Trauma will out
A quarter-century of democracy has not healed the scars of dispossession or broken the chains of deprivation. Three features in Insight this week examine how SA’s past continues to erupt in our present and influence our future. In the first of these, author Panashe Chigumadzi laments the painful legacy of disinheritance
15 August 2021 - 00:00
‘Ilizwe lifile!” The world is dead! “Ilizwe lifile!” Our ancestors cried during the Wars of Dispossession, signalling that it was not only black people who suffered a social death, but the land — indeed, the world — died as well...
Would you like to comment on this article?
Sign up (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.
There’s never been a more important time to support independent media.
From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.
For just R80 you can become a premium member (digital access) and support a publication that has played an important political and social role in South Africa for over a century of Sundays. You can cancel anytime.
Already subscribed? Sign in below.
Questions or problems? Email helpdesk@timeslive.co.za or call 0860 52 52 00.