Dear Mrs. Zille
I planned on writing a polite, strong worded letter expressing my concern over the recent comments by Mrs. Zille on President Zuma and his wives' sexual health. I have however decided against it.
Helen, please stop this Zuma vendetta right away. It's starting to affect our country and its people more negatively each day. Start focusing on the future and on rebuilding relations with the rest of the government. Please.
Do you have any idea how many votes the "STOP ZUMA" strategy actually cost the DA in the election?
Your ongoing personal attacks on this black hero only serves to further racially divide South Africa.
Lead by example.
Good luck
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Sunday, 3 May 2009
People and Politics - Freedom of speech
Don't you just love the media's role in politics? Instead of being limited to using (state owned) SABC channels, political parties now have blogs, youtube, facebook and radiowave (sort of) freedom of speech. What an amazing privilege!
Were it not for Youtube, many South Africans would have been deprived of the pleasure of watching Nandos' now infamous 100% Julius' advertisement, and that's just plain wrong.
Now that our votes have been cast, wouldn't it be great to be able to interact with our "seats" in parliament? A blog/youtube/facebook page for instance. An online portal where the "seats" can communicate with the people who voted for them, either directly or via a PR officer (volunteer/intern) South African citizens could pose their questions and comments via post, email, SMS or a call centre.
Video interviews could be uploaded on Youtube or facebook or wherever and discussed online.
Citizens who don't have web access could also interact. They could SMS, write or call in and along with posting the interviews on Youtube, broadcast them on public TV via the SABC.
My point is simply this: We have technology at our disposal. Let's use it to get everyone talking. Not shouting AT each other and pointing fingers, but working together to make South Africa the greatest nation on earth.
Were it not for Youtube, many South Africans would have been deprived of the pleasure of watching Nandos' now infamous 100% Julius' advertisement, and that's just plain wrong.
Now that our votes have been cast, wouldn't it be great to be able to interact with our "seats" in parliament? A blog/youtube/facebook page for instance. An online portal where the "seats" can communicate with the people who voted for them, either directly or via a PR officer (volunteer/intern) South African citizens could pose their questions and comments via post, email, SMS or a call centre.
Video interviews could be uploaded on Youtube or facebook or wherever and discussed online.
Citizens who don't have web access could also interact. They could SMS, write or call in and along with posting the interviews on Youtube, broadcast them on public TV via the SABC.
My point is simply this: We have technology at our disposal. Let's use it to get everyone talking. Not shouting AT each other and pointing fingers, but working together to make South Africa the greatest nation on earth.
Sunday, 16 November 2008
Zulu boy is afraid of a woman!
It would appear that the ANC's very own Zulu boy is afraid of debating a woman!
How can this man lead our country if he's scared of a bit of healthy debate? This is how it's done everywhere else in the world. Come on Zuma, meet Helen Zille on live TV for a chat. That would be interesting....
How can this man lead our country if he's scared of a bit of healthy debate? This is how it's done everywhere else in the world. Come on Zuma, meet Helen Zille on live TV for a chat. That would be interesting....
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