Don’t take it personally; it’s not personal #ThisFlag
People who are about to offend you often prefix their hogwash with, “Don’t take this personally; it’s not personal…” Of course it’s personal because all offences are. What Hlaudi Motsoeneng is doing as the Chief Operations Officer of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is highly personal to me…and should be for all humans in the 21st century. Many will only realize how personal it is once it reaches the levels of # ZimbabweShutDown that we’re currently witnessing on the other side of the Limpopo River – where the ruling government is clutching at straws; shutting down the public’s access to information on social networks such as WhatsApp. It’s the usual bully tactics of ZANUPF at play - restraining freedom of expression and association. In an unprecedented move, Zimbabweans are saying it loud and clear that they can take only so much molestation in their lifetimes; it’s personal. The government which has ruled since Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980 h...