SAWIP Graduation Speech
When I applied for SAWIP earlier this year. I was a vocal, radical young man who could be easily identified with his African print shirts and the ideologies of Pan-Africanism. Passionate about land redistribution.…Read more
Its been almost two weeks since I arrived in South Africa, after spending 5 weeks in the United States of America. Whilst trying to readjust to the sudden change in time zone and keeping up with my university commitments, I was confronted again with the great inequality that exists in our country.…Read more
“To start with, I love New York… It’s a little bit of the whole world… In New York, the whole world comes to you.”-Billy Graham. Skyscrapers, fast cars, people marching together from one street to another like colonies making their way through the New York jungle.…Read more
Its 7:00am, I am running down F street on my way to the Willard Intercontinental hotel for the Corporate Council on Africa’s event, Doing business in Kenya. After an amazing night out at the Kennedy Center watching the Lion King and thereafter doing my laundry till 3:00am,…Read more
On July 2, 1964, the president of the United States of America, Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law, the Civil Rights Act. “The act outlawed segregation in businesses such as theaters, restaurants, and hotels. It banned discriminatory practices in employment and ended segregation in public places such as swimming pools,…Read more
Wait. Breathe. Open your eyes. No Sechaba this is not a dream. Yes, you sir are in America. It has been almost four days since I arrived in America, the experience thus far, breath taking. Even as I write this blog,…Read more
Its August 6th 2013, I am standing at the Cape town International Airport, ready to step on a flight to America. It would have been my first time to the states, my first time ever on a flight. Beaming with excitement of this milestone achievement,…Read more
We are the reflection of greatness, “What lies before us and what lies against us is nothing compared to the passion for change within us.” Someday I will tell my children that a boy from Soweto, who was raised by unemployed parents,…Read more
Sometimes, one must stop. Stop the music of the day and just listen to the silence. After a reflective day at Stellenbosch university with the SAWIP team, discussing our journey so far and preparing ourselves for the journey ahead, mainly Washington,…Read more
Below is Barack Obama’s 2004 at the DNC convention in Boston. A speech which would shape Barack’s political path. What inspired me about this speech was how he spoke truth about himself, sharing his human side with America and the vision which he has for the future of a country he loved dearly.…Read more