tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101075162024-03-19T12:35:53.779+02:004REAL'To serve God in the best way he sees fit in the realm of communication and the audio and visual arts.'nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-60428203273591027342013-09-21T13:18:00.001+02:002013-09-21T13:18:28.351+02:00When Life Bends<a href="http://www.navigatinglifetransitions.com/life-bends/">When Life Bends</a>nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-14612538087044017652013-04-20T13:00:00.001+02:002013-04-20T13:00:35.475+02:00Dove Real Beauty SketchesAwesome advertising concept from dove...a MUST SEE...<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have been lecturing in Nigeria in the last two weeks of advanced editing. The last time I was here was in 2006 and then I was discouraged by the scourge of corruption in the country. This time around I have a new sense of hope and love for this continent I call home. I have had the privilege of meeting some of the most amazing people whose hospitality know no bounds. At times I felt embarrassed by the amount of attention and kindness I received from my hosts, <a href="http://www.mediavillageng.org/" target="_blank">Media Village Nigeria</a>. So in the last few weeks I have been living in a city called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos" target="_blank"><span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="708eb09ce5367023939b8798c68488a688c9ca8d" grtype="null" id="GRmark_708eb09ce5367023939b8798c68488a688c9ca8d_Jos:0">Jos</span> in Plateau State</a>. For those who follow current affairs would be aware of some of the troubles this state has been experiencing. Religious tension and terrorist suicide bombings have made <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="223902169c244d03ee35dd378797eea0aac63369" grtype="null" id="GRmark_223902169c244d03ee35dd378797eea0aac63369_Jos:0">Jos</span> one of the most dangerous places to inhabit. One Nigerian (well meaning might I add) even made a comment on how brave he thought I was to have come to Jos given the amount of security problems. To which I quickly corrected him by truthful asserting that bravery had nothing to do with it. I was genuinely nervous and aware of the dangers that everyone was exposed to. I told him that I believe one is as safe as where God wants you to be. This time around that place happened to be in Jos and this despite news headlines saying to the contrary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As I write this letter a suicide bomber attacked a church this past Sunday at a local church. People live in fear of unexpected bomb explosions which are engineered by a 'faceless' terrorist group known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram" target="_blank">Boko Haram</a>. Boko Haram is a <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="8e53affe543b0f369b3f3ce8e93406b82d5747a5" grtype="null" id="GRmark_8e53affe543b0f369b3f3ce8e93406b82d5747a5_jihadist:0">jihadist</span> terrorist <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="8e53affe543b0f369b3f3ce8e93406b82d5747a5" grtype="null" id="GRmark_8e53affe543b0f369b3f3ce8e93406b82d5747a5_organisation:1">organisation</span> that has caused terror amongst the people of Nigeria. They continue to <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="9e0d82ce1e870d5b2f0787a7cb01397f58493795" grtype="null" id="GRmark_9e0d82ce1e870d5b2f0787a7cb01397f58493795_terrorise:0">terrorise</span> the country with countless suicide bomb attacks. The government seems to be preoccupied with politics as usual and is failing to curb a culture of corruption within its ranks exacerbating the expanding influence of Boko Haram. This of course is simplifying a very complex issue that would include delving into politics. With that said, politics do affect people and this time around with fatal consequences to the already struggling populace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />One would also expect the churches to be rising up to the occasion in offering hope and pragmatic solutions in combating some of the social challenges people are facing. However, churches in general, seem to be 'business' ventures that give people false promises of prosperity. Promises of a better life are splattered all over the cities on billboards advertising one church meeting or crusade after another that guarantees people a better life. They only prerequisite to attaining this 'great life' as they claim would be for parishioners to part ways with their hard earned cash in 'sowing to the church'. Yet the reality on the ground is that people continue to be victims of dubious pastors with no interests in furthering what their faith propagates, to make disciples of all nations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />Despite this state of hopelessness there are people who continue to have faith in a seemingly state of hopelessness. One of those hopes comes in the form of <a href="http://www.mediavillageng.org/" target="_blank">Media Village Nigeria</a>, which is a media training institution run by Alex and Anne Abok. With a message focused on telling stories that uplift communities, Media Village is setting a standard of excellence in making it their goal to Africans with varying media skills. They are also partnering with different <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="5374e99b8b494d6c46814f3d63629b27e1fcfa74" grtype="null" id="GRmark_5374e99b8b494d6c46814f3d63629b27e1fcfa74_organisations:0">organisations</span> in being part of the change people would want to see in this great continent of ours. They are also involved in educating communities about the effects of human trafficking and recently media Village was in a city called Benin where they were educating people <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="6cda4d5cedb3e8be8dab9d3e49f0e7f63f6b8d77" grtype="null" id="GRmark_cf71badd72fc5588d51e1e41b608d53879431fea_of:1">of</span> the effects of human trafficking. They have also produced a feature film called <a href="http://youtu.be/WUhzVO6g7r4" target="_blank">'Europe in My Heart'</a> which was shot in Nigeria and Denmark. They are using this film not just as an entertaining tool but to also educate and create awareness amongst Africans on how human trafficking continues to destroy societies in Africa</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thanks to the Media Village Nigeria I have incredible hope for Africa. Two months ago I was in Rwanda and I was left with the same sense of renewal and hope for our continent. I was <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="4fcc42444c8c20910d83c008c70437ac255e4d9f" grtype="null" id="GRmark_4fcc42444c8c20910d83c008c70437ac255e4d9f_honoured:0">honoured</span> to have lectured two broadcasting companies and the students of Media Village on advanced editing. I saw in them a hunger for learning and in a short space of time amazing growth. It was truly a privilege to work with this media institute especially being given the opportunity to partner with yet another ministry that is proudly Africa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My hope is that the students can go forth and start using the arts in telling their stories and at the same time address issues that are affecting their communities. I truly believe that we can inspire some form of change and inspire action in individuals and societies in making Africa great.</span><br />
