Delivered at a graduation ceremony at the university of the north, 29 april 1972 mr. He had a yellow tshirt on with an image of muscular black arms breaking chains apart. When a petition for his reinstatement was rejected, students began a sitin in the main hall. Kenyan professor, patrick otieno lumumba, says corruption is the biggest challenge to growth of the continent. Abraham onkgopotse tiro expelled from turfloop where he is student president in 1972 after explosive speech at graduation ceremony, goes to teach at morris isaacton hs in soweto tsietsi mashinini. Onkgopotse tiro comprehensive 20202021 fees contacts. Onkgopotse tiro, imam haroun, braam fischer zephenia mothopeng and of chris hani.
Introduction and salutations the heritage register. References this article about kordofanian languages is a stub. Teach kgonothi speech at onkgopotse tiro memorial lecture. She is the managing partner and head of conveyancing and commercial law department. Onkgopotse tiro comprehensive 20202021 fees contacts forms. Prof p l o lumumba speaks at onkgopotse tiro memorial. Prof p l o lumumba speaks at onkgopotse tiro memorial lecture in limpopo university.
Sep 10, 2017 prof p l o lumumba speaks at onkgopotse tiro memorial lecture in limpopo university. I am deeply honoured to deliver the first memorial lecture in tiros name at the university of limpopo. Some of the african quotes which are usually regarded to as the sayings of the wise have been around for more than 500 years when they were first coined by the wise ones and the. I stand before you as a humble inheritor of the tradition of thought expressed by tiro on this campus on a fateful day in april 1972. The schools emis number is 600104266 and postal address is p. Onkgopotse abram tiro was born in 1947 in dinokana village, near zeerust, and assassinated 1 february 1974.
In his youth, he responded, like his great friend onkgopotse tiro, to the call of the liberation movement to fight for the freedom of all south africans. Onkgopotse tiro or moshoeshoe streets in the recent past. Parcel of death recounts the littletold life story of onkgopotse abram tiro, the first south african freedom fighter the apartheid regime pursued beyond the countrys borders to assassinate with a parcel bomb. One such outstanding young leader of the time was onkgopotse tiro who defiantly confronted those who had arrogated to themselves the exalted position. During what later became known as the turfloop testimony, the then president of the student. Tiro spanish to english translation spanish central. Lumumba was addressing hundreds of people at the 5th annual onkgopotse tiro memorial lecture at the university of limpopo in memory of onkgopotse tiro a struggle icon who was killed by apartheid police in botswana in 1974 the kenyan academic told the audience who packed the. Tiro had in 1972 delivered a speech at a graduation ceremony at the university of the north turfloop, now known as the university of limpopo, where he criticised the bantu education act of 1953. In the same month the allwhite disciplinary committee expelled onkgopotse tiro. Onkgopotse abram tiro was finally laid to rest on march 22, 1998, after the remains of his body were received by his family on march 20, 1998.
He was one of the main leaders instrumental in the creation of the black power movement in south africa. See more ideas about steve biko, african history and african. Jun 15, 2017 in search of onkgopotse tiros full story. Daniel matjila, ceo of the public investment corporations acceptance speech for onkgopotse tiro excellence awards, 11 november 2016, gallagher estate. The economic freedom fighters marks the 41st anniversary of the brutal assassination of abram onkgopotse tiro by the racist and murderous apartheid regime. State of the nation address 2014 brand south africa. Mpho morolane elected president of effsc eff politics. During what later became known as the turfloop testimony, the then president of. Graduation speech by onkgopotse tiro at the university of. I am deeply honoured to deliver the first memorial lecture in tiro s name at the university of limpopo. For generations to come, this book will be a source of valuable information and inspiration.
