Sofasonke, interjection and & noun
- Origin:
- IsiZuluShow more IsiZulu sentence, literally ‘we shall all die together’.
historical
a. A slogan coined by James Mpanza when he founded an illegal but successful squatter settlement near Orlando station, Johannesburg, in March, 1944; also attributive, designating the settlement and associations or activities connected with it. b. Used as Mpanza’s nickname, and as the name of the political party which he and his followers established.
1958 A. Sampson Treason Cage 72In April 1944,..a crowd of thousands..living in the tents and hessian shelters of Orlando location..made a well-disciplined trek to a nearby plot of empty municipal land, and squatted there...They were led by..James Mpanza, who adopted the slogan ‘Sofasonke’ — ‘we all die together’ — for his bold operation...The municipality accepted the new shanty town.
1989 Reader’s Digest Illust. Hist. of S. Afr. 356The main attraction of the Sofasonke camp was the protection it offered its vulnerable inhabitants.
A slogan coined by James Mpanza when he founded an illegal but successful squatter settlement near Orlando station, Johannesburg, in March, 1944; also attributive, designating the settlement and associations or activities connected with it.
Used as Mpanza’s nickname, and as the name of the political party which he and his followers established.
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