Ek soek me mense, waar is hulle? op die vlaktes, vergete en verlore, waar is ons leiers ? die is verniel en sonder siel… . Waar is ons kinders? die leiers van more? op die strate, verlore in ‘n lolly. Waar is my mense, waar is hul trots en krag? verlore, vergete,verduister… . Ek staan [...]
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Ek soek me mense, waar is hulle?
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At Last by Etta James
At Last At last, my love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song Oh, yeah, at last The skies above are blue My heart was wrapped up in clovers The night I looked at you I found a dream that I could speak to A dream that I [...]
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Valparaiso
Valparaiso Chase the dog star Over the sea Home where my true love is waiting for me Rope the south wind Canvas the stars Harness the moonlight So she can safely go Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso Red the port light Starboard the green How will she know of the devils I’ve seen Cross [...]
Understanding ‘How to make one hell of a prophet and still get to heaven’
How to make one hell of a prophet and still get to heaven by Dr. John F. DeMartini What the hell is heaven? Payment is due when service is rendered. Profits are a by product of having services rendered. ‘Work is love made visible’ – Khalil Gibran Everything is light. The inherent nature of divinity [...]
Next Time Call Me Mixed-Race!
I have both white and black cousins, but best of all I have two places that I can call home. How do you categorise someone who is not 100% white nor 100% black, without offending that person? This is the debate that I walked into the other day, when a woman pointed at me and [...]
We are the World
Another year has come and gone, yet we are no step closer to the ‘I have a dream’ reverence worded by Martin Luther King. It seems that our fears are holding us hostage to the beauty that ebbs and leaps inside and sadly the voices of our ancestors have been forgotten in the ebonics of [...]
Scatterlings of Africa
Approximately 70,000 years ago, a small fragile group of humans in Africa embarked on a fantastic voyage. They left their mother continent and began a migration to every corner of the planet. As far as we know, they had no map, no compass, and no plan – just perhaps, a deep inner conviction that their [...]
Biko’s message of consciousness goes beyond race
In 10 days time, it will be the 30th anniversary of Steve Biko‘s death. What is remarkable when one reads his writings and trial testimony is the lucidity of his thoughts. He uttered these thoughts with such courage and fearlessness it is no wonder the apartheid government felt intense twinges of fear when dealing with him. [...]
The black woman – with white parents
Sandra Laing was born black, but to white parents. It would have been strange anywhere – but in apartheid South Africa it was disastrous. Long before science learned to meddle with genes, there was Sandra Laing. She entered the world in 1955, a beautiful baby by all accounts, who could be expected to grow up [...]
The 4 Referability Habits
Entrepreneur and founder of The Strategic Coach, Dan Sullivan, talks about four referability habits that are the building blocks of great relationships. While you might expect these involve a complex algorithm of direct mail, word-of-mouth strategies and targetted advertising, the reality is that these habits are very simple. So what are they? 1. Show up [...]