Socrates and I pondering the future in 2005
On 2 September 2026, I will remember my first day as a political activist at Salt River High School and my socialist journey with thousands of comrades and friends over the last 50 years.
Above all, although I did not finish school, my education is the best anyone anywhere could have hoped for because of my mentors and peers.
To the mentors who have died - long life in our memories and histories.
Jean Naidoo
Theresa Solomon
Dullah Omar
Lettie Malindi
Zohra Mehlomakulu
Johnny Issel
Martin Legassick
To those mentors who live still
Jack Lewis (also the great love of my life)
Marcus Solomon
Rob Petersen
Paula Ensor
Jane Taylor
Edwin Cameron
Nathan Geffen
Geoff Budlender
Ann Grant
Jonathan Pollak
Alaa Abd El Fattah
My comrades present and past, lost and loved are too many to mention. They will find their names on a scroll when I draw my last breath.
Tonight, I am content to live or to die but as long as I live and I will, we can work for justice, equality, freedom and dignity with solidarity, reason and conscience.
All of us. Together.
Zackie