So who is voting?

Who’s next in this life time to make me want some?

So all the glorious leaders have had their turn, even the “inglorious bastards” have had their time under the sun for a quick tan. So my question is this; are we going to repeat history or call on for some change? If we are going to change our notes from animals to heroes I think we should do the same with our leadership.

Put aside your cultural ambitions and your bigotry believes for quick second, think about the country we live in and think for yourself. What would you prefer; animals running amuck in our country and fulfilling the ignorant Americans fantasies, or would you like to see the progressive intuitive started by the heroes of yesteryear? For me it’s simple, I refuse to let some pompous want to-be tyrant spend my money as a tax payer to improve his living conditions while his closest neighbour lives in a mud hut. Come on! I think you forget that you work for us and not the other way around.

With all that being said, I think it’s time for you to move on. Truth be told you did do some good for us, you did help the disadvantaged and empower those that needed it, in my eyes when you came in you were what we desperately needed but I suppose one thing is certain, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Today and for tomorrow, we need a new “Head of house” because I’m not going to play big brother if you’re still in charge. 

Where do you come from?

Displaced heritage?

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be raised by someone other than your biological parents? I would always complain about my parents being too hard on me, and I would always wish I could run away and some rich family would find me and raise me as one of their own.

There is one thing I am grateful for, it is being raised by my mother, through the hard times she never once said I wish you were never born. She never abandoned me and she sacrificed a lot for me to be where I’m at now.

Let’s get back to being raised by people who are not your biological parents. It’s a very complicated topic because the children are the ones that are affected the most.

I have a friend who was adopted by a white family and he is black. He told me his story and now I’m telling you. His parents abandoned him when he was at a tender age and they left him alone in the house for three days. He went to the neighbours and told them what had happened. The neighbours let him stay at their house for a few days, until eventually they took him to an orphanage. He lived there for months and he did not enjoy living at the orphanage at all. He was bullied and picked on by the other kids and he desperately wanted to leave and find his own parents. Every day he hoped that they would come for him, but every day he was met with disappointment. One day his old neighbours came to visit and as you can imagine he was overwhelmed with joy and on that day, the neighbours took him in as one of their own.

Later in life the effects of not being raised by his own parents put strain on him, he knew nothing about his culture and he could barely speak his mother tongue the way it was meant to be spoken. This of course is not his fault. He had no option but to survive and move on. His adopted parents are white and they did a good job raising him. He is a driven and ambitious young man who is focused on becoming the best that he can be.

It’s not easy growing up not knowing your history, and from what I can gather the grass is never greener on the other side of the fence. 

Im done!

The party is over let’s do something else now.

We finally made it, we got that elusive freedom that many have fought for, or at least our parents fought for, we can celebrate and dance the night away… Phew life’s good.

But forget all of that, it’s been close to 20 years since we got our ‘freedom’ why are we still celebrating? When are we going to start working and moving forward from the struggle? Don’t get me wrong I’m not siding with any white racist people out there that use “it happened a long time ago, move on” excuse, no I’m simply stating that fact that we have an opportunity to empower ourselves and be as rich if not more rich then the racist white who do not want us to get empowered because they feel we are animals.

The only way to fight racism is to get rich, the right way. The only reason why racism exists is because of the economy, black people were sold as a commodity and therefore the white developed an oppressive attitude towards the black man to keep him oppressed for business reasons. I’m saying stick it to the racist man and get rich, the party is over let’s get to work.

If you have seen the census you would see that the blacks are still the majority in this country and they are still worse of then any other race group. Yes we had it worse than any other race group but that should not be your reasoning for failure, that reason alone should inspire you to rise and conquer. 

How is my culture?

How is my culture? Or more importantly how is your African culture?

We as South Africans are so easily manipulated by the western society, we follow their trends and make them our own, we listen to their music and conform to what they deem to be ‘cool’ we watch their movies and fall in love with their culture and we neglect our culture, but whenever we get the chance, we say “I’m proudly South African.” Are we really?

I was watching the news last year and I saw a lot of people encouraging their kids to go trick or treating, and I thought to myself “we do that in South Africa?” my whole entire existence I have never gone trick or treating with both my black and white friends in the suburbs or in the locations. So I’m wondering when this became our tradition.

