Why, why why does the world insist on treating me like I am a stupid? Why eh? Warm greetings to you wherever you are, I hope this email finds you well and in great spirits if for nothing at all at least for the fact that its Friday and you have 2 days to ‘yourself’.
Ok so to this week’s observation. These guys from the west thing we are dof eh? Right so Gadaffi yeah the man is a bit looney at the moment and has dropped a few bombs on his own people and is subjecting his people to a whole lot of lunacy! I aint saying that its right but what I’m saying is that its not new. Tiananmen Square in China, Tibet and the Chinese government, something a little closer or more recent, Ivory coast, I have just read that the recorded cost of the unrest post elections is 462 lives, a little further south we have our good friend Robert, there is Bahrain where the government has brought in troops who are allowed to use force on its own people and have.
There isn’t much difference between these other countries and Libya. All these leaders think they know best(like all other leaders I guess). Their actions have or is still leading to civilian deaths and human rights violations, yet in none of these instances have I heard a single muttering of the UN security council putting out a resolution to protect the human rights of the population. No No No…
You know I look at the pictures from Libya and the size of the demonstrators compare those to those in Tunisia and Egypt for example, I am like oh give me a break really?!! A couple of hundred maybe a few thousand as compared to tens of thousands. Then you look at the demonstrations in Tunisia and Egypt, largely unarmed protestors, yet in Libya we have armed forces who are revolting against the regime and who does the UN intervene to assist? What message does that send to the world?
This whole Libya thing is plenty fishy to me. Yes Gadaffi has been there way too long and its time to take a stroll it is, I mean over 40 years in power treated his people relatively well. Its currently Africa’s richest country, its population is defined by the World Bank as upper middle income. Even though unemployment levels are roughly 21%, Libya has low levels of absolute and relative poverty. So in relation to a lot of the other African countries, Libyans are kind of taken care of…if you don’t mind not having human rights ☺. Please do forgive me because I am no political analyst or reporter, just your average Joe passing commentary like most others, but so for 40 odd years the Libyan machine has been plodding along, there have been no undertones, In Egypt for example there have been calls for reform from the people which was echoed by President Obama when he visited there earlier on in his term, so that uprising wasn’t a surprise, but who would ever have guessed it would happen in Libya.
I digress, the uprising, it happened, but the degree to which it happened well I think it is negligible when compared to those that preceded it, yet they were loud enough to warrant an audience at the United Nations, maybe it was the sound of the gunfire from the opposition rebels that got the attention of the UN, because clearly silent deaths don’t really matter much to them. Be that as it may in around 48 hours the powers that be managed to push through a resolution that declared a no-fly zone over Libya…well done! BUTTTT a few hours later jets are scrambled and they start bombing military assets of Gadaffi…did I miss something> what happened to a bit of dialogue, see what the problem is and how best it can be dealt with…nooo…we start by bombing! Can you say suspect. Meanwhile whilst bombing yeah, the constant message is “we aren’t aiming for a regime change, just protecting the rights of the Libyan people”. RIGHT!!! Its definitely not about the proven 47billion barrels of oil reserves that Libya currently holds, I mean what are you talking about Willis??! Its all about human rights yeah and I am a Nobel Peace Prize laureate! The west knows too well that they will have to silence Gadaffi else he will teach them ala Lockerbie or the British flight (I think it was) that was blown up in the African skies.
I think you all can see where I am going with this. And China how smart of them to fence sit indirectly. As a nation they have the ability to veto any resolution should they feel strongly about it. They were happy to vote in favour of sanctions, but when it came to the no fly zone resolution vote, they opted to abstain and shout “hey stop it you are hurting them’ from the sidelines instead, go figure, is it because they too have their own question marks over the human rights afforded its people??
It absolutely sickens me the hypocrisy of some of these western rulers, who conduct the self same atrocities that they wish to rid nations of but the come under the guise of the protectors of the world…ie the UN. Iraq, WMD….ie OIL, same thing here in Libya. Gadaffi is a tad looney, well judging by some of the rhetoric I have heard him utter over the last few weeks and I am well sure his time was up many years ago, but the people must make this happen not westerners, I laughed when I saw Italy was part of the peace keeping force, those guys are about to be declared bankrupt as a nation yet they have time and money to be sending out soldiers and bombs in the name of human rights, what about using that money to reduce your impending debt burden which will in turn preserve the human rights of your own people.
