Simply Philile

I wrote this note seven years ago. Seven years later…we’re still here - the more things change, the more they stay the same. I’m one of the people who are asking what our leaders and government have done since 2008 to address the hatred for black Africans that culminates in violence. But what have AY done besides add to the future problem by giving birth to a South African child? Future problem because I see my child, 20years from today, somewhere in Mozambique or Ethiopia where he will be exploring and probably living his dream after working hard in school and community, having to deal with the raw anger of his peer who grew up without a father because he was burnt to death in South Africa, by South Africans… --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even though the day marked Africa day 2008 celebrations in South Africa, if you had ever asked me what I would be doing on Saturday May 24th 2008, being in a rally,(in Jozi even) would have been t