What is White Minority Capitalism

My take on White Minority Capitalism: WMC does not refer to the average white person (who by the way does earn a lot more than the average black person and not because they are naturally superior and better in any way but because inequality is built into the system) but it refers to that class of people (,who do happen to be mostly white) who control and run the finances of the world.( the 1 per cent of the population who control 80 per cent of the world's wealth.) 

The real problem is not that white people on average earn far more than their black counterparts for doing the same job and consider themselves superior because of this accident of birth. The real problem is that most white people continue to support the ongoing agenda and rule of this 1 per cent....(with whom the only thing they have in common is this accident of birth) thus alienating themselves from the majority of humanity. In reality they are not and will never be part of the WMC class (the 1 per cent who control the finances of the world) but imagine themselves to be part of it because they are conned into believing that because they are white ( like most of the 1 per cent is) that this group of people (the 1 per cent) is somehow looking out for them and represents their best interest. Get over yourself . .. you are no more than cannon fodder to them ..useful idiots who will continue to support them in their quest for world domination...stop identifying with and supporting the agenda of people (the true owners of WMC) who don't give a toss for you but only for their own survival. 

Stop identifying with the agenda of supremacists and racists who represents the interests of this class. They survive only because they have succeeded in dividing the rest of humanity. They are the real enemy of humanity. Their agenda is precisely to convince you that you are one of them when you can in reality never be. You are seen as one of them because you choose to put their interest above the interests of your fellow humans. As long as you do this you will be on the side of WMC, the 1 pc, against the rest of humanity. It's your choice and it's time to choose.

My First attempts at journalism

UCT Student receives award for plastic waste research.

University of Cape Town PhD student Takunda Chitaka recently won the PETCO 2019 Excellence in Academia award for strategic intervention into the broad area of recycling and sustainability. Chitaka won the award for her important contribution to the understanding of marine plastic waste. Her research involved cleaning a beach entirely and than observing what waste was washed up over a 24 hr period. She looked at 5 beaches in the Cape Town area and found that the most common items, comprising 60% of waste, were items associated with the fast food industry—plastic straws, chip and other snack packets, and polystyrene containers. The important of this knowledge is it can be used to develop evidence based interventions. Chitaka commented “My hope for my research is that it helps to inform the way forward for the plastics economy in South Africa.”

Studying While Black tackles the challenges of black students in South Africa.

Studying While Black is the result of a research project undertaken by the Human Sciences Research Council. This project is part of a larger study being conducted by the HSRC into higher education in South Africa, which looks at the need to transform the country’s universities into learning spaces which are more inclusive and responsive to the needs of the majority of the country’s population. This is part of a trend in higher learning circles to focus on the study of African learning, people, spaces and problems.
The study tracks 80 students from 8 universities and documents their experience of higher learning at a South African University over 4 years. The purpose of the study was to show the obstacles and challenges black students face in accessing higher education in this country and their response to these: to find out who succeeds, and the reasons for their success. As the universities in this country seek to adapt from the elitist spaces they previously occupied, this will prove to be useful knowledge indeed.

Durban’s Urban Futures Centre tackles street level drug use.

The UFC at Durban University of Technology is an interdisciplinary research hub which tackles the social issues of living in 21st century African city.
One of the big social issues, especially in Durban is the use of cheap heroin-based drugs by a growing number of homeless street dwellers. In 2014 clashes between the police and people living in one of the city parks inspired the UFC to call together stake holders from the university, the police, city officials, NGO workers, doctors and others in the health and drug treatment profession. As a result of that meeting the KZN Harm Reduction Advocacy Group was formed. Since then a number of initiatives have been taken. These include:
• A number of meetings with street level drug users to learn about their lives and engage with them about a possible treatment program.
• A number of workshops and seminars with police, health workers and people who work with street level drug users addressing the rights of people who use drugs and other issues.
• The development of a play, Ulwembu, based on participatory action research into the lives of drug users which toured around Durban and surrounding areas in 2016.
• The setting up of a low threshold Opioid Substitution Treatment program, in conjunction with the NGO TB/HIV Care, which was also the basis for a research project which documented the lives and experience of those involved and monitored their progress over 18 months in treatment. 42 heroin users took part in the treatment program. That research is now in the process of being written up and should appear over the next few months. It is hoped that the success of this program will inspire government and NGOs to begin rolling out Opioid Substitution Treatment programs on a large scale to make them accessible to the people who need them.

.Black Studio investigates the roots of Qgom in Umlazi township

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A group of students from Joburg and Durban recently undertook a study into the spatial roots of Qgom culture in Umlazi township as part of BlackStudio’s Design Exchange Initiative. This initiative brings together students from Architecture, Planning, Urban Design, Art and Engineering, and is intended to question the way we look at and experience spaces and to challenge the colonial system of planning and designing spaces. They were hosted by the Urban Futures Centre at DUT.
Gqom music originates in Umlazi township and has recently taken the world by storm. This years design exchange investigates the links between the culture of Qgom and the spaces that helped create it, and how Qgom is both shaped by these spaces and in turn helps shape them. Qgom music is very much influenced by the everyday sounds of township life. It has become a lifestyle bringing together music, fashion, dance, language and art in a way that contributes both to individual’s livelihood and to the economy of the township.

