Verwoerd gets the last laugh!

All apartheid supporters – dead and alive are having the last laugh. A good laugh at how little as changed for the black poor child in South Africa. The latest evidence is the lack of service delivery by the Basic Education Department. Six months into the year, school children have not received study material. The children of the ministers enjoy education in private schools and some overseas. 

The failed system is indirectly breeding the next generation of unemployed, disempowered and illiterate people. That will mean more poverty stricken communities, high HIV and Aids prevalence. All this tragedy because the ANC government is continuing the legacy of apartheid by giving our children no education. 

Minister in charge, Angie Motshega should have done the honourable thing; admit that she failed the country and resign. Instead she lied to the nation.

So that is why I say Verwoerd and other architects of apartheid are having a good laugh.  Angie Motshega has forgotten the bloodshed by the class of 1976. Young South Africans, unarmed but fearlessly protested against Bantu education. They were shot and killed. Let not their sacrifices be diminished by your lack of foresight. Angie, resign. 

A Happy Father's to very few men out there

In many black communities (and I'm sure many black folks will agree) there should be very few men honoured on this father's day. It has become culture of a lot of the working class men in their late 50s or early 60s to get their pension funds, abandon their families and go spend their money with floozies. My dad is 64-years-old and hasn't done it(yet). Lucky for me I have already gone through school and I am employed. And so if he does find a floozy to go spend his pension fund with, I (along with my siblings) will be able to take care of mama. 


But it is a different story for many other people out there. These men, never divorce their wives for some odd reason. And when the money is drained from their bank accounts, it suddenly dawns on them that they have families the left behind. Believe me, this is a trend in the black communities. African tradition sometimes dis-empowers women. Simply because they are supposed to welcome these evil people back into their lives. When they die, women are expected to "mourn" these irresponsible men. "Mourning" these men involves wearing a black robe for certain amount of time (usually a year) and to never have relations with any other man till the mourning period is over. Many men in our communities are burdens to their families because they made bad choices. 


I am not in any way stereotyping black men. But I am giving testimony of what I have seen, endured in my short life so far. Even with regard to HIV issues, the men are the fast "transporters" of this virus. It is an unspoken truth that our women do not have control over their reproductive health. Making them vulnerable to HIV and other "crimes" perpetrated by men. 

I agree that we must be cautious in reducing all men and all women to stereotypes – men as “perpetrators” with an aggressive and “promiscuous” sexuality and women as “victims”, sexually and socially passive. Tamara Shefer has critiqued some early gender-focussed HIV/AIDS responses, saying that the initial focus on women and girls resulted in an inadvertent “blaming” of women for the epidemic, reproduced traditional roles and patronised women. She argued that by viewing masculinity and femininity as opposites and “naturally” different, we have tried naively to “empower” women and improve “communication” in relationships, rather than addressing the structural inequalities and power differential between men and women. In addition, not enough gender work with women acknowledged the role of class, race and other identities and ignored positive aspects of female sexuality, such as pleasure and desire.

And so I would k=like to wish a happy father's day to very few men out there. 

Zuma gives middle finger to June 16th commemoration

With 50 percent of our youth unemployed - Jacob Zuma chose to abandon the country's very important commemoration. Who advices the president must have put some very powerful spell on him. For him not see how desperate the youth is to hear from him - he must have taken some serious korobela. A president who is passionate and devoted to the people of his country would have gone to Port Elizabeth for the official celebration. To tell the unemployed youth of our country what his plans are for them. He should gone there to face his demons. One of the them being Julius Malema's supporters who wanted to disrupt the celebrations because they are aggrieved the Zuma convinced the ANC's national committee not to review Malema's expulsion. Party politics has put the youth of this country last on Jacob Zuma's agenda. 

The hypocrisy shown by the president is shocking because just few weeks ago everyone who supports Zuma was up in arm against The Spear painting. The one they said was an insult to the history of our country and its people. I think Zuma's snubbing of the Youth Day commemorations is an insult to Hector Peterson and all those students who stood up against an oppressive regime. If Zuma really fought in the struggle for freedom, why does he not have the power or the strength to face a few aggrieved youths with petty issues. And all this at the expense of many young South Africans who are unemployed and desperate for assurances from the government. 

The message is very clear that the plight of the youth is overshadowed by the infighting, squabbles and power struggles in the ANC. Lest we forget the passion of class of 1976 for  equal opportunities. I really hope that the South African electorate develops an unforgiving heart and a good memory that records the failures of the ANC government. In 2014 our voice should be heard. At the moment our voices fall on deaf ears when we cry and say that our clinics have run out of ARVs. Nobody responds to the lack of clean water in some of our areas. More than 20 years in democracy we still don't have clean water for everyone. 

You Day could have been used by Jacob Zuma to say "Hey, I am aware that you are all angry with us. We acknowledge your anger and please give us more time." 

No such luck! He went off to save his ego and flew to Mexico. I am a very upset citizen.