Feint and Margin

It is now common knowledge that Julius Malema, has been found guilty of sowing division within the ANC and has been expelled from the party. Looking at the simple facts of the disciplinary hearings and the punitive measures that were meted out, one is left with a series of questions, that deserve further exploration at [...]

To accept bribery and political corruption; To accept social inequality and injustice; To accept social mobility and access to jobs Based on party and personal “connections,” Based on “protocol” from higher offices, Because they’ve become part of our society, Is a sign of giving up on the future of our motherland. How can you walk [...]

A few weeks ago, I spent most of my Sunday morning at an ANCYL Johannesburg Region emergency general council, which had been called by the ANCYL provincial leadership, here in Gauteng. After all the drama and tension of the emergency RGC, as so often happens, we all went out for drinks and spent time socialising [...]

Unajua tunapiga kelele about #changeTanzania, but the truth is it starts with individuals. Tanzanians hatuna msimamo, tuko vuguvugu – we are neither black or white but grey – we are just in the middle, luke warm na tunaridhika haraka sana! On being content with however little – umeme ukikatika miezi, mradi nina kibatari, life goes [...]

“The best time to slap a King, Is when a fly settles on his cheek”. We salute the Generals Dismiss our morals Mock our laws, Dent our image with unidentifiable claws And arrest Christ with sin. We blindfold wrongs Call them heroes, and shout their praise with angelic songs. We fear and hail thou O [...]

There has been much uproar in South Africa recently, with the ruling ANC, proposing some amendments to the country’s much celebrated constitution. The ANC has proposed a review of the constitutionally guaranteed powers of South Africa’s judiciary amongst many other suggestions that it has put forward for public discussion. Naturally, this has drawn much criticism [...]

Brigitte Sesu Tilley-Gyado, a Nigerian musician and author wrote a wonderful article called The Systematic “Whorification” of the  Young African Woman. She writes: “After all, the contemporary media is partly responsible. Young women are the overwhelming majority of sexualized images in the media, fashion, music and porn industries. Yet where are the celebrated young African [...]

The gang rape of a Soweto teen and the circulation of a video of the crime, was perhaps one of the most disturbing things to happen in  South Africa in a long time. It made me wonder, what makes a man? Do men know?   Dear Son, I am planting words like seeds along your [...]

In tattered clothes we come Journeying from soul’s sorrow-land With Harmattan torn lips and hearts With amputated feet and hands and dreams drained from porous minds We come… Journeying through times trivial trials And unscrupulous leaders betrayals Consumed by foe and fear As we live in denial of liberal liberation and fervent fair trial For [...]

Watching the recent service delivery protests in the Mbombela Municipality in Mpumalanga and in Grabouw in the Western Cape, with people burning down schools and vandalising property, made me realise how much we still need to grow as a people, if South Africa is indeed going to develop into one of the successful nations of [...]