Decolonising the Mind

What is to decolonise the mind? Decolonising the Mind sets out to undo or at least lessen the effects colonialism has on the minds of Africans.

The black mind has gone through a weakening process  that teaches you that western culture is by far better than the African way. This weakening process through the education system at model c schools has corrupted the black mind.  It has taught the black to rise above and look down onto the "uneducated African". It has led an African into believing that his culture is both out dated and barbaric. Instead of defending our culture the weakened African mind opposes it. He to finds it barbaric and he disrespects it, by doing this he has disrespected a tribe, a nation, an African culture.
Mental colonialism created a narrative of race relations that still dominates the discourse in western media: the supposed superiority of western culture and the supposed inferiority of non-western cultures

We are now living in a "civilized" society where one is able to choose whether they wanna practice or follow the African culture or not, by all means you may make up your mind and not be judged BUT do not disrespect it because you oppose it. Do not make a mockery of it because you oppose it. You must remember that the same people who have weakened your mind have not abandoned their way of life, culture and practice which you will never understand no matter how much you try. But remember, never forget where you come from. Steve Biko wrote "You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway." Mr Biko went on to say " "The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity. "

Not being able to read, write or speak your mother tongue is nothing that you can be proud of.  But mostly I blame our parents who turn a blind eye like it is ok for an African child to forget his or her roots.
Decolonizing the mind means changing
the mindset of an African mind, to not forget where he comes from.

Although we are now a democratic country we continue to be chained within the confines of what the West defines and perceives about the erstwhile colonial subjects. Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s “Decolonising the Mind” holds true in the present day as well where we have failed to carve out our own subjectivity that would be perfectly divested of the Western thought of conduct and behaviour. It is important to de-colonise the mind before de-colonising the body; if the mind continues to be trapped within the walls of colonial interpretations then the freedom of the physical anatomy would be rendered futile. The compulsive need to be recognised and acknowledged by the parameters of western standards have to be shrugged away so that individuality and subjectivity can mature in full clarity and adequate visibility.

We need to rid ourselves of this 'belief' that western way is better than the African way.

I am an African child so when I speak with my elders I look down as a sign of respect  just to avoid their eyes. But they came from the west and told me that my respect was a sign of cowardice That my gestures of respect told them that I am lying... So which do I embrace , their teaching or my culture?

Not so long ago President J.G Zuma made a comment about "clever blacks". He “Some Africans who become too clever take a position (where) they become the most eloquent in criticising themselves about their own traditions and everything.” He went on to urge the House to play a role in helping Africans remember their roots.
There was nothing wrong with the President said, but  "the clever blacks" who were touched by this are simply driven, again I will say by the compulsive need to be recognised and acknowledged by the parameters of western standards.

Former President Thabo Mbeki wrote a masterpiece "I Am An African" which promotes Africaness and pride and sense of belonging, in his speech Mbeki says " I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever- changing seasons that define the face of our native land."

Be Black and Be Proud.

“I am an African, not because I was born in Africa but because Africa is born in me ”. — Kwame Nkrumah ...

Mugged At Penis Point

So if you missed the tweets,  this is the Tendai story, its probably the funniest thing i've read on twitter this year.
This is a @Luo_T story
RT @Luo_T: Let me explain fully. A few months ago Grahamstown pardoned a few prisoners (50 I think). So these people are just roaming the streets.
RT @Luo_T: So this guy approaches me and says I was pardoned lastweek and have no money to go home..
RT @Luo_T: I explain I have no money because I'm fresh of the bus from Jhb and he says come on.. Give me anything.
RT @Luo_T: So I insist I'm broke. Then he proceeds to take his penis out with a straight face and says "brother I don't wana hurt you"
RT @Luo_T: What was I to do? He was in the numbers gang and had his penis out. I thought lemme run, but if I tripped, Id fall ass in the air and well..
RT @Luo_T: So I just gave him all my money and he put his penis away and walked off.. All I could do was call Mia and cry.
He cried!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

AMA B.E.E SISTAS (explicit Zulu) 18L

Ngolwesihlanu nganginentokazi engeke ngayisho ngegama, nezinye izingane ezi independent ezingasalazi ipipi uyazi lokhu kwehlisa igama lamadoda. Lezizintokazi ezihamba ngama-Kompressor zithi asizisheli, Siyazisaba ngoba zigcoba i-Elizabeth Arden nabo bonke labodoti ezibagcobayo zehlisa isithunzi sethu.


