Over the weekend

I was very lucky my weekend started on thursday. I was supposed to go to a funeral in Tzaneen, one of my uncles past away. May his soul rest in peace. Due to other technicalities and transport problems I could not go. I spent my friday night in church; youth service. It always delivers beyond expectation. I managed to hijack someone and convince us that a movie at night will be a good idea, we went an watch Fool's Gold. No strings attached, just a sister from church.



On saturday I was awaken by a phone call from a friend who wanted me to help them move house. I am not a courier! I did lend a hand, even though it took most of my time. I am now a member of Mboweni Development Assosciation(MDA) a society for the Mboweni clan living in Gauteng. I went to the first meeting. I am very impressed, there will be lot of fun in this. My intentions are clear to meet my brothers and sisters socialise at least once a month.



After the meeting I went to meet the three Th's Thabiso, Thabang and Thulani. As usual Thabiso made me wait for more than an hour at his complex. He finally arrives, but is reluctant to go to Thabang's. Thabang wanted us there. We arrived at Thabang's only to be greeted by grilled stake and wors, Our other friend was also there Chivas Regal. I always like the warmth of Thabang's family, for me the man is doing well.



In the company of Chivas, we chat about politics, sport, relationships and a whole lotta things. It was fun. We went back to Thabiso's after 12 mid-night, leaving Thabang and his family. And now Thulani finally joins us. We chat until the early hours of the morning.

In the morning I went back to my place, to get ready for church. AFM Sunnyside, at the moment there is no place I rather be. The church service was awesome. The sermon was about keeping our eyes on Christ. A very good teaching. After Church I went to watch a play at my kasi(Adopted) Atteridgeville hall. They delayed for about an hour, the play started at 15h00. While waiting I was watching small boys playing my favourate sport, not soccer but table tennis. I will join them very soon, I love table tennis.

The play did not disappoint, it was well organised. A lot of dance, a lot of song and good acting. The story line was a bit of a cliche' but I did not mind. The attendance was vey poor which I blame it on the organisers, it was badly advertised. Outside the hall, there was not even one poster. I saw the ad very far from the venue, due to my love for theatre I could not stay behind.

I don't have a luxury of sunday afternoon big-momma's lunch, I enjoyed my Spatlho with juice. My weekend became more fun when I saw Amakhosi demolishing the not so Free State stars. Five goal thriller, great!

I prepared supper for my house mates, mixed grill. I finished very late but the guys enjoyed it. The dishes are always a problem for me, luckily last week when I was in Durban someone was handling that. The dishes was the final scene for the weekend, went to sleep like an adult; peacefully.

The weekend was great, looking forward to this week.

"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, non but ourselves can free our minds" Bob

Keep ya head up.

Afrikan Katekani.

NOW

There is a disturbing statement that persist in a lot of us; In my time. We constantly want to go back to the past. The past seems comfortable, the future seems terreble. While we keep ourselves busy with yesterday and tommorrow, our todays just pass without notice. The is precious gift that God has given us the present (NOW).

NOW is the time, Se kunjalo. I have a very special friend who inspires me about living in the present, about enjoying a NOW. Our todays may not be as pleasant as we want them to be, guess what? yesterday was as bad and tommorrow might not come. The only given time we have without a doubt is this day, this hour, this minute and this very second. We need to cherish the NOW, is the only time we have. The present is fading away.

Procastination is the thief that continously steals our todays, our present and our NOW. Living on past mistakes eats away the present. Let's all live in the NOW, when tommorrow comes it will find us still living in the present.

To the Girlfriends, with love

If I don't call you as much as I used to do
If I forget to pick you up
If I forget the very important dates of our relationship
If I don't take you out for a movie or dinner
It doesn't mean that I don't love you anymore.
I am a bit pre-occupied by the AFCON Ghana 2008.
All of this irregularities will only last for 20 days starting from yesterday.
I still love you.

Bring it home, Bafana Bafana!

