* The continuing outpouring of support from Mzansi citizens for our golden girl - Caster Semenya. Caster is the South African lady sprinter who won gold in the 800m event in the recent World Athletic Championships in Berlin.
The support is in the wake of the leaked gender tests results done on her by the IAAF that say she is intersexed ( i.e.she is neither purely female nor purely male).
We would also like to voice our support for Caster. She has not done anything wrong.
Her biological make-up is what she was saddled with at birth. She cannot change it.
I would like to say to Caster:
" Be strong my sister. This too shall pass."
* The locally made movie - DISTRICT 9 - that is doing very well in our local movie theatres. It was reported in THE TIMES ( 08/09/09) newspaper this past week that DISTRICT 9 is hogging the NO 1 spot in 'money made' terms for the 2nd week running.
It apparently did exceptionally well also in the US when it was first released there.
This film was made here in Mzansi, in the Soweto township.
It may not be strictly an SA story in that is it science fiction. We do not have a history of this genre in our film making. But we are still incredibly proud of its
achievement, both here and abroad.
Well done to bo-Neill Blomkamp - the director, and bo-Kenneth Nkosi - one of the actors in it.
* Learning a new township slang phrase for the act of selling stuff from person to person. When you do this i.e sell 'smallanyana' items like t-shirts, CDs, DVDs etc to individuals it is said:"O pusha doollas".
I got to learn this from a Spur( The Glen) gentleman employee. I had asked him where a colleague of his was. I was carrying a gym bag as I asked him this. He replied by asking me if I am "pushing doollas." If I was, he was also interested.
He never got to explain to me how this phrase originated. But I suspect 'doollas' comes from 'dollars'. When one is selling stuff, one is trying to make 'dollars', so to to speak.
After this lesson I felt even more 'ghetto' and happening.
THANK YOU UNIVERSE. THANK YOU FOR OUR 'FEEL GOOD MOMENTS'.
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Our FEEL GOOD poem of the week:
Cast In Stone
___________
Cast in stone Caster, you are.
Your being, Semenya.
Like your South African-ness.
Is cast in stone.
Your golden performances.
Like our love for you.
Is cast in stone.
The Australian media.
Or even the IAAF.
They can never change these.
These and other facts about you.
They are all cast in stone.
You are still a champ.
You are still pure gold.
And this, is cast in stone too.
======================================
SO, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD OUT THERE, WHAT MADE YOU
FEEL GOOD THIS WEEK?
Let us know at - feelgoodmovement@gmail.com
=====================================
The support is in the wake of the leaked gender tests results done on her by the IAAF that say she is intersexed ( i.e.she is neither purely female nor purely male).
We would also like to voice our support for Caster. She has not done anything wrong.
Her biological make-up is what she was saddled with at birth. She cannot change it.
I would like to say to Caster:
" Be strong my sister. This too shall pass."
* The locally made movie - DISTRICT 9 - that is doing very well in our local movie theatres. It was reported in THE TIMES ( 08/09/09) newspaper this past week that DISTRICT 9 is hogging the NO 1 spot in 'money made' terms for the 2nd week running.
It apparently did exceptionally well also in the US when it was first released there.
This film was made here in Mzansi, in the Soweto township.
It may not be strictly an SA story in that is it science fiction. We do not have a history of this genre in our film making. But we are still incredibly proud of its
achievement, both here and abroad.
Well done to bo-Neill Blomkamp - the director, and bo-Kenneth Nkosi - one of the actors in it.
* Learning a new township slang phrase for the act of selling stuff from person to person. When you do this i.e sell 'smallanyana' items like t-shirts, CDs, DVDs etc to individuals it is said:"O pusha doollas".
I got to learn this from a Spur( The Glen) gentleman employee. I had asked him where a colleague of his was. I was carrying a gym bag as I asked him this. He replied by asking me if I am "pushing doollas." If I was, he was also interested.
He never got to explain to me how this phrase originated. But I suspect 'doollas' comes from 'dollars'. When one is selling stuff, one is trying to make 'dollars', so to to speak.
After this lesson I felt even more 'ghetto' and happening.
THANK YOU UNIVERSE. THANK YOU FOR OUR 'FEEL GOOD MOMENTS'.
================================
Our FEEL GOOD poem of the week:
Cast In Stone
___________
Cast in stone Caster, you are.
Your being, Semenya.
Like your South African-ness.
Is cast in stone.
Your golden performances.
Like our love for you.
Is cast in stone.
The Australian media.
Or even the IAAF.
They can never change these.
These and other facts about you.
They are all cast in stone.
You are still a champ.
You are still pure gold.
And this, is cast in stone too.
======================================
SO, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WORLD OUT THERE, WHAT MADE YOU
FEEL GOOD THIS WEEK?
Let us know at - feelgoodmovement@gmail.com
=====================================
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