1. Zifuna ukulalwa makuthanda zona kuma “apartment” azo.

2. Make sazimithisa ziyayithatha ingane zihlale nayo igcine iyisitha sakho nayo.
3. Ziba ngaphezulu makukwnziwa ucansi zikwenze uzizwe uwumuntu wesifazane
4. Aziwakhumbuli amagama abantu bakini futhi ziyamzonda umama wakho zithi ufana naye mawubhedile.
5. Zikutshela ukuthi wawuzoba ngcono ukuba wafana nomfowenu omncane lo ofunda eKearseny oyi model C.
6. Zishiya i-pay slip budedengu khona uzobona i-package yazo.
7. Ziyathanda ukukuthengela izipho zezintozokugqoka ugcine usuqgoka kabi njengo Maxwell.
8. Zithi asikho romantic ngoba asizithengeli ama-diamond nama roses.
9. Zihlale zithi izicathulo oziqgokile zifana nezazifakwa ubaba wazo zisakhula ngama 80’s.
10. Ziyathanda ukuthintana ikhanda manilele zikhulume umbhedo njengezingoma zika Luther Van Ross.
11. Zinabangani abayizitabane abakubiza nge-O!
12. Mazifika kwi-orgasm uvele ucabange nge-porn movie osanda kuyibuka ngoba zithi ohh…no mazichama.
13. Zikwenzela i-breakfast ngo 06H30 kanti wena ujwayele ukudla ngo-11H00
14. Zihlale zithi ubhebhana kamnandi kunalamajita awo-Director esebenza nawo anuka i-Hugo Boss.
15. Zibhebhe between the sheets kuphela, ayi kusofa noma emotweni or ekhishini.
16. Mawuzolala nazo ziqale ziphuze ama anti-biotics noma nizosebenzisa i-condom.
17. Ziba nama party kodwa wena zingakumemi.
18. Ziphatha ama-chewing gum e-mint zikuphe three before niqabulane.
19. Zifuna ulokhu wenza ama-Aids test ngoba azizwani ne-condom.
20. Labodoti bamantombazane uma ekewakuvakashela elokishini, kwasekuqhuma isibhamu ebusuku, abafana bezidlalela, ziyakuvusa angazi zisuke zifuna wenzeni ngoba nawe usuke usaba njengaye.
21. Baya zitshela, ababathandi abangani bakho bathi abayona i-class yakho bafuna ukudla imali yakho kuphela kodwa yena uhola half a million ngonyaka akakuphi ngisho five bob wodwa lo.
22. Uma eke wakuboleka u-R100 uyakukhokhisa month end ebehola 8 times more than your salary.
Uma uke waya naye emshadweni ubuya esekhala efisa sengathi ngabe naye ushadile kodwa hhayi nawe.
23. Uma eke wakufonela wathola ukuthi use-town uyakucela ukuthi uyobhekela umama ophethwe isifo sikashukela nesamathambo umuthi wesiZulu e-Berea station ngoba yena une-meeting nestaff sakhe.
24. Akakuvumeli ukuthi ushayele imoto yakhe ngoba ethi ushayela kabi njengo taximan baseMlazi.
25. Labantu besifazane ibona abenza singabanaki ngoba bayazihlukanisa nomphakathi abavela kuwo sengathi ibona kuphela abanengquza kanti noNomkhosi lo odayisa upelepele engake ngamudla umnandi kunabo ngoba akayifaki i-Flagile ekukwini uyigeza nge-sunlight nje kuphela.
25. Makukhona oyilenhlobo yosisi ababhedayo la kunina angeke simubhebhe akahambe ayofa nemomozikazi yakhe ephuphile engafiki kwi-climax angiyiphathi ke eye-orgasm ayaziwa kuhlulekama-guyno amaNdiya lawa anibhebhayo maniyohlola.
26 Thina boRadebe nje sifuna ukubhebha ngazo zonke izitayela zama-French kanti neKarma-Sutra siyayazi nize ningakhohlwa ukusenza i-blow job iyasihlanyisa hhayi lodoti owenziwa ilabosisi akuncele ipipi elokhu ekugudla ngamazinyo angaphelele afilishiwe.

Misunderstood

Dear MaKhumalo @Vejinity

Thank you very much for taking the time to draft me a letter but I must point to you that i believe you misunderstood my tweets.
But let me start by say:

My hearts go to people who contracted AIDS through rape

My hearts go out to people who contracted AIDS through blood transfusion.

My hearts go out to children who contracted AIDS from their mothers.

My hearts go out to firemen, paramedics who contracted AIDS trying to save lives

My heart goes out to the wife or husband who unknowingly is exposed to this virus because one was unfaithful

The list can go on. But then we have people who are now victims by being irresponsible, do i feel sorry for them? Do I sympathize with them?
My answer is NO!

I know people who got AIDS through irresponsible behaviour, but I have no sympathy for their condition any more than I would have sympathy for someone who gets arrested for driving drunk. People who do drugs and share needles, they know the risks of sharing needles and when they contract AIDS society must sympathise? There are choices and there are consequences. When you make bad choices, something’s there are horrific consequences.  I refuse to reward irresponsible behaviour. It punishes responsibility. Some people may see this as being ignorant, but we don’t all subscribe to a same way of thinking.

What if YOU get cancer after smoking. Then the person made a bad choice and will suffer the consequences. Why is that my fault or my problem? Why should I pay for someone else's bad choices? Where is the personal responsibility? This isn't about sex or orientation. This is about taking responsibility. I feel the same about AIDS from sex or drug use as I do about cancer from smoking, liver disease from drinking or any of the other AVOIDABLE conditions that people bring upon themselves by making bad choices.
As contradictory as this following statement may be but each person who becomes infected with HIV have their own stories to tell. No one can judge a person with AIDS since one cannot know the history behind its contraction. We all make stupid decisions in life but I also believe there are no accidents. Everything we experience in life happens for a reason. Sometimes it is the Universe slapping us in the face to get us to learn something in life that we might not otherwise have learned. I have learned that we cannot take anything in life for granted.
 
 
 

Let reality sink in for a second.

(This piece was suppose to be short and about the quote below, but I couldn't stop writting)

I was just emailed this piece written (last quote) by a white South African. Well its really nothing shocking to me.

Infact I have respect for white people who are openly racist, just like how I said to a friend of mine not so long ago, i said to him "As much as P W Botha did black people bad, i respect him for being openly racist and being unapologetic about his hate for black until his death" he had to do what he did to do for his people. I remember one of his interview in the early 2000s when he said "I will not ask forgiveness for fighting the Marxist revolutionary onslaught."if I remember properly this was at a media briefing with then President, Nelson Mandela.

But anyway looking at this quote below. I actually laughed when I read this.

"White people were made in the
image of God.. Therefore we
must treat them as such!! They are our
savior!! We need them to save us from
our wretched selves!! Stop criticizing
them! We need them to help us be
better. Where would we be without them
and their caring, loving kindness?? The
care for us out of the kindness of their
hearts!! That women was right. We would
have nothing without them and just be
stagnate in our backwards ways. Africa
was a mess before the whites came!!
Thank you white people for making Africa
and blacks "better".... THANK YOU!"

