Biko's Ginsberg going backwards, not forwards; Home town of the Black Consciousness legend still struggles to overcome legacy of apartheid.(News)

From: The Sunday Independent (South Africa) | Date: September 9, 2007 | Copyright information

BYLINE: Lennox Diver

While presidents and rock stars take to the national and international stages to remind the world of the legacy of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko - who died after Port Elizabeth security police thugs rammed his head into a detention cell wall 30 years ago - a visit to Ginsberg, Biko's home town, reveals a neglected and disillusioned community.

There's no mistaking that old South African trend of crossing the town-and-township divide.

In Biko's case, he would have crossed the bridge over the Buffalo River separating King William's Town and ...

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