So what's this all about?

Having had strong views on matters for as long as I can remember, yet derived with an open mind on issues spanning sex, politics, religion, food, wine and other apparently equally 'controversial' subjects, I have been encouraged to put fingers to blog, and put some structure to it all.

My hope is simply to evoke discussion, nurture strong debate, and entertain all at the same time. I therefore invite you to join me on this journey..

Wednesday 21 June 2017

From wherefore 'hail' ye Julius Malema (alias Caesar)?

Think of him what you will, but Julius Malema is no fool. He may have some seemingly outlandish ideas at times, but when one really thinks about it, they make theoretical sense for the poor and disenfranchised. Where I have to differ with him though is on the subject of so-called (Land Reform).

e.g. Will the Zulus need to also give back the land they violently grabbed from the Xhosa and Pondos, Swazis and Sotho? (Perhaps also some of their stolen women, children and cattle?), or is this thing merely racial?  If so, do the Coloured folk need to only give back half their land, and if they don't own any do they only get half back?

But it gets trickier.. What happens if you're a direct descendant of the Khoisan of the Cape, and a descendant of a 'Strandlooper'? Do you get the land up to the Spring Tide mark, and which beach exactly, or nothing, because they moved constantly in those parts long before the Khoi-Khoi, Dutch and English arrived?  The Xhosa and Pondos never occupied land west of the the Fish River.  What about the land owned by a Venda dairy farmer, having bought and now settled in the Eastern Cape?  Tricky Julius, tricky..



As for me, I think I may demand land back from the Romans, stolen from my Ruski and Scottish forebears. Or do I have a claim from the Moors for stealing my Pagan ancestral land whilst my rellies were painting themselves blue and picking fights with the folk from across the peat-bog?  I don't know.. Perhaps I'll have a better idea after a glass or two of wine this evening.

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