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Forwarded Emails

If you're anything like me you probably hate forwarded emails, I mean they're not real nor original. Sometimes they make sense though; just like this one I have posted below. Someone sent it to me; I read it (it's bit long but), however it leaves room for thought.

YOU ARE A SLAVE............

"Why do we laugh at a black man/black people who are struggling to speak/write English and not laugh at (white man) speaking appalling Xhosa/Zulu/Sotho /Tsonga " We all have done this, thought that boxers/soccer players are idiots(Nomvete, Vuyani Bungu) because they cannot speak good English. Ever thought about De Klerk who does not know a single Xhosa word, He cannot even pronounce your name to start with.

In the office they pronounce your name wrongly and you just smile. You are impressed when Mrs van Wyk is trying to speak Xhosa/Zulu. In 15 yrs she managed to learn Molo/Sawubona only...and you are impressed by that sick crap.Why does it never occur to you that Mrs Van Wyk is an idiot, a certified moron...who is not capable of learning one single African language"

What is compelling me to be writing this email in English not in Xhosa??????? ?

I know all the recipients are either Xhosa , Zulu , Tsonga , Venda or Sotho; therefore they will be able to read and understand this email. Having realised that I still continue writing in English. My excuse "I am faster when I write in English (Crap!) I was not born speaking English. Listen to your voice mail. It is in English and how many whites call you compared to the blacks????. Why do you have to cater for the 10%. You do not even have a white friend yet your everything is in English. That is pathetic.

If I told you that I had a degree in Xhosa/Sotho you would all laugh for you do not see why someone in his right mind would want to a degree in Xhosa/Sotho.Yet French classes are over flowing...My sister cannot even write isiXhosa/Sotho she detaste the language and know one should be learning isiXhosa/Sotho.

Afrikaans are preserving Stellenbosch, RAU, Tuks ( Pretoria ) and all the varsities in the Transvaal region....What are we preserving Unitra will be closed...UniVenda may follow suit ..Uni Zulu maybe on the pipe line (But we have Fort hare).. Afrikaans (7% of the SA population) have 5 universities that they control. Little bit on maths; there should be 64 black varsities to level the grounds. That would be a waste I agree but this serve the purpose...

Nokia recently introduced a phone with menus in Xhosa/Zulu/Sotho...we think that "it for people who cannot read English", Amaqaba. When you phone vodacom service centre you always press 1 (to be helped in English press 1, Zulu press 2 (Xhosa), Sotho press 3, Afrikaans 4). Why is it that you'd rather stammer than speak your own language.

We are all slaves ..Our minds have been crippled and we will never be free until we free ourselves... "Emancipate your selves from mental slavery none but ourselves can free our minds"

Somebody lead...

Considering the ANC’s recent history (i.e. the last 15 or so years); the entire tenure has been labeled amongst others a “gravy train”, whatever that means. This tenure has been marred and plagued by corruption and self-service attitude in the people that hold positions of power within the ANC and government.

And then you have former ANC comrades, forming a large part of COPE I believe. COPE leader as we all know is former minister of Defense; whose department must have been involved in the purchase of arms (Question: how clean is this man?). A deal which has at some point absolutely gored ANC leader’s political career, I’ll leave it at that though. I listen to COPE’s members speak; it’s all good and well of them to encourage people to vote and all to get representation (I guess I like a lot of what COPE talks about), but oftentimes; what you gather from them is a lot of hate and anger. ISSUES; I don’t want people with issues leading me; I think they should deal with any sense of anger and issues of the heart and FOCUS on the needs not how they’ve been wronged.

Finally you have DA, which is another sad story on its own, always on the attacking side (kind’a’like opportunists – my definition: a person who is he finds himself in warm water decides to take a bath: admirable). I love their radio adverts though, very good. The DA will first talk about “THE ANC” this and that; I’d like to first hear “THE DA” this and that. I’m nauseated by the messages of this sort; it’s like having an insecure and pitiful child or partner that will always look at what you’re doing before doing anything. There’s always a R-E-A-C-T-I-O-N, not an ACTION. Can you please COPE and DA start or tell us what you intent to initiate not react to as a result of the ANC’s actions? ANC has had its shortcomings I agree and don’t want to go into them, I’m sure we hear a lot of those from the comrades of DA and COPE; they always inform us at the origin of their address (es).

Why can't we all just get along?

