NC Tourism Strategy: Can it Dig Township Residents out of Poverty?
Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille with Colesberg’s tourism entrepreneur Mbulelo Kafi. Image: Mbulelo Kafi.
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Youth Day, the Colesberg Four and Voting Day.
A flaccid anticlimax, then, last month’s general election. SA’s youth – in their heyday the cause of apartheid’s mad scientists wetting themselves – would lately listlessly show the middle finger than to vote, for anybody. Or animate a viral video where scores of them set all kinds of ANC regalia alight to celebrate Youth Day. …
A Cold Day Inside the ANC
Winter has swung by early, not just for the country than the ruling elite. And, as the results were trickling in at the IEC Results Operations Centre, one was carefully scrutinising the faces on the floor. Far from the wide, chirpy grins we’ve grown to know. Some were gutted, unmistakably uneasy. A throwback to former …
Lessons from an Uncle at Silly Season
With cognoscenti bogged down on the highly-anticipated 29 May, my thoughts have been mulling over Homeboy. Not Seth Morgan’s literary masterpiece than my own towering, stoic and long-dead uncle, Charles ‘T.O.’ Mayaba. The one whose politics were of a patently afro-nationalist tilt but not so dogmatic as to be over-imposed onto those of divergent persuasion. …
CapeXit; Pipedream or Possibility?
The intensifying hurtle towards May 29 has seen acronyms and /or hashtags like JZ, MK, #Abahambe prominently popping up on my search engine. But for some reason CapeXit – not too long ago a portmanteau that saw promotional flyers being slipped through car windows at intersections, petitions circulating, and left the twitterati at loggerheads – …
Zuma Back; Another Occasion to Visit for Tea?
The Electoral Court’s latest decision to allow Jacob Zuma to stand as a candidate in the upcoming election has many commentators – eParkeni being no exception – eating humble pie. Not only is the former president having the last laugh, he is also adding to his lored streak as the ‘Teflon president,’ all of five …
With Zuma Out, Are the Fires Coming
Under normal circumstances the Independent Electoral Commission’s announcement that effectively disqualified Jacob Zuma of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) from standing as a candidate in the 29 May elections would’ve been a non-issue. IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya had hardly switched on the microphone when the country knew exactly what was coming. And the entire thing …
Name Change or Just Tenderpreneurship by Another Name
As SA commemorated the Sharpville Massacre this Thursday, many at Robert Sobukwe’s hometown were up in arms over a seemingly trivial issue: the Pan-African Congress leader’s given name. Born into a working class family in Graaff-Reinet, Sobukwe’s early life was the standard township hardscrabble. Despite these travails, he completed school, ultimately enrolling at the South …
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A Possible Heritage Project in the Works for Colesberg
In person Mr Jeffrey Rademeyer’s voice is more disarming than the clerical tone it takes on over the phone. He also stands taller than the Facebook photos let on. So when he rises to address a Colesberg heritage dialogue / legacy project session at the N1 government building on Human Rights Day, those gathered listen …
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Sangomas, Witch doctors, The Karoo is Home to All
It is exactly the description proffered in cultural magazines. An animal skin is draped on the wall, a bamboo mat is set in deep, handmade potions line the wooden shelves and liquor – bottles of it – are splayed out on the linoleum floor. In thick dreadlocks Lihle Matebese, a ward councillor by occupation but …
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