For over many centuries black scholars and African people have been grappling with the the debate of defining who really qualifies to be called an "African", but to date, no common paradigm seem to be standard or prevail.
During the successive African Renaissance KZN Chapter conferences, commissioners steeped in Pan-Africanism normally devote tremondous amount of their time and energy to broadly define who should be spearheading the enormous challenges the continent was facing as it attempts to re-awaken itself as it integrate to the global political economy.
Two years ago, the eminent Pan-African scholar Ngila Muendane, argued that some African people were confused and were avoiding calling themselves 'African' but were pandering to the liberal anti-nationalism.
Muendane stressed an emphasis that as Africa re-awakens itself from the underdevelopment slumber, African intellectuals have a moral duty to 'develop a common Africanparadigm or common ethos from which to depart'.
The African Renaissance, says Muendane, could be styled to the "British character" , "American Dream" or what the Jewish people define as "Zionism".
"There are non-Africans who want to qualify as Africans, and they are welcome but should abandon identifying themselves with Europeans and must begin to embrace the African value systems.
An African to spearhead the rebirth of Africa is person who has links to this continent and identifies with Africanness because it is eternal and does not depend on shifty and meaningless things,such as skin pigmentation" explained Muendane.
And the Durban-based Cultural and Heritage activist Nhlanhla Mtaka is of the strong view that African people must firdt cement an identical and ethical culture that was underpinned by service excellence, aptly referred as Ubuntu philosophy.
"Being African is not essentially linked to colonisation and oppression but must be seen in the historical, and contemporary social, economic and cultural realities.
And we must unleash these vital factors as a powerful crusade with all our capacities to awaken the sleeping giant-our continent Mother Africa- to become a moral beacon and a powerful global player forever" noted Mtaka.
Mtaka added that it is the culture, history and attachment to these and consciousness of such identity and not skin colour that makes one an African, and he implored people to discuss issues such as identity, culture and heritage as free people who must set their own agenda ina unique miellieu accordint to their own realities.
However, that renowned African writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o has penned a book, titled 'An African Renaissance -Something Torn and New' whereby he alludes to a radical understanding of needs to be grappled by African people towards the realisation of the African Renaissance.
"Over centuries of contact with the West, Africa has suffered the deprivations of slavery, colonialism and globalisation.
An integral part of this tragic encounter has been "Europhonism" "observes wa Thiong'o.
wa Thiong'o alludes to the fact that African people started by replacing native names and language systems with Europeans ones.
Acording to him, this remains the worst tragedy ever to the African development because, he writes, 'language is a communal memory bank'.
"In loosing its native languages, Africa would loose its social meaning,ite very identity" says wa Thiong'o.
wa Thiong'o traces Africa's fragmentation and restoration amidst the global history of colonisation and modernity.
IUn seeking the revitalization of Africa, Ngugi argues, that a renaissance of African languages is a necessary step in the restoration of African wholeness.
He(Ngugi) speaks of the 'decolonisation of modernity'.
"Africans, in the Diaspora and on the continent, were soon to be the recipients of this linguistic logic of conquest,with two results.
NAgugi calls this practise as the Dismembering Practises, and is of the view that without tackling this malady, Africa is faced with serious challenges with its renewa, beacause he states Africans were "Dismembered from the land, from labour, from power, and from memory. The resultis destruction of the base from which people launch themselves into the world".
And the pertinent question remains about how do the African people develop a common paradidm and ethos that takes them into the other levelas they attempt to revitalise themselves.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
GRADUATES URGED TO BECOME UNISA AMBASSADORS
More than 200 graduants from the University of South Africa converged at the Durban's beachfront hotel on Saturday morning 'to map a way forward regarding the marketing drive' to their old academic institution.
The social get together (reunion) attended by the Unisa Registrar Professor Louis Mulamo, Assistant Director of Unisa Foundation Patricia Lawrence and the President of the Convocation, Professor Themba Sono, called upon the institution's graduates to internalise the motto and the etho's of their alma mater.