Despite all this, South Africa is the next level in terms of trade, technology, peace and love. We will achieve greater height and do greater things.  It really hurts me to hear the youth say "We losing hope", this is YOUR country demmet, your childrens childrens wil roam these streets that you are losing hope for. 

How dare you lose hope for on your own country? Is these the patriotism you were taught? What are your cries? Corruption? Well lets look at reality for a min, Corruption will never stop. Violence? Let us look at reality here, you cannot not say you want to blame the govt because they broke into your house. I mean really now? Must every house and every corner have a police standing in a corner? Impossible!!

We are a beautiful country, yes we have corrupt government officials but hey the media has somehow exxegerated EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING. See how they report the story when a white person is killed, they pose questions like "Is South Africa safe", "Are we safe" but when a black person is killed, its just another story on page 4. But they cash in on the white, they even do follow up stories.

We can't really blame and hate white people for being unapologetic about what they have.
We were never afforded the same privileges so we gonna have to deal. And "clever blacks" are quick to say to other black people "why can't you stand up and do for self" - well its easy for them to speak like thus when they parents were fortunate enough to afford them a good education, not everyone had that, look around you, let reality sink for one second, be Mr Gumede in that shack who was displaced by apartheid and had no means to get an education for him and his children. What do you suggest he does? Come up with a business plan and start a business? Be Beauty at that corner street selling apples and bananas, do you think she likes it there, she has no education, her parents never had education, she is a victim of circumstance and so are million others. Clever blacks have a way of "undermining" those who were not affordered the same opportunities as them as being lazy who want everything for free and  to be fed by the govt. Its easy to speak like this if u've never been poor. Its easy to say "stop looking for handouts and go find a job" but let reality sink in. We're about millions of people here and you have the audacity to tell me that we must not blame apartheid? How dare you? Let reality sink for a second, do you think that in 18 years of democracy South Africa should be clean of poverty? Let reality sink for a second.

Change you'll never see if you hidden behind highwalls of Sandton and screan there is no change in the country, the media is a business, for them to show you all the negative side of OUR country to us and the world is good business for them. Take a look at CNN when they show Africa, they never show you Zambezi or any beautiful side of Africa unless its a hotel occupied by Madonna. Let reality sink in for a second.

Now to " Reverse Racism." There is no such thing as reverse racusm, white people tend to redefine "Discrimination" as "Racism". Their main argument is that because both blacks and white can discriminate against each other, that "Reverse Racism" is possible. But the truth of the matter is that black people: 1) have far less opportunity to discriminate against whites than whites haveto discriminate against blacks, overall; and 2) black people lack a system of institutionalized support that protect them when they discriminate against whites.

White people who complain about "Reverse Racism" are actually complaining about being denied their privileges, rather than being denied their rights. They feel entitled to be hired and not to be discriminated against,ceven though the norm is white people discriminating against blacks. If, in a rare instance, a black employer discriminates against a white job applicant, that's not "reverse" anything -- it's simple discrimination. It's to be condemned on principle, but it's not evidence of some systematic program by which whites are being deprived of their rights.

You Racist!

Recently South Africans have once again been subjected to the "Apartheid discussion" which is once again brought up by an opposition party, namely the DA "Stop blaming Apartheid" which goes to show that white South Africans still don't get it, in order to focus on the future we need to correct the wrongs of the past. Yes people argue and say "but its 18 years of democracy already can we not move on?" Yes we are moving on but the injustices of the past still haunt South African even though the white population is a minority but great power still remains in their hands.

The very same white people say "What happened in Germany was horrific, we must never forget the Holocast" - "Never forget Sept 11" "Lest We Forget" they preach, now the very same people have the audacity to tell us the we need to forget Apartheid, its in the past, we need to move on. How dare they say that. How dare they say we must forget a system that killed our people, that deprived us of a good education, that kept the doors to money and wealth closed for us. How dare!! How dare they say that B.E.E is reverse racism. How dare.

An 18 year old Goodman Lepota recently said "Race is not an issue for me, apartheid does not mean anything to me. I think there are far more important things to worry about than what apartheid did. If we focus on the notion that "whites are bad and we as black people need to be protected from them", we will never move on as a country."

We have what we call "born frees" who most have not been subjected to racial discrimination and that most of them are attending former model C and private school, now because they speak "so well" certain whites find it easier to engage with them and so these young black born frees do not understand what the fuss is about when it comes to race matters, now most of these South Africans are experiencing a low sense of belonging and continue to associate strongly with white people. Now the "coconuts" are quick to say no lets forget about what happened in the past and move on, now as previously stated we can not move forwad without correcting the injustices of the past.

Racism in South Africa is still a huge problem and somehow white South Africans simply believe that we can just sweep the past under the carpet and forget about the past which lives today.

We therefore cannot just simply move on   without a correct diagnosis of the problem.
Which is racism.
Racism exists in work places, shopping centres food outlets. You go to places like Secunda, you feel threatened as you walk through the streets because white have this way of just looking at you in a funny way. If you are black and visiting Secunda, there's 90% chance that you will not find a B&B that will allow you in, Secunda B&B's are fully booked when you black.
Cape Town has been a major topic when it comes to racism because it just so happens that it is the capital of racism in the country. When Lindiwe Suttle tweeted about
having experienced racism in Cape Town, the tweet "No matter how famous/rich u r, ur still a 2nd class citizen if ur Black in Cape Town, @helenzille when'sthe change u spoke about happening?" -- Zille’s immediate response was to say, “What complete nonsense”. Zille later suggested that those who allege racism in Cape Town are part of an ANC cabal, bitter that the DA is in charge in Western Cape. Zille could have done better by expressing her disgust at racism but her responce clearly showed that she is protecting her own. Cape Town, is like an apartheid museum.

