Tag: Gadat

  • The Boy Who Waved Back: Remembering Riefaat Hattas of Manenberg

    The Boy Who Waved Back: Remembering Riefaat Hattas of Manenberg

    He was the boy who waved from the embassy window, the brother who made us laugh at rallies, the servant who built bridges inside City Hall as he once did on the streets. Riefaat Hattas carried the scars of struggle — but also the joy of belonging, the courage of standing out for justice, and…

  • The Forgotten Tongue of Remembrance

    The Forgotten Tongue of Remembrance

    A rare Cape relic — the Ratib al-Haddad handwritten in Arabic script, with Afrikaans transliteration in the same sacred calligraphy. A language of remembrance once shaped in the shadows now returns as a light for generations.