Another question I have is after Gadaffi then who? Its not like Libya has a flourishing multiparty democracy. There is definitely going to be another power vacuum akin to Afghanistan and Iraq in which the negative elements will thrive!
I guess in this world, he with the biggest gun…and most bullets rules! I don’t mind that the resolution was passed, I have a problem with a) its application and b) the consistency of the UN, because they should have tackled China, Zim and the Ivory Coast first before telling me that this is in the interest of protecting human rights!
Birthdays
21st Mike Cross
22nd Emily, Raj
23rd Tim, Funmi, Glenda
25th Damsie
And Im out till next time…
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Japan...local government elections in SA
A few weeks ago, I decided to finally pick up my Bible and read the New Testament. If you are going to do it let me save you some time, Matthew, Mark and Luke….exactly the same story, written differently…save yourself, start from Luke, wish someone had told me ☺ anyway so I was reading yesterday and I came across these few verses that stood out for me in light of where the world is at the moment…
”He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them. When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”
Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven….” LUKE 21:8-11
I’m not saying anything, it made for interesting reading just thought I’d share that with you all. You know I sit and watch what’s going on in Japan (and Christchurch) and I can’t help but smile and applaud the fact that the human spirit is far from dead. Many of us can learn from the manner in which the Japanese are carrying on with things. People from different parts of the respective countries helping each other, no looting, guys seem to be just trying to move forward, fair enough I am not there and all I see is what is being reported, but I am not seeing images of people running into shops stepping over dead or dying people and saying yo new Nokia, Sony Vaio thank you very much…what would happen if God forbid, such a catastrophe was to hit our shores/this continent? Are we even prepared for any such disaster? Worse still how will our people react?
But lets forget about that and come back to the present. Last weekend we had our last voter registration drive for our local government elections. Now I consider myself pretty ok in terms of education, but I have but a feint idea of how this local government election process works, in terms of these so called wards, how ward councilor are selected and how it all ties into the greater local government spiel! What concerns me even more is when I am listening to 702 (a talk radio station here in SA) and I hear people calling in and saying their sisters domestic worker is running to be ward councilor, no disrespect but I am sure to be a ward councilor you have to have some sort of basic education level and ability to deliver, now I am not saying she doesn’t or cant, but the odds are stacked up against her not so?
So now that all steam rolls into service delivery shortcomings that we are experiencing in so many overlooked areas. We have potholes in roads that year are after year get patched up instead of the roads being redone in its entirety? Because next year, come the rains the same pothole will appear, you will fix it after 1 month, next rains it will reappear and the cycle continues. We have situations where mayors are telling us that there is no problem when 65000 or so people have complained about overbilling. Even if its 5 it’s a problem. We have a situation where roads have been built, the method of recouping costs have been discussed prior to the projects commencing. Now all of a sudden it’s a problem, duh any smart person would have known that it would have been a problem earlier. Watch after the elections if even boom back to 66c/km its all electioneering.
You know the truth though is that I for one am living the life I am living because of the ANC. Yes, I went to school, studied kinda hard, worked kinda hard ;) etc. But say 1994 hadn’t happened, firstly would I have been afforded a bursary by PriceWaterhouseCoopers in my final years at university, which guaranteed me a job? Not too likely there have been a National Empowerment Fund, not too likely. Would Standard Bank have been interested in hiring me? Would it have been as attractive for my ex partner at Habari to partner up with me in our little Joburg operation? Not a sausage. Would I have been able to own property, hang where I choose and with whom I choose etc… and the list goes on…
I am grateful, because a lot of people have an opportunity because the ANC said no more and the world listened and helped. But does my gratitude mean that I should sit down and watch the ideals for which (in my mind) they stood for become eroded. There are glaring signs of this. Convicted fraudsters out on bail behaving as he pleases and being allowed to, buildings being allegedly fraudulently purchased but no person of power has come out and said NO, this is nonsense, instead the investigators are being harassed and targeted. There is so much more, deals happen all the time so I wont even bring that in. I just haven’t seen anything this new administration has brought in themselves, a lot of what’s been currently done is a continuation of the Mbeki era.
I comment as a layman who wants to see a better SA for all and not another failed African state. But for this to happen accountability is paramount. I am not privy to the inner workings of the ruling party, which in itself to me points to a lack of leadership, because as a leader you would want your supporters know what you are doing, how and when which would instill continued confidence in the electorate.
