There is a growing List of social movements in South Africa, amongst these is the youth-led non-partisan InkuluFreeHeid Organisation. The majority of social movements have a particular focus on the housing crisis in urban area while others range from focusing on HIV/AIDS, working conditions, unemployment, access to service delivery and issues of democracy, transparency and accountability.
InkuluFreeHeid launched in February 2013 and aims to unite South Africans, particularly young people, behind efforts that help solve major economic challenges, deepen democracy and enhance social cohesion.InkuluFreeHeid aims to unite South Africans, SABC, 25 April, Accessed 25 April 2014InkuluFreeHeid and One Young World Featured on SABC 2 Morning Live, South African Broadcasting Corporation, 19 February 2013, Accessed 13 April 2014The role of memory in creating change, Activate Leadership, 24 April 2013, Accessed 13 April 2014South Africa NGO Network Organisational Profile, SANGONET, 2013, Accessed 13 April 2014InkuluFreeHeid Official Website, InkuluFreeHeid, Accessed 14 April 2014
According to South Africa former Minister of Finance and Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel, the InkuluFreeHeid movement is a 'youth-led non-party affiliated movement that mobilises against political apathy among young people in South Africa.'.The Sixth Annual Peace Safety and Human Rights Lecture a memorial to Dullah Omar Unisa Senate Hall Muckleneuk Pretoria Trevor A Manuel MP Minister In The Presidency National Planning Commission , The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa, 11 October 2013, Accessed 13 April 2014.
Background
Since launching in early 2013, representatives of the organisation have supported critical debate and action on issues of national importance, including the need for South Africa to create a "unifying identity",South Africa Needs to Create a Unifying Identity , SABC News, 24 September 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014 the importance of indigenous languages amongst the youth,Debate Reveals Language Remains a Barrier , Herald Live, 18 June 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014 the National Development Plan 2030,National Development Plan is Not Finished Yet, Business Day, 12 June 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014, CNBC Africa/ABN Digital, 14 June 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014 the Marikana miners' strike,State support urged for SA shooting survivors, Al Jazeera, 12 September 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014Civil group takes Marikana funding fight to the streets, Mail & Guardian, 12 September 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014 and the youth-vote in the 2014 National General Elections,Our Vote Our Voice Campaign, SABC News Online, 14 January 2014, Accessed 14 April 2014Okuhle Media's 'Generation Free' promotes active citizenship , Biz Community, 27 March 2014, Accessed 14 April 2014Freedom Day Celebration, Africa Unite, 5 May 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014WhyVote2014 Soapbox Urging UCT Students to Vote , Varsity Newspaper, 7 October 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014SA: Statement by InkuluFreeHeid, non-partisan youth-focused organisation, calls on all young people to join the Numsa solidarity march for youth jobs (18/03/2014), Polity South Africa, 18 March 2014, Accessed 14 April 2014 as well as speaking out against the abuse of women and children.Woman and Child Abuse Power Walk , Bay FM, 18 September 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014CANRAD Events Calendar , Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 18 September 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014Join Walk For Change , Port Elizabeth Herald Newspaper, 26 August 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014
Recognition
InkuluFreeHeid featured in Vanity Fair magazine in March 2014,Vanity Fair Hosts One Young World Reception at Vogue House , Seven Hills, 12 February 2014, Accessed 14 April 2014Vanity Fair, 2013, Accessed 8 July 2017 was selected by Global Poverty Project's 'Global Citizen' in July 2014 as one of three global movements driving changeThree Movements Driving Change, Global Citizen, 1 July 2014, Accessed 1 October 2014 and was named by Primedia Broadcasting's Lead SA as one of its top 15 causes to support and champion in 2015.15 Causes to Support and Champion in 2015 , Primedia, 9 January 2015, Accessed 11 January 2015 In 2013, InkuluFreeHeid co-founder, Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh was recognised as one of the Mail & Guardian's 'Top 200 Young South Africans'.200 Young South Africans , Mail & Guardian, 2013, Accessed 25 April 2015 On 1 April 2015, InkuluFreeHeid President, Kgotsi Chikane was recognised by leading pop-culture magazine Mahala as one of '10 young South Africans leading the way to making change in South Africa'.10 Activists Leading the Way , Mahala, 1 April 2015, Accessed 1 April 2015
National Democratic Convention 2015 In September 2014, InkuluFreeHeid announced that it will host its Inaugural National Democratic Convention in early 2015. The National Democratic Convention took place 10/11 January 2015 and resolved a new Programme of Action to define the future work and policies of the organisation.IFH National Policy Discussion Papers, InkuluFreeHeid (Scribd), January 2015, Accessed 25 April 2015
Affiliated active non-partisan campaigns
#FeesMustFall InkuluFreeHeid remains in support of the call for a "decommodified, Afrocentric education system", according to a recent interview of newly elected President Lindelwe Dube in VICE NEWS.VICE NEWS SOUTH AFRICA STUDENT PROTESTS, Vice News, November 2016, Accessed November 2016
Affiliated past nonpartisan campaigns
National Youth Engagement
National Youth Engagement on National Development Plan 2030, brought together 35 national youth organisations in Johannesburg on 1 June 2013, including political parties and youth representatives from different labour unions. The Engagement advocates for critical youth-led engagement, action and debate around issues of national planning and for the role of young people in national development. The National Youth Engagement was facilitated NPC Commissioner Mohammad Karaan and "resolved to assist in making the long NDP document more accessible to young people. "Moreover, the Engagement resolved to create a "dashboard" to monitor implementation of youth related proposals in the plan and hold government and business accountable and to meet annually to track progress on implementation."The nation must be reassured the NDP is indeed our roadmap - Trevor Manuel, Politics Web, 12 June 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014National Youth Engagement Official Website, Accessed 14 April 2014 The Port Elizabeth NPC Youth Engagement, born of the National Youth Engagement, took place in New Brighton on 5 October 2013, facilitated by Minister Trevor Manuel, brought together youth organisations from across the Eastern Cape to engage on the National Development Plan.