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</div>nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-46618801133793677982012-05-03T13:08:00.001+02:002012-05-03T13:08:26.605+02:00Movie reviews - All About Mzansi Information Services<a href="http://www.allaboutmzansi.com/movie-reviews.html#.T6JnE1nGvVE.blogger">Movie reviews - All About Mzansi Information Services</a>nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-33127392036827636322011-10-11T20:40:00.000+02:002011-10-11T20:40:26.380+02:00Upcoming Feature Film: 'Europe in My Heart'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br />
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</div><div class="p1">Shoot in two continents, the film takes you through a journey into the dark world of Human Trafficking and how many fall victim to this inhumane practice</div><div class="p2"><br />
</div><div class="p1">This film was produced in partnership with Church Integration Ministries (KIT) Denmark, and The Danish Mission Council Development Department (DMCDD).".</div><div class="p1"><br />
</div><div class="p1">Watch the trailer in the <a href="http://nktalks.blogspot.com/p/film.html">'Film'</a> tab link.</div></div>nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-87523837085057522492011-03-24T22:34:00.002+02:002011-04-03T22:01:32.386+02:00Dear SisterWe are almost close to finishing the short film 'Dear Sister'. Its been such a privilege to work on a project with such a strong social message. My hope is many people will become more aware of the dangers associated with human trafficking. Human trafficking has been dubbed 'morden day slavery'. As explicite as that may sound its only the tip of the iceberg with regards to how many suffer all over the world because of freedoms taken away from them. At most children are the most vulnerable. Many have watched the movie 'Taken'. As dramatic as that movie may have seemed it does address a very real problem that. It is my hope that with 'Dear Sister' we can localise the problem specific for the black community.<br />
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Although the short film touches on one aspect of the problem. It does show spring forth many of the stories happening on ground level of people who have disappeared in townships because they were chasing for greener pastures.<br />
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nKnKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-60865585649572893872010-08-07T02:02:00.001+02:002010-08-09T02:40:27.330+02:00Dreams and Wishes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">Like an old music record album, I usually get stuck in a song repeating the same lines over and over again. In most cases I have no idea how the song crept into my mind. One almost feels like some mysterious cosmic wave infiltrated my brain and implanted an incomplete data base of information. In this case an incomplete song. Yet in most cases you might have picked up that catchy lyric -though incomplete - from your fellow mates, family members or even complete strangers. In-turn the same strangers might have been caught in the same spider's web of what I would call 'lost in lyricism'. </span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">After a while you might realise you actually do not even know the name of the song or its artist. If you are as curious as I am, you will not resist the temptation of diving into the world of google in search of <i>'that song that you actually do not know anything about'</i>. The first step would be to type as many words that you can salvage off your memory of <i>'that song that you actually do not know anything about'</i>. So type away I did and true its status as the best search engine in the world, google managed to precisely get the right hits. Step two is to click one of the links at listed on google to confirm if the lyrics match up to your expectations of what you hope is the complete lyrics of <i>'that song that you actually do not know anything about'</i>. If the result is to the affirmative, you then proceed to my other buddy christened, youtube. Sorry to write his name in small letters, after all he only exists in the cyberworld. </span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">The song that had been stuck in my head is by an artist called B.o.B and is called 'Airplanes'. Further exploration revealed a second version of the same song called 'Airplanes 2' featuring Eminem. Now we all know Eminem for his rather unsavory lyrics to say the least. I would not be surprised that some of you might not even bother listening to the rest song and with good reason. After all who wants to listen to a guy who has made a career for himself bashing women (including him mom), glorifying the pleasures of drugs and other negative things that we would go through lengths in making sure young kids never hear of . Well I did listen to the rest of the song. True to his nature there is profanity in his lyrics to ain a song that for most of its part has clean lyrics. I usually cringe when I hear artist revel in vulgarity. My take on this is that one can be creative musically in communicating your message without spitting vile oaths and curses.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">Instead of dismissing this song in its entirety, I explored its message. I was surprised that despite the swear words it was very inspiring. How often can one say I was inspired by Mr Marshall Mathers (that is Eminem's real name for the less knowledgeable in te genre of Hip-Hop music). Before you throw me to the wolves hear me out. Looking past the swearing they is no doubt some of these artist work very hard to achieve 'success' as musicians. However the playing fileds for are as equal as most people in this world. Eminem evokes that sentiment (of anything is possible in life) in his lyrics as he talks about the importance of hard work and the need to stay motivated in chasing your dreams. He raps about how eliminated procrastinating and driven by a motivation to succeed how he looked past discouraging words from those who where around him when he was growing up . Yet I bet some will be quick to dismiss him as wayward rapper with no sense of purpose. Whether you life it or not he has a purpose. One can not deny that even though you may disagree with some artist's music and message. One can learn (like in this particular instance) that we all have a choice between hard work so as to fulfill some of those dreams we have had for years. Credit does go to the main artist B.o.B in his debut album.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">So what is stopping you? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">The answer to that is more likely YOU. Only YOU is standing between yourself in realising your life's dreams and fuilfiling the purpose for which you where created. Procrastinating, blaming others, laziness, playing the victim all the time, abuse and betting against yourself, are some the self inflicted wounds of a life of abandoned dreams. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">So like Marshall Mathers all things are possible to those who dream and work towards their dreams consistently and persistently. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">Some of the lyrics that stood out to me:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7a7a7a; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 21px;"><i>Let’s pretend Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen<br />