So come to a lot of peoples dillema. Who to vote for? There is no viable opposition for many people because many people see the DA as a white party, sad but true, and there will have to be a lot done to change these perceptions. Personally I like Madam Zille, she is a gazillion times better than Tony Leon. She has walked the struggle walk, she talks the talk of the people, all people. But the reality is from where this country has come it will be hard for them to do better than the western and maybe northern cape. COPE what a sorry sorry state. A party that was to give many hope, ends up being a hopeless quarrel between 2 power hungry buffoons (with respect). The confidence in the party and its ability to govern a country…province is nowhere, because it cant even govern itself. Where are respectable politicians like Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka? Is there no one that can steer this COPE ship, because what this country needs is an opposition of some credibility and no disrespect to the DA because I think they do a fine job of that, but what you need is a party capable of taking votes away from the ruling party if they aren’t on their toes. In that case we will hopefully see an about turn in service delivery and accountability…
I really love this place. Even though some may call me a makwerekwere, its been home forever and its given much to me, hopefully I have given much back but I think its time for us all to be accountable too, we have some sort of a voice or ability and time. It doesn’t take much for us to try and make a difference. www.cheesekids.org.za teach someone, help build something somehere, whenever you can or whatever you can for however long. I don’t know old clothes to someone. It seems like nothing now but it all counts when you are counting how do you get to 100? You start off at 1 not so (tsk tsk just thought of that one now haaaaa) anyway when election time comes, get off your bum, stand in the queue and make your mark you think it doesn’t matter if you do or you don’t but trust me it does!
Anyway have yourselves a marvelous Thursday and if you are in South Africa have a great long weekend, Human Rights day in these parts. 21 March 1960, a couple of 100 people injured, about 69 killed when police opened fire on people demonstrating about the pass laws, we’ve come a long way, lets not go back!
Birthdays
15 Jules
16 Zaheer
18th Nasrin
Take care,
Y
”He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them. When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”
Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven….” LUKE 21:8-11
I’m not saying anything, it made for interesting reading just thought I’d share that with you all. You know I sit and watch what’s going on in Japan (and Christchurch) and I can’t help but smile and applaud the fact that the human spirit is far from dead. Many of us can learn from the manner in which the Japanese are carrying on with things. People from different parts of the respective countries helping each other, no looting, guys seem to be just trying to move forward, fair enough I am not there and all I see is what is being reported, but I am not seeing images of people running into shops stepping over dead or dying people and saying yo new Nokia, Sony Vaio thank you very much…what would happen if God forbid, such a catastrophe was to hit our shores/this continent? Are we even prepared for any such disaster? Worse still how will our people react?
But lets forget about that and come back to the present. Last weekend we had our last voter registration drive for our local government elections. Now I consider myself pretty ok in terms of education, but I have but a feint idea of how this local government election process works, in terms of these so called wards, how ward councilor are selected and how it all ties into the greater local government spiel! What concerns me even more is when I am listening to 702 (a talk radio station here in SA) and I hear people calling in and saying their sisters domestic worker is running to be ward councilor, no disrespect but I am sure to be a ward councilor you have to have some sort of basic education level and ability to deliver, now I am not saying she doesn’t or cant, but the odds are stacked up against her not so?
So now that all steam rolls into service delivery shortcomings that we are experiencing in so many overlooked areas. We have potholes in roads that year are after year get patched up instead of the roads being redone in its entirety? Because next year, come the rains the same pothole will appear, you will fix it after 1 month, next rains it will reappear and the cycle continues. We have situations where mayors are telling us that there is no problem when 65000 or so people have complained about overbilling. Even if its 5 it’s a problem. We have a situation where roads have been built, the method of recouping costs have been discussed prior to the projects commencing. Now all of a sudden it’s a problem, duh any smart person would have known that it would have been a problem earlier. Watch after the elections if even boom back to 66c/km its all electioneering.
