Napoleon Webster

A glimpse of dignity: a parable of Napoleon Webster

"Where did you two meet?" "That's easy. He [me] is an activist and I [Napoleon] am an activist. We were introduced by another activist [Nigel Branken]." That was part of an exchange that happened yesterday as i got to hang out with my friend Napoleon Webster who i hadn't seen since he was released from spending over 200 days in prison for a crime he did not commit. But let's backpedal a bit... The Marikana [...]

By |2018-06-19T16:22:59+02:00June 19th, 2018|heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, South Africa|0 Comments
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The friends who are going to end this war

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 [...]

By |2016-06-29T16:39:56+02:00June 29th, 2016|change the world, friends and enemas, inspire-ations, South Africa, things to wrestle with, what i am watching|2 Comments
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