Is this SA 2008??

Once again the Xenophobic attacks in our country continue to spread like wild fire. I am fortunate to say I did not see what my fellow journalists saw. However, I was running for cover recently @Kay Sands - west of Johannesburg after police opened fire on Monday morning. My beloved girlfriend's heart is heavy because she is involved with a journo and as much as this is part of my life now...it is also part of her life and I feel for her. What is SA coming to??Why aren't our leaders saying or doing anything about this??They keep speaking out from their comfort zone..instead of addressing the situation head on and possibly deploying the army..! I watched The Times slideshow on these Xenophobic attacks and i was left in shock. I teared up when i saw all these events taking place across our "RAINBOW NATION"..that has seemingly turned into "RAINBOW HORROR"..we might actually need counselling after all of this.

I also saw a 2year old with blood on her face...they said she was not caught in a crossfire but rather fell down while she was running away from the cops. It got me all watery inside..Between me and you I'm just tired of going to Alex, Kya Sands, Reiger Park and so forth to...I say this with TEARS in my eyes....PLEASE STOP THIS MADNESS,IT IS NOT THE SOUTH AFRICA WE WANT TO LEAVE IN...NO ONE WANTS TO DIE AND NO ONE REALLY WANTS TO GO TO JAIL..!

Check out: The Times slideshow on accumulating attacks

Report on man burning alive..!

Popularising struggle heroes

Struggle leader Chris Hani, was murdered 15 years ago and some of South Africa’s prominent figures celebrated his heroics yesterday. Hani was one of the many political figures who fought against the apartheid regime to see SA being where it is today.

How many of our struggle leaders are celebrated? It is good that the likes of Govern Mbeki (the Presidents father), Steve Biko and events such as June 16 are still being remembered. But what worries me the most is “Why has it become fashionable to wear Steve Biko and Chris Hani shirts”? I mean when I was still at University (even now) people used to wear the very tight fitting shirts with Steve Biko and these struggle heroes on the front of their shirts. That is all fair and well…but the real issue is that these young people did not even know a thing about the struggle. Ok…they were not there but I am sure being their age they should know something about their History.

I am fed up with people who do not read and like acting all intellectual and what not. A lot of young people do not read History books. Actually forget History books, they do not read period because the internet has been provided and all that they can think of is “DOWNLOADING” the latest tracks from the British Top 50 Chart..! What more should be done to get young people to read. If you think about it carefully, you will realize that some students/young people decide that they are going to start reading and stop watching a lot of TV and this only goes on for a week and then they are back to their usual self (Non-Readers).

How would that help us commemorate our struggle Heroes in future if our next generation does not even know how they moved from racial segregation to multi-racial tertiary institutions? One thing that they will keep doing though is selling their “new found” brands with pictures of our fallen heroes in front of them…

PS: I however, give credit to those who were the struggle heroes shirts and have all the knowledge needed about that person is and why they are hailed as struggle heroes in Mzantsi.
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