The search for the ultimate beauty product that can delay aging never seems to end. We cannot rely on our miseducated selves and keep on regurgitating what we have imbibed in the marble halls of higher learning. We have to begin to use that knowledge solidly in finding new ways that jive with the technology and puts a positive spin on our culture and people. Other people have their cultures to take care of. 1962 Eleven fans die at Jeppe Station, Johannesburg, following a Moroka Swallows — Orlando Pirates derby at Natalspruit.10,000 spectators in Maseru (Lesotho, then Basotholand) watch the Whites-only Germiston Callies defeat the Black Pirates (3-1).Orlando Pirates Women’s Football Club and Mother City Girls are among the first (short-lived) Black women’s football teams. Whatever the trend in racial classification, Brazil is far from being a “racial paradise” as Freyre claimed. Some statistics bear this out. Dark-skinned people in … Read the rest

Designer clothing and designer jeans are manufactured by high-end fashion designers, high-street stores and independent designer boutiques. Africa’s independence struggle has returned some measure of autonomy to African hands. But the winning of that autonomy left still unaccomplished is africa’s total liberation from western political, economic and cultural hegemony. It still leaves unattempted the construction of a revitalized African society. Our task today, if we wish to protect Africa from new and more deadly imperialisms, is clearly to make her a first-rate power of the kind demanded by the particular world in which that power must be won and exercised. This is important because while literature always communicates universal human qualities or illuminate archetypes, they differ slightly from one geography to another (Ipcizade, Lecture Notes, 2013). Thus, coming from differing geographies, each expression of a single human archetype will always be a little different. This is really important because while … Read the rest

With the current trend being to a lot of unisex clothing styles what we wear on our feet is sure to come to question. Perhaps it did not really matter who was coach, be it Buthelezi or the mysterious Mr Sanderson. The team did not care they were so hot that they coached themselves. They were hot, but the derby against Chiefs on July was a rather serious affair. With 10 minutes to go, the match was still goalless. Then Blessing Mgidi struck twice to seal a 2-0 win that ensured Pirates remained at the top of the table, just in time to welcome a UK Stars XI to Orlando Stadium. The tourists beat the SA Black XI 3-2 but the UK Stars’ coach Malcolm Allison admired Percy Moloi’s great talent. Moloi scored the next weekend too, from the penalty spot- but Pirates lost 2-1 to Pretoria Bantu Callies. Another … Read the rest