You are never too old to study

Jacob Seboko recently became the oldest first year student in the history of North-North-West University at the age of 79.

Since his wife died 10 years ago he had been feeling increasingly lonely and decided to register to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a professional teacher. He already has a BA in Public Administration and Management, from what was then the Pothchefstroom Universiteit vir Christelike Hoer Onderwys. (Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education ) which he completed in 1996. In order to gain his Postgraduate Certificate in Education he will need to take some subjects, such as Psychology and Marketing Management on a first year level. 

When asked how he gets along with his classmates he said that they respect him and go out of their way to make him feel welcome. He says he dreams of a South Africa where children and young people prioritize education. His message to the youth: "Many who see me think my time has passed but I’m here to tell them that now is their future. Not one day. Today.”.
Since his wife died 10 years ago he had been feeling increasingly lonely and decided to register to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a professional teacher. He already has a BA in Public Administration and Management, from what was then the Pothchefstroom Universiteit vir Christelike Hoer Onderwys. (Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education ) which he completed in 1996. In order to gain his Postgraduate Certificate in Education he will need to take some subjects, such as Psychology and Marketing Management on a first year level.
When asked how he gets along with his classmates he said that they respect him and go out of their way to make him feel welcome. He says he dreams of a South Africa where children and young people prioritize education. His message to the youth: "Many who see me think my time has passed but I’m here to tell them that now is their future. Not one day. Today.”

Jacob Seboko with fellow students.

You are never too old to study.

Jacob Seboko recently became the oldest first year student in the history of North-West University at the age of 79.
Since his wife died 10 years ago he had been feeling increasingly lonely and decided to register to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a professional teacher. He already has a BA in Public Administration and Management, from what was then the Pothchefstroom Universiteit vir Christelike Hoer Onderwys. (Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education ) which he completed in 1996. In order to gain his Postgraduate Certificate in Education he will need to take some subjects, such as Psychology and Marketing Management on a first year level.
When asked how he gets along with his classmates he said that they respect him and go out of their way to make him feel welcome. He says he dreams of a South Africa where children and young people prioritize education. His message to the youth: "Many who see me think my time has passed but I'm here to tell them that now is their future. Not one day. Today.” 

Living Day- to- Day

Wow-what a day. As I have been sharing, I have been battling recently. I am living day to day as far as work and finances go. Today I had exhausted both and was on the verge of giving up. I have not been to find any work or job in two weeks. There is always one factor that rules me out. I don't have a licence, wrong gender, too old, don't have the right qualifications or experience, don't speak the right language, the wrong skin colour etc etc. Whatever ...there's always something. I was in serious self pity. Telling myself: I have not even managed to pay last months rent, and now the new months rent is due and the landlords going to kick me out.... I ate the last food in the house for breakfast this morning..what am I going to eat tonight....blah blah. The old familiar chorus of self-pity. Anyway I got to varsity and found I have three people contacting me wanting me to work. It might only bring in a couple of hundred rand, but it'll get me through the next few days, until the next job. And there always the chance it'll lead to more work, or a full-time job. Its quite amazing how this works. As long as I am getting up and showing up everyday, putting in the action, something always comes up. Sometimes only at the very last minute, when I'm on the verge of giving up, like today, but it always happens. I believe this is through having faith and practicing a program. I don't always feel it, but I practice it: by turning up, by going to meetings, through practicing the pillars of the program in my daily life, even when I'm feeling shit and don't want to, I do it. I don't have a choice really, the alternatives are to horrible to contemplate.

Don't give up before the miracle happens.

Why I Dont want A "Proper Job"thank you

Hi I have had some people saying that I am oversharing on facebook and that I should get a proper job rather than hustling on social media. I do appreciate that these comments are coming from a place of love and concern for me, and i thank those people for their concern. I feel, however that what am doing here in sharing my experience, my story, that others can learn from it, so that they can see that there is life after drug addiction, and get hope from that. It is difficult, being an elderly male to get a "proper job". I have only worked in bookshops and been a student most of my life. So I have opted to continue with my doctoral studies and look (or "hustle"--i am comfortable with that term for what I am doing--i don't see hustling as having negative connotations and it is a good description for what I do) for writing and editing work on the side to pay for food and rent. As I am fairly new to this kind of work ( at least professionally, I have been writing most of my life) , it is coming in fairly slowly, but as i do more work and build up a reputation, I have no doubt the work will come in more frequently (and it already is). I has been a battle. At times I have had no money even for food, and self pity consumes me, but I need to remember that I only came into recovery 10 weeks ago and I have done pretty well considering that. In that time I have had an article printed in an online newspaper, been on a radio show, made progress on my thesis, edited a book and helped a number of people to write articles for submission. Plus I run an online blog to help people with drug and addiction related issues. And i still find time to stop and talk to and carry a message to people living on the streets. And I go to meetings every day and have a program to help me to deal with all the stuff life throws at me. I'm quite happy to carry on hustling, thank you . I rather do this over a "proper job' any day of the week.