This series was conceived as an attempt to ask what it means to be a revolutionary in South Africa, starting around 1960 with the banning of the ANC and PAC. The focus has been mainly on the ANC which I know best, though reference has been made to the contribution of other organisations or trends, notably the black consciousness movement in the period leading up to the 1976 uprising and its continued insufficiently acknowledged presence.

Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks his column, 'Being a revolutionary or pursuing an emancipatory path in the “15 wasted years” – Series final part 7.