The Last Dance

The late Gomolemo Motswaledi dancing during BMD meeting
The late Gomolemo Motswaledi dancing during BMD meeting

One of the last major events in Sir G’s life was his leadership of the Serowe UDC conference. Many had wondered why the decision was taken to hold the conference in an area where the UDC is an underdog.

However, in retrospect it appears Sir G had a calculated plan to step into the lion’s den.  His leading of the UDC masses to Serowe, the citadel of the BDP and its leaders, was akin to Jesus’s last entry into Jerusalem.  Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem was daring, bold and subversive in character.  He knew that such action would put him on the spotlight and that it would upset those in power. Beneath his action was the strong indication that Caesar’s regime was an immoral canopy of oppression which one day God would overthrow.  Jesus’ march into Jerusalem, hailed and accompanied by the poor, who were shouting his praises sent shivers down the spine of the imperial system.  Although he had no weapons or financial resources to support his actions, he nevertheless had something that the Empire feared.  He had the poor united behind him and he was fearless in his confrontation with the system of oppression.

One of the memorable things that Jesus did on this particular journey to Jerusalem was his confrontation with the captains of industry in the temple.  The temple was a space for worship, for trading, for political machinations and for intellectual engagement.  It is here that Jesus confronts the tenderpreneus of the time through his infamous cleansing of the temple.  Clearly, his speech and actions threatened the manipulated obedience of the people to Caesar. So, out of a posture of defiant and subversive wisdom, Jesus speaks in categories of speech which animated the oppressed and lit a spark in their bellies that could not be put off through intimidation by the intelligent services.  Even after his demise the movement grew like raging fire and neither imprisonment, nor oppression, nor torture, nor hunger, nor death could douse their struggle for justice and liberation.

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