A response to sabc documentary: what is an African

There is often a confusion who is and not an African which I find very funny. I find this to be happening only in Africa because in America they know who is American and who is African American. Africans wherever they go they seem to be known who they are no matter how long they have been staying in that part of the world. Amazingly whites wherever they go they seem to get away with murder. In America whites are called Americans even though their origins is either from England, Spain, Russia or Holland but  Indians, Chinese, and Africans are always called by their original countries.

Now here I want to make it clear who is an African. In my understanding informed by nature an African is anything from light, brown to pitch black human creature with soft steel wool like hair. In South Africa that includes Xhosas, Zulus, Ndebeles, Sothos, Pedis etc. It certainly does not include "Afrikaners and generally white people". Africanness is natural not political. It therefore says African is a person who look like Mandela, Oliver Tambo, Buthelezi, Mbeki, Mmoshoeshoe, Shaka, Sobhuza, Winnie, Adelaide, Ellen and many more precolonial Africans. Africans should not allow this patronisation or belittling. This is not an identity of convenience, it is us and nothing more. Frankly, Africaniness is not means to something but an end to itself. It is a complete identity which as genuine Africans have to protect and be proud of.

If crime has been committed especially by Africans everyone seem to understand and know who is African but when delicious political dishes are served everyone seems to want to be known as African, that has to stop. In Europe our Africans and those associated with Africanness face racial attacks including our prominent African players like Samuel Ett'o. Amazingly whites who by the way have oppressed us for generations want us to recognize them as Africans. Are we that cheap?

The documentary was about an English guy who claim that despite years of being in Africa, English have no African name as "Afrikaners". My answer to him is he is more African than the so called "Afrikaners". He is Anglo-African and I am proud to be part of him. He has a genuine identity more like Indians and Chinese. They have a culture that links them to their mother countries unlike "Afrikaners". In fact to be straight forward the question we should be asking is " what is an "Afrikaners"?. A generation from Van Riebeck, Van der Stel or generation that participated in great trek or from french origins like Tereblanche? Really what are "Afrikaners?'. During Paul Kruger Jameson and his men were called Uitlanders (Foreigners). It is amazing how some whites easily forget. 'Uitlanders' calling other Uitlanders Uitlanders, very funny and stupid.

I sincerely believe that English, Indians, Chinese and Greeks are, politically, more Africans than "Afrikaners". They have something to hold on to which is their origin.

Many might want to know why I do not say a thing about coloureds. Well in the first place I do not think there is anything called 'coloureds'. We all, as a human races, have colours why would one nation claim to have 'colour'?

African is natural not otherwise keep that in mind

Revisting sexual harrasment

It is unfortunate that women are being abused and some even loose their lives in the process. Yet there are, mostly educated women, who use sexual harassment as a method to get even with their boyfriend or husbands or settle scores. Women abuse not a perception but a proven reality in this country. Research shows that every hour a women is raped and a child is molested in South Africa.

The case in point is that of Lawrence Mshwana, a public protector. This woman wanted to diverge focus on her inefficiency as a manager by accusing Mushwana for harassment that never occurred.  Mushwana confronted her a day before about her management behavior and  her in-competencies  The following day she level accusations of inappropriate sexual advances against him. Accusations were later found to be baseless.Again rich independent women, as for rich men, should stop dating poor people's partners. This contributes to relationship instabilities and further escalation of abuse within relationship upon discovery 

Something is just not right with new South Africa and educated women. On that note I want to close by saying I support genuine gender equality and women's rights. However educated women have got it all wrong. 

Viva gender equality

Western barbarism

Each time I try to think of holiness of the "holy land" I feel sick in my stomach. What the hell is going on that part of the world? I might be a primitive primate or if you like a kaffir but I certainly can differentiate between a cause that serves a greater good. Arabs' cause to annihilate Israel will certainly breed nothing in as much as Israel's continued offensive will not bring any good but pain and suffering to both sides.

Schooling or formal education came to many Africans, if not all, from the western civilization. Hence terms like mutual-ism  sharing or jointly were introduced to us . Not to say Africans did not know about these terms. They did but in their vernacular languages. They were practicing them and continue to do so even today. However, very confusing is that many white people (western civilization) knowingly do not practice these terms.

Colonization of Africa came with dismemberment, brutal slavery and even selling of people to other parts of the world. In India it came with Kashmir and Pakistan, in Southeast Asia it came with the partition of North and South Korea. In China it gave birth to Hong Kong as a separate state. In Irag it came with Kuwait. In Palestine is simply excelled, it took the whole state.In Australia, no words to describe, a complete uprooting of aboriginal people. In the process of all these many lives were lost and to some parts like Israel and "Palestine" lives continue to be wasted.

It therefore leads me to question as to what is civilize about western civilization?  I really would like to know. Africa never had Africa war but western civilization had "World war I and II" which was in fact stupid European wars driven by greed and selfishness.

If one could carefully look at parts of the world that remain not fully conquered by the west is middle-east. In my humble opinion Israel is being used as an excuse by the west to keep their foot in the oil rich middle-east. It is unfortunate that Jews are exploited this way and they do not see it.

Worse, Jews are simply justifying and christening holocaust. I just think that wherever Hitler's soul feels peace and accomplishment. He really feels he did Germans a great job because had he not did what he did Jews would be doing exactly what they are doing today to Palestinians to Germans.

Why can't they share the country? I believe Marx was right, indeed religion is the opium( drug) of the masses. Once they are on this drug nothing make sense and life turns into nothing. This is exactly what is happening in the middle-east. They are chasing god that do not exist leaving the One who love and care for life.