Swaziland

Having just come back from Swaziland (yes, us squatters go on holiday too), I was again struck by the contrasts with this country. Swaziland is a genuine African country; friendly people dotted around on the hillsides, dangerous mud tracks, very few 25yr old landrovers, mud huts and self-sufficient people with a few goats, chickens and mielies. A king ruling over the dominion. Peace, tranquility, and Africanness. I cross the border to this modern nightmare of endless tarred roads, road rage, poverty, extreme wealth, people working night and day, and global multi-national companies. Nowhere to escape to. No wonder we're losing our grip. We need to return to our roots, one way or another. There's nothing wrong with modern things and technology, but we can't let it change who we are, and how we think and deal with each other. Or with our culture and way of life. If we can integrate it with modern society, fine, but we must retain our Africanness, our identity, our culture; in this modern world its all that is lasting, and all that counts.

I thought I was alone

No. Check out http://www.friendsofJZ.co.za. It really warms my heart to see I'm not the only true African out there. Cde JZ is the best person to be president - he's one of us, understands Africa, and will hopefully crush the opposition like the flies they are. They all deserve to die in the flames of our wrath, together with the whites. May as well throw in the Indians and Coloureds too! An iron fist (burning of course) is required. And as for the white-controlled media spreading their lies, lets put the whites in their proper place, no more pandering around to their whims, no more trying to be like them. Their place is the fires of hell, since England now belongs to the Pakis and Indians. Serves them right, and who cares anyway? Viva JZ. Viva Winnie. Viva Africa!

Time for Evictions

I read with interest an article by a brother, Vuyo Mvoko, in Business Day: http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/opinion.aspx?ID=BD4A191698. Vuyo is typical of the kind of people we have to deal with these days, the so-called Black Elite (including middle class). He aspires to a white's life: "Twelve years into democracy, Mrs N, like her probable leader Gibson, is still not accustomed to black people like Milos, who have pulled themselves up by their bootstraps against all odds and now want to live the life that used to be reserved for whites." Vuyo has described Milos who apparently wants to live the life designed by whites, for whites. I kind of assume Vuyo also wants to. Its unnatural - Africans never lived that way. Just look north of us to see that. But I agree it must be fun, for a while, as a novelty. Personally I would have said "... accustomed to black people like Milos, who have downgraded themselves and sold their African souls, and now want to live the life that used to be reserved for whites.". Then he says "The cynic, or racist, in me has never thought that my white compatriots would ever appreciate what democracy saved them from." What did democracy save them from? If Vuyo is insinuating that blacks did whites a favour, thats a bit short sighted. We work for ourselves - at least I hope we do. We didn't drive the whites into the sea because we want to use them, no other reason, and we are using them. Whites never did us any favours, and I hope we never do them any. If we don't like them anymore, as Vuyo doesn't, its time to get rid of them. Its our option. Personally, I'd just as well get rid of them. Maybe loot all their houses and things, burn them down, have a massive party (a party which could maybe last 3 months), then get a mud hut somewhere, a few cows, a few wives, recover from the hangover, and live the life I should be living. And be proud of it. I'll be proud of my king, proud of being a fighting man in an army, proud of our lands, and proud of our achievements, which will then include shaking off the shackles of colonialism once and for all! Stop all this racist talk. Stop being racist fullstop. Its what we're supposed to hate about whites, remember? There's no need to be jealous and envious of whites - they can have their stress diseases, modern inconveniences, traffic jams and high pressure lives. Good luck to them. Stop confusing ourselves, we are not white, we are not Americans, we are Africans through and through, and nothing else.

Great People

It worries me that JZ has so many wives, and I only have one girlfriend, and have no money to make her my wife. It also worries me that I don't really feel envious of JZ - I actually would prefer only one wife. But I hope that when I finally strike it lucky in politics, and wrestle my way to the top, I'll also want thirty wives, and I'll want to have instant sex with women who come and visit me in my mansion. Hopefully I'll get Aids too, since it seems that anyone without is just not having much fun. I'm just worried that I don't have what it takes, since I don't think enough like my Great Mentor, JZ. But I've learnt a lot from the trial about the way he works, and I'm certainly going to try to be as much like him as possible. Then one day I can be all powerful, and state president too.

Shebeen Talk

We were putting quarts away in the shebeen on Saturday like there was no tomorrow. Unfortunately for me, tomorrow did come, and I wished it hadn't. Anyway, the talk always goes to JZ and the furore around this so-called rape. Most of us can not see the problem. The woman, after all, was under his roof, just as she might have been in his Kraal in KZN. Normally she would have been poor, and after having being affectionately blessed by JZ, she would have accepted a position as another wife. After all, JZ can afford as many wives as he wants. Sure, the actual act sounds like it was a bit cold, a bit fast, a bit shallow, but what do you expect from such a great man? He doesn't have time to mess around with her, especially when you have as many wives as he does. But just because she is of independent means, she feels she can take on the powerful JZ. I really think she made a big mistake, and will regret it, but the young are often stupid. JZ will make a great chief, but maybe he needs to be a bit more ruthless with his enemies, like Shaka, for real greatness. Mugabe is a very good example - he will go down as one of the truly great African leaders. We Africans definitely view these things from a different cultural perspective, and the world, and especially us, needs to accept that - only then can we accept, appreciate and be proud of ourselves for what we are.