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| Steve Biko on the cover of Drum Magazine |
Unemployed People’s Movement Press Statement
Remembering
Biko: A bright and guiding light in dark times
Commemoration
from 12 noon on Wednesday 19 September 2012
Steve Biko was murdered by the apartheid state on 12
September 2012. Today state murder stalks our land once again. In these dark
times we will gather to honour the memory of Steve Biko – a memory that is a
shining light.
We plan to retrace the route that Biko and his comrades took
when they walked out of the NUSAS meeting at Rhodes University in 1967. We will
walk from the campus to the church where they slept that night. We will carry
36 candles – one for each of the striking miners murdered by the state at
Marikana.
We will be addressed by Aubrey Mokoape (former leader in
SASO and the BPC), Bishop Rubin Phillip (former Deputy-President of SASO),
Barney Pityana (former President of SASO and BCP), Richard Pithouse (activist in
contemporary struggles) and Pauline Wynter (radical ecologist and lifelong
activist who currently works with the Steve Biko centre in Brazil). The
programme will commence at 12 noon on Wednesday 19 September 2012. We will
gather under the arch at the entrance to Rhodes University and then proceed to
Saint Phillip’s Church in Fingo Village.
All people that wish to honour the memory of Biko are most
welcome to attend.
For further information please contact:
Asanda Ncwadi (UPM chairperson): 071 010 5441
Ayanda Kota (UPM spokesperson): 078 625 6462
Siyanda Centwa (UPM activist): 078 571 5507
