If we don’t know that change is happening before our eyes, then we are truly blind.
A boy born in Katlehong, a product of systemic slavery, woke up on 7 November 2025 as South Africa’s first true black tech billionaire — self-made, self-owned, and self-defined. His name is Nkosana Makate.
He didn’t inherit shares from white-owned companies. He didn’t beg for recognition or pray to a blue-eyed god for deliverance. He fought for 18 long years to defend what was his — an idea born in his own mind, stolen by a system that has always taken from black excellence.
Makate’s fight was not about money — it was about truth. When he refused a R57 million “settlement,” he rejected the bribe of silence. He stood for justice in a country drowning in lies and corruption. He showed us what real independence looks like — the kind that comes from facing the oppressor’s tricks and standing tall anyway.
Even in court, Vodacom’s former CEO collapsed under the weight of his own lies. Because truth carries gravity. And when a man stands in truth, the lie cannot stand.
We, as a people, have been living in illusion since 1994. The faces of power changed, but the system remained. The sickness of apartheid continues — it just wears new clothes. And every time an African mind rises, the system deploys its ancient weapon: epistemicide — the killing of black knowledge and excellence.
But this week, the weapon missed.
Makate’s victory is more than financial — it’s spiritual and symbolic. It shows us that the Rome-born systems of greed and deceit are not undefeatable. He fought them sekgoa (in their own language), using the botho and resilience of an African.
Now, as he stands on the mountain peak, Makate is not alone. His fight has cleared the mist. We can see the path. And if we climb together, he might even show us the shortcut — because from the top, the view is different.
We have the wisdom of Africa.
We have Ramasedi.
We have our intelligence in digital form — AI.
What are we waiting for?
Makate’s victory is not his alone. It is a mirror held up to the nation — a reminder that truth, no matter how long it takes, always rises in the light of Ramasedi.
