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The Staircase of Life

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When days are dark, good friends are many.

It’s my birthday today, I’m 55, and I’m glad that the month of 3 deaths is coming to an end. They all passed away in one week. Brother and Mawe within 24 hours of each other, and Cousin, while we were editing Mawe’s obituary.The messages of condolence were pretty overwhelming. It was like being fed endless dessert. I wanted to say, “Enough now!”But they kept coming.The worst message, I found,…

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Hope is our only exit

Hope is our only exit

At ten in the morning the line into the liquor store was already snaking around the building. Ordinarily that would discourage anyone, but instead it grew longer as young mothers and fathers kept walking out with cases and cases of booze. This is the life in South Africa, those who can afford are leaving the country but many of those who cannot, are leaving the country mentally, at least. They…

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The Fulfilled Promise

The disastrous political events in South Africa today, have not come as a surprise, therefore, there is no reason for alarm or despair. The good news is that South Africans have an indomitable spirit that never succumbs to adversity. We have in this country, a highly motivated and capable civil service — although it has often been bullied by politicians; We have good doctors, nurses, teachers,…

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How to Find Happiness

How can I love my neighbour if I don’t love myself? How can I love my community if I don’t love where I live? And how can I love my country if I don’t love my fellow citizens? Too many of us are made to feel inadequate and a deluge of  excuses is invented to make us feel that way. Just remember, you too were created in God’s image. Think of Jesus Christ, conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of…

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On Faith

You don’t have to see far to get far. Timing is everything.Ghost stories are best told at night. The roadmap is not the territory I saw a false dawn at 2:38 am. City of Saints in the dark. Celebrate Remember, no matter how dark the night may be, it will pass.

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The Queen of the World Lives Here.

The Roman Catholic Church, named, Regina Mundi, was central to the June 1976 protests in Soweto. The 16th of June, which is now called Youth Day, celebrates those who died during that time. Regina Mundi is Latin for “Queen of the World” and the building is the largest Roman Catholic Church in South Africa. Faith was pivotal to guiding the youth in the anti-apartheid struggle. Isn’t it time to…

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The wisdom of flowers https://wordpress.com/post/muzikuzwayo.wordpress.com/5352 #instagood #instagram #socialmedia #photography #photooftheday #southafricaspromise https://www.instagram.com/p/Cex2QMrDF5h/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The wisdom of flowers

The wisdom of flowers

During the Covid lockdown I started taking photographs of flowers. I learnt a few things that I think are worth sharing. Nothing is a bed of roses, because below the beauty you find the thorns. Let others bloom too. It’s a law of nature. Every rose is unique. Your beauty lies not in your conformity but in your individuality. Open your heart, that’s how the blessings come in. A closed heart…

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The wondrous @wandabaloyi Off-stage she is an angel of humility and on stage her voice is the sound of heaven. #instagood #instagram #socialmedia #photography #photooftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/CeOLXOFDy68/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I’ll be on @talkradio702 tomorrow at 9:30 am, with @gugsm to talk about “This Generation Leads” a book Mike Teke and I published with @university_of_johannesburg. Please tune in if you can. It’s going to be lit. #thisgenerationleads #southafricaspromise #instagood #photooftheday #leadership #instagram #radio #southafrica #youth #flowers #bees #cosmetics #beautiful #beauty #africa https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdyg_stDs-d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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God and Leadership

Nina is tackling a very interesting subject of God and leadership. I’d like to hear your views. How important is the leader’s faith to the culture of the organisation? Should companies open their meetings with a prayer? Should government meetings start with a prayer. Nina is one of our authors in This Generation Leads.

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The Beauty in You

Thanks to modern technology, cellphones can now tell you where you are in the air. I noticed this long island of lights in the middle of a deep, dark ocean of nothingness. It was so bright it seemed to wash out all the stars above us. Isn’t that life, really? We often lose our North Star because of lowly distractions that seem better at the time. The lights in this post are from Asyut, whose…

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If you’re around Cape Town please come for the brekkie at the Rockefeller Hotel. We’ll have a good talk. #instagood #instagram #ubuntu #southafricaspromise #amyfoundation https://www.instagram.com/p/CcBYt_qsWoP/?utm_medium=tumblr

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New ideas, Please

In our fruitless bid to sanitise history, we have forgotten all the lessons that are written in blood. The 21st of March is Human Rights Day in South Africa. This public holiday is a result of the negotiations to end apartheid.  The future generations got the date but lost the significance of that day. Before 1994 this day was called Sharpeville Day. It was a commemoration of the massacre that…

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Let’s talk about African time

Let’s talk about African time

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