It sometimes bothers me to think that some white South Africans do not appreciate that transition from apartheid to democracy, it could have simply went the other way round. The ANC could have insisted on widespread
expropriation of property and land without compensation: an entirely justifiable position given the historic dispossession of black people because economically, we are still on the outside. The economy is very much ‘white’.  The Freedom Charter unambiguously states that “the mineral wealth beneath the soil, the Banks and the monopoly industry shall be transferred to the ownership of the people as a whole.” But an uneasy compromise was reached. Which sidelined black people.

Not so long ago a white lady said "The reason the white race is so offensive towards the African race is due to the ANC's unfairness towards our race - if respect is given respect will be shown!" I couldn't believe it, I was speechless. Because this lady clearly shows no gratitude whatsoever that South Africa chose to "forgive" but not forget. MANY white people in South African still harbour the most viscous of racism, and remember these words "a mind of a racist never changes"

In the Northern Cape, there is a small Town called Orania that’s occupied entirely by whites only.

In the Western Cape, there is another small Town called Swellendam which still maintains some Apartheid policies. In Swellendam whites have their own cemetery and non-whites are not allowed to be buried there. But that all changed in 2010 when a black child was forcibly buried there.

Racial oppression was not just a system of domination; it served certain vested interests. The racially skewed access to all economic assets, the domination of the professions and executive positions in business by white males; all were intended outcomes. The
privileged position whites enjoy in South Africa today is not the result of greater diligence. It is the effect of explicitly discriminatory policies.

Not so long ago Jessica Leandra tweeted: "Just, well took on an arrogant and disrespectful kaffir inside Spar. Should have punched him, should have." She later claimed that she was not racist, could have fooled me.

This is South Africa, it will always come down to colour, meaning one will pull the "Race card" whenever necessary because we are dealing with undercover racists who somehow show their through colours when you object to a certain remark or when you challenge them. Most white people hate it when a black person challenges them. So yes people need to stop saying we can't pull a race card because if you in a white establisehment and you are treated unfairly, its because you black. I've been a victim of racism far too many times, and you think to yourself "wow there are people who still think like this in S.A?"
Most born frees do not understand this thing of pulling a race card because they are so sucked into these peoples lifestyle they never can tell between a racist statement and a non racial comment. They smile with them and say "You speak so well Zama" "You not like others hey Mbali". These have to be one of the most racist statements and white people just simply don't see anything wrong with it. What do they mean when the say "you speak well"? "You don't sound black"?

Take some time to read read the News24 commentry section where the worst racists ever in the country gather, every headline is seen in a racist manner. And still find our black youth who dare defend these racist. "Two wrongs don't make a right" Well in a real world, sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. You carry on and go speak well them. Its you right

In South Africa racism remains a key challenge to our democracy. We cannot undo the legacy of a unique system such as apartheid overnight. It is our responsibility to continuously strive towards reconciliation, transformation and nationhood as South Africans.

Whites need to start accepting some harsh realities. Most importantly, whites need to realise that the country’s social inequalities.

Thank you ANC.

House Music is a Feeling

What is House Music?

How does one even begin to answer, what is house?! It would probably take forever trying to explain this.

Actually, that's not that case. It's simple, House is a feeling! Yep there you have it. House is a feeling!

 We can further elaborate on this but the most important thing to remember is that House is a Feeling.

I've recently read an article about the origins of House Music, in a City of Chicago in the USA and it finding a home is South Africa. Who knew that this garage Sound would evolve and travel the world so much and knock right inside homes and hearts of millions around the world...

I guess it's true that another man's silver is another man's Gold.

In Chicago, where House Music originated, House Music is more associated to dance, clubbing, nightlife or partying in general.

Where as in South Africa, where House really found a home, after being absorbed in the midst of Apartheid times and localised to genres like Bubble-Gum then later Kwaito.
House has a more deeper and sacred meaning here, it's more of a cultural thing, a symbol of love, hope and unity but most importantly it's where people of South Africa document their stories and share emotions with one another through sound.

Experts may argue this, but on a personal perspective "I fee House Music is the original Sound Of South Africa".
Trace back into our rich history, which is extremely diverse, then try and pick out that one sound that has fair traces of a large and identifiable following and still remains dominant to date, to prove this.

The whole point around this background analysis and what house means to us, is to make it visible that house has an emotional attachment to the people of South Africa.
Its a combination of the struggle of freedom and the victory of being free. The two most important phases of our history, there's a link to house music.

I remember, where my love for house music started, back in the early 2000s, my first track I fell in love with went like:
"So tell me how do you do
Finally I meet you
You don't know what I've been through,
waiting and wondering about you
I had a dream my trip would end at you,
and now I know paradise" -
a track by "Kings of Tomorrow - Finally" sang by Julie Mcnight...

I remember it like it was yesterday, was very young at the time hearing it, we had hired a taxi after school had closed for December holidays. That's the day I was hitched!!!

This Music has since kept growing and growing, in me ,up until this day...
Each song I've ever loved, has a memory of where I was and paints an imagine of how my life was at that time.
 Yeah, I can say House has helped me relive past memories of my life...

Again to dispute house music is sacred and holds a cultural status in SA would be negligent.
Let's just tap into religion a little. What do religious and cultural songs normally have in content? Don't they Preach and promise better days, good morals, love, peace, hope, unity, the love of God, serving your country and never contains profanity or hate speech?.

Doesn't house have all these elements?

Doesn't House serve the very same purpose as any other religious song?
Yes, it maintains its dance texture to honour the origins of the genre, but on an objective analysis one can agree House is as sincere and Godly has any other religious song.
Quick recap... have you ever heard a House Song degrading women or promoting violence? Or anything negative in general... Now think carefully, is there? Haha don't think so... "House is has Godly as any other religious song" I repeat!!!

