Life After The 8th Of March

It's not just shocking but embracing when some people still uses phrases like "at least you had or we the men gave you women one day out of our 365 days" . It's the 21 century globalisation is at the front row of every thing the media especially social media has enlightened Us that 365 was not just for men but every living creature on earth. This mindset of some men makes me to realise how us as women still have a lot to do about the emancipation of women and gender equality in the world and Africa in particular.

I will like to deal mostly on this. Firstly the concept of the 8th of March needs to be over emphasis through the media, social media workshops and every other platforms. 8th of March which is celebrated all over the world as THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY is a day set aside by the United Nations in 1975 to reflect on the plight of women all over the world. It's a day where women in particular and the world as a whole world set and reflect about the struggles of women their success and aspirations in making the world better place for all of humanity because this was denied of them by men and society. Women for years were and are still seen as second class citizens in some countries their gender instead of it being seen as a blessing have been seen as a curse.

8th of March isn't just a day of celebration as in celebrating the achievement of women like Mo Adube of Nigeria who is helping to change the image of the African Woman through her Television Network Ebony Life TV but also a day of reflect on what is still to be done through emancipation of women.

The fact that we celebrate our independent day on the 20th of may doesn't mean we're still in captive for the rest of the 364 days same as women's day.

18years Is Never Too Late

It took one whole year for justice to take it full course and yesterday the verdict was finally given. Judge John hlope at the western Cape high court convicted the 51 year old who's name and full identity has been hidden for security reasons of kidnapping fraud and contravening the child Act.

The 51 year old lady according to her own version of the story adapted Zaphany Nurse 18 years ago from Groote schuur  hospital with the pretext that her biological mother does not want her. The unlawful adaption transaction took place at the Wnyberg station with a sum of R3000 given to the nurse who brought the child from the hospital.

18years is definitely  too much to not to know someone especially your real parents but as we all know blood is definitely think than water. The bonding might be easier more than the way we thought and on the other hand loosing touch even respect from people whom you thought was your parent for 18years can be heart breaking. The deceit fraud corruption and crime which has been the bases of your growth with your supposedly parents will definitely a hard piece to shallow for Zaphany Nurse. All we can say is we wish her all the best with her new but rightful family.

The legacy of Post Apartheid still lives in the mind and actions of many South Africans

It's been 21 years since apartheid was officially erased in South Africa but still it's teachings and ideologies are still very much enbodied expressed and felt by millions of South Africans.

Last week a member of the Democratic Alliance party (DA) took to social media and labeled all black people as monkeys because according to her they over crowded a beach in kwazulu Natal and did not clean it after using it. Honestly this made me laugh because if Ms. Penny Sparrow could ever have an opportunity to visit cameroon and make a stop at the beach in Limbe I guess she will be returning to South Africa with a heart attack. "Hahaha"
And to amplifier the drama on racism Gareth Cliff who has been a judge on the SA idole for more than five years said "people need to understand freedom of speech" meaning Ms. Penny Sparrow had all rights in the world to call anyone names. well...In that case I am busy thinking of what name to call you.
To put some icing on the cake the home affairs minister on ENCA some weeks ago said "they is unemployment in South Africa but we do not see us sending our citizens out of the country or to different countries to look for jobs". Firstly with my understanding about the universal declaration of human rights everyone regardless of who you are or where you are you have the right to move freely in the world. Secondly I do not think any country will ever forcefully ask it's citizen to immigrate into another country in search for jobs. And as we all know South Africans do not like traveling so the rest of the world should not be made accountable for that. Lastly the world has become a global village Oga Minister of Home Affairs.
All these shows much South Africa still has to grow as a nation and as individuals. The mindset of its people has to change. Equality is everyone's fundamental right and globalization is here to stay.

Fees must fall

My mother use to tell me 'if you think education is expensive try illiteracy' and I will laugh so hard because by then I never really knew the value and importance of education.  I was just 10 at the time. I came to south African in 2011 and by then my fess were  R19000 at the University of the western cape that but now with the yearly increasement I pay 27000 for a Bc in Arts with no improvement of the quality in education of infrastructure.
Education should be made a necessity not a priority.  I wonder how many people can really afford tertiary education now talk less of when an increase of 10% which Mr. Zuma and his ministers are proposing. 

The irony about all these is that the south African Government is made up of more than 80% of black ministers who understands the daily struggle of an under privileged black south African but still they propose an increase of 10% on tuition. 
Fess Must Fall is not just a slogan on socal media but a curse which should be attend. 

She only sees opportunities not limitations.

Queen Okafor is young lady from Nigeria a native of Nnobi in Idemeili South Local Government Area, Anambra State. Some call her the most breded woman in Nigeria some consider her a witch while to other seeing for the first time evokes mixed feelings about her gender and sexuality but the bottom line is that she's simply a woman a different kind of woman.

I was watching TV the other day when  this lady with some much energy and life was invited as the special of 'moments' on Ebony Life TV. What grab my attention was the manner with which she spoke and her facial expressions. Always smiling regardless of the way people see her a day the facial hair. She spoke about her childhood the challenges which she faced and some which she is still facing.  But vision on life was absolutely amazing. That vibrate energy in her voice captured the entire place and could be felt by everyone present during the 45 minutes interview. Her attitude towards life is fill  with hope and optimism. She never saw her physical condition as a limitation but rather as a blessing.
She has learnt to use it to her advantage by touching life positively and even planned on having her own TV or Radio Show someday. She see herself as one special human being all the facial hair which she has as a woman which distinguishes her from every other woman was a special gift from God and she in turns to use that in charging lives.
This got me pondering on my life how we always turn to use our immediate situation or physical conditions in constructing our future. Our destinies are in our hands what we decide to make of it sorely depends on us. As the presenters of Moments will always say 'once you can think it you can do it'. She thought about being interviewed on a TV show someday and she made it now she's thinking about having her own TV show who says she can't have that.

Power Struggle : AU and ICC

South Africa defy it's own constitutional law when it allowed the Sudanise president Omar Al-Bashir to leave the country while the was a court pending his arrest on Monday the 15th of May. This has spark so much controversies within and country out of the country on the authenticity of the role of law in South Africa and also whether South Africa minimise it's own polices and laws of the International Criminal Court the ICC.  President Omar Al-Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crime against humanity in Sudan in 2009. President Omar Al-Bashir came to South Africa on the 6th of June to attend the Africa Union Submit hosted by South Africa and according to reports from the South African Government he was granted immunity just like all the other heads of state who were present during the submit.

But on Saturday the 13th the Johannesburg High Court place a court order for his arrest launched by the ICC pending judgement on Monday the 15th but as fun as it might sound President Omar Al-Bashir left the country on Monday before the j'burg High Court could give it final judgement which was an order for his arrest.

The key point here are president Al-Bashir defy South Africa law by leaving even though he knew he was not supposed to till after the Johannesburg passed it's judgement.  Some people argue that president Al-Bashir left South Africa on grands of the immunity  which he got just like all the other presidents who were present during the submit. The most controversial head of state in Africa President Robert Mugabe said in an interview that President Zuma promised President Al that he will not be arrested through out his stay in South Africa.

This therefore means that President Zuma knew all the complexities which will surround president Al-Bashir's stay and decided still pursuit it regardless of its out come by defying the laws of his own country and that of the international Criminal Court.
Some say Africa its high time Africa learn to stand on his own not by some international institutions controlled by post colonial governments who impose their laws on African states. All we have left to do is to see how the story unfolds firstly by South Africa given reasons why it allowed president Al to the country regardless of a court order pending his arrest and what the ICC is going to say or do towards South Africa.