You know the truth though is that I for one am living the life I am living because of the ANC. Yes, I went to school, studied kinda hard, worked kinda hard ;) etc. But say 1994 hadn’t happened, firstly would I have been afforded a bursary by PriceWaterhouseCoopers in my final years at university, which guaranteed me a job? Not too likely there have been a National Empowerment Fund, not too likely. Would Standard Bank have been interested in hiring me? Would it have been as attractive for my ex partner at Habari to partner up with me in our little Joburg operation? Not a sausage. Would I have been able to own property, hang where I choose and with whom I choose etc… and the list goes on…
I am grateful, because a lot of people have an opportunity because the ANC said no more and the world listened and helped. But does my gratitude mean that I should sit down and watch the ideals for which (in my mind) they stood for become eroded. There are glaring signs of this. Convicted fraudsters out on bail behaving as he pleases and being allowed to, buildings being allegedly fraudulently purchased but no person of power has come out and said NO, this is nonsense, instead the investigators are being harassed and targeted. There is so much more, deals happen all the time so I wont even bring that in. I just haven’t seen anything this new administration has brought in themselves, a lot of what’s been currently done is a continuation of the Mbeki era.
I comment as a layman who wants to see a better SA for all and not another failed African state. But for this to happen accountability is paramount. I am not privy to the inner workings of the ruling party, which in itself to me points to a lack of leadership, because as a leader you would want your supporters know what you are doing, how and when which would instill continued confidence in the electorate.
So come to a lot of peoples dillema. Who to vote for? There is no viable opposition for many people because many people see the DA as a white party, sad but true, and there will have to be a lot done to change these perceptions. Personally I like Madam Zille, she is a gazillion times better than Tony Leon. She has walked the struggle walk, she talks the talk of the people, all people. But the reality is from where this country has come it will be hard for them to do better than the western and maybe northern cape. COPE what a sorry sorry state. A party that was to give many hope, ends up being a hopeless quarrel between 2 power hungry buffoons (with respect). The confidence in the party and its ability to govern a country…province is nowhere, because it cant even govern itself. Where are respectable politicians like Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka? Is there no one that can steer this COPE ship, because what this country needs is an opposition of some credibility and no disrespect to the DA because I think they do a fine job of that, but what you need is a party capable of taking votes away from the ruling party if they aren’t on their toes. In that case we will hopefully see an about turn in service delivery and accountability…
I really love this place. Even though some may call me a makwerekwere, its been home forever and its given much to me, hopefully I have given much back but I think its time for us all to be accountable too, we have some sort of a voice or ability and time. It doesn’t take much for us to try and make a difference. www.cheesekids.org.za teach someone, help build something somehere, whenever you can or whatever you can for however long. I don’t know old clothes to someone. It seems like nothing now but it all counts when you are counting how do you get to 100? You start off at 1 not so (tsk tsk just thought of that one now haaaaa) anyway when election time comes, get off your bum, stand in the queue and make your mark you think it doesn’t matter if you do or you don’t but trust me it does!
Anyway have yourselves a marvelous Thursday and if you are in South Africa have a great long weekend, Human Rights day in these parts. 21 March 1960, a couple of 100 people injured, about 69 killed when police opened fire on people demonstrating about the pass laws, we’ve come a long way, lets not go back!
Birthdays
15 Jules
16 Zaheer
18th Nasrin
Take care,
Y
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Racism or politicking or should we just heal and move on?
Top of the morning to you my dear friends, trust that wherever you are this email finds you with a spirit that’s willing to keep on keeping on ☺
Over the last few months, its becoming ever so clear that this thing called life can not be explained or predicted, sometimes its blissfully splendid other times atrociously depressing. The only thing we can do is fuel the soul with positivity even when all seems lost with the thought and hope that all will be well…and even if it doesn’t get better, we will be dead so it wouldn’t matter anyway. Call me an eternal optimist.
Anyway so I have a little challenge for all those who are willing. Today is the day that most Christians call Ash Wednesday, its roughly 40 days before Easter. It’s the start of a period called Lent where many people give up something such as booze, chocolates, sex etc. that’s all good and well but my plea every year is how often do you drink, consume chocolates and make dirty? My answer would be not every day. But the whole essence behind Lent is to sacrifice something every day for 40 days. Anyway so the challenge I have for you this year like every other year is instead of just giving up something GIVE something to someone less fortunate than you. Apple, pear, bread, milk, clothes. Every day. This is an active thing because you have to remember every day and you have to go out of your way to do it. Please don’t give money because that’s easy…anyway just a thought
So back to this weeks email. I am actually quite bored about hearing about Jimmy Manyi and that he is a racist. The man may well be and I think that merely as a function of the positions he has held or holds, he must be cognisant of the ramifications of some of the remarks he makes in public. So I heard his comments he made regarding ‘Coloured’ people and ‘Indian’ people. Listen to this link for those who haven’t heard it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBqCD_498hY&feature=player_embedded.
