The term Ubuntu means humility and that is something as black people residing anywhere in the world have been able to apply on instinct.

Event after the many hundreds of years of apartheid, black people were able to recover from the various indecent, humiliating and senseless brutalities that were part and parcel of that movement and forgive those who wronged us - unprovoked I might add.

Fast-Forward 14 years later we are killing our own kind for no reason whatsoever! I don't know what to say. I am appalled by the behaviour displayed by these monsters. It is horrifying to see people setting other human beings on fire, hurting them simply because they are not from here. What happened to Ubuntu?

It makes no sense blaming the government for lack delivery, the government can only do so much and one point or another you need to help yourself! When are we going to take responsibility of our own lives and not blame the government and other people for our own lack of ambition?
Since the beginning of 2008 I have been a victim of crime four times and all of them were committed by lazy, boys who do not want to work - the government can't take you by the hand to go look for work, there are various table waiting positions available - because they would rather sit at home and chill on a corner. They refuse to get up in the morning to earn a decent living but prefer to spend their time smoking zol and doing nothing and want to hijack you to sell a car that you worked hard for - for a measly five thousand rand.

South African youth should learn that alcohol is the bane of their existence. It was used in the apartheid era to poison and delude the mind. I get so upset when I see a group of young people walking around with beer quartz in their hands and doing drugs - we are perpetuating the legacy of apartheid.

Black South Africans need to be reminded that Mandela, Zuma, Mbeki, Sisulu, Tambo, Hani, Slovo and many uncelebrated anti-apartheid heroes took refuge in our neighbouring countries and that it now our turn to help them.

I'm calling out to the media to use whatever medium you can to reinspire our nation!

Forum created by Nthabi M

[21 May 2008 10:47]

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