For the purposes of this text, we will pretend that a revolution is the change of government that is removed, by any means, on the basis of it being unjust (noting that justice is not universal). We will further pretend that a coup is an opportunist, and unjust, removal of a legitimate government by a faction of society and/or military for its own narrow ends.All the country information that appears after each country heading have been copied from Wikipedia as is. I, therefore, take no responsibility . . . Continue reading this article

1. Prologue Being a society where not even a single jot of oppression, discrimination and exploitation exists, the communist society embodies non-racialism, non-sexism, democracy and unparalleled none-exploitative economic progress if not perpetuity. Perpetuity that needs to be consolidated and defended, consolidated by the very class, the working class that must- itself- ultimately cease to exist in lieu of a classless society envisioned in the life and times of one of our outstanding revolutionaries . . . Continue reading this article

More than a year ago, I wrote about the Fallacy of Facebook addiction. My view remains unchanged, it is not possible to be addicted to Facebook. I like to know what the 54 members of my extended family are up to and 63% of them are on Facebook. Instead of calling or sending sms to each of them, I just go to their profiles and check. It's not Facebook I am addicted to, but my family. If you think Family addiction is a problem, try eating rice, cucumber, avocado and salmon rolled with nori from an . . . Continue reading this article

Last week, WikiLeaks released thousands of secret government documents, mostly of the US government. For the uninitiated, WikiLeaks is a news website that was started by Julian Assange. They hack into computer systems to retrieve secret documents and publish them on their website. It seems the aim to encourage openness and more accountability by governments. As expected, media institutions are fond of such an initiative as it provides a source of material they could use for reporting.I checked the . . . Continue reading this article

Earlier last week, I bought an iPad from unofficial distributors since the Core Group (official Apple Distributors in South Africa) do not know the date of availability of iPad in SA. I hope I will find time soon to share my experience of it on this blog. For today I am going to blog from it as part of enriching the experience.The issue today is first impressions. About 2 weeks ago I started at my new job, not that it's really new but I'll be working with with different people. As I continue to meet . . . Continue reading this article

This morning I tweeted about the meeting Deputy Minister Gigaba held with ISPA and WASPA. My tweets prompted a discussion with a fellow tweeter. As it got intense we took the discussion to Gmail chat for ease of use. Below is the full edited conversation.---3:09 PM Bayanda: Before we were interrupted [on Twitter], you were saying...? ongopotse: lol3:10 PM 1. We need to protect the children...and child porn is to be eliminated at every point The people who abuse kids, by taking pics of them,  in . . . Continue reading this article

Last week Friday, following remarks attributed to the MDC, a friend posted the Facebook status below;The status and it's subsequent comments prompted me to chat to Zama Magagula just before I left the office on Friday, as she was online on Gmail Chat. Our conversation appears below;3:28 PM Bayanda: I think you're both simplistic in your arguments on the Zim question3:29 PM this does not mean that you're incorrect Zama: Meaning? what is your take on the MDC statement? Bayanda: They are simplistic . . . Continue reading this article

This exposition was first published on the 9th September 2010 in The Bottomline, the YCLSA publication. In the SACP’s Bua Komanisi Bulletin of 2007 Issue No 2, Volume 6, Page 11; it is resuscitated that “the key motive force of the struggle for the African revolution, and for different socialist world remains the working class.” On the question of what composes the key motive force of our National Democratic Revolution I elect to agree with the aforesaid assertion. On the same tandem, it . . . Continue reading this article

If you thought this article is about swearing, they clearly you don't know me that well. I stopped swearing in June 2000. One day I will blog about why I stopped. But since then I never swear. Ever. On the other hand, if you thought this article was about shit, as in faeces, then you're correct.Those who find talking about the stool unpleasant rather not read this blog before a meal or they may lose their appetite. They'd rather not read it after a meal neither, for obvious reasons. I'm not sure . . . Continue reading this article

Below is an interesting conversation I just had with a friend NOW on Gmail Chat. We were typing very fast, so excuse the spelling and sequence of the conversation. You welcome to participate by way of comments. 'me' is Bayanda Mzoneli and 'Zama' is Zama Magagula--me: Hi, I'm supposed to leave now but I dedicate the next 5 minutes to clarifying any aspects of nationalisation of mines that may not seem clear.Sent at 4:07 PM on ThursdayZama: khuluma namiyazi ayikho clear ngempela kumuntu onjengamSent . . . Continue reading this article