If Biko was still alive, he would have been one of the best ANC leaders - Magashule
19 September 2019
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule has invoked the spirit of slain black consciousness leader Stephen Bantu Biko to encourage members of the progressive youth alliance to bring more students under the governing party's banner.
Magashule spoke at the University of the Witwatersrand on Wednesday evening about "building a cadre in the current political context" as the institution prepared for student representative council elections, which take place this week.
"If he was still alive, he was going to be one of the best leaders of the ANC… Steve Biko, because he brought consciousness. He (Biko) said black man, black woman, you are on your own," he told the students.
"That is when our consciousness developed as black people," Magashule said.