South Africa

How to be an Ally: Positive Influence [Jacqui Tooke]

My friend Jacqui Tooke continues the 'How to Be a Better Ally' to people of colour series with this guest piece, looking at Positive Influence: Let’s get vocal… If you are like me, then your heart has been crushed by all the racist attitudes, thoughts and opinions that have been expressed in our country recently. I’m grateful for voices like Brett Fish Anderson and others who have boldly declared their commitment to changing the atmosphere [...]

By |2016-02-25T11:14:20+02:00February 2nd, 2016|challenging thorts, race vibes, South Africa, thorts of other people|1 Comment
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For Blacks Only: Guest post by Linde Ndaba

My name is Linde Ndaba and I’m addicted. My addiction might not have me shacking relentlessly from withdrawal symptoms, as drug dependence often does or leave me broke and destitute, but it may arguably be just as problematic. As a black person raised in a white suburb (Pinelands) in South Africa, my neighbourhood friends rarely made the effort to know my world. In fact I can count the occasions where they correctly pronounced my name [...]

By |2016-12-07T11:07:24+02:00January 28th, 2016|change the world, pain and Hope, race vibes, South Africa, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|2 Comments
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Just One Story? The Pavement Bookworm

'Books are a very important part of my life. Books are my wealth and pay my bills. Books have a magic that keeps me going through hard times.' [Philani Dladla, The Pavement Bookworm, opening line] Meet Philani Dladla. You may have seen glimpses of his story that went viral a while back as a young man on a street corner selling book reviews to people. But yesterday morning i got to meet him. i was [...]

By |2016-02-01T16:57:43+02:00January 27th, 2016|heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, South Africa, thorts of other people, what i am reading|0 Comments
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A poem: On Point

 On Point   “I didn’t do it,” she said, as she pointed at someone else’s  parent’s parents. “I didn’t do it, “he said, “and I have NEVER used that word.” “We didn’t do it,” they loudly declared, as they counted out the coins to pay the lady who was busy raising their children.   “I didn’t do it,” she said as she gestured towards her black boyfriend who she had decided to name ‘Justice’ because [...]

By |2016-01-25T11:06:43+02:00January 25th, 2016|challenging thorts, poems and other creativity, South Africa, things to wrestle with, tricky things|0 Comments
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How to be an Ally: #NotOnMyWatch

i want to continue this series on trying to figure out as white people, how we can be better allies to our friends of colour and i guess people of colour in general. i would LOVE to have more of you contributing pieces to this series, so if you have an idea please get hold of me. This is similar to the 'Just say No' post i did a while back, but i also want to [...]

By |2016-02-02T03:36:52+02:00January 25th, 2016|positive ideas for change, South Africa, things to wrestle with, tricky things|1 Comment
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How Long?

This is a comment that ‘Jul’ posted on one of my blog posts the other day and deserved to be a blog post of its own [hope that’s okay, Jul?]: For over 21 years, black South Africans have largely forgiven the majority of the white population who repeatedly voted in a racist government that dehumanised and denied them their most basic human rights. […]

By |2016-01-25T11:09:49+02:00January 22nd, 2016|South Africa, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people, tricky things|5 Comments
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#NotOnMyWatch

White people of South Africa. The time is now! Yesterday i shared a status by my friend Sindile which is pretty much going viral which is excellent to see as it is such an important prophetic word especially for the white people across South Africa to really get. This is the summation extract from that post: […]

By |2016-01-05T09:54:45+02:00January 5th, 2016|activities, change the world, local news, South Africa, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|5 Comments
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The Deep Dive South Africa needs.

i crawled into bed sometime after 2 this morning… Exhausted, challenged, frustrated, reflective, inspired, hopeful. It had been a long, packed day. The night before had seen 11 of us sharing a meal and then sitting outside in our tiny courtyard, wrestling with the idea of what it means to Live Simply. […]

By |2015-12-31T09:31:23+02:00December 31st, 2015|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, inspire-ations, South Africa, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|14 Comments
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A Frikkin Hashtag: #YodaSpeakASaying

Last week on @AFrikkinHashtag… With Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens smashing all kinds of records across the world, we decided we needed to get in on the action and so along with good friend slash evil Twitterer nemesis @KeshaTedder and her tag-teag-tagger buddy Brandon aka @theclobra we decided to play a game of #YodaSpeakASaying: […]

By |2015-12-28T08:08:44+02:00December 28th, 2015|activities, AFrikkinHashtag, fun, games & Stuff, Hashtag Game, silly things, South Africa, Uncategorized|2 Comments
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