As the influence of House Music grows creating a subdivision of refined groupings of House such as , Deep House, Tech House, Soulful etc.
More meaning is being given to House in South Africa, as it now combines different elements derived from other genres of music. E.g a person who loves Jazz can find a song that can match his/her taste within house, as there are house tracks that are created from Jazz and as much as they are house tracks but they consist largely of jazz elements giving it a Jazzy feel to it.

House is actually the one Genre that can flex to accommodate any other genre in the world. House can even tell a story and raises deep hidden emotion without even vocals, just using instruments alone...
Isn't that amazing?!

House is a feeling. It lives within each and everyone of us, it's just waiting for you to cross its path and rise from within you.
I've got a younger brother, who's now 17 years of age, has never been to a night club, doesn't attend parties, isn't on social media, only just recently he's got a blackberry which is his only tool that connects him to people outside from home.
But I can tell you that's he's one of the greatest Deep House collector I've ever came across. He's my idol and he knows more house than myself and any of my Dj friends I can think of.

How's what possible?
How does a genre oppressed in terms of Radio airplay in SA, make its was deep inside ekasi?
How does house make its way to a young boy from the township, who doesn't see any deep house on national TV, doesn't have money to surf the net for this, doesn't party and doesn't have a single loophole I can think of where the exposure may have came from...

Are you gonna dispute that house is a spiritual thing?
Are you gonna deny they the power of house music?

Falling in love with house is just like falling in love with a person. There's invisible forces of attraction that connects you to that person spiritually joining you under intense chemistry and creates an involuntary feeling of love.

Are you gonna deny that House is a feeling?

If House found its way into my soul from a very tender age , made its way to my 17 year old brother with no connection to the real world and all the other passionate souls across the world... There's no guarantee that this feeling of House music will never find you.

House Music is a Feeling... A feeling that lives in all of us...
"House Music will always Love you back"

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This article was written by L. Buthelezi (known as @DOGG_DBN in the entertainment scene). Bless.


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To Guys With Platonic Female Friend Issues

To Guys With Platonic Female Friend Issues:

The advice I’m about to give you will only work for about half of you. OK, maybe a quarter. But I think that if it helps just one then I’m doing the world a service.
I must start this by saying that all guys, including myself, have the following issue at times:
We look at women like poultry, beef, seafood
and swine. When we first see them, we determine whether we will buy the rib-eye, settle for the fish sticks or avoid the pork within five seconds. It’s about as wrong as the porn problems we pretend we don’t have.

I digress.

I’ve thought through a salient theory for the issues guys have with maintaining platonic friendships with gals. The idea vibes along the line of thinking about soccer (or your grandmother) when you stood before your class and gave your book report with a boner because you were daydreaming about the finest girl in school.

There’s a simple answer: Think of every female you’d take the cookie from, but would prefer to keep as a friend as your best man’s girl/wife. Avoiding sexual encounters with your best manfriend’s girl is Man Law No. 173,982. (Some) Men follow this rule. (Too many) Women break it.

Remember what Chris Rock said? Men look at their guy’s girlfriend and think, “I’ve gotta get me someone like her.” Women look at their girlfriend’s man and think, “I’ve gotta get him.”
The logic is sound. Men who honor Man Law will not sleep with their guy’s girl. It doesn’t mean they won’t look. We’re men. Gay or straight, we all look, gaze and even stare at times.

Undoubtedly, there are some guys you call friend who do — and will — disregard this Man Law. But they are the friends whom you
shouldn’t lament if tomorrow they digest salmonella-laced peanut butter cookies (I kid). It and they are that simple.  In theory, this works. Then again, thinking about baseball rarely made me lose my hard on. Instead, I often considered ways I could steal the next base, and you know what I mean. Still, it’s worth a shot. Let me know what you think.

Stay up (but down around your platonic female friends),

YES!!! ZumaVille

"The government is planning a new R2-billion town in President Jacob Zuma's home village of Nkandla and taxpayers will have to pick up half the tab, the Mail & Guardian reported on Friday.

Initial estimates were that the government would have to direct more than R1-billion of taxpayers' money into the development.

Another R1-billion would be needed from the private sector to make the project viable.

It was the brainchild of Masibambisane, a rural development organisation Zuma chairs, which the Democratic Alliance has described as a “hand-out scheme used by Zuma to curry favour”.

But the department of rural development and land reform had taken up the project with apparent enthusiasm."

Source: http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/taxpayers-to-fund-zumaville-1.1355802

RURAL FIRST

In 2006 Nkandla was put forwad as one of the 50 most deprived regions in KZN and it was earmarked to become part of three priority corridors that would link the region with the province's interior.

When President Jacob Zuma took over as president in 2009, he created plans to deal with the task of bridging the gap between urban and rural development.
Nkandla is a pilot project of this initiative .
Critism of this "R2-billion" town is pure rubbish, aimed at undermining government's attempts to develop the neglected rural areas and communities.
It is criticised by those who still believe that multi-billion-rand projects belong to the cities.  They think open toilets and gravel roads are only developments suitable for rural areas.

Such initiations will go a long in addressing the the problems of urban decay, urban congestion, and soaring demands for services and work opportunities in urban services.

The smart village would ensure that job opportunities were created in Nkandla to boost the local economy because residents would not have to travel to towns like Eshowe to buy necessities

Even the president's spokesman, Zuma's spokesman, Mac Maharaj, described the criticism as “reckless” and “without basis in fact”.

The DA is out there talking rubbish "ANC offers Zumaville -  DA offers jobs"
I wish to aske the DA will this not create jobs? Will this not put food on tables? Will this not help develop rural areas?