Prof Mulamo cajoled graduates to always talk positively about Unisa and also called upon them to market, promote and become the custodians of the university's legacy since it was established way back in 1878, when Unisa was still known as the University of Cape of Good Hope.
"Since my first election as President of UNISA Convocation in 2004 I have always called upon the past gradiuates to play an activist role in shaping the running of their almar mater.
You must internalise the university motto and embody its principles as you live up the values it represents.
Treat UNISA as ANC membership treat their party. You can never mistaken the ANC members with their own party because they live, breath and conduct themselves as ANC disciplined cadres" observed Sono.
He said UNISA students carry a burden of social responsibility and in whatever they do to the outside world reflects to their alma mater.
Sono took strong exception to the recent negative news coming from the Eastern Cape whereby it was reported that some 45% of young males had allegedly raped helpless and vulnerable women in that region as part of 'a cleansing practise by men who'd recently graduated from the 'initiation school' ' to become adults in line with the Xhosa-speaking people tradition.
"Is the barbaric practise by the young men in the Eastern Cape what you fellow South Africans who are Unisa graduates want to be identified?
Will any among you here regard that as part of making a sustainable positive contribution to mankind, no, no,no, that so-called culture is foreign and unkown from people that want to be associated with Unisa.
You, Unisa graduates, carry a moral duty and a responsibility to safeguard, protect our communities and protect the legacy of the very communities that have made us what we are today" warned Sono
Sono, added, UNISA's motto is 'Pro Gentibus Sapienta' which literally means 'Learning in the Service of Humanity' must be taken to another level by anyone associated with Unisa.
The KwaZulu-Natal Unisa Alumni Breakfast was concluded by the election of the regional Alumni Association, whose primary function will be to organise students to participate in Unisa' activities.
Accoerding to Unis Foundation's Lawrence,the Alumni Association regional chapter will also act as ambassadors that were expected to champion Unisa's legacy by supporting the 'agenda of transformation'presently ongoing work within the university.
The social get together (reunion) attended by the Unisa Registrar Professor Louis Mulamo, Assistant Director of Unisa Foundation Patricia Lawrence and the President of the Convocation, Professor Themba Sono, called upon the institution's graduates to internalise the motto and the etho's of their alma mater.
Prof Mulamo cajoled graduates to always talk positively about Unisa and also called upon them to market, promote and become the custodians of the university's legacy since it was established way back in 1878, when Unisa was still known as the University of Cape of Good Hope.
"Since my first election as President of UNISA Convocation in 2004 I have always called upon the past gradiuates to play an activist role in shaping the running of their almar mater.
You must internalise the university motto and embody its principles as you live up the values it represents.
Treat UNISA as ANC membership treat their party. You can never mistaken the ANC members with their own party because they live, breath and conduct themselves as ANC disciplined cadres" observed Sono.
He said UNISA students carry a burden of social responsibility and in whatever they do to the outside world reflects to their alma mater.
Sono took strong exception to the recent negative news coming from the Eastern Cape whereby it was reported that some 45% of young males had allegedly raped helpless and vulnerable women in that region as part of 'a cleansing practise by men who'd recently graduated from the 'initiation school' ' to become adults in line with the Xhosa-speaking people tradition.
"Is the barbaric practise by the young men in the Eastern Cape what you fellow South Africans who are Unisa graduates want to be identified?
Will any among you here regard that as part of making a sustainable positive contribution to mankind, no, no,no, that so-called culture is foreign and unkown from people that want to be associated with Unisa.
You, Unisa graduates, carry a moral duty and a responsibility to safeguard, protect our communities and protect the legacy of the very communities that have made us what we are today" warned Sono
Sono, added, UNISA's motto is 'Pro Gentibus Sapienta' which literally means 'Learning in the Service of Humanity' must be taken to another level by anyone associated with Unisa.
The KwaZulu-Natal Unisa Alumni Breakfast was concluded by the election of the regional Alumni Association, whose primary function will be to organise students to participate in Unisa' activities.