I am no soccer expert and neither a soccer star. I don't want to dwell on the technicalties on how Bafana Bafana is going to be the African champions. I am going to be sentimental and patriotic about this one. We have a chance in winning it. Why? Because we are participating in the tournament.

I say to Bafana that rankings are just numbers. In the field the only numbers that apply are 11 against 11 finsh and klaar. As I bid our beloved soldiers farewell, I want to say to them that they are more than capable. In any team, it is not about the big-names in that team, it's about how inter-dependent they are on the field. It's about the ability to play as a team.

I wish the players and the technical team a safe journey to Ghana. When you get there, your mandate is to bring the cup home. We must show Afrika and the world that we are ready for 2010.

God bless you boys!

Where are they going to play?

In a normal society, at 17 when you meet children playing on the street you join in and play or just wave and pass. A 17yr old boy went to Skielik informal settlement and started shooting at the kids together with their parents. What kind of a society are we living in today? The reports state that he was accompanied by someone, probably white. As a result of the shooting four people died. The youngest being three months old. Innocent people died for no apparent reason. I am not inciting racism, I just want to know what those poor black people have done, to deserve such a punishment.

People living in informal settlement are poor and they are constantly brutalised by the conditions they live under, on top of that they are terrorised by boys as young as seventeen, seventeen... seventeen damn, damn idiot. The reports also state that in 2003 this same idiot was convicted of murder, but the sentence was suspended due to age( I think it's because his father is a farmer)

Other people are saying, we must not be quick in saying it was racially motivated. If it was not, why didn't he start shooting at home or why didn't he shoot the person accompanying him. He opted to shoot at poor innocent people who happened to be black. This idiot was only born in 1990, who taught him that the people with dark skin deserve to die. At fifteen he has already started terrorising black people.

If kids are shot while they are playing others in the hands of their mothers, who is going to protect them? Where are they going to play?

I am deeply disturbed by the facts of this incident. I condemn those killings.Let the law protect the people; poor or rich, educated or illiterate.

My sincere condolences to the families that lost their loved ones.
May their souls rest in peace.

Good Cop, Bad Cop

In South Africa is not only people who are in trouble with the law. Right now the law is in trouble with the law. Is Gerrie Nel a bad cop, or Jackie Selebi a good cop. I think Nel is a bad cop and Selebi a worse one. Between this two gentlemen who is investigating who? The scorpions who are well resourced obtain a warrant to arrest the SAPS Selebi. The warrant is cancelled after the sacking of the NPA boss Vusi Pikoli. At the same time the SAPS obtain a warrant to arrest Nel, the arrest is delayed but finally takes place.

Nel is behind bars, Selebi is a free man. Is there a force that is protecting Selebi? If indeed he is being protected, does it mean that he is guilty of something? We have an overwhelming statistics of crime in this country; murder, robbery, fraud, rape to mention a few. All this social ills must be fought by people, SAPS, Scorpion and other agencies. How are we going to combat crime if the leaders of the law enforcement agencies are busy pointing fingers at each other?

Everyone must be equal before the law. If Selebi has transgressed, he must be brought to book. Let's just wait and see what is going to happen with Nel and Pikoli. Justice must prevail.

Happy Birthday to the Congress

96 years ago on this day a powerful movement was formed in South Africa, then known as Union of South Africa. A group of chiefs, church leaders and interllectuals met to form a voice of the natives who have been desposed of their land and rights. Among them was Pixley ka Isaka Seme, Alfred Mangena, Dr John Langalibalele Dube, Sol Plaaitjie to mention a few. On that day 1912 January 08, The South African Native National Congeress(SANNC) that later became African National Congress in 1923 was formed.

The Congress was commited to the non-violent, passive resistance struggle. It emphasised on one man one vote, land struggles, non-sexiest, non-racist to mention challenges of that time. The congress grew bigger into a liberation movement, then later a ruling party after 27 April 1994.

As we approach the centenary in 2012, I wish the mass democratic movement a Happy Birthday.

Let's all unite, mobilize and fight on until we better the lives of our people. What is important in all Democratic Movements is to SERVE THE PEOPLE

Aluta Continua!
Katekani