The DA is only showing interest and requisting inquires into the Zumaville because it is in Nkandla, had the same been done in the Eastern Cape or North West there would be no noise about it. It had to start somewhere, it could have started in Qunu

Dipo Mzobe who with Pres Zuma co-chairs the NGO said “But, most importantly, such a development would ensure that what we produce in this area is then processed locally so that we maximise the economic spin-offs from our own produce. This is part of the broader initiative on food security,”

YES TO THE ZUMAVILLE

YES TO RURAL DEVELOPMENTS.

YES TO JOBS.

A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL.

PUT ANC FIRST!!!!!!!

Ezase...qedela wena!

Intombazane yaKwaMashu: wayishiya endlini ithosa kwasani okuse frigini,ayi clean endlini,ushiye imali yesinkwa ithenge ugwayi!! Uyabuya ntambama isihlezi namantombazne akamakhelwane ayizifebe sekungabangani ayigezile. 


Intombazane yaseMlazi: iyahlambalaza nithi nisahlezi kamnandi nibuka i tv kungonakele lutho ivese isukume ithi woza uzongibhebha! Awu!!! 


Chesterville: uyafona umbuze wenzani babe? Athi angenzi lutho ufike umthathe nizule niphuze nidle uhlukane no R2000, nifike endlini uyamfica uyamensa nxah! awu! ngoba ngibuzile nje ukuthi wenzani wathi awenzi lutho, ubungasho ngani ukuthi uya mensa?! 


EyaseLamontville: uyamkhipha uhambe ehala yonke indlela manidlula inandos, kentucky, chicken licken kodwa manidlula eduze kwe hotela ngeke umuzwe ethi ngaze ngaqhanyelwa asingene lana!!!Lawakeokuthiwa o'Ladies free before 10' umthola e Afro,Florida rd,Max,Scallas umthengele isavanna nihambe niye endlini usekukhumula kuqala ukukhotha ne pipi usekubiza ngo babe! akakwazi ngisho igama ufuna i skun uthi icondom iyamlimaza, uyamudla uyamemeza lifake lonke babe! awu ngoba ngilifakile nje ngizolixhuma ngani?? inkomo aybonwa ko free before 10. 


OGlamour no model C basemasuburbs: uyamudla ukhuluma isingisi push it babe,fuck me! Please dont stop please dont cum! mina ngivese ngichame ngampela uma esesho njalo ngicikwa ilesingisana! 


Zingcono ezako Lundi, Nongoma, Mpangeni zishaya ungqo wesizulu ivesi ithi "FEQUZA kakhulu Qwabe! Sengizothunda!!

Why i'll Never Stop Drinking!!

Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I 
feel ashamed - Then I look into the glass and think about 
the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and 
dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of 
work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say 
to myself, 'It is better that I drink this beer and let their 
dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my 
liver

The apartheid government was not free of corruption.

The apartheid government was not free of
corruption, but it was hidden from the public eye, says a
report into grand corruption under the Nationalist Party
government.
"In closed societies, which are highly militarised under
dictatorial rule, the truth is hidden from public view by
design," report author Hennie van Vuuren of the Institute for
Security Studies said in the introduction.
The report was released on Monday in Johannesburg and the
103 page document gives a chilling insight into corruption and
corrupt officials under the former regime.
Van Vuuren said that the issue of grand corruption under
apartheid had not been publicly debated much.
"Since the advent of democratic rule, scant attention has been
paid to the possibility that leading apartheid-era functionaries
(in government and business) may have used the cover of
authoritarian rule to illegally acquire vast sums of wealth in
defiance even of the legal 'norms' of that time," Van Vuuren
wrote.
'Brutal, but honest'
He said public perception that the new democratic South
Africa was more corrupt than the old system dominated for a
couple of years after 1994.
This was also reinforced by the opinions of former leaders,
such as former president FW de Klerk.
This, Van Vuuren said, created a situation where the old
government was remembered as "brutal" in the way that it
governed, but "honest" in the way it managed its finances.
"In such a scenario the politics of apartheid is trivialised as
misguided idealism and the role of the business community in
such a system was primarily about legitimate shareholder
profit."
This, however, was not the case, according to the report.
The apartheid government was a corrupt system of
governance.
"A near monopoly on money, power and influence were in the
hands of a minority and they used this to either violently
suppress the majority or, at best, transfer resources in order to
stave off the inevitable revolution."
The report focused on instances of corruption that took place
between 1976 and 1994.
Sensitive issue
It relied on interviews with 20 people, including researchers,
journalists, liberation struggle activists, politicians from the
previous government, business people and security personnel.
Not all of them, Van Vuuren stated, were willing to be
identified.
"It is worth noting that a number of interviewees requested
that comments not be attributed to them... This reflects the
fact that the nature of this research is still considered sensitive
by many."
Information was also collected from various private and public
archival collections.
"It is worth noting that little exists in the way of official records
of corruption under apartheid.
"Many of the official records that were not destroyed prior to
1994 are either accommodated by disparate departments, the
national archive or are held in private collections by officials..."
SAPA



This is a News24 article posted in 2006

Be a Man, Enough Said.

Being a man is a full time job. There are many ways to define a man, and different people have different definitions, so I'm going to skip all that crap and tell you the only thing you need to know: My way is the correct way.

Men are different from women in very fundamental and valuable ways, but that for some reason--and I don't pretend to know what that is--men, for lack of a better word, have become feminized.

My premise is simple and it has three parts. A man naturally wants to protect a woman. A woman wants to be protected by a man. Both want to be respected.

Respect:

A real man respects himself and others at all times. Whether you’re rich or poor. A man naturally wants to protect a woman.

A woman wants to be protected by a man. Both want to be respected.  A man will respect a woman that's on his own level but he won't cherish a woman that is utterly competitive with him because she is simply not stimulating that thing which evokes his cherishing

REAL Men RESPECT Women 

Men don hit women.

