{UAH} South Africans pay tribute to struggle icon Steve Biko: 'Your death robbed us'

REMEMBERING STEVE BIKO- RIP.. :

"Heroes Are Those Who Sacrifice Their Lives So That Others May Live."

South Africans pay tribute to struggle icon Steve Biko: 'Your death robbed us'

12 September 2019 - 10:22BY CEBELIHLE BHENGU

Steve Biko in King William's Town on September 3 1976, a year before he was killed.
Image: John F Burns/New York Times

Touching tributes are flooding social media as South Africans remember Steve Bantu Biko, who was killed 42 years ago today.

As one of the most recognisable members of the Black Consciousness Movement, Biko's outspokenness and fearlessness saw him confront the apartheid government, mainly on students' grievances.

According to SA History, he is credited with forming student movements the South African Student Organisation (Saso) and National Union of South African Students (Nusas). 

EFF national spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has urged black South Africans to mirror the values Biko stood for, such as unity and pride in their blackness.

"In the name #SteveBiko, I dare you black people to unite against any history, symbol or narrative that mobilises you to hate each other and yourself."

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi@MbuyiseniNdlozi

In the name #SteveBiko, I dare you black people to unite against any history, symbol or narrative that mobilizes you to hate each other & yourself!

I dare you to love yourself and reject all forms of negation, and self-negation that mobilizes you to look down on your blackness.

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5:53 AM - Sep 12, 2019

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Christo@ChristoThurston

Naked and manacled, police drove #SteveBiko 1 190 km to a hospital in Tshwane after being severely assaulted by apartheid police. The apartheid government told the public he died from a hunger strike. Biko died alone in a cell on this day in 1977.

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5:30 AM - Sep 12, 2019

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Tumelo Mapaa@DjNewSouthAfric

42 years ago, the racist apartheid government murdered one of the most black conscious minds in the world at the time. But his spirit lives on. #SteveBiko

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6:30 AM - Sep 12, 2019

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Pride Thato Masiu @Pride_Memories

42 years on, Steve Biko lives in the consciousness of all South Africa. Rest in power. #SteveBiko

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7:13 AM - Sep 12, 2019

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Mpho Tsedu@MphoTsedu

Never got to meet #SteveBiko but at least I always meet the son. Wonder how it feels to share your dad with the world. His fond memory is that his dad drove a Passat that whistled its way thru the streets of Ginsberg. Once he heard the "whistle", he knew daddy is back. Biko Lives

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7:21 AM - Sep 12, 2019

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#YouDontKnowMeYet@ennockmartZA

Remember Steve Biko #NeverForget #SteveBiko

BLACK MAN YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.

My name is Ennock Mlangeni. YOU DON'T KNOW ME YET!!
#artbyennock

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6:37 AM - Sep 12, 2019

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@TommyShuta@TommyShuta

"It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die" #SteveBiko

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5:03 AM - Sep 12, 2019

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Man's Not Barry Roux @AdvBarryRoux

We remember & we will never forget

Rest in Power #SteveBiko

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6:38 AM - Sep 12, 2019

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Ulrich Janse van Vuuren

✔@UlrichJvV

42 years on, Steve Biko lives in the consciousness of all South Africa. Rest in power. #SteveBiko

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