Accoerding to Unis Foundation's Lawrence,the Alumni Association regional chapter will also act as ambassadors that were expected to champion Unisa's legacy by supporting the 'agenda of transformation'presently ongoing work within the university.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
KZN PREMIER DELIVERS STATE OF THE PROVINCE ADDRESS
"This newly-formed government will focus on the elimination of all the root causes of poverty and underdevelopment, and we invite each and every citizen to join us in this framework which is a journey to create an equitable and prosperous country” these sentiments captures the preamble of KwaZulu-Natal Premier,Dr Zweli Lawrence Mkhize, when he delivered the state of the province address on Thursday morning.
Mkhize told the provincial legislature that his government wishes to highlight the issues that were part of the electoral mandate which is to focus the collective deployment of all available resources and mobilize the people towards the attainment of priorities which will have a catalystic effect towards achieving strategic goals.
He assured the people of KZN that running the provincial government was no easy task, and called upon all the roleplayers and stakeholders to play their part in making a meaningful contribution towards the creation of a better life for all in South Africa.
“The ruling ANC government invites all the people of KZN to join us in taking the first steps of a long and ardous journey to create a better future for our country and all future generations.
Let us work together to create that hope for a better future” cajoles Mkhize.
As the newly-elected government, added Mkhize, we have come to terms with the global economic downturn and the full impact and the manifestations it was having to the provincial gross domestic product (GDP).
Mkhize noted that the main focus of his speech was centred on the ANC’s 52nd Polokwane conference resolutions that prioritized education, health facilities, creation of jobs and rural development.
“All government service delivery programmes and interventions in the building of our economy will be premised on the underlying desire to fight and eradicate poverty and all the other afflctions that continue to under-develop our people”.
Poverty remains the major contributor to preventable diseases and creates a vicious cycle of hunger, and also contributes to social instability such as crime and moral decay that compounds the impact of under-development” emphasized Mkhize.
In line with fast-tracking rural development and agrarian reform, Mkhize announced the ‘self-help’ intervention aimed to fight and eradicate poverty
This intervention is aptly called the “One Home One Garden” campaign and will be spearheaded by the state apparatus.
“We will launch the One Garden One Home on Mandela Day (18 July); and is structured to ensure viability and communities will be mobilized into secondary co-operatives at the level of traditional community areas, local or district municipal level to channel the support that government will offer” outlined Mkhize.
Mkhize explained that the emphasis of his government will be on communities doing things for themselves as they aim to outlaw the culture of dependence and entitlement whereby the democratic government was seen to be doing things for the people, and he specifically cited the numerous social support grants that were given to the ‘infirmed and deserving citizens’.
“The new approach will see the state providing capacity-building mechanisms and a new culture will be established whereby the government is doing something with the people, rather that doing things for the people” said Mkhize.
However, the opposition parties in the legislature dismissed Mkhize’s address as hollow and they also argued that he ‘must be seen to walk the talk’.
Democratic Alliance Caucus leader John Steenhuizen criticised the state of the province address and said it failed to tackle pertinent issues such as crime, the eradication of corruption, incompetence and maladministration by senior public servants.
“The Democratic Alliance would have expected the ruling party to put in place effective strategies and policies to regulate the best practice by public service administration and adopt a zero tolerance against the unlawful procurement tendencies whereby major government tenders were given to the ANC-connected individuals and their cronies that were incompetent” remarked Steenhuizen.
And the provincial chairperson of the Inkatha Fredoom Party Muntomuhle Khawula felt Mkhize’s commitment to clean government was good and his party will monitor the Anc-led governance closely.
“The Premier’s ommitment to fight crime and corruption sounds good but the IFP expects him to ‘walk the talk'.
Charity begins at home, and it is for this reason that as the IFP we’re calling for forensic investigations and audit about the state funds that were misappropriated by a high-ranking official (Head of Department) and was reported in various newspapers prior to the 22 April 2009 elections, yet the said official remain in government employ as if nothing happened.
To be seen to be committed to fighting crime and corruption, Premier Mkhie must do the right thing and suspend the Speaker of the House Peggy Nelisa Nkonyeni who presently facing serious criminal charges of corruption in the Pietermarizburg Regional Court” said Khawula.
