The Western Cape KhoeKhoe and San Tribal leadership officially opened their office last week. The Cape Royal Council of Indigenous KhoeKhoe and San will be run from the Pama building at 299 Main Road, Tokai, and will be the administrative and information office for matters relating to indigenous people. It will also be a place …
More Khoisan leaders distance themselves from secession call. The leaders are from four tribes, representing customary structures within the Indigenous People’s Movement. Leaders representing four groups within the Khoisan have distanced themselves from the call for secession of the Western Cape. They claim the group calling for a so-called Sovereign State of Good Hope are being …
Human Rights Day will be commemorated all over South Africa today, Wednesday Sharpeville March 21, as a reminder of the Sharpeville massacre in 1960 and the struggle against apartheid. The massacre took place in the Sharpeville township in Gauteng when the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) embarked on a protest against the passbooks that black people …
The new year has ushered in a dangerous time for millions of rural dwellers in South Africa as they face the prospect of losing precious democratic rights enjoyed by their urban fellow citizens. The Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill is meant to recognise Khoisan communities and provide structures and leadership, while at the same …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIKKNDY_ZZI&feature=youtu.be Paramount Chief Hennie Van Wyk of the Gorachouqua Tribe at High Level Panel Western Cape Public Hearing Interview.
‘Whites still enjoying apartheid benefits’ The Khoi and San people are not myths of the past but rightful citizens who should be recognised and respected, said the paramount chief of the Gorachouqua people, Hennie van Wyk, yesterday. Van Wyk said the government had failed to recognise indigenous people, and was instead letting white people enjoy the …
The 10th April 2010 I was sworn in as Chief of the Xoraxoukhoe House, in order to fill the place of Chief Harleen Sassman. The ceremony was officiated by Khoi Konstabel and members of The Congress of First Indigenous Leaders of South Africa (CONFILSA). Nico Nel Responsible for the laying of the wreath and the burial …