It draws inspiration from the steve biko, onkgopotse tiro, solomon mahlangu and tsietsi mashinini generation. The university of limpopo is the result of a merger between the former medical university of southern africa and the university of the north, which merger occurred on 01 january 2005. Feb, 2014 in bitesize, easily understood chunks, we bring you the full text of south african president jacob zumas state of the nation address, delivered to a joint sitting of parliament in cape town on the evening of february 2014. His legacy serves as an inspiration for the june 16, 1976 soweto uprisings. The brutal murder of south african activist onkgopotse. He attended primary school at dinokana and motswedi, and matriculated at barolong. Abram ramothibi onkgopotse tiro south african history online. On 8 september, kenyan intellectual, legal expert and scholar, professor patrick loch otiena lumumba, delivered the 5th onkgopotse tiro memorial lecture at the university of limpopo. The historical impact of his speech can only be regarded as a forerunner to onkgopotse abram tiros graduation address at turfloop university in 1972. Advocate of the high courts of kenya and tanzania, and.
On the 29 april 1972, a young man made a stirring speech on his university campus in. Jul 11, 2014 onkgopotse tiro comprehensive school is aan public secondary school in,central district municipality,mafikeng local municipality. Graduation speech by onkgopotse tiro at the university of the north, 29 april 1972. His uncle ned onkgopotse tiro, who he was named after and bafedile masoba his aunt had a deep. Graduation speech by onkgopotse tiro at the university of the. His uncle ned onkgopotse tiro, who he was named after and bafedile masoba his aunt had a deep influence on his upbringing and sharpened his leadership skills. He was born in dinokana, a small village near zeerust. Tiro attacked the fact that a supposedly black university was controlled by white leadership, that white companies received contracts to supply. On 29 april 1972 tiro made one of the most consequential antiapartheid addresses in south african history. Prof p l o lumumba speaks at onkgopotse tiro memorial lecture. Launch of parcel of death by gaongalelwe tiro on august 22.
In his speech tiro attacked the discrimination against blacks and the control of universities by the apartheid government, and education in general, by whites. As his journey took him though the welltrodden path to robben island, his resolve to continue the good fight never diminished. Tiro, also thiro or tira, is a nigercongo language in the heiban family spoken in kordofan, sudan. Read in juxtaposition to tiros speech, it is clear that the founding ethos of turfloop bore little resemblance to the ideals its students came to support in the early 1970s. He was expelled from the university of the north now known as university of limpopo in 1972 for his political activities. Parcel of death recounts the littletold life story of onkgopotse abram tiro, the first south african freedom fighter to be pursued by the apartheid regime beyond the countrys borders in order to be assassinated by means of a parcel bomb. Sep 08, 2017 lumumba was addressing hundreds of people at the 5th annual onkgopotse tiro memorial lecture at the university of limpopo. We draw inspiration from the steve biko, onkgopotse tiro and tsietsi mashinini generation. Vice chancellor and gentlemen, allow me to start off by borrowing language from our prime minister, mr. Modiri molema road old parliament complex mmabatho. Welcoming guest school principal, teach kgonothi speech at onkgopotse tiro comprehensive school, near zeerust. Translation of tiro at merriamwebsters spanishenglish dictionary.
An action committee was established, comprising members of the sasm leadership and the junior secondary schools coordinating committee, including tsietsi mashinini, murphy. While in third year in university of nairobi, he started dating celestine, now his wife, who was in secondyear then. Through events like tiros 1972 graduation speech, the alice declaration, and the influx of turfloop students into high schools as teachers, the black consciousness brand of politicisation was effectively spread across south africas black student community. Plo lumumba biography, wife, cv, family and quotes trending. In bitesize, easily understood chunks, we bring you the full text of south african president jacob zumas state of the nation address, delivered to a joint sitting of parliament in cape town on the evening of february 2014. Onkgopotse tiro 9 november 1945 1 february 1974 was a south african student activist and black consciousness militant murdered by the apartheid state he was born in dinokana, a small village near zeerust. Lumumba was addressing hundreds of people at the 5th annual onkgopotse tiro. The lecture is aimed at celebrate the life of the combatant student.
