNI) we boldly support our brother and comrade Andile Mngxitama against the allegations meted out to him. Most importantly we refuse to personalise this debacle. Mngxitama’s wager expressed the collective rage after an incitement of violence through distortions by Jared Sacks’ article. And it is from this perspective that we…
Remembering Chavez: We are in Pain
| March 13, 2013 | Blog, News, Political Education |
by Andile Mngxitama A friend from the United States of America sent to me a message around 3am on the 6th of March, expressing our shared worst fear: Hugo Chavez is no more! I found myself on the side of the road crying for a man I never met. The loss of Chavez is felt…
ANC, COSATU & SACP- hands off Chavez!
| March 7, 2013 | from the National Coordinating Committee |
Hugo Chavez Lives! The September National Imbizo (SNI) joins the millions across the world who mourn the passing on of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Our movement had been in revolutionary prayers to our Black Gods to save Chavez, the inspiration to revolution and love for the people. We accept with heavy hearts and devastated spirits that cancer has finally taken our brother, comrade and fellow revolutionary.…
The End is Here: Thoughts towards a Blackened World
| December 21, 2012 | Blog |
By Nicholas Brady The end is near. The end is here. Yet this begs the question, what can one call the end? How can we define the end? Does it mean that there will be no life on the earth? Does this mean the atmosphere will be broken by the trajectory of a million asteroids;…
SNI WELCOMES END OF THE WORLD!
The September National Imbizo (SNI) stands with the indigenous peoples of Latin America more specifically the Mayan people on the eve of the end of their calendar. This cataclysmic day has been derided by the Western world and others as another indication of irrationality as the confirmation of the “unpeopleness” of those they hold in…
Apartheid style Divide and Conquer tactics likely to sabotage farm workers’ protest for decent wage
Report by Zukisani Madalane Monday, 10 December 2012 On sunday,09 December2 2012 , SNI Western Cape, attended a meeting in Stellenbosch. The meeting was in relation to the De Doorns Farm Workers Strikes and many such strikes in the Western Cape agricultural regions. The meeting consisted of different activists and farm labourers at the receiving…
END POLICE BRUTALITY
South Africa has one of the highest prevalence of public protests in the world and these protests continue to involve a significant degree of state repression. Since the dawn of democracy via the ‘miracle’ of 1994 there has been a huge wave of protests characterised by a radical current that signals the beginnings of a…
Letter To The Nation
We, the Students for Uhuru (SFU), a non- partisan student organisation conceived with the sole aim of promoting public intellectualism and to inculcate a culture of reflection about nation building issues among university students. We have responded to the call by Frantz fanon “each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfil it,…
Message from the 2013 NCC
On 30 November, SNI held its 3rd annual Imbizo in Johannesburg. The aim of this Imbizo was to receive reports from the sub-committees regarding the activities the movement were involved in in 2012, to evaluate the state of the movement and politics in general, resolve internal matters, pass resolutions for 2013 and elect a new…