Our Vote Our Voice
Our Vote Our Voice Campaign 2013-2014: was a grassroots democracy and soapbox campaign aimed at getting young people critically engaged in the 2014 National General Election, which drew support from all major political parties contending the 2014 National General Election.Official InkuluFreeHeid Campaign Website , InkuluFreeHeid, Accessed 14 April 2014Diepsloot Our Vote Our Voice Soapbox Rally, InkuluFreeHeid Video, 14 January 2014, Accessed 14 April 2014
Citizens4Marikana
Citizens4Marikana Campaign: was a 2013 media campaign highlighting inequality-of-arms with respect to legal representation for victims at Marikana Commission of Inquiry appointed by President Jacob Zuma in 2012, advocating that the truth surrounding events in Marikana during the month of August in 2012 should be uncovered, that justice should be done and that adequate reparations must be made to the families of the victims on all sides of the conflict. Citizens4Marikana led a non-partisan march attended by thousands of citizens to the Union Buildings in September 2013. The campaign, in partnership with a number of stakeholders, created a platform for the public to help push a precedent-setting case in the High Court of South Africa regarding mandated State funding for poor individuals at future Presidential Commissions of Inquiry. The campaign wound-down in early 2014 following the victory in the High Court, and is no longer active.High Court: State must pay Marikana legal fees , City Press, 14 October 2013, Accessed 23 June 2014Political parties in arms for Marikana funding , City Press, 12 September 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014Malema and the DA politicking ahead of 2014 elections, Mail & Guardian, 17 September 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014Marching for Marikana Money, Mail & Guardian, 12 September 2013, Accessed April 2014Crowd funding for miner's legal fees, Daily Maverick, 27 September 2013, Accessed April 2014SABC coverage of Citizens4Marikana , SABC, September 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014Citizens4Marikana is mobilising support for victims, Publicity Update, 19 August 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014City Press coverage of Citizens4Marikana , City Press, September 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014BUSINESS DAY TV: Citizens4Marikana, Business Day TV, 22 September 2013, Accessed 14 April 2014
Role in 2014 National General Elections
InkuluFreeHeid contributed to the Electoral Institute of South Africa '2014 Elections Update'.ElSA Election Update , EISA, April 2014, Accessed 24 April 2014 In April 2014, Frederik Thomas de Ridder briefed the Southern African Development Community Election Observer Mission in Pretoria on "Youth and elections in South Africa", and the African Union Election Observer Mission in Johannesburg. On 22 April, speaking at an event in Port Elizabeth organised by InkuluFreeHeid, the "Former National Director of Public Prosecutions, Vusi Pikoli, [was] the latest to disagree with former intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils' notion that South Africans should spoil their vote in the May 7th election."Pikoli adds voice against Vote No campaign , SABC, 23 April 2014, Accessed 24 April 2014 On 30 April, InkuluFreeHeid in association with ANN7 hosted "The Real Debate" between the top three political parties campaigning in the Gauteng region (according to Ipsos polls) at Liliesleaf, Johannesburg.ANC Gauteng Accepts InkuluFreeHeid Invitation to its Real Debate , ANC Gauteng, 29 April 2014, Accessed 15 May 2014] The Real Debate featured Dali Mpofu, Mmusi Maimane and David Makhura.ANC Has Transformed SA: Makhura, IOL News, 30 April 2014, Accessed 15 May 2014] On 20 May, following "The Real Debate", Mr David Makhura, African National Congress Gauteng Secretary, was "confirmed as the Premier of the country’s biggest economy, Gauteng."David Makhura is the new Gauteng Premier, Business Day Live, 20 May 2014, Accessed 20 May 2014]
"Mr President" hip-hop track released by co-founder (music)
InkuluFreeHeid co-founder Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh released a hip-hop track in April 2014 criticising the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma about his failings in dealing with the Marikana miners' strike, allegedly benefiting from state-funds in the upgrade of his homestead at Nkandla, and undermining women as well as undermining the African National Congress.Your time is up, Dali Mpofu’s son tells Jacob Zuma in song , City Press, 20 April 2014, Accessed 21 April 2014 The song also calls for Jacob Zuma to resign as the President of South Africa.
Stellenbosch University Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert Institute Short Course (education)