JZ Will Be Persuaded To The Right !

The ANC President Jacob has done it again - sending mix messages. JZ was this week made to apologise to Cosatu for the statemensts he had made during his interview with the Financial Mail. It appears as if JZ had angered Cosatu by his statements that suggested that he is now leaning to the right.

The problem about JZ is that he both want to appear as pleasing the labour and business community at the same time. But one thing is certain though come 2009, JZ will be under a lot of pressure from Cosatu and SACP - people who have made him the ANC president. Cosatu has over the years criticised President Thabo Mbeki's Gear policy. If JZ succeed being the country's president, it will just be a matter of time before he will be swayed to the right, then Cosatu will again be left in the cold and complaining on the sideline.

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Mbalula on the booze debate

The ANC Youth League president Fikile Mbalula recently met with the SA Liquor Traders Association (Salta) to propose to them that the sale of alcohol should be banned on Sundays.

Some people will dispute with Mbalula’s argument that shutting down the places of liquor on Sunday is not going to change people’s behaviour. The argument is that “no legislation” in the country is going to deter people from indulging in alcohol. Some other people will even say that Mbalula’s argument is counter business growth since in reality alcohol in South Africa generates lot revenue and contributes to the employment. But what all these people who hold this view and everyone else cannot deny is that, Mbalula has a valid point here.

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"Let love be your greatest aim."( 1Corinthians 14:1)

Rock n Roll band playing at the Old Jail in Grahamstown.

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Africa Needs To Be Taught Its History

I happen to engage some of my colleagues on a subject entitled: Traditional Debate. The debate was about the role of the traditional leaders in the current South Africa. The debate was conducted in the group blog called “newspuppies.blogspot.com”. I must say the debate was heated: full of emotions and passionate views. I must stress that all of my colleagues are all Graduates who hold bachelor degrees and diplomas in various fields. Alas! To my shock I found out from their arguments that there is a little knowledge about how Africa turned out to be what it is today. Most of them believe that we must get rid of our traditional leaders, claiming that we live in a post-modern society. Ironically what they don’t know or fail to acknowledge is the fact that the West (the former colonisers) have their own traditional leaders in the form of Monarchs, Kings or Queens. For me, this debate highlights the urgency for us as Africans to try to re-write our history. For the future of Africa, we need to tell African history from African perspective. I challenge all the academics, intellectuals, professionals and all the Africans to try to correct our past. We cannot afford to have a situation where our young people continue to be misled and miss-informed about the continent’s history.