We as South Africans respect women, mothers especially. We consider them to be a national treasure in many different cultures in South Africa. I know in the Zulu culture more specifically, back in the day when a father was disciplining his child and the hiding got too much for the child, he or she could run to the women’s side of the hut and the man was not allowed to cross over to the women side, thus the walloping would cease. Another example; if two men were fighting and one of them was getting a serious beating, he could run to any women and hide, and the fight would stop instantly. Yes perhaps they didn’t rule, but they had a significant influence in the way things were done. The women who marched on August 19 were never touched by any man, the white ladies who called themselves the Black Sash, they were never touched when the marched on the streets of South African. (If you don’t know them Google it)

My point is why are young kids calling young girls bitches? Just because some famous rapper in America calls his girlfriend a bitch, why do we have to do the same? We respect women we don’t call them bitches.

All I’m asking is how is your culture? 

(PS the picture is not mine it belongs to http://www.gettyimages.com )

The way I think

Right… this little blog of mine is not about politics, race nor is it about sexuality; this blog is about knowledge of self and the consistent search for it.

There is one issue I have encountered with people and that is understanding. It’s amazing how many people in this day and age lack the one thing that could possibly propel them into grandeur, the one thing that could create a better world for all, all lot of people lack understanding.

BEE for example, it’s a ‘plan’ to help empower the disadvantaged people of colour that had suffered under the apartheid laws. This here ‘plan’ was designed to help people and in turn helping the country move a few steps closer to grandeur.

If the government is trying to propel the country forward, why do you say its reverse apartheid? The government is not depriving anyone of an opportunity to go to a specific school to better themselves, nor is the government arresting people for not carrying their I.D. wherever they go. If you think like this you’re an idiot.

Think about it, if the majority of the population is of colour and those people are not as well of as the rich minority it means the country is undeveloped which equals to the economy of that country not as strong as it should be. What I’m trying to say is, if there are few people contributing to production of a specific object, it’s going to take much longer to move onto the next project, and if you’re getting paid for these projects you will not make a lot of money, for the simple fact that you don’t finish as many projects as your competitors.

If people were to possess this one important quality that is needed for progress, we as a people would look down on people who are stuck with the same mentality their great grandfathers had 50 years ago. If progress is what we need as a nation, then our mentality needs to adopt the same direction our vision has. 

Über men

Making it happen for the sake of making it happen.

A lot of people are probably asking themselves or maybe asking somebody close to them this question that has no relevance at all: “why does this guy not talk about things that are relevant to us?”

Well my friend/reader, this blog is not about politics nor is it about the latest trends happening in South Africa, this blog is about being proactive and self-conscious about your environment. This blog is not for the superfluous that nature has produced but this blog is for the 'one' that nature was looking for. I mean somebody had to wake Neo up from the dream.

My friend is a Visual Communication student and she is constantly involved and searching for that big idea or that great design. She influences the people around her to be the best they can be, she is all about making things happen for the sake of making it happen.

If you enjoy the finer things in life, you love the simple yet well thought out activities one is exposed to, ask yourself this question; who made it all happen? All I’m saying is somebody decided to no longer follow the trend of being the excess but decided to be proactive and make something happen for the sake of making it happen.

I’m a copywriter and I love what I do, I write because I want to make you realise you have the power to change the world (call me Morpheus) all that is needed is the Übermensch. Are you the one?

Who killed the noise?

So the story continues, the noise did not die?

Who said the government is in power? Who decided for them, that they can do whatever they want without our consent?  And they can treat us like secondary citizens; use our money for their luxurious expenses.

If we as the youth can carry the same flame that our parents carried when they fought for their rights which in turn became our rights to do what we do today, then maybe we have a chance at life or anything that’s relevant to it. I believe that the young are in existence constantly for one reason, and only one reason. We are young so that we can rebel.

Remember the old saying: youth is wasted on the young. It says it all, if we sit and do nothing we are truly wasting our potential. I’m not encouraging people to be reckless about their life decisions but I am questioning their existence, I’m questioning their life decisions, I’m questioning their YOUTH.

Who killed the noise, who told the young people to be quiet?  Who said there is no reason to rebel anymore? Why do we care what other people think of us? I mean we have the greatest excuse in the world and that is “we are still young”. We have to rebel and say something when things are affecting us negatively. We should rise up rebel and take it to the man as our parents did and their parents, because if you are still young you owe it to them to rebel and continue to carry the flame they carried so that YOU can get a shot at life.

Let the story continue, turn up the noise.