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September 2021
We have had a rough 18 months, COVID isolation has impacted every facet of our lives; children at school; workplace security; business operations; social interaction; sport; you name it.
And then the riots, looting and destruction in July. Many of us have begun to question who we are, where the country is headed, what the future is.
And yet, in and amongst this tragedy we witnessed South Africans pulling together in an extraordinary manner; ordinary folk protecting their towns; people in wheel chairs helping clean up; shops opening six days after being trashed; school choirs singing of hope and as many brave South Africans have proven again and again, the only way to create a community where every South African is served, is to say and do something when we see something wrong happening.
This is us
Standing together, celebrating our successes, acknowledging those who strive for a better South Africa is what many of us do. And, while we must acknowledge and address our systemic challenges we also need a singular counterpoint where the stories of ‘what makes us…. us’ are told. Our narrative needs to spend as much time acknowledging the good as it does confronting the bad
#ThisIsUs intends to do just that, and you are invited!
#ThisIsUs intends to be a platform that will aggregate and amplify the extraordinary contributions that many South Africans are making to the future we want. #ThisIsUs will create an open source, shared platform of understanding so that like-minded people can share their stories in their particular field of endeavour. Hopefully #ThisIsUs will become a carrier of national pride enabling us to re-forge our identity and re-introduce our good will to each other
#ThisIsUs understands that the challenges that lead to scenes of violence and unrest have not gone away. But, unless we seek to address them through sustained positive action, July 2021 will go down as another missed sign of growing discontent with the status quo. As the news cycle moves on, the need to retain South African attention on our challenges grows stronger.....[more]
HERITAGE DAY: What makes us….us?
There is so much ‘stuff’ going on at the moment in this the country of our birth, which we call home, where we have our roots, where we have our heritage – to the point where we question the very essence and meaning of ‘heritage day’; is it just another public holiday?; a somewhat superficial ‘braai day’?; a time to lament what could have been?; or a real time to celebrate?
I took time out to reflect…………..
What makes us…..us? In the context of our heritage, our complex history, our ’94 transition, our heritage ……I thought about it……. and jotted the following:
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South Africa the healthcare workers of our nation need you! Make sure you lace up those takkies, put on your lycra and enter the 3rd annual Exceptional Nurse Campaign Night Run taking place on every Saturday throughout South Africa during October! Why this particular run you ask? Well, it’s a great excuse to get out into the community and breathe in some fresh air, but more importantly you will be honouring and supporting all the exceptional healthcare all around SA. At the same time, you will be raising much needed funds for bursaries so that more people can study to become exceptional nurses!
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We Are
We are a country of defying the odds
Of winning world cups after losing the first game
And captains who come from nothing but give everything
We are the country of braais and boerie and biltong and gout
We are the country of ja well no fine and now now and just now
Of 11 official languages and a million unofficial sayings that only we understand
Of robots that aren’t robots
Boots that aren’t shoes
And bunny chows where no bunny was harmed
We are the country where Jou ma se is more offensive than any swear word you can think of
Where Nkalakatha made the weekends special
And where the best way to show dem is to make the circle bigger
We are the country of Simunye We are One
Friday the 17th of September is National Recycling Day in South Africa, and whilst most South Africans are very good at recycling their paper, plastics, glass and metal items, what many do not realise is that they can also recycle their organic waste! Organic waste is anything that was once alive – food waste, garden refuse, wood, paper and compostable packaging are just a few examples!
“We need to rethink waste!” says Melanie Ludwig from The Organics Recycling Association of South Africa (ORASA). “In the Western Cape more than 40% of all waste delivered to landfills is organic waste.
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South Africans have long become familiar with the call to recycle their waste. This has become ever more apparent as people worked from home during the Covid-19 pandemic, as the waste that was normally generated in the office parks and business operations is now being generated and piling up at home.
But, with National Recycling Day approaching on 17 September, what practical measures can people take this year to really make a difference?
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South Africa ranks 84th among 165 jurisdictions in Economic Freedom
Johannesburg — South Africa ranks 84th out of 165 countries and territories included in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2021 Annual Report, released today by the Free Market Foundation in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute.
In 2000, South Africa ranked 58th on the list of countries analysed. An important and revealing factor in South Africa’s decline in the rankings is that it has been overtaken by fifteen former communist countries and has seven African countries ahead of it on the economic freedom list.
POPI 2021
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