Zuma may have a point.....

President Jacob Zuma had a point, but missed the opportunity to make it clear. It is common place for whites to treat their dogs better than other people and it is a trend among black people nowadays. 

This is not an attack on white people. But a way of saying to black people; "who are you?". Most black people suffer serious identity crisis. They are diluted by the living conditions that demonise our own customs. And consequently it also erodes humanity. 

Sometimes I find it nauseating on the amount of money people both black and white will spend on their dogs, the cost of dog food, vet bills, housing, and dressing dogs as if they were people. Have we forgotten that these are only animals, where is the humanity when I as a person will spend R600 to R1200.00 a month on a couple bags of upscale dog food because I want "Fido" to eat well, but refuse to understand or acknowledge that some people have nothing to eat. We can't even see that they are trying to feed their families on R250.00 a month in food stamps. 

South Africa has people who cannot afford to go to the doctor to have a common cold treated because of the cost or they have no medical aid. The backlog of apartheid still prevents decent medical care to our people.  But I will take my dog to be treated for the Parvovirus and think nothing on flopping down R2900.00 so my dog will not suffer, that is insanity. 

I understand when people  treat their dogs well but there is a limitation on how much money we spend on them.
I wouldn't treat them better than my neighbour who may have nothing. So yes I see Zuma's point.

I like the challenge  on black women who straighten their hair  and buy weaves to have long hair to Europeanise themselves to conform to standard of beauty. 

Black people throughout the world are losing their pride and culture in being black with our emulation on conforming to the white standard in everything we do.

Maybe the ANC should die of old age

I do not want to sit here and be deterred by the Mangaung election results. This year was the year for South African citizens. And it is my hope that Jacob Zuma's re-election as the ANC president will fuel ideas in the minds of our citizens. Patriotism drove a group of concerned people to force the minister of education to deliver learning material to Limpopo pupils. When we were told to pay e-tolls, we stood and took to the courts and the streets to fight for what we believed in. The year 2012 was  the year of the citizens, because ordinary people like Dr Mamphela Ramphele who prevented Zuma's government from appointing the tainted Richard Mdluli from a crucial Position in the security of our country. The spirit of democracy crushed the plans of the ANC to contaminate the State even further.
My warning to the arrogant ANC is that do not underestimate the will of the South African people.
You have to be very selfish to ignore the R 240 million Nkandla Project. You must have buried your conscience if you turn a blind eye to the lack of decisive leadership from President Jacob Zuma. The delegates at Mangaungn Conference Today projected Zuma for a second term in office as head of State. That is equivalent to a spit in the face of many impoverished people of this country. This better evoke Thirst for change. I refuse to accept that a few thousand people can decide on the future of millions of South Africans. Very few good things can be alluded to the Zuma Presidency. The ANC is plagued corruption. And those who voted at the Mangaung conference knew they stand to benefit under Zuma presidency. Why else would you vote for a man with a track record like that of Zuma? The only thing they have achieved is to keep Zuma out of prison.
Something powerful has to come out against this uncertain future for our constitutional democracy. Zackie Achmat has given up his ANC membership. Now that is comforting. There are still South Africans with a conscience. I too, hope the scars of the labour movement which they got from the Marikana massacre do not heal until they erupt and charge the ANC. Charge them like an angry bull. And form a political party that will win the hearts and minds of South Africans who have not benefitted from the lies and deceit by the ANC. Cannot wait for the day when the ordinary citizen say "Amandla" and the masses respond, "Awethu". Because truly, the power is ours.

Apartheid: A black man's scapegoat?

Can we blame some of our social ills on apartheid? Yes we can! Some of us may not live to see a South Africa that has equal opportunities for everyone. But here's the catch in all this, we cannot divorce ourselves from the problems that are clear that they cannot be blamed of the legacy of apartheid. When you switch on your television, you see young black men and women idolising the likes of Kenny Kunene. Some go as far as calling themselves Izikhothane. Kids from poor backgrounds burning banknotes and tearing their trendy, expensive clothing. When you channel hop to another channel, you hear of teens falling pregnant just so they can have access to the R280 social grant. Then tell me how can we expect the Annual National Assessment of our schools to produce any encouraging results?

Can we really say that these kids are the legacy of apartheid? How can you say yes when you have self-motivated youngsters of the same age who grew up in child-headed families, but still have thirst and hunger for education? How are they different from the Izikhothane and those having unprotected sex, having children just to loot the hard work of taxpayers? Does being poor mean you have to be a burden of the already struggling economy. Why can't the legacy of apartheid make us all determined  to be part of the economy.

Township schools are now producing another generation of underpaid farm workers. They are breeding the next generation of exploited domestic workers. There are way too many people that I know of that flourished under far more desperate situations. There is lack of discipline. The black man's disease of self-hate can be diagnosed on this youth that cannot see beyond being an Izikhothane or falling pregnant for ridiculous reasons.

While we give apartheid, a break, where are the teachers? Call them for a Sadtu conference they will come with potbellies in their red T-Shirts and Edgars sneakers. But call them for a round table discussion on how to get the education system right, there will be a low turnout. Our teachers are politicised and they love it. I'm generalising for a good reason. It is the majority of our black people that suffer at the ends of teachers who lack passion. And some of them are the sad realities of apartheid because careers were limited in their times. They failed to change the cour of their lives by not Educating our children.

I am not going to touch on the political leadership. We all know deep in our Nkandlas that we are misled.