The word I would use to describe it is perhaps silly or better yet unnecessary. Fair enough he was speaking about the Employment Equity Act. Now from my limited knowledge, the Act has a few targets it sets regarding people of the different demographics in this country and how they ideally should be represented in an organization. So if there is a concentration of a particular race group in a particular province, the other provinces ‘quotas’ cant be met. People that is logic not so? His comments stated that:
“Let me just make some few comments here on the last discussion on coloured people. I think it’s very important for coloured people in this country to understand that South Africa belongs to them in totality, not just the Western Cape.
“So this over-concentration of coloureds in the Western Cape is not working for them. They should spread in the rest of the country. So they must stop this over-concentration situation because they are in over-supply where they are, so you must look into the country and see where you can meet the supply. This Employment Equity Act is a very good act in this country…”
Maybe I am a litte dim in all honesty, so please can someone explain where the racism is in that statement. Yes its said by a person in ‘power’ and singles out one specific race group. But really is it worth all the fuss, especially a full year after it was said and apologies made?
Mr Manyi, last year also made another remark about ‘Indians’ at the Durban Chamber of Commerce meeting, which went something like… “Indians, we should be having only three percent of positions on management. They are sitting at 5.9. I call it the power of bargaining. Indians have bargained their way to the top,”
At best this is a tongue in cheek kind of comment, if I had said it in a social setting to a congregation of my Indian friends, laughter would be exchanged or a that’s right my larney or something, but to give it months of airtime, Please people please.
You know what saddens me the most is that the politicians who are using this as an electioneering tool are undermining my intelligence! Because there is hardly anything inflammatory about what was said unless you pour fuel over it and light it up like they and their spin doctors are trying to. I’d rather they focus on matters that are pertinent to the state of the nation and what their plans are to rectify it!
I want to hear more about your service delivery plans, more about real job creation not just lip service, crime and policing, this level of you must do this because we are government and we said so! I mean I heard a story this morning about a child that the department of education admitted into Rivonia Primary. The persons application was late and they were #140 on the list the school can only take 120 people, the department of education says no you will take 121 people??!! So what of the other 19 people that were before that child? Nah man.
Then we have the fiasco with the Gauteng tolling system. You are trying to tell me that all the parties, Sanral, department of transport etc. didn’t discuss all of this before the project commenced? As to which roads were to be upgraded, when this was to happen, how much it would cost and how the money would be recouped? Ofcourse they did! And now because its an election year everyone is getting involved and saying hey SANRAL you cant charge these poor citizens of Jozi 66cents to drive on the freeways, you will kill the economy…now you see this? How much does anyone want to bet that after the election, the tolls will go ahead at more or less the same price.
Anyway I digress. We as a nation and I keep saying it are far too racially sensitive. Yes it is what it is….but it is what it is till you change it…if you want to! We have to stop taking ourselves so seriously. I am guilty as charged in some instances and I look forward to the day I go to a club, particularly in Cape Town and I don’t have to say to myself or others, haa once again Im the only black person here. It doesn’t bother me (because I wouldn’t do it so often) but yet I still notice….
Birthdays
27th Zuraida
28th Brett, Lucie, Leah and Tumi
1st Tsepho, Philippe, Sophie
2nd Oliver, Yalusa
3rd Duncs, John R
4th Tebogo S, Kakra, Panyin, Zubeida, Laura M
5th Will M-Smith
7th Ciko Siphiwe
8th Marang D
9th Nicolette
10th Steve Miller, Ashton
11th Teboho, Bontle
12th Lungi, Veenash
Hope the rest of the week treats you all kindly, and remember to try and give if you are in the position to, what doesn’t seem like much to you, may well be a whole lot to someone else.
Y
Over the last few months, its becoming ever so clear that this thing called life can not be explained or predicted, sometimes its blissfully splendid other times atrociously depressing. The only thing we can do is fuel the soul with positivity even when all seems lost with the thought and hope that all will be well…and even if it doesn’t get better, we will be dead so it wouldn’t matter anyway. Call me an eternal optimist.
