I have been invited to be a contributing author on Spoken. I am told Spoken is the community of bloggers. It is aimed at adding to the currently existing community of bloggers such as Thought Leader blogs, The Times blog and City Press blogs. The difference with Spoken is that it is open to a wider range of contributors. It is also not associated with any of the currently existing newspapers like the other blogging communities. The articles posted on Spoken can thus be utilised by the authors or . . . Continue reading this article
I know that I promised millions of readers of this blog that I will write about the ANC 2009 Election Manifesto. I am still going to write about that in a special election series of this blog. I wish to thank all those who wrote and spoke to me about my previous blog about the Manifesto launch in East London. It truly was a spectular occassion. Many of the readers also like the embedding of Facebook comments on the blo. I'll try to do it again in future.As you may already know, I am a Catholic Christian. . . . Continue reading this article
Below I have embedded the Facebook posts that I did while in East London for the ANC 2009 Elections Manifesto Launch on 10 January 2009. I have no knowledge of this embedding ever done before, so I am testing if it is technically possible. Note that the posts have time stamps. I will blog later about the political proceedings. ---Bayanda is joining thousands at East London Stadium to launch the ANC 2009 Elections Manifesto. 12:24pm - 31 Comments Moses Ka Moyo at 12:28pm January 10 via Facebook MobileAmandla . . . Continue reading this article
Today is the last day of December 2008. I'm writing here to keep my promise of blogging at least once a month. Hence there is not much I have planned to write. I've been meaning to write a whole lot of things recently, especially on the political front. Due to my busy work schedule issues tend to happen faster than I have time to write about them. Alternatively, I would have written text that is shallow and the millions of readers who visit this blog every month would have been disappointed at me.I'm . . . Continue reading this article
Just when I thought I have read all there is to read about HIV and AIDS, here comes a book that takes an absolutely different dimension to the subject. It does not end there, it goes on to challenge the patriarchy that sometimes parades itself as culture and how damaging it can be sometimes in African marriages. With the media doing their bit in early summer every year, mainly due to 1st December, you would think nothing can be said about HIV that can change people’s habits that has not been said . . . Continue reading this article
I have a handful of friends who carry around good phones while not taking advantage of some of the readily available features of those phones (no offence to my good friends, I know where my bread is buttered). Contrary to what some believe I do not know too much about technology, I just try to be up to date and take advantage of useful technology features. May I also acknowledge that most of the information I will write here is already available, I am just packing it nicely here for my friends and . . . Continue reading this article
In reaction to Mr Lekota's recent utterances, some have related it to what has happened in the past with other ANC protestants. On the other hand, some have argued that the context in the case of Mr Lekota et al differs fundamentally from the other protestants. It is important to look at what membership of the ANC has meant over the years versus how the protestants have defected from the ANC. From there we can deduce whether the context entirely differs or it's a mere deja vu. In Part One of the . . . Continue reading this article
A friend and comrade, Themba Phakathi, requested to write Part 2 of this series. It can be read in his blog here.
I will write Part 3 soon.
For those who read Themba's blog as I had suggested, I know he said he was going to write on resignations. But after Lazola wrote first (see his blog) on responding to an ANC letter, I have opted to write something that relates to resignations instead of Themba writing about it. The recent developments have led some people to ask me question because they think I am in the know. I am not sure why they think like that. While trying to answer their question with little that I know, I felt it is neccesary . . . Continue reading this article
I committed myself to posting on this blog at least once a month. This month I have decided that I might not write anything, even though by so writing, I have already written. Some may be surprised that I claim this to be a South African blog yet I have not written anything this week regarding the events as they unfold in South Africa. The thing is ... er.. I was actually going to .. er..(cough) think about er... er... I know it's unlike me, but er... sometimes we all er... from time to time er... . . . Continue reading this article