Kaya 959 Reporter
Every generation benefits immensely from the advances and knowledge, technology and science.
All this is done through the consciousness of what both previous and ancient generations learned and developed.
Understanding and knowing our own history is very important, especially if we want to get better clarity on how our current society was formed.
It’s the deep comprehension of various aspects of life that manifest in our daily lives, the reasons and meaning behind how our societies, systems, ideologies, governments, cultures and technologies came to be.
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Over the last two years, there are many places across the world with rich historical significance that had to close. In SA, it was the Apartheid Museum in May 2021, and later the historic Liliesleaf Farm museum, which was a safe house of political activists during apartheid.
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Thomas and Skhumba asked Kaya 959 listeners to rate how much of South Africa’s history do they think they know.
Kaya 959 listeners rated themselves and also weigh in on the importance of continually enriching ourselves with knowledge of our country’s history.
‘My child is still learning about Hitler’
One Kaya 959 listener asked why aren’t South Africans giving more credit to the women that fought for injustices in our country.
She also said that she is very disappointed with how her child is still learning about German mass-murder Hilter.
‘A lot of our history was hidded from us’
One listener says our stories were never fully told. That when many South Africans were taught history growing up they learned things that had nothing to do with the heroes and heroines, it was all snippets.
‘The Shembe Church story is not told enough’
One listener shared how she feels the beautiful story of the Shembe Church is not told enough in South African history books.
‘I remember meeting Chris Hani’
One listener shared how she grew up in the same street as Chris Hani. She shared how she grew to know him as more of a family man than a politician.
Hani was the leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress.