Ends
Mkhize told the provincial legislature that his government wishes to highlight the issues that were part of the electoral mandate which is to focus the collective deployment of all available resources and mobilize the people towards the attainment of priorities which will have a catalystic effect towards achieving strategic goals.
He assured the people of KZN that running the provincial government was no easy task, and called upon all the roleplayers and stakeholders to play their part in making a meaningful contribution towards the creation of a better life for all in South Africa.
“The ruling ANC government invites all the people of KZN to join us in taking the first steps of a long and ardous journey to create a better future for our country and all future generations.
Let us work together to create that hope for a better future” cajoles Mkhize.
As the newly-elected government, added Mkhize, we have come to terms with the global economic downturn and the full impact and the manifestations it was having to the provincial gross domestic product (GDP).
Mkhize noted that the main focus of his speech was centred on the ANC’s 52nd Polokwane conference resolutions that prioritized education, health facilities, creation of jobs and rural development.
“All government service delivery programmes and interventions in the building of our economy will be premised on the underlying desire to fight and eradicate poverty and all the other afflctions that continue to under-develop our people”.
Poverty remains the major contributor to preventable diseases and creates a vicious cycle of hunger, and also contributes to social instability such as crime and moral decay that compounds the impact of under-development” emphasized Mkhize.
In line with fast-tracking rural development and agrarian reform, Mkhize announced the ‘self-help’ intervention aimed to fight and eradicate poverty
This intervention is aptly called the “One Home One Garden” campaign and will be spearheaded by the state apparatus.
“We will launch the One Garden One Home on Mandela Day (18 July); and is structured to ensure viability and communities will be mobilized into secondary co-operatives at the level of traditional community areas, local or district municipal level to channel the support that government will offer” outlined Mkhize.
Mkhize explained that the emphasis of his government will be on communities doing things for themselves as they aim to outlaw the culture of dependence and entitlement whereby the democratic government was seen to be doing things for the people, and he specifically cited the numerous social support grants that were given to the ‘infirmed and deserving citizens’.
“The new approach will see the state providing capacity-building mechanisms and a new culture will be established whereby the government is doing something with the people, rather that doing things for the people” said Mkhize.
However, the opposition parties in the legislature dismissed Mkhize’s address as hollow and they also argued that he ‘must be seen to walk the talk’.
Democratic Alliance Caucus leader John Steenhuizen criticised the state of the province address and said it failed to tackle pertinent issues such as crime, the eradication of corruption, incompetence and maladministration by senior public servants.
“The Democratic Alliance would have expected the ruling party to put in place effective strategies and policies to regulate the best practice by public service administration and adopt a zero tolerance against the unlawful procurement tendencies whereby major government tenders were given to the ANC-connected individuals and their cronies that were incompetent” remarked Steenhuizen.
And the provincial chairperson of the Inkatha Fredoom Party Muntomuhle Khawula felt Mkhize’s commitment to clean government was good and his party will monitor the Anc-led governance closely.
“The Premier’s ommitment to fight crime and corruption sounds good but the IFP expects him to ‘walk the talk'.
Charity begins at home, and it is for this reason that as the IFP we’re calling for forensic investigations and audit about the state funds that were misappropriated by a high-ranking official (Head of Department) and was reported in various newspapers prior to the 22 April 2009 elections, yet the said official remain in government employ as if nothing happened.
To be seen to be committed to fighting crime and corruption, Premier Mkhie must do the right thing and suspend the Speaker of the House Peggy Nelisa Nkonyeni who presently facing serious criminal charges of corruption in the Pietermarizburg Regional Court” said Khawula.
Ends
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
"WOMEN KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LOVE; NOTHING ABOUT SEX"
"I think women, too many of them, whether its nature, nurture or politics they are not straightforward about sex" says Kate Copstick.
Copstick, a former journalist recently bought the bestseller Britain's Erotic Review magazine and she's said that she will prefer having male writers on her staff complement because she has noted that women knew absolutely nothing when it comes to writing or doing the bedroom 'privy aspect'.
Copstick made these 'hardhitting' observations in the Erotic Review article published in June 2009.