Anyway so I have a little challenge for all those who are willing. Today is the day that most Christians call Ash Wednesday, its roughly 40 days before Easter. It’s the start of a period called Lent where many people give up something such as booze, chocolates, sex etc. that’s all good and well but my plea every year is how often do you drink, consume chocolates and make dirty? My answer would be not every day. But the whole essence behind Lent is to sacrifice something every day for 40 days. Anyway so the challenge I have for you this year like every other year is instead of just giving up something GIVE something to someone less fortunate than you. Apple, pear, bread, milk, clothes. Every day. This is an active thing because you have to remember every day and you have to go out of your way to do it. Please don’t give money because that’s easy…anyway just a thought
So back to this weeks email. I am actually quite bored about hearing about Jimmy Manyi and that he is a racist. The man may well be and I think that merely as a function of the positions he has held or holds, he must be cognisant of the ramifications of some of the remarks he makes in public. So I heard his comments he made regarding ‘Coloured’ people and ‘Indian’ people. Listen to this link for those who haven’t heard it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBqCD_498hY&feature=player_embedded.
The word I would use to describe it is perhaps silly or better yet unnecessary. Fair enough he was speaking about the Employment Equity Act. Now from my limited knowledge, the Act has a few targets it sets regarding people of the different demographics in this country and how they ideally should be represented in an organization. So if there is a concentration of a particular race group in a particular province, the other provinces ‘quotas’ cant be met. People that is logic not so? His comments stated that:
“Let me just make some few comments here on the last discussion on coloured people. I think it’s very important for coloured people in this country to understand that South Africa belongs to them in totality, not just the Western Cape.
“So this over-concentration of coloureds in the Western Cape is not working for them. They should spread in the rest of the country. So they must stop this over-concentration situation because they are in over-supply where they are, so you must look into the country and see where you can meet the supply. This Employment Equity Act is a very good act in this country…”
Maybe I am a litte dim in all honesty, so please can someone explain where the racism is in that statement. Yes its said by a person in ‘power’ and singles out one specific race group. But really is it worth all the fuss, especially a full year after it was said and apologies made?
Mr Manyi, last year also made another remark about ‘Indians’ at the Durban Chamber of Commerce meeting, which went something like… “Indians, we should be having only three percent of positions on management. They are sitting at 5.9. I call it the power of bargaining. Indians have bargained their way to the top,”
At best this is a tongue in cheek kind of comment, if I had said it in a social setting to a congregation of my Indian friends, laughter would be exchanged or a that’s right my larney or something, but to give it months of airtime, Please people please.
You know what saddens me the most is that the politicians who are using this as an electioneering tool are undermining my intelligence! Because there is hardly anything inflammatory about what was said unless you pour fuel over it and light it up like they and their spin doctors are trying to. I’d rather they focus on matters that are pertinent to the state of the nation and what their plans are to rectify it!
I want to hear more about your service delivery plans, more about real job creation not just lip service, crime and policing, this level of you must do this because we are government and we said so! I mean I heard a story this morning about a child that the department of education admitted into Rivonia Primary. The persons application was late and they were #140 on the list the school can only take 120 people, the department of education says no you will take 121 people??!! So what of the other 19 people that were before that child? Nah man.
Then we have the fiasco with the Gauteng tolling system. You are trying to tell me that all the parties, Sanral, department of transport etc. didn’t discuss all of this before the project commenced? As to which roads were to be upgraded, when this was to happen, how much it would cost and how the money would be recouped? Ofcourse they did! And now because its an election year everyone is getting involved and saying hey SANRAL you cant charge these poor citizens of Jozi 66cents to drive on the freeways, you will kill the economy…now you see this? How much does anyone want to bet that after the election, the tolls will go ahead at more or less the same price.
Anyway I digress. We as a nation and I keep saying it are far too racially sensitive. Yes it is what it is….but it is what it is till you change it…if you want to! We have to stop taking ourselves so seriously. I am guilty as charged in some instances and I look forward to the day I go to a club, particularly in Cape Town and I don’t have to say to myself or others, haa once again Im the only black person here. It doesn’t bother me (because I wouldn’t do it so often) but yet I still notice….
Birthdays
27th Zuraida
28th Brett, Lucie, Leah and Tumi
1st Tsepho, Philippe, Sophie
2nd Oliver, Yalusa
3rd Duncs, John R
4th Tebogo S, Kakra, Panyin, Zubeida, Laura M
5th Will M-Smith
7th Ciko Siphiwe
8th Marang D
9th Nicolette
10th Steve Miller, Ashton
11th Teboho, Bontle
12th Lungi, Veenash
Hope the rest of the week treats you all kindly, and remember to try and give if you are in the position to, what doesn’t seem like much to you, may well be a whole lot to someone else.
Y
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