What would Steve Biko say?

Every day when we read newspapers we see our leaders acting in ways contrary to what Steve Biko fought for. It is only proper that we ask ourselves the questions:

What would he say of our leaders? What would he say of us that we allow the things that are happening, happen? When the ANC proposed its media bill that would curtail media freedoms, I suspect he would have said, "I will continue to write what I like."

On September 12, 1977, Steve Biko died in police custody. He was only 30 years old. The good, so the saying goes, die young. It is unfortunate that we lack young people who have ideas as influential as the ones he possessed.

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