Even the well-known writer on women issues, Kathy Lee, the author of 'How To Murder Your Husband' has come out in full support of Copstick views.
"Women are well-placed to teach men about sex, yet two-thirds of them (women) weren't even achieving orgasm in their sex lives".
If these two influential women could put their heads on the block about the shortcomings experienced by their fellow ilk, the most pertinent question to pose then, how would the 'fairer sex' respond to these allegations.
Is it true, is it a given that the multitude of women do not fully gratify themselves whenever making love. Is there any women out there who's prepared to dispute the view shared by prominent they know nothing about love itself.
The wisest book ever to read, the Holy Bible, tells us that God himself is love.
So what are the answers to the challenges love brings about?
Writer Gary Chapman, in his book 'Love is a Verb' poses a number of questions as he attempts to link true love, sex life and eternal love.
'What happens when love comes alive? Because love is n't just a feeling-love is a choice, and love is something we all need to do" asks Chapman.
Chapman adds; 'Love makes the world go round' 'All you need is love' 'Love can make you go crzy ....' .
As long as any of US can remember; Poems, Songs, Films, etc have tried to adequately describe and express love. Yet, to date, this phenomenon remains a trivial as ever to understand, the least said about sex life, itself.
NB. Whether its in marriage, family or friendship, its no wonder that love is such a draw and places so high on the priority list in our lives.
There are success stories in love, And, there are also experiences of failure.
However, Chapman's book give you a couple of dozens more that share tales of learning to live out love through tragedy and truimph.
Chapman sums up love by citing "Love is not wrapped in a pronoun- in 'he', or 'she'. I t is about loving lavishly! It is not about who other people are or how they treat us or what they do to make us value them".
Women of the World; your fellow sisters in Kate Copstick and Kathy Lee have set the cat among pigeons.
'Can you truly love; can you make the best sex ever? Are you really found wanting in love/sex? '
herewith one poses the question.
A Man in Gary Chapman attempts to illustrate that without actually feeling in love at its best, it will always remain an enormous challenge to love, love, love and get outrageous in the bedroom!
Copstick, a former journalist recently bought the bestseller Britain's Erotic Review magazine and she's said that she will prefer having male writers on her staff complement because she has noted that women knew absolutely nothing when it comes to writing or doing the bedroom 'privy aspect'.
Copstick made these 'hardhitting' observations in the Erotic Review article published in June 2009.
Even the well-known writer on women issues, Kathy Lee, the author of 'How To Murder Your Husband' has come out in full support of Copstick views.
"Women are well-placed to teach men about sex, yet two-thirds of them (women) weren't even achieving orgasm in their sex lives".
If these two influential women could put their heads on the block about the shortcomings experienced by their fellow ilk, the most pertinent question to pose then, how would the 'fairer sex' respond to these allegations.
Is it true, is it a given that the multitude of women do not fully gratify themselves whenever making love. Is there any women out there who's prepared to dispute the view shared by prominent they know nothing about love itself.
The wisest book ever to read, the Holy Bible, tells us that God himself is love.
So what are the answers to the challenges love brings about?
Writer Gary Chapman, in his book 'Love is a Verb' poses a number of questions as he attempts to link true love, sex life and eternal love.
'What happens when love comes alive? Because love is n't just a feeling-love is a choice, and love is something we all need to do" asks Chapman.
Chapman adds; 'Love makes the world go round' 'All you need is love' 'Love can make you go crzy ....' .
As long as any of US can remember; Poems, Songs, Films, etc have tried to adequately describe and express love. Yet, to date, this phenomenon remains a trivial as ever to understand, the least said about sex life, itself.
NB. Whether its in marriage, family or friendship, its no wonder that love is such a draw and places so high on the priority list in our lives.
There are success stories in love, And, there are also experiences of failure.
However, Chapman's book give you a couple of dozens more that share tales of learning to live out love through tragedy and truimph.
Chapman sums up love by citing "Love is not wrapped in a pronoun- in 'he', or 'she'. I t is about loving lavishly! It is not about who other people are or how they treat us or what they do to make us value them".