Sep 11, 2017 on 8 september, kenyan intellectual, legal expert and scholar, professor patrick loch otiena lumumba, delivered the 5th onkgopotse tiro memorial lecture at the university of limpopo. Onkgopotse tiro comprehensive school is a public state combined school located at old military base klippan, north west province, south africa. Parcel of death recounts the littletold life story of onkgopotse abram tiro, the first south african freedom fighter the apartheid regime pursued beyond the countrys borders to assassinate with a parcel. Dubbed the turfloop testimony, tiros antiapartheid speech saw him and. Speech by mec for public works, roads and transport, mahlakeng mahlakeng, during the sot turning ceremony and handing over to contractors three more road projects for rehabilitation in mafikeng on. We do not need a referendum for our intervention, safe to say, in spite of the challenges known to all of us. Let the lord be praised, for the day shall come, when all shall be free to breathe the air of freedom which is theirs to breathe and when the day shall have come, no man, no matter how many tanks he has, will reveyse the course of events. His mother was a domestic worker at emmarentia in johannesburg, transvaal now gauteng. For more details please contact onkgopotse tiro comprehensive school on 186440221 or visit them at. It is also true of the masses of our people who succumbed in perennial revolts from pondoland to bambata. Onkgopotse tiro primary school is a state primary school located at 106 dulcie september road, tshepisong west, roodepoort, gauteng province, south africa. Onkgopotses plan was that, during the graduation ceremony of 1972, he would deliver a speech that would criticize the bantu education act of 1953. It is a compelling portrait of tiros story and its lasting significance in south africas history. A compelling portrait of onkgopotse abram tiros story and its lasting significance in south africas history, parcel of death by gaongalelwe tiro is out this august from pan macmillan.
Remember abram onkgopotse tiro eff documents politicsweb. In memory of onkgopotse tiro a struggle icon who was killed by apartheid police in botswana in 1974 the kenyan academic told the audience who packed the hall named after the struggle icon at the university of. Modiri molema road old parliament complex mmabatho, 2735. Lumumba was addressing hundreds of people at the 5th annual onkgopotse tiro memorial lecture at the university of limpopo in memory of onkgopotse tiro a struggle icon who was killed by apartheid police in botswana in 1974 the kenyan academic told the audience who packed. Onkgopotse tiro comprehensive school is aan public secondary school in,central district municipality,mafikeng local municipality. We draw inspiration from all freedom fighters across the globe who we able to significantly influence the political discourse of the oppressed in their home countries and abroad despite their age, the likes of che guevara, thomas sankara, patrice lumumba. During a similar occasion, a graduation ceremony in 1972, a young militant named onkgopotse abram tiro delivered a speech in which he used the platform to attack the bantu education act of 1953. The speakers name was onkgopotse abraham tiro and he was an education student at the university of the north, commonly called turfloop. It draws inspiration from all freedom fighters across the globe that were able to significantly influence the political discourse of the oppressed in their home countries and. Onkgopotse tiro 9 november 1945 1 february 1974 was a south african student activist and black consciousness militant murdered by the apartheid state. Death of godfather of student uprising still a mystery.
At university he had become an active member of the south. Request to remove tiro funeral solutions all claims paid in 24hrs. Activist abram onkgopotse tiro grew up in dinokana, a small village near zeerust. A speech that led to onkgopotse tiros expulsion sbf. A biography of onkgopotse tiro, who was at once a catalyst and an active change agent in the south african struggle for freedom, is long overdue. Vicechancellor, members of the university council, members of the senate and heads of departments, members of the student representative council. The chairman of the council, public investment corporation. Mar 17, 2017 welcoming guest school principal, teach kgonothi speech at onkgopotse tiro comprehensive school, near zeerust. Tiro, who was central to the black consciousness movement that took south african tertiary campuses and ultimately high schools by storm, can be credited to have played a leading role in. No investigations to his death have been carried out. Abram onkgopotse ramothibi tiro was born on 9 november 1947 in dinokana, a small village near zeerust north west province, south africa.
Audio pronunciations, verb conjugations, quizzes and more. For onkgopotse tiro comprehensive registration fees, registration forms or to send an application forms direct to the school. On 8 september, kenyan intellectual, legal expert and scholar, professor patrick loch otiena lumumba, delivered the 5th onkgopotse tiro memorial lecture. The university of limpopo invites members of the public to the 3rd onkgopotse tiro memorial lecture on 12 september 2014 in mankweng, limpopo. On 29 april 1972, tiro made one of the most consequential revolutionary addresses in south african history. Prof lumumba delivers ongkgopotse tiros memorial lecture. The brutal murder of south african activist onkgopotse tiro.
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