Let�s build a monument for van Rensburg � Dingake

Speaking at the memorial service of the fallen hero in Serowe on Saturday, Dingake remembered their journey through the South African Apartheid era when he was still schooling. Dingake remembers well that he joined the African National Congress around 1950, during the turbulent political years in South Africa. He said the political upheavals started with 156 leaders of the liberation movement charged with treason followed by a petition of 20,000 women who were against that country’s then discriminatory laws.

“In Alexandar township where I was staying, there was a bus boycott that lasted for three months compelling us to walk nine miles to and from work every morning. One day I overheard whites saying that if we can walk for three months for only a penny, then we can achieve our freedom,” he said.