Bring back our girls

Where there is no progress and there is poverty it’s likely that we get Boko Haraam is South Africa. We must all know that Nigeria is also a democratic country. When people feel and believe that they are not being heard it’s easier to do those crazy things.

Boko Haram is an unhappy group that is against the system and they are not being heard so they are taking actions into their own hands.

Leaders should take control and listen to their people. The protests and poo war are just the beginning in our beautiful country, I can’t help but to notice and hear the noises that might one day be awakened.
We have a lot to think about as a country, the Boko Haram saga is not just terror to Nigeria, it is a terror to the continent. And it is also a lesson that should be learn by our leaders.
To be honest, we have our own Boko Haram especially here in Cape Town. We have rapes and gang violence. I’m sure other provinces are facing the same if not even more issues. 

I’m not trying to block the sympathy that people have about the girls, I feel sorry for them and their families, and no one deserves that. But we should also focus on our own unresolved issues.

A friend of mine suggested that we should plan a march about these girls, even though we always supported each other but I couldn’t support her on this one. I have never heard anyone saying we must go and protest in Delf about the unending rape that is happening on that area, I have never heard anyone marching to Manenberg about the drugs and gangs that are invading that area and killing innocent people.

Oh by the way how safe are our girls now? I mean since the trend started more than 600 people have been killed, how safe are they now? Don’t you think the trend will make things worse for them? I’m just saying, I may be wrong, but I have seen how things were to Kenneth Bae, an American citizen who was detained in North Korea, did they set him free just because the whole world is talking  about it? the answer is: it  didn’t stop them from detaining him, and he even said people must stop because they are making things difficult for him. I just hope things turn different to the girls.

#justsaying   

Just saying

Some say they prefer apartheid government but I don't, today I was just chatting with my friends on the train on my way back from campus, it was hurting to hear that some people prefer apartheid times, due to tribalism, nipotism, lack of progress, and  corruption ect. Another friend of mine, more like an acquaintance  even said he would give his name to the rich companies who do not hire black people (African, Coloureds, Indians and Chinise) so that they can get an income from the government as long as he get his big pierce of chunk to enjoy, nothing makes more angrier than people who do not want a change, who wants to add on the chains, how can we expect a greater country that is full with possibilities if we act like slaves, even though we free?

 What about those who are qualified to be there but they can't be there? It is painful to hear those things coming from young people who are probably the future of this country, yes we are facing lot of problems and challenges in our country, especially young people, challenges like unemployment and poverty, but that doesn't give us reasons to do such things, things that helps our country to move backwards, that's not humanity, we want our country to grow.

 That's means, if you agree that you would use your name for a company that you not even part of it, you would give classified information to destroy the country as well, there is no difference in that or there is? Poverty is a sensitive thing, people would do anything just to put something on the table, I mean anything even selling people or their own souls, but you would never go to bed with empty stomach while you are around people, this is coming from whose life is a living witness of that, but I am still alive, poverty never made me to compromise my values.

Who are you going to vote for?

We all know how things become when its election time, lot of similar promises from different parties and less delivery at times. But a moment of truth is coming once again where we elect people to lead us, but we finds our selves caught in the hub, where we feel that we have to be loyal in the certain party and still need service delivery.  Let’s see what happened in the past five years, after the elections.

• We have seen people in Marikana being killed by officers in Rusternberg.
• We’ve seen toilets saga in Cape Town and poo dumping in public areas like airport and one of the biggest roads in Cape Town.
• Education system is Limpompo and Eastern Cape and book saga in Limpompo
• Nelson Mandela’s family financial battle
• BaThembu
• Gupta family landing in a military air base

Possible parties to look up to in the next year’s elections.

ANC

DA

COPE

AGANG
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF),

UDM

Most of these parties haven’t gotten a chance to prove that they can do the job. Lets start with ANC.

They started with a bang  but lost it along the way.
DA- who took over Western Cape by storm managed to do a lot in a short space of time, but kind of failed to deliver to everyone, according to Khayelitsha people.
AGANG- a new party formed by respected person, with dignified integrity, with a promising future, but it is likely that people will not belive in it from the the beginning.
COPE- The only party that was capable of taking down ANC at that time but became greedy and South Africans lost hope in it.

And we also have a knew kid in the block, the Economic Freedom Fighter,
unlike the most anti-Malema, I think Julius Malema, stands a fighting chance at the polls next year.
He is a very popular guy, who speaks his mind,even if he had to be punished for it and people are likely to recognise him, and vote for him, despite the crimes he's accused of. People are looking for a voice, they intend to forget about the other things and focus where they want to focus, which is for them to be heard most of the times.

It is not a secret that most of the people are angry at ANC and its members, so it will be a great revenge to vote for someone who they excluded.

He stands for something that all working class South African want, even though we saw in the past that he doesn't do what he says, but it is likely that he will eventually gain popularity.

The choice is your

Who are you going to vote for next year.

