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Being Alive
Isn’t it a crazy thing to be alive? Isn’t it beautiful? Isn’t it miraculous? O to speak, to think, to do, to move and to be simply human! Is it not a wonderful thing to be alive?
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East London Teen Tarven Tragedy
You would have heard about the teenagers that tragically died in a night club/tarven/ shebeen early hours of yesterday morning. Politicians, priests, parents, family members, neighbours and teens gathered in the church to weep, to find courage for the devastation that has struck the community, the city, the province and even the nation. It’s international […]
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i saw you
Sawubona is how you say hello in Zulu. It means we see you. Depending on where you are people greet to acknowledge that they see you. Where I am, we still greet when we hop onto a taxi. We don’t say Sawubona but people truly see one another. You appreciate that more when you have […]
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Grooming Talent, Grammys & the Black Women who survived apartheid
Man, the story of Black Coffee and taking his boy to the Grammys!!!! In SA we loved this boy when he first accepted a #SAMA award on behalf of his dad. Sikhala ngembeko yakhe. His grandmother, Ms Dandala, who is Black Coffee’s mom said seeing them both on that stage was so emotional for her because […]
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Remember
Remember the unadulterated you Remember the joy of you unaware of the self You as an extension of the sun’s rays the edge of grass blades beneath your freedom Remember you Remember uncontained laughter Remember freedom Remember joy Remember living for nothing but living and loving it siki dlanga
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Heart beats of the living
Hearts delight Hearts are open wide Hearts love Hearts thrill hearts smile Broken dreams shatter living hearts Dreams fulfilled cause hearts to sing Hearts ache with loss Hearts bleed Hearts are alive Hearts become sick with longing Hearts are disappointed Hearts hope Only dead hearts are indifferent siki dlanga
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Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu – the Real New Dawn?
Article published on iol The outrage towards Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s letter has been a New Year’s spectacle that has eclipsed even the burning of parliament – unthinkable – but here we are. There is something to be said about how civil society joins in among the grossly offended groups – where public opinion is conveniently […]
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Our Approach to Life
Do you think we take the events of life too personally? Perhaps we center ourselves too much and our ego consumes how we engage or perceive the events of life. Perhaps what is required is less ego and more humility. If we have less of an ego then less will be about us in what […]
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What happened in America
If they ever ask What happened when Siki went to America? Tell them so much happened, She has to write a book.
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Birthday Gratitude
Though I may see lack Though I may feel pain The world owes me nothing God owes me not even an unanswered prayer I owe God everything I am God has been much more than I dare credit God has been God is. God will always be God I owe the world God stories God […]
Madam Madiba
The Queen of Afrika laughs with angels.
Madam Madiba 