Resources: Presentations

Doing the One (At A Time)

Doing the one (at a time) protecting our morality and our morals too is suddenly fashionable Doing the one (at a time) one wife one husband one husband one wife Doing the one (at a time) one boyfriend one girlfriend one girlfriend one boyfriend Doing the one (at a time) one emperor one wife one wife one emperor (one president one man too) Doing the one (at a time) one South Africa one nation one Azania one nation

He Would Lament

He would lament at the plight of the black man the black person He would lament a voice silenced the late Steve Biko apartheid-murdered some 33 years ago He would lament a Namibiathat forgot Anton Lubowski apartheid-murdered some 21 years ago He would lament role models too few a brawl in Khayelitsha at a meeting is what we have on offer He would lament (onehopes) at the plight of the black woman too

I’ll Try To Be Slow

I’ll try to be slow (girls and boys) says a bureaucrat dumbing us down on my afternoon radio I’ll try to be slow coming over like some tender proposal on a steamy date (Motown-style) I’ll try to be slow for your benefit like we all take our own African time I’ll try to be slow Freudian in its meaning to myself anyway in my native intellect (Nothing premature and the pushing of ceremonial buttons Plato-style)

2010 Ruth First Memorial Lecture

Zwelinzima Vavi’s address to the Ruth First Memorial Lecture 17 August 2010, Wits University I will always cherish this moment. It is such an honour to deliver the annual lecture in memory of Ruth First. The theme is “how policy is affecting the marginalised and its impact on poverty”.

His Excellency Jacob Zuma President of the Republic of South Africa Union Buildings Private Bag X1000, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa BY FAX: +27 12 323 8246 19 August 2010 Your Excellency, We are writing on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum, which represent 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries, to express our serious concern at two recent moves by the ruling ANC that seriously threaten press freedom in South Africa.

I Stopped Myself

I stopped myself from the proverbial just when you thought in the normal everyday I stopped myself doing the I told you so post- the F-extravaganza I stopped myself ridiculing Metro-hell as you know it to be I stopped myself trains as grimy as before (late or cancelled too) more than a window gone I stopped myself the F-joyhere still our moment in herstory (history as it was before) I stopped myself

Around the world, more than 215 million women lack access to basic contraception. Empty Handed tells the story of women's lack of access to reproductive health supplies (contraceptives and condoms) in sub-Saharan Africa, and its impact on their lives. The film documents the challenges at each level of the reproductive health supply chain and identifies key areas of improvement. To view the film, click here.

More Of The Same

More of the same is the appeal after all the euphoria has gone and left us More of the same service delivery not just an oxymoron (for only 67 minutes) More of the same poverty right here still second-class citizens (do you feel it as well) More of the same not corruption, fraud sleaze and scams up high (moral examples are few) More of the same keep the momentum (the sky won’t fall)

Not tonight darling I have a (stadium) headache a big F-branded one Not tonight darling can you feel it too its a R4.5 billion one right here in our colony Not tonight darling the morning after is here last night’s thrill is all gone (now schools get burnt down) Not tonight darling I am counting the cost notwithstanding the R93bn boost and your positive global image Not tonight darling it just won’t go away

And With A Smile

And with a smile says our young lion (he reduced to page 5 asour F-show comes first) And with a smile volunteers faithful to the party’s cause will serve the people And with a smile membersshould get priority in the food queue over you the sweaty masses (their patriotism comes first) Not girlfriends of officials (a little bit on their side) companions, friends even the odd missionary too well-connected in