‘It was the best of times and the worst of times.’ This is the opening line of a Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. For the Ndebele people of Zimbabwe the Gukurahundi massacres were the worst of times. The sheer violence, brutal rape and dehumanizing murders perpetrated by a black government against defenseless black …
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In the early 90s the late Great Thula Kekana aka Senyaka wrote a song entitled AmaGents, taking a swipe at Brenda Fassie and Yvonne Chaka-Chaka. This song blew up towards the end of the bubblegum era and surreptitiously ushered in a new genre of music, which was later known as kwaito. Ama-Gents was dissing the …
When I wrote in one of my recent pieces that when it comes to intellectual heavy lifting, or anything that requires thinking, never mind critical thinking, most of the so called South African ‘celebrities’ should be left outside, I was accused of being harsh when in fact my statement was informed by the observations I …
Ex shag/whatever wethu resurfaces some time last year. It has just hit him that he loves me 😂😂😂. I am the one, his one and he must, has to have me back. I am surely looking and sounding better than before. He even makes reference to my girlfriend and how great she has been for …
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell is a social analytical non-fiction published in 2000 and is about how ideas, products, messages and behaviours spread like viruses. In this book Malcolm Gladwell describes “The Three Rules of Epidemics”. He describes just how it takes a few individuals to not only spark but spread a social trend. …
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Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama is an autobiography published in 1998 and is about the story of his life up until he was elected as the first Head of the Harvard Law Review, two decades before he was elected the president of the United States of America. In this book we learn about …
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Nothing But the Truth by John Kani is a play published in 2002 and is about the reconciliation among family members with the backdrop of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In this book, the Makhaya family from New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, on come to terms with their painful family past and are in a journey …
Eight Days in September by Rev. Frank Chikane is a non-fiction published in 2012 and is about the events of the eight days leading to the removal of President Thabo Mbeki from office following his defeat in the 2007 ANC Polokwane conference. In this book we see Reverend Chikane, who was the Director General in …
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a work of fiction published in 1988 and is about the story of a Spanish boy called Santiago who goes on a journey in search of gold that came to him in a dream. In this book we come across a boy who has a dream about gold located …
The Art of War by Sun Tzu is a self-help published in 1910 and is about how to use ancient Chinese military strategies in order to succeed in business, politics and everyday life in general. In this book Sun Tzu lays out military strategies that helped make him the greatest war leader and military strategist. …