I went to a fast food restaurant this morning and I happened to sit across a Muslim couple who were also having their breakfast. The couple was adorned in their traditional Islamic attire; the man was wearing a galabiyya and the woman was wearing an abaya. An abaya is a flowing and non-clingy dress which covers a woman’s entire body including the face, with a bit of space left for the eyes. Now, eating for this woman, proved to be quite a difficult task because each time she was putting food in her mouth she had to lift a part of the abaya in order to eat. On more than one occasion, our eyes met, and I could sense that she was feeling self-conscious. Feeling a bit awkward myself, I quickly looked away, but only to be led by my eyes back there again. As much as a part of me felt like letting her out of her misery by going up to her and ripping the abaya off her face, but another very sane part of me told me that this was her choice and I should respect it. Which is more than what I can say for controversial columnist Jon Qwelane who recently wrote a column against gays and lesbians entitled, “Call me names, but gay is NOT okay..." In the article, Qwelane writes: "The real problem, as I see it, is the rapid degradation of values and traditions by the so-called liberal influences of nowadays; you regularly see men kissing other men in public, walking holding hands and shamelessly flaunting what are misleadingly termed their 'lifestyle' and 'sexual preferences'."As you can imagine, this article got quite a response from both the gay and lesbian community and civil society alike.

In his response, Qwelane’s said he was exercising his freedom of speech but even my 12 year-old sister will tell you that freedom of speech shouldn’t infringe on human rights. But what troubles me more than anything is the intolerance shown by someone who is supposedly the custodian of society. As a media practitioner, Qwelane knows that he has a responsibility to educate and inform society and not in any way incite or write anything which can be interpreted as derogatory. But Qwelane is not solely to blame for this article because he may have written it but he didn’t decide that it should be published. In a newspaper, an article goes through no less than three people before final publication. So this was a collective decision which may have been informed by revenue or the staff at Sunday Sun are homophobic. No doubt, the media plays a major role in shaping our society whether positively or negatively, and in some parts the media does tend to sensationalize and put profit ahead of content. Besides, the South African Constitution clearly stipulates that gay and lesbian marriages are legal, so whether anyone thinks it’s right or wrong is immaterial. I don’t even want to get started on ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s utterances because he’s just not worth me mentioning him. But a person I will mention is a Cape Town Christian preacher who referred to Islam as a “puppet religion.” I’m a Christian myself and I may not read the bible as much as I should but I know that one of the central teachings of Christianity is tolerance and not being judgmental. The way that I see it is that it starts with acceptance; accepting people for who they are and respecting them for choosing who they want to be. I think once everyone gets their heads around that, we’ll all be one big happy family.

Welcoming the Initiates

Every year around June and July in South Africa during school vacations is time for young men and women to go to circumsation school in this beautifull country of ours. Since the government has taken circumsation as one of the traditional rights of citizens, it's now managed by the Department of Education and Health. Now guys and dolls who are from there come with certificates not just like us in the good old days.

As I write this all over villages today people are celebrating the return of initiates from the bush even in my village

Our butts will be bloody!

A certainty of a price hike in petrol will affect a wide range of goods that South Africans use daily. Please Madam Buyelwa Sonjica, do you not feel our pain? A possible 70 cents a litre of petrol? What’s next? We’ve already experienced Eskom, Bread and Milk price fixing, Interest rates, too many to mention.

Speaking of interest rates, that’s another story. This morning (25 June 2008), I’ve just heard that there’s another hike secretly and subtly peeping through. What’s next? Soon there’ll be a final nail on this coffin. The South African consumer will flip soon. I’m telling you; could be crime, corruption, or civil action. Something will happen soon.

There are lashes that some can take, and there are some that are a bit too much; a final straw is coming soon. We’ve seen it in the world, somewhere in Europe. Maybe I’m the prophet of doom; I don’t know. This is a bit too much!

Makotse Women Club Celebrate Youth Month

They say "wa thinta bafazi wa thinti umbhokoto". Yesterday women from the village of Makotse here in Limpopo celebrated youth month in style . Instead of long speeches the women gathered all the village children for a village cleaning campaign and painting of their dailly drop-inn Centre were they gathered kids from four years upwards to do the paintings for their centre. Well since it's school holidays here in Mzantsi youth never dissapointed they turned in their grooves to make sure that their village even if it doesn't have tarred roads looks beautfull like they do.


When asked about the purpose of celebrating this the Manager of Makotse Women Club said, "We need to keep our children a little bit busy cause once they get tired of playing they start thinking negative things like indulging in unprotected sex, which will lead into teenage pragnancy, theft and the unwanted preading of the HIV/AIDS pandemic."