So i'm sitting a this coffee shop called Post in Joburg watching these two okes go at it. In the left corner, EFF member Napoleon Webster, who is notorious for having heckled Jacob Zuma at a meeting, for having heckled Cyril Ramaphosa at a meeting, for having heckled... well, you get the picture. He describes himself at one point in the 24 hours we got to hang together as a "rabble rouser" and i'm pretty [...]
Yesterday it felt like the internet had a good day! We woke up to be informed that someone had started a crowdfunder on YouCare to raise money to pay the fine that Penny Sparrow received earlier this year. For being racist. The fundraiser didn't even try sugarcoat what she'd done or suggest she'd been wronged. It was merely to raise money to pay for the fine for her racism... But what a great day it [...]
A man was sitting opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his friends to him, the man said, "This poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their [...]
i don't get it, you know... i really don't understand how day in, day out you seem to make everything about you and by doing that you lose sight of everything that this thing could have brought to you in terms of helping you grow, to learn, to change to unlearn, to discern, to know and finally understand [breathe.] it's as if by making it about you you completely make it not about [...]
i was being driven home from a hockey match yesterday when my mate turned to me and asked me, "How are you feeling about South Africa right now?" The answer is that i am feeling hopeful. In fact a number of people both black and white have been asking me this question recently and that is my honest response. BUT i am not blind or ignorant. i know that there are some really angry black people, [...]
The other day my Facebook friend Innocentia shared this X-Men related tweet with me; And i thought it was great because it really brought a strong point home. So i shared it on Facebook. My friend Craig jumped on and asked me if i thought black people would appreciate being compared to mutants. i told him since a black person had shared the picture with me in the first place that i thought it was okay. [...]
Want to get rich quick? i'm not particularly interested in it, but i know a lot of people who are. Well i have discovered a way to legitimately become rich and it is a lot simpler than anything you might have imagined. Don't be nervous. It's not a pyramid scheme or a get-rich-quick internet scandal or anything like that. In fact this is a lot simpler and quicker than either of those. [...]
i love this brief story by my friend Zukisani which shows that despite the uneven playing field that so many people start on, it is possible to succeed... but at the same time reminding us that we would do better to be leveling out the playing field as much as possible: The year is 2005 and I was a freshman at UCT. Registered to do Electrical and Computer Engineering. In fact let's back it up [...]
A guest post by my new friend, Thandi, that is worth taking a good listen to and sharing with your people... and i join her in the hope that her children will NEVER wish that they were white... IF I WERE WHITE, I’D HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BREATHE There my parents were, struggling in Apartheid South Africa on a small wage, doing the type of work only ‘they’ were created for-according to the architects of [...]
These are some of the recent posts that i and others have made to hopefully challenge and encourage and educate you as you try and figure out how to do life better in South Africa. Please feel free to share any of these posts that are helpful with people you think it might help to take one more step towards... All Lives Smatter - a collection of thoughts about race, painting all people with the [...]
