Apartheid Did Not Die – Professor Mandla Radebe Unpacks South Africa’s Unfinished Revolution By Noko Mabofa Maleka – Insight Jozi News | 1Africa Radio TV | Insight Africa

Apartheid Did Not Die – Professor Mandla Radebe Unpacks South Africa’s Unfinished Revolution

By Noko Mabofa Maleka – Insight Jozi News | 1Africa Radio TV | Insight Africa







BRAAMFONTEIN, JOHANNESBURG – In a thought-provoking and powerfully relevant book lounge held yesterday in the heart of Johannesburg’s cultural district, Professor Mandla J. Radebe launched his groundbreaking new title, “Apartheid Did Not Die: South Africa’s Unfinished Revolution”. The event, hosted at a lively venue in Braamfontein, drew an engaged audience of political thinkers, journalists, students, activists, and members of the South African Communist Party (SACP).

Among the notable guests in attendance was SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila, who added political weight and historical context to the urgent themes presented in the book. The event was covered by Insight Jozi News, Insight Africa, and 1Africa Radio TV, whose cameras and microphones captured an evening of honest critique, radical reflection, and intellectual depth.

🔍 A Review: A Mirror and a Warning

In Apartheid Did Not Die, Professor Radebe dissects the uncomfortable truth behind South Africa’s post-1994 landscape. He boldly asserts that although the political system of apartheid may have legally ended, its economic, spatial, social, and psychological structures remain largely intact. Through incisive research, historical framing, and grounded political analysis, Radebe challenges both state and society to confront what he terms a betrayed revolution.

The book is not a lament—it is a clarion call. A call for radical introspection, for genuine transformation, and for intellectual honesty. Radebe provides a scathing yet nuanced examination of neoliberal policies, state capture, and elite pacts that replaced the ideals once carried by liberation movements. It is as much a work of scholarship as it is a political manifesto.

One of the most compelling chapters explores how media narratives, both global and local, were weaponized to sanitize the apartheid state’s transition and pacify dissent. As a media scholar and activist, Radebe writes with clarity, conviction, and a fearless sense of duty to truth.

🎤 Book Lounge Highlights: Ideas That Refuse to Die

The Braamfontein lounge was more than just a book launch—it was a moment of collective reckoning. In a spirited keynote, Solly Mapaila lauded the book as “a timely ideological intervention” and stressed the importance of returning to Marxist-Leninist principles in today’s South African struggle.

Professor Radebe, speaking with his characteristic calm intensity, emphasized the role of intellectuals in the revolution. “We must narrate our unfinished revolution with the language of the people and the urgency of history,” he said to a chorus of applause.

Attendees engaged in robust discussions around the failures of the democratic transition, the co-optation of liberation ideals, and what radical transformation should look like in our lifetime.

🧠 Why This Book Matters Now

In a country reeling from service delivery protests, student unrest, unemployment, and deepening poverty, Apartheid Did Not Die arrives as both a mirror and a roadmap. It is not a book for the comfortable—it is for those who still believe in freedom and who are willing to challenge the convenient myth of a “rainbow nation.”

Professor Radebe compels the reader to acknowledge a brutal truth: democracy without justice is just a disguise. His work equips a new generation of activists and scholars with the tools to interrogate power, dismantle mythologies, and reignite what he calls “the revolutionary fire we were promised.”

📸 See the Event

Stay tuned to Insight Jozi News, Insight Africa, and 1Africa Radio TV for exclusive pictures, soundbites, and video coverage from the lounge. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube for the full experience.

📘 Where to Get the Book

Apartheid Did Not Die is published by Inkani Books and available at major bookstores, online platforms, and independent outlets.

For media inquiries, reviews, or to suggest other book features, contact Noko Mabofa Maleka at insightjozinews@gmail.com.

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