Dear Asanda Dlamini I write this email to share my two cents worth of my options to your thought-provoking T-vets Must Rise piece published by WordPress.under LaNkosi Writes.Technical Vocational Education and Training (T-vets) colleges under the Department of Higher Education and Training is a reflection of poor governance, corruption, negligence and lack of political will … Continue reading TVETs Must Rise ||
Unwanted Crowds led to an Awakening of Self
I am grateful for the lessons that come with the trials we experience in life, there are times where we want to give up but can't because this isn't in our control. Then there are times where giving up is an option but would it then be worth it? Toxic people attach themselves like cinder … Continue reading Unwanted Crowds led to an Awakening of Self
Incase you were feeling a bit out of place, I have message for you.
For your presence you do not need an excuse, you aren't required to take on a heap of responsibility to justify your existence. Shut that voice up it's your ego whimpering. You being here today, right now is a gift to the world.You are not out of place! For your presence you do not need … Continue reading Incase you were feeling a bit out of place, I have message for you.
The Spineless Creep
An experience we as women of color dread is that of being undermined by a fellow brother and thrown under the bus by your male counterparts, with the assistance of fellow daughters of the soil who are driven by greed systematically planted within their minds. An individual draped in rolls of fake activism and sympathy … Continue reading The Spineless Creep
Sharpeville Day
The Sharpeville Massacre The Sharpeville Massacre of 1960 which is commemorated on the 21st of March in South Africa became a catalyst in the fight against the apartheid regime. A week after the then president general of the ANC, Chief Albert Luthuli announced that 1960 was going to be the “Year of The Pass” through … Continue reading Sharpeville Day
TVETs Must Rise!
The TVET Colleges of this country have been overlooked by the same people who promised to see to it that transformation occurs on these campuses.A huge percentage of these institutions lack resource centers of their own and the ones that have aren't big enough to accommodate all students especially those who aren't as privelaged as … Continue reading TVETs Must Rise!
The Rwandan Genocide
Between the 7th of April and the 15th of July 1994, as many as 800 000 – 1 million Rwandans were murdered in the most rapid genocide ever to be recorded. I watched the Hotel Rwanda movie countless times so I could wrap my head around the genocide that occurred in Rwanda, in as much … Continue reading The Rwandan Genocide
Note to the Sell-outs
Will it ever stop?Don't the multiple complaints that have similarities drain you? How long are the cries of South african students going to fall on deaf ears that claim to be there for them? As a child of the soil, what do we do with people like you?Those of you who contribute to the problems … Continue reading Note to the Sell-outs
Queen Nzinga
Queen Nzinga A fearless African queen, who fought for the liberation of her people against the Portuguese who were colonizing the areas at the time.In the year 1570, the Portuguese established a colony in Angola. They were the earliest European colonists to settle in Africa due to the fascination of their prince Henry 'The Navigator' … Continue reading Queen Nzinga
Phenomenal Women Of Color
https://lankosiwrites.home.blog/phenomenalwomenof-color/ Mme Wangari Maathai Wangari Maathai was born on the 1st of April 1940 in a village called Tetu (160 kilometers) from Kenya's capital city Nairobi. She was of Kikuyu ethnicity.She was also among the 800 young Africans who studied in the United States through the Kennedy Airlift Scholarship program in the 1960s.Wangari studied biological … Continue reading Phenomenal Women Of Color
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