25 Years Later

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The year’s 1928, Union of Zuid-Afrika (South Africa) dropped its first National flag ‘Oranje, Blanje, Blou’ with adaptive combinations of the different colonies that came together to form South Africa.

A flag of the white minority representing a fallacy of self-induced white suprimacy , flown over dozens, hundres, thousands of multiple POC’s heads- who in those days fought and are currently still fighting for the right to live- has now officially been dubbed ILLEGAL to display!

One would’ve thought that the pain, trauma and life prolonging torment associated with the image of this flag would be reasons enough to abolish the authorization of the use of this flag about…25 years ago.

Nonetheless, process is progress right? For that, we commend the request brought forward by The Nelson Mandela Foundation Trust, backed up by the South African Human Rights Commission and Johannesburg pride as well as the action taken by Judge Phineas Mojapelo who on the 21st of August, firmly stated: “The dominat meaning attributable to the old flag, both domestically and internationally, is that it is for the majority of the South African population a symbol that immortalizes the period of a system of racial segregation, racial oppression through apartheid- of a crime against humanity- and of a South Africa as an international pariah state that dehumanized the Black population.”

Futhermore, Judge Mojapelo continued to state that gratitious displays of the flag “visually communicates a message of the belief in (or support) of racism, white supremecy and subjudgement of the Black population.

With gratitude as well as a breath of “okay mara finally”, the notion of continuous fighting against the vile and visual hate subjected towards the Black majority will never go unnoticed.

From the years of heartache, wretchedness, torment and torture; Phansi with hate speech from minorities who yearn to reign its supremecy. PHANSI!