change the world : Brett Fish

How a Plate of Spaghetti and an Argentina football player hold the Hope for South Africa.

i do not have adequate words to describe last nite. i am scared that the ones i use will do it injustice as there is no adequate way to capture what went down at our home as some friends from Sybrand Park, Khayelitsha, Kayamandi, Wynberg, Nyanga, Manenberg and Southfield came together for a meal and some intense conversation. Spaghetti is a contradiction food all in itself. It is NOT good first date food. It is [...]

By brettfish|2015-05-09T10:38:12+02:00May 9th, 2015|activities, change the world, Food and foodlike things, friends and enemas, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, people, things to wrestle with|17 Comments

i see black people…

This morning i went to hang out and church with the friendly people at Common Ground Wynberg. i have visited them a bunch of times since coming back from americaland because they have a vibe i really enjoy: very diverse congregation, black pastor [who i really like], some people i know and a whole bunch i don't, and usually just an exciting lifeness happening with children movement and French translations and people who move as they sing, [...]

By brettfish|2015-05-03T16:29:25+02:00May 3rd, 2015|activities, change the world, inspire-ations|0 Comments

Maybe you ARE a racist butt…

My friend, Rebecca, who has written before on my blog - a message to South Africa over here, and about her journey with dyslexia over here - wrote this as a status update the other day: Dear racist old man on the Pavilion escalator. I'm sorry you smashed your phone screen and that it's going to cost you R4000 to fix. But you don't have to call the salesman you talked to that [insert derogatory name] [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-30T12:17:34+02:00April 30th, 2015|change the world, pain and Hope, things to wrestle with|5 Comments

What about Bob? A commentator weighs in: Meet Martha Mmebe

Martha, like Tsholo and Dre, was someone else who shared some thoughts in the comments section of the 'What about Bob?' conversation and i didn't want her words to be missed so i asked her to expand it into a longer post and here it is: [I am a young Black South African lady, working in a male dominant industry and studying towards my Bcom Degree. Very much active member of the society and believing [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-29T07:58:48+02:00April 29th, 2015|challenging thorts, change the world, local news, pain and Hope, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|0 Comments

What ABOUT Bob? Dre brings the CAPS.

My friend Dre [actually Andrea Thorpe] has been commenting at various places in the 'What about Bob?' conversation and so i asked her if she'd be up to sharing some thoughts of her own... [I’m a white, English-speaking South African. I was born in the Eastern Cape in the ‘80s. I studied Journalism and Media Studies and English at Rhodes University, and later completed my Masters in English at Stellenbosch. I’m now roughly halfway through [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-28T13:18:21+02:00April 28th, 2015|challenging thorts, change the world, pain and Hope, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|13 Comments

Sometimes love…

Every now and then i will post a status on Facebook or the Twitterer that starts with the words 'Sometimes love looks like...' Which will then go on to mention something [large or small] that my wife, tbV [the beautiful Val, yes folks the 'b' does not stand for 'lovely'!] has done for me as a way of celebrating her more publicly. The latest one looked a little something like this: Sometimes love is walking [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-26T09:33:14+02:00April 26th, 2015|activities, change the world, friends and enemas, humour'ish, inspire-ations, love and chocolate|0 Comments

What about Bob? a response by Tsholo Mpuru

My friend Tsholo commented on the Bob letter in the comments section, but her comment was so long and specific that i didn't want it to be missed and so i asked her if it would be alright if i ran it as another post in this series and she said yes: [Meet Tsholo: I am a 31 year old black female - lover of music and all things pink. Born and raised in the Free [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-24T07:11:44+02:00April 24th, 2015|challenging thorts, change the world, pain and Hope, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|27 Comments

What about Bob? a response by Marlyn

This is a second response to my friend 'Bob's anonymous letter, which you can read here. Marlyn Faure is a friend of Alexa who has been wanting me to connect with and meet him, and he felt up to the challenge of responding to Bob as well in his own words and so here they are. [Meet Marlyn - I am 26 year old coloured male from Cape Town. Currently I am doing my Honours [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-23T08:20:43+02:00April 23rd, 2015|challenging thorts, change the world, pain and Hope, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|15 Comments

What about Bob? a response by Alexa

This is a response to yesterday's shared anonymous letter, What About Bob? and so if you have not read that yet, start there and then come back here and continue. Alexa is a good friend of mine who has been involved in many of the conversations we have had on race, reconciliation, restitution and other terms that may not begin with R but this is stuff she is passionate about and doing her best to live [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-22T07:58:30+02:00April 22nd, 2015|challenging thorts, change the world, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, things to wrestle with|0 Comments

Enhancing your student footprint

So i saw a tweet on the Twitterer inviting me to share an ad for solar powered stuff on my blog which all seemed a little commercial for my tastes. However, having taken a look at the items that Sustainable.co.za is offering to students to help them both counter load-shedding and start taking responsibility for their own carbonite footprints, i thought it was worth doing. i am not making any money by doing this, but [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-21T09:39:52+02:00April 21st, 2015|activities, change the world|0 Comments