Dont speak Ill of the dead

Members of parliament all speak good things about the late Sicelo Shiceka lets look at his profile and what he achieved in his life. Business Address Close Sicelo Shiceka's Professional details Previous Position(s) Minister | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | Government of South Africa South Africa | 2009 - 2011 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Provincial and Local Government | Government of South Africa Pretoria | 2008 - 2009 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chairperson | Religious Affairs sub-Committee | ANC Provincial Executive Committee’s Commission South Africa | 2004 - 2007 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deputy Chairperson | NEC Legislation & Governance Sub-Committee South Africa | 2007 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chairperson | Gauteng Peace and Stability Sub-Committee | African National Congress South Africa | 2007 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chairperson | Constitutional Development and Administration in the National Council of Provinces (Parliament) South Africa | 2004 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chairperson | Select Committee on Local Government South Africa | 2004 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chairperson | Committee for Safety & Security in the Gauteng Provincial Government South Africa | 1999 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deputy Chairperson | African National Congress Kyalami Region South Africa | 1993 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Provincial Secretary | Cosatu South Africa | 1992 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-convenor | PWV Economic Development Forum South Africa | 1992 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deputy Chairperson | Johannesburg | South African Communist Party South Africa | 1991 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Provincial Secretary | Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers Union South Africa | 1990 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Organiser | Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers Union South Africa | 1989 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leader | Azanian Students Organisation South Africa | 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Branch Chairman | Congress of South African Students Soweto | 1980 Government, Public Administration and Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Director | 2010 FIFA World Cup Local Organising Commitee South Africa Sport and Recreation Educational history Tertiary University of the Free State Masters degree in Political Economy Wharton Business School Pennsylvania, United State of America (USA). Diploma in Economic University of the Witwatersrand Diploma in Labour Relations Activities Memberships African National Congress Member Executive Council for Development Planning and Local Government Member, 1994 - 1999 Provincial Executive Committee of the South African Communist Party Member, 1991 - present Provincial Working Committee of the South African Communist Party Member, 1993 - present Gauteng Provincial Executive Council of ANC Member, 1996 - present Committee On Public Services, Parliament of South Africa Member Provincial Legislative Proposals, Parliament of South Africa Member Joint Standing Committee on Defence Member Land and Environmental Affairs, Government of South Africa Member Select Committee On Land and Environmental Affairs Constitutional Review Committee Member National Council of Provinces, Parliament of South Africa Member, 2004 - present Political Committee ANC Member, 2007 - 2012 (but dead now) From news24 Sicelo Shiceka's death a tragedy I like to think that I am not naïve. I know that the anonymity and ease of access of the internet make it a sheltered environment for all the ugliest sides of human nature. Faceless people can say what they like with no fear of censure or accountability, and what they like to say can sometimes be very ugly indeed. I was, however, left feeling uncomfortable at some of the outpourings of hate which greeted Sicelo Shiceka’s assumedly long and painful death. You would think that we were all celebrating the death of a serial killer! Sicelo Shiceka was not a serial killer. He was a bent politician. He abused the position of trust that he had been placed in and took what was not rightfully his. I certainly don’t think we should be building any statues in his honour, but it’s not like he was an apartheid minister or anything. And I do think we should all regret his passing. Obviously he will be mourned by his family and friends (and a lonely Swiss prison inmate). There are also many out there who still admire his contribution to the struggle. For others he was a brother in arms, a fellow soldier in the fight against an oppressive system. Unfortunately, through no-one’s fault but his own, for many of us he was no better than a common thief. So why should we all be saddened by his death? It has everything to do with how he lived. Our nation is at a critical point in its history. The government who freed us from oppression is very quickly making the transition from being liberators to being a nest of corrupt, self-enriching opportunists. And, for better or for worse, Sicela Shikeca was one of the worst examples of the trend. He was also exposed. The findings of the public protector left our government no choice but to remove him as a minister. And with that, he became an opportunity. This could have been the point where our leaders said “no more. This is not who we are going to be”. But they didn’t. I know he lost his ministerial job, but he was still an MP. Our government quietly removed him from the public eye, but he was never held accountable. He still drew his ministerial salary, and he was never charged. But he also became something else. Call it the elephant in the room if you will. Every day he spent as an MP was an embarrassment to his party. Every time there was a slow news day, journalists around the country could haul him out and shove him onto the front page and say “look- he’s still here. Getting paid. Not getting charged!” Every time his case was mentioned, it was harder for our leaders to pretend they were not condoning corruption. They would have had to have charged him eventually- thanks to the Public Protector, the evidence was out there. And a small battle in the war against corruption might have been won. Not any more. He’s dead. And with his death, those who would sweep his actions under the carpet are released from the growing pressure to act. If they feel it’s worth the effort, the spin doctors can even set to work turning him into a hero of the struggle again. And all of his colleagues will quietly note that there were no real consequences to his actions, and one or two more who were teetering on the brink will quietly slip their hands into the till. So for all of you screaming “yeehah!” and lining up to spit on his grave, stop being such dicks and think for a second. His death is far more of a loss to you than it is to his party.

Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Maya Angelou

Sky so blue

So sky so blue,

With friendly overture, tempting

To follow the perspective of its ordinary,

Forget about the day yet to come.

Sky so blue,

Despite retition inconsistent dark clouds

That blends and blemishes its tendency

Sky so blue with its beauty, bequested

To the nature lovers, us! Abiding in society,

While stars squeeze in, striving to survive in the

Darker circuit of its planet. And deficit the dark clouds

That creates a chaos among the space planet.

Sky so blue,

But no one has ever seen, nor notices, while the other world see it

All, an author describe less, and controversy continue ruling the human

Nature, while generation to come, with its curiosity belated vintage,

Continue believing the ending world.

Sky so blue,

Beautify the whole planet,

With its marvellous attractive colour changing once,

Focus closely,

With the full moon that tempt everyone dance in the sky, sleep on the mountains

And smile at the Lord,

But clouds sp dark covers all the beauty and leave a mark and round stain

Whenever it is present,

Sky so blue,

That makes clouds so jealous, that lead to trespassing, crossing boundaries

And play Sky’s part in the planet.

In case you needed encouragement

Still Rise

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Maya Angelou

Beautiful Africa