Women are meant to be loved, not understood.

Don’t cheat on your woman

Respect her space and privacy.

Respect her opinion.

Spend time with her, respect her, possibly take her to forever. 

Accept responsibility for your relationships.

Im pretty sure that ladies would agree, there is no feeling in the world worse than feeling alone in a relationship when u have a man but he’s too busy with other things.

Fellas, that is your relationship, take care of it, play ur role in it. Relationships are a two-way streets. Take part.

Make a promise, Keep it.

 When a real man makes a promise, he keeps it. If he can't keep a promise, he doesn't give his word. A real man would rather die than break his word. A real man knows that his words are as powerful as his actions, and that they must be taken at face value.

Children

Take care of them.

Love them.

Teach them respect.

Teach them the importance of culture from an early age.

Be a hero to them.

A real man doesn't look like a woman

A real man doesn't have long hair, and he doesn't shave his chest. Manicures, however, are acceptable. Massages from female attendants are also tolerated. A real man knows that, outside of the salon, all his personal hygiene needs must be taken care of by a woman.
Any man who doesn't know how to tie a tie should hand in his testicles immediately.

Keep it simple.

A real man keeps it simple. If you know big words, use them rarely and appropriately -- at least in front of morons who think they're smarter than you.

 Think Like A Man. Act like a Man

Be willing to fail.

Be confident.

Express love actively.

Face your fears.

Respect another man’s hustle.

Think Like A Man and You'll Act Like A Hoe.

Firstly, about the movie, When I saw the previews of “Think Like a Man” I expected the movie to be funny, yet insightful, on how men and women should approach relationships. And since the movie was based on Steve Harvey’s book on relationships, which I never read, I thought it would be a good movie. However, a lot of the advice given by Steve Harvey contradicts what the Bible says about relationships. For example, one of Steve Harvey’s rules is to give a man 90 days before sleeping with him, when the Bible says to be married. 

 Think Like a Man is so busy tracking courtship as if it were a science project that the bite-size love stories lack spontaneity. Think Like a Man is on that  philosophy in Beyoncé's Single Ladies(Put a Ring on It), it makes manipulation more fun than it ought to be....it makes women more easier and more vulnerable.

But anyway...

To be honest, 40% of all these girls rushing to watch Think like a man will make it easier for men to lay them, because in honest truth they will do the opposite of the movie, by thinking like a man and acting like a hoe... Act like a hoe , get treated like a hoe .

Women like testing waters and see what will happen if they try and follow Harvey’s advice, but since you’ve seen the movie or read the book and now u wanna think like a man. WE ARE A STEP AHEAD. So u can’t beat a man to a thought that has already circulated his head,.

 But to the point of acting like a hoe, if you follow Harvey’s advice and think like a man, you’ve given up the cookie already you just don’t know it yet.

The moment you think like a man you accept all traits of a man. You become the hoe.

By thinking like a man you go hunt for dick and dick doesn’t come to you anymore, you talk differently to see how men will react but like i said, we already a step ahead, so we’ll say the sweetest things to u and you fall for it and BANG YOU’VE GIVEN UP THE COOKIE, it’s that easy.

 The moment you think like a man you learn different ways of being deceitful, spiteful and vengeful , u become bitter, if u in a relationship you try and compete with ur man, he will hate and leave you. There is no love for hoes

Why act like a hoe though? Be a woman. Why think like a man? Be a woman.

Women, since the beginning of time, have been the baited traps that the guys fall for, and yet somewhere us guys thought that they we were catching females when they were catching us.

Now comes the part where you looking for a new man, you have traits of a man now and so good guys may approach say all these sweet things to u more like Drake, “Thinking Like A Woman”  and you give him that “is he talking me” –“why is he talking to me”, but then when u meet you match, “the asshole”, remember he is a step ahead BANG YOU’VE GIVEN UP THE COOKIE.

 Because you now thinking like a man, and if you a smart woman you’ll think like a smart woman, which is not so bad BUT...you’ll act like a smart hoe

The regular questions start popping back to you, “Where are all good men, successful men?” and the

answer is they are right there waiting for you to be weakened by traits of a man and the moment you weak the successful man is no longer there but a thirsty nigga is and he is good with words and he is a step ahead of you. You may wonder what it is that is going to make ‘me weak’ (woman), well look at it this way, the good, successful men that you want now no longer put themselves out like thirsty nigga, they have the money, they can get the girl. You still a woman thinking like a man but acting like a hoe because hoes need to be fed, the successful brother gives you a smile and gets into a small talk with you, you weakened because the whore in you is out and  you act smart like a smart hoe and play with words very well, he gets irritated, leaves you for a cheaper hoe because you acting in an Un-hoe like manner, and you end up given it up  to the thirtsy nigga because the successful man no longer wants you because you can’t two bulls in on kraal and hope for joy

 What’s going in your head right now after the movie, “men aint shit’, the whore in you now or rather the man in right now has is now thinking “well shit all these men are untrustworthy” You start blaming all men now because your dumb ass started thinking like a manwhore, if you’re going to play blackjack learn to count your cards or you’ll eat dust. And men win again. Hoes 0 – Men 2.

 Men think like salesmen,you have to be good with words to sell the product, with women if they don’t play their cards right that woman is a goner, men sell themselves to hoes and hoes buy the product because he was such a good salesman.

Women who “Think like a man” think more like Chinese “If we can make it we can sell” kind thinking, they think because they have a vagina and boobs every man wants them, yes every man wants what u have but they all don’t want “YOU”....

You know James Brown "It's A Mans World". Anyone familiar with the song knows the true message of the song is in the lyrics; "but it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl". Now why ruin that by “thinking like a man” we need you to “Be Women, Enough Said”

The biggest mistake you'll ever make in your life as a woman, is to "Think Like A Man" A mans mind changes constantly. Acting a hoe is easy.

