The growing demands for Robert Sobukwe’s legacy to be more foregrounded speaks to the shifting trends of consciousness among South African people. This year’s commemoration of March 21 to reflect the killing of black people in Sharpeville coincided with the national shutdown organised by the EFF.

People began to reflect about their living conditions since democracy began and the ultimate price paid by the more than 69 heroes and heroines who perished on that Monday afternoon in 1960...