Women of the World; your fellow sisters in Kate Copstick and Kathy Lee have set the cat among pigeons.
'Can you truly love; can you make the best sex ever? Are you really found wanting in love/sex? '
herewith one poses the question.
A Man in Gary Chapman attempts to illustrate that without actually feeling in love at its best, it will always remain an enormous challenge to love, love, love and get outrageous in the bedroom!
Monday, June 15, 2009
THERE'S ONLY 'ONE ME'
I am Nkonzwenhle Hensford Hopeson Mqadi born and bred at St Faith's village, Highflats on the Lower South Coast-Ugu District.
I come from a family of four siblings (two sons & two daughters), being the first son after the eldest daughter Prudence Nomali (nee' Mqadi-now Sosibo) after me is Nkosinathi Cyril Mabandla my younger brother, and the pretty lastborn sister Lorraine Fortunate Nosipho.
Both our parents; father Hezekial Bhekamakhosi 'Payipi'-who was a labourer in the Textile Manufacturing Industry, and a renowned soccer administrator of Butcher Birds FC and my mother Margaret 'Ndala' Mqadi (MaMokoena) - a schoolteacher; both lie buried in the family burial plot within the household St Faith's rural village.
ABOUT ME
In the whole world there's only one Me. There is only one person with my talents, my experience/s, and my gifts. Today, Yesterday & Tomorrow I celebrate Me (I & Myself) !
"If you fail in one place, that does not make you a failure. Sure, we all fall, but it's how long you stay down that counts.'My FB bo'Bhululu; let us all get & feel the joy of a fresh start in life' " attributed to some one writer out there.
"God uses ever our failures to make better people of US. In His eyes, we're seen to be what we ought to become & there's nothing wrong with failure BUT there's plenty wrong with giving up" unknown writer
"Dream not too much of what you will do tomorrow; Tomorrow's chance you do not need to borrow-Today is here" Unknown Artist
"If I had ever been hereor there before, I would probably know just what to do" sang Crosby, Still & Nash in Deja Vu album
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I come from a family of four siblings (two sons & two daughters), being the first son after the eldest daughter Prudence Nomali (nee' Mqadi-now Sosibo) after me is Nkosinathi Cyril Mabandla my younger brother, and the pretty lastborn sister Lorraine Fortunate Nosipho.
Both our parents; father Hezekial Bhekamakhosi 'Payipi'-who was a labourer in the Textile Manufacturing Industry, and a renowned soccer administrator of Butcher Birds FC and my mother Margaret 'Ndala' Mqadi (MaMokoena) - a schoolteacher; both lie buried in the family burial plot within the household St Faith's rural village.
ABOUT ME
In the whole world there's only one Me. There is only one person with my talents, my experience/s, and my gifts. Today, Yesterday & Tomorrow I celebrate Me (I & Myself) !
"If you fail in one place, that does not make you a failure. Sure, we all fall, but it's how long you stay down that counts.'My FB bo'Bhululu; let us all get & feel the joy of a fresh start in life' " attributed to some one writer out there.
"God uses ever our failures to make better people of US. In His eyes, we're seen to be what we ought to become & there's nothing wrong with failure BUT there's plenty wrong with giving up" unknown writer
"Dream not too much of what you will do tomorrow; Tomorrow's chance you do not need to borrow-Today is here" Unknown Artist
"If I had ever been hereor there before, I would probably know just what to do" sang Crosby, Still & Nash in Deja Vu album
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CRUSADE TO INCULCATE BATHO PELE PRINCIPLES
Dbn Equality Court File: 56/2005
The KZN Deputy-Judge President Philip Levinson has on 'Special Review' ordered the matter be heard anew at the PMB High Court.
Durban Equality Court Magistrate Geoff Abrahams Esq. was the Prisiding Officer; and has used his judicial discreation to lobby/advocate the Durban Justice Centre by writing a letter dated 08 May 2008 to implore the Legal Aid Board {KTM:MMjwara X153940808} that it was their constitutional mandate to provide the Complainant with legal representation of a Senior Counsel, since this legal challenge impacts to both the practise and standards bedevelling the Public service administration throughout the Republic of South Africa.
