Please do not misundertand me, I like a good party like an other person but I must confess that I felt the rest of the show a little shy of what I had expected. Before I continue perhaps I should add my disclaimer and say that I am EXTREMELY proud of what the young ladies have put together. It is a great start. They moved past the prison of wishful thought and actioned their idea. To all 3 of you, I salute you.

My reservation centres around the positioning of the event. I was lead to believe - perhaps owing to my ignorance, and yes I am being facescious - that the event was about celebrating US as a black people, however I saw more people at the stands that had liqour that at the panel discussions and more people during the artist performances than at the panel discussions or during the motivational talk. Perhaps I missed the train but was this not intended as an intellectual event were black people would finally tackle matters that pain us today. The opening with Jimmy Manyi was great but I overhead one of the event organisers say she had a conversation with Mr Manyi before the event to try and...er.. "smooth his controversial stance and beliefs". Why? Are events of this nature not the platform where these and other matters of "black importance" are meant to be discussed and if not then why are they "celebrating black" as it were? Perhaps my conjecture eminates from my misunderstanding of what it is to be black and what I exactly it was we were celebrating and further hereto how it was than we would celebrate.

As an investment banker, let me say that I understand all too well the principles that drive business and with that its determining sustanaibility factors, but may I pose a question to the event organisers. Was the strategy going into this endeavour "numbers at any cost"? Perhaps by way of context, I saw a number of associates - 30somethings with their wives back home - at the event hitting on young girls talking about their latest cognac adventures and bank rolled, you may say, "fancy" cars. I also saw young ladies there who wore their jeans so tight you could see every bump on their "reverse yom'hlabla!" which begs the question... Was the audience at the event (and bare in mind I am speaking generally here - to whom this done not apply), the people intended for the event or were they simply pretentious hangers-on who saw this as a social gathering that they could substitute their weekly "chisa nyama" or Sunday session with?

I was also particularly intrigued by the FNB Moneyed or Broke game. When I saw this on the programme I thought, finally a platform where ordinary black south africans can pit their wits on financially matters and that for those among us who are not familiar with these matters an opportunity to begin to understand and be conversant in these. I was - I must confess - rather "pissed off" at the game Tumisho was playing. With question like who is the Reserve bank governor? Are you for real? So we are smart enough to attend these events, smart enough to spend our R 150 at the door but I suppose not smart enough to play a simulated game on stocks, bonds and futures! Bantu bakithi, have we become just a party society in which such remedial educational content is acceptable of dare I say, challenging?

I enjoyed the performances in particular by Mr Dludlu no sis'wami uThandiswa. I also thoroughly enjoyed the motivational speaker. Fantatic job skhulu! Pity that they gave the comedians more time the speaker - perhaps this as a testament to my comment on the substance of the format or lack thereof. I find that rather comical, excuse the pun.

Zuki no Zuki, nisebenzile. Ni bambe, nicinisele... I support you. All I am asking is that we as a black people move beyond the barries we have set ourselves and that if we are going to host an event in the name of black asky ourselves then question - is this the freedom for which they fought and are we doing justice - as Vusi said - to they that have come before and fought for us.