Why some white Zimbabweans and white South Africans are angry. This topic could easily be rewritten to read ‘Why some black Zimbabweans and black South Africans are angry’.
The white South African and the white Zimbabwean choose not to see that they are fighting for the same existence as the black South African and the black Zimbabwean.
South Africa’s Apartheid and Zimbabwe’s liberation struggles were a struggle for the people of that region to try and free themselves from what was evidently a political and social imbalance in the lives of what were mostly the blacks.
From 19 to 21 April, The British Council will host its third Market Focus Cultural Programme ‘One Nation, Many Voices’ at The London Book Fair, Earls Court. 47 leading South African authors, poets, playwrights, activists and academics will participate in the Market Focus Cultural Programme, that will showcase South Africa literature.
Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, the first woman and first black South African to hold the position of Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town and former senior Director of the World Bank, will give the keynote speech at The London Book Fair’s Chairman’s Breakfast focusing on the implications of the digital revolution for South Africa. With the world’s eyes already on South Africa in the build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in June, the festival offers a unique opportunity to explore the writing; reading; and politics of the region.
I’m very happy to join the bloggers, and share my frustration about the Vuvuzela complaints.
Phewwwww. What’s wrong with these people? It’s amusing how the Vuvuzela has become the main topic and worry about South Africa, and not crime anymore. A good praise for a job well done seems like the last thing these people have in their mind. Who is complaining about it? If it’s the television viewers, then I guess their TV sets have no knobs or if they are better than my one buttons to turn the volume down.
The Vuvuzela is the sound of South African football, and for all those in South Africa. Please bafethu. Blow them even harder, because some of us want to feel home away. Blow that Vuvuzela and let them know we are South Africa. Vuvuzela world cup 2010 here we come.
From 19 to 21 April, The British Council will host its third Market Focus Cultural Programme ‘One Nation, Many Voices’ at The London Book Fair, Earls Court. 47 leading South African authors, poets, playwrights, activists and academics will participate in the Market Focus Cultural Programme, that will showcase South Africa literature.