KZN racism probe starts
1/31/2006 8:47:08 AM
Durban - The formal court hearing of the KwaZulu-Natal head of the Independent Complaints Directorate, accused of making racist remarks, began on Monday with heated arguments and at one stage the complainant was bordering on doing exactly what he has accused ICD head Shireen Lakhi of.
Presiding officer Geoff Abrahams intervened when during cross-examination Nkonzwenhle Mqadi stated that "these Indians have their own agenda". He was referring to being arrested several times by Indian policemen.
When Abrahams asked Mqadi whether he was not doing the same as the complaint that he has brought to the Equality Court, he become emotional and indicated that he said it because of pain and anger.
Mqadi said he approached the ICD to investigate police brutality he experienced and that Lakhi's legal representative Jacqui Henriques was using those "painful memories" to the respondent's advantage.
"I don't care if I'm in contempt of court but I feel like I am not fit to go on. They are trying to make a fool out of me. This woman is just trying to invoke pain in me. This has no relevance to the complaint," he said.
In response Henriques said questions about his arrests was to prove if he is a credible witness.
Repeatedly arrested
Earlier Mqadi said he brought his case after he experienced "pain, shock, humiliation and ridicule at the hands of Lakhi".
He said he initially approached the ICD to investigate alleged ill-treatment by police when he was repeatedly arrested for charges such as assault and pointing a firearm. He said after a few unsatisfactory letters from an ICD investigator, he approached a secretary at the ICD to make an appointment with Lakhi.
After he made the appointment, he went back to the office to confirm that he was to meet with Lakhi. He alleges that the secretary told him the appointment was scheduled for September 13 and that he should not be late as "you know Miss Lakhi is a very cheeky person".
Mqadi said that on September 13 he entered the ICD office and greeted Lakhi in the reception area. He says he pointed out that he was 15 minutes early for their meeting.
He claims Lakhi's response was: "I do not have any appointment with you. To hell with that Miss Lapke and she is not my secretary to make appointments for me. I am fed up with you Africans who think they are clever to consult with me when there are junior investigators to attend to your matters."
Mqadi claims that when Lakhi's voice got louder another ICD employee came into the room and tried to calm her down.
Ncgobo will give evidence on Wednesday
The KZN Deputy-Judge President Philip Levinson has on 'Special Review' ordered the matter be heard anew at the PMB High Court.
Durban Equality Court Magistrate Geoff Abrahams Esq. was the Prisiding Officer; and has used his judicial discreation to lobby/advocate the Durban Justice Centre by writing a letter dated 08 May 2008 to implore the Legal Aid Board {KTM:MMjwara X153940808} that it was their constitutional mandate to provide the Complainant with legal representation of a Senior Counsel, since this legal challenge impacts to both the practise and standards bedevelling the Public service administration throughout the Republic of South Africa.
KZN racism probe starts
1/31/2006 8:47:08 AM
Durban - The formal court hearing of the KwaZulu-Natal head of the Independent Complaints Directorate, accused of making racist remarks, began on Monday with heated arguments and at one stage the complainant was bordering on doing exactly what he has accused ICD head Shireen Lakhi of.
Presiding officer Geoff Abrahams intervened when during cross-examination Nkonzwenhle Mqadi stated that "these Indians have their own agenda". He was referring to being arrested several times by Indian policemen.
When Abrahams asked Mqadi whether he was not doing the same as the complaint that he has brought to the Equality Court, he become emotional and indicated that he said it because of pain and anger.
Mqadi said he approached the ICD to investigate police brutality he experienced and that Lakhi's legal representative Jacqui Henriques was using those "painful memories" to the respondent's advantage.
"I don't care if I'm in contempt of court but I feel like I am not fit to go on. They are trying to make a fool out of me. This woman is just trying to invoke pain in me. This has no relevance to the complaint," he said.
In response Henriques said questions about his arrests was to prove if he is a credible witness.
