Mine is to filter out the rhetoric and propaganda, so that we children of the soil can form opinions based on logic and reason. Not through those summarized and scripted tales presented to us.
There are those who climb because their spirit has been prepared for the heights they reach. They have walked through the fire, carried burdens in silence, and built foundations that existed long before anyone recognised their name. Their elevation is rooted. It is not simply a matter of being seen…it is the result of discipline, … Continue reading Borrowed Elevation
What troubles me is not only the amount of money being spoken about. It is the spirit behind the response. Some ministers have come out breathing nothing but fire and bile, speaking as though the people are the enemy. And perhaps that is what leaves such a bitter taste in my mouth. We are constantly … Continue reading When Government Speaks In The Language Of Threats
Returning to the unseen places where spirit remembers what the world forgot There are wounds no policy has ever reached, no law that has ever truly touched the quiet places where the spirit has been bruised and left to sit with itself. We are taught to believe that healing comes through structure, through systems, through … Continue reading Where Spirit Heals Beyond Structure
The very future of our communities die like flies, because of drugs that are sold to them by the very same agents of change in that arena! It saddens my heart when the youth who burn in shacks were high on poison they found refuge in when the state deserted them during their time of … Continue reading These Drugs Are A Problem
You giggle at the shadiest things, hiding your disinterest at the seriousness of a problem. Have you no shame in the suffering others have been subjected to because of your ignorance? When you dined with the masterminds of the thuggery, it was quick to be painted as a formal gathering. The only problem is that … Continue reading The Problem With String Puppets
The Cradock Four The first time someone brought up the story about the Cradock four, was when the late Sister B decided to tell me about them. May her beautiful soul continue to rest in peace 🕊️ I remember asking why we weren’t taught this part of our history and she laughed at me and … Continue reading The Cradock Four
Dont you dare try to silence my voice!I noticed an ugly trend you people hopped onInstead of uniting and empowering you destroyI despise you people, peace is an allergy of yours.Don't you dare try sway me from the battle aheadYou see the idea of my kind being weak is nothing but a reflection of a … Continue reading To The Silly Ones
The president came out to applaud those using private security and vigilantism to 'protect their communities' this then led to Europeans and Indians parading the streets, terrorizing, burning shacks and deliberately shooting unarmed black South Africans all in the name of 'protecting themselves' now this was after the president publicly incited ethnic violence. It was … Continue reading The Phoenix Massacre
In an attempt to further silence his voice and jail him the country’s highest court exposed it’s biasness. South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in jail by the country’s highest court. The sentence came after the Constitutional Court found him guilty of contempt for defying its order for him … Continue reading The Quest to ‘deal with’ President Jacob Zuma
Mme Margaret Gazo was a servant of the people who led from the front whenever called upon to do so.She played a significant role in the 1956 March to Pretoria Union Buildings against the pass laws.Mama was a fearless leader who championed the ideals of democracy, human rights and the struggle against apartheid.Mme Margaret Gazo … Continue reading Remembering Our Heroines
‘The oppressor’s approach is aggressive, mainly because he is the most fearful. Yes, he fears the *oppresed* black man because it is, he who dominates the earth.’The white man has castrated black people enough because of Black's hunger for glamour and prestige, nowadays children of the soil talk black, they live white and think green. … Continue reading Racism is very much alive
La Nkosi Writes 