 Now that you thinking like a man tell me, can the "player" be tamed by the girl who keeps her "cookie" on lock down for at least 90 days? No, she gonna act like a hoe and give the cookie away,

THE 90 DAY RULE IS A MYTH.

Welcome to the Hoevolution

You can’t “Think Like A Man” and Keep A Man.

Mandela Sold Us Out.

Note that this is my opinion, I don’t need people to judge me because of my thoughts because I’m not judging yours.

Now as known the Mandela issue is a very sensitive one, I fail to understand why, it’s not like he fought alone in the struggle, it’s not like he was the only man within the ANC who made decisions, but when it came to laying in bed with the Nats (National Party), he did it alone. "I cannot forgive him for going to receive the Nobel [Peace Prize in 1993] with his jailer [FW] de Klerk. Hand in hand they went.”

He negotiated on behalf of Africans and made a bad deal…He negotiated politically freedom, leaving out economic freedom. We needed politically freedom yes, but we needed economically freedom more.  Mandela may have let us down not just for the fun of it but because at the time it felt “the right thing to do for his people and the country at large”. But he could have changed all that after he came to power.

Political And Economic Freedom are two sides of the same coin.  The importance of political freedom is fundamentally linked to the conviction that an individual should be at liberty to pursue his or her own ends in a manner that he or she thinks fit. This is the essence of economic freedom. Conversely it is economic freedom which makes independent political action possible.

Mandela had a dream, a dream of political victory. But political freedom means not if the economy still belongs to the oppressors.

I’d like to quote: In an interview published by the London Evening Standard, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had no doubts as to where her ex-husband stood. “Mandela let us down. He agreed to a bad deal for the blacks. Economically, we are still on the outside. The economy is very much ‘white’. It has a few token blacks, but so many who gave their life in the struggle have died unrewarded.” Assuming what Winnie said was true, if not close to the truth, I agree with her that Mandela indeed “had let us [black people] down”.

Firstly I would like to quote the “Freedom Charter”

“The national wealth of our country, the heritage of South Africans, shall be restored to the people; The mineral wealth beneath the soil, the Banks and monopoly industry shall be transferred to the ownership of the people as a whole;  All other industry and trade shall be controlled to assist the wellbeing of the people; All people shall have equal rights to trade where they choose, to manufacture and to enter all trades, crafts and professions.”

The Freedom Charter unambiguously states that “the mineral wealth beneath the soil, the Banks and the monopoly industry shall be transferred to the ownership of the people (socialist-speak for “the State”) as a whole.” Julius Malema likes to remind everyone that when Mandela left prison, nationalisation was almost a given for him. But by the time he ascended to power, he was strangely mute on the subject. Why did he keep quite all of a sudden, he was all for the Charter, Mandela spoke highly of the charter.

But where is the economic freedom?

When Mandela was released from prison, he put into place steps that would eventually lead to the present state of events, where not much has changed for the average black South African, who remains economically sidelined. The current system only benefits the connected few, the Sexwales, the Ramaphosas and the Motsepes of this country. 

I like how T Osiame Molefe puts it more forcefully, “Instead, and admittedly reasonably, but I contend cowardly, an uneasy compromise was reached. Black South Africa would be allowed to phase in reclaiming what they’d waited for, in exchange, white South Africa, the beneficiaries of apartheid, would keep their ill-gotten gains.”

Whites have all the reasons to LOVE Mandela, he gave them power, the economic power and now They put that huge statue of him right in the middle of the most affluent "white" area of Johannesburg. Not here where we spilled our blood and where it all started. Mandela is now a corporate foundation. Wait, he has another statue in London mind you, LONDON.

Many whites are out there celebrating, but for most South Africans not much has changed. POLITICAL VICTORY WAS NOT ENOUGH.

The Hall / Weekend Pass.

Let me explain first explain The Pass,  The Pass can come in half-day, full-day or weekend. It is something to be prized, cherished and used judiciously for it is not an easy thing to obtain. It is
Permission given by your lover to fool around with another person outside your relationship.

So ladies, how do you feel about the Pass, will you ever give your man the Pass?

(Tweet me @BossoKeMang )

NB: The Pass does not extend to women, so no ladies you do NOT get the pass

BEER Time - Boys' Night Out.

The idea of him wanting  to spend a night out with the boys instead of you doesn’t settle well?  It may benefit your relationship.

Ladies, you must know that this is one THE most important times in a relationship

Yes we love spending time with you BUT when it’s time for us to go out with the boys to party and drink beer, you’ll have to grin and bear the pain…

We just wanna drink and be happy. Girls often think that boys nights out usually end up with a bunch of girls and sex afterwards… Well if the boys nights out really bothers her your relationship may have problems beyond the territory of boys’ nights out—she may be suffering from serious trust issues.

So ladies, if you in that kind of relationship, serious and all, it is very important that you allow your man to regularly go out for boys nights out … A girlfriend should encourage his boyfriend to spend time alone with male friends.

You may wonder why is Beer time important, well it lets him be himself, without holding back.                       It  will make him appreciate your relationship.

But remember as well fellas, ask yourself, are you giving her the same kind of time you give the boys? Because some guys, especially young guys or guys in new relationships want to make sure their friends know that they aren’t “whipped” and that they’re still “one of the guys”. In the end, though, they over-compensate, forgetting to give their significant other any time.

Nothing is more annoying to a guy than feeling smothered, suffocated or on lock down.

BEER time is very important, well I can’t really say much about boys who drink Savanas and Hunters Dry, but it can only be fair for you to take them out on a girls night out as well even baby showers.

It is a known fact that if you wind up spending every night of the week together or days a week with him, you may become an old habit.