Repeatedly arrested
Earlier Mqadi said he brought his case after he experienced "pain, shock, humiliation and ridicule at the hands of Lakhi".
He said he initially approached the ICD to investigate alleged ill-treatment by police when he was repeatedly arrested for charges such as assault and pointing a firearm. He said after a few unsatisfactory letters from an ICD investigator, he approached a secretary at the ICD to make an appointment with Lakhi.
After he made the appointment, he went back to the office to confirm that he was to meet with Lakhi. He alleges that the secretary told him the appointment was scheduled for September 13 and that he should not be late as "you know Miss Lakhi is a very cheeky person".
Mqadi said that on September 13 he entered the ICD office and greeted Lakhi in the reception area. He says he pointed out that he was 15 minutes early for their meeting.
He claims Lakhi's response was: "I do not have any appointment with you. To hell with that Miss Lapke and she is not my secretary to make appointments for me. I am fed up with you Africans who think they are clever to consult with me when there are junior investigators to attend to your matters."
Mqadi claims that when Lakhi's voice got louder another ICD employee came into the room and tried to calm her down.
Ncgobo will give evidence on Wednesday
Saturday, June 13, 2009
YOUR KEY TO PERSONAL SUCCESS--ITS YOUR ATTITUDE
Author John C. Maxwell takes us step by step, and shares insights about how to recognise and attain the winning attitude to overcome life's difficulties, win people over, and turn problems into opportunities.
Maxwell tackles in detail the ff:
# The Consideration of Your Attitude
'What happend when the attitude is dictating undesirable results? '
How can the attitude be changed, and, if the attitude changes, what are the ramifications to
other people around you?
Why is the attitude important?
# The Construction of Your Attitude
According to Victor Frankl (survivor of Nazi concentration camps) ; 'The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances'.
Unquestionably our soroundings help construct our attitudes, too. And in our ealy years, our attitudes are determined mainly by our conditions'.
# The Crashing of Your Attitude
'There are some rules to remember when you have one of those terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days and when your attitude starts to plummet'
-Maintain the right attitude when the going gets tough
-Realize that the rough weather will not last forever
-Keep in contact with the control tower
(i.e every pilot knows the value of communicating with knowledgeable men during times of trouble)
# The Changing of Your Attitude
'Most people are very close to becoming the person who God wants them to be' John Maxwell
NB. "One of the greatest discoveries we make, is to find we can do what we were afraid we couldn't do.
Most of the prison bars we beat against are within US! "
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it" says Lou Holtz
"We are Right and They are all Wrong" how often do we hear this?
Israel writer Y. Haveli disputes this line of thinking and speaks of a possibility of 'accommodating a competitive narrative'.
People the world over should be willing to listen, not prejudge, forsake misconceptions, or do exactly what..........; he motivates
Maxwell tackles in detail the ff:
# The Consideration of Your Attitude
'What happend when the attitude is dictating undesirable results? '
How can the attitude be changed, and, if the attitude changes, what are the ramifications to
other people around you?
Why is the attitude important?
# The Construction of Your Attitude
According to Victor Frankl (survivor of Nazi concentration camps) ; 'The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances'.
Unquestionably our soroundings help construct our attitudes, too. And in our ealy years, our attitudes are determined mainly by our conditions'.
# The Crashing of Your Attitude
'There are some rules to remember when you have one of those terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days and when your attitude starts to plummet'
-Maintain the right attitude when the going gets tough
-Realize that the rough weather will not last forever
-Keep in contact with the control tower
(i.e every pilot knows the value of communicating with knowledgeable men during times of trouble)
# The Changing of Your Attitude
'Most people are very close to becoming the person who God wants them to be' John Maxwell
NB. "One of the greatest discoveries we make, is to find we can do what we were afraid we couldn't do.
Most of the prison bars we beat against are within US! "
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it" says Lou Holtz
"We are Right and They are all Wrong" how often do we hear this?
Israel writer Y. Haveli disputes this line of thinking and speaks of a possibility of 'accommodating a competitive narrative'.
People the world over should be willing to listen, not prejudge, forsake misconceptions, or do exactly what..........; he motivates
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