Let’s pretend things would’ve been no different<br />
Pretend he procrastinated, had no motivation<br />
Pretend he just made excuses that were so paper-thin<br />
They could blow ‘way with the wind<br />
Marshall, you’re never gonna make it<br />
Makes no sense to play the game, ain’t no way that you’ll win<br />
Pretend he just stayed outside all day and played with his friends<br />
Pretend he even had a friend to say was his friend<br />
And it wasn’t time to move and schools weren’t changin’ again<br />
He wasn’t socially awkward and just strange as a kid<br />
He had a father and his mother wasn’t crazy as <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>s*#%</i></span><br />
And he never dreamed that he could rip stadiums<br />
And just lazy as s*#%</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7a7a7a; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 21px;"><i><br />
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</span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 21px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">So despite the fact that the song is filled with a tinge of vanity and unpalatable words. Be inspired by the foolish things of this world. Even if they come in the name of Eminem.</span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 21px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"><br />
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</span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">*click on link below for the video on Youtube minus Eminem and profanity*</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 21px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7a7a7a; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 21px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #001320; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn6-c223DUU"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">B.o.B - Airplanes</span></b></a></span></span></i></span></div></div>nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-65736696312436946852010-03-20T02:05:00.000+02:002010-03-20T02:05:16.296+02:00A dream about to come trueEver since I was a kid I have always treasured the experience of watching the soccer World Cup. At one moment in history I thought I would be one of the participants in the World Cup. I bet they are so many young Africans who grew up in townships and romanticizes their prospects of being in a World Cup. Even as I write, I am sure they are parents who are currently encouraging their kids of their 'impending' future prowess in soccer.<br />
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I guess in a nutshell most of us in this part of the world will have our dream and passion right here in our doorsteps. The FIFA World Cup Soccer is coming to Africa. One of my dreams is about to come true albeit under different circumstances. I can not wait.nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-59683664035865155132009-11-29T21:55:00.007+02:002009-11-29T22:08:52.152+02:00I am an African<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">My body has frozen in our frosts and in our latter day snows. It has thawed in the warmth of our sunshine and melted in the heat of the midday sun. The crack and the rumble of the summer thunders, lashed by startling lightening, have been a cause both of trembling and of hope.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The fragrances of nature have been as pleasant to us as the sight of the wild blooms of the citizens of the veld.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The dramatic shapes of the Drakensberg, the soil-coloured waters of the Lekoa, iGqili noThukela, and the sands of the Kgalagadi, have all been panels of the set on the natural stage on which we act out the foolish deeds of the theatre of our day.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">At times, and in fear, I have wondered whether I should concede equal citizenship of our country to the leopard and the lion, the elephant and the springbok, the hyena, the black mamba and the pestilential mosquito.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A human presence among all these, a feature on the face of our native land thus defined, I know that none dare challenge me when I say - I am an African!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I owe my being to the Khoi and the San whose desolate souls haunt the great expanses of the beautiful Cape - they who fell victim to the most merciless genocide our native land has ever seen, they who were the first to lose their lives in the struggle to defend our freedom and dependence and they who, as a people, perished in the result.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Today, as a country, we keep an audible silence about these ancestors of the generations that live, fearful to admit the horror of a former deed, seeking to obliterate from our memories a cruel occurrence which, in its remembering, should teach us not and never to be inhuman again.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I am formed of the migrants who left Europe to find a new home on our native land. Whatever their own actions, they remain still, part of me.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In my veins courses the blood of the Malay slaves who came from the East. Their proud dignity informs my bearing, their culture a part of my essence. The stripes they bore on their bodies from the lash of the slave master are a reminder embossed on my consciousness of what should not be done.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I am the grandchild of the warrior men and women that Hintsa and Sekhukhune led, the patriots that Cetshwayo and Mphephu took to battle, the soldiers Moshoeshoe and Ngungunyane taught never to dishonour the cause of freedom.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">My mind and my knowledge of myself is formed by the victories that are the jewels in our African crown, the victories we earned from Isandhlwana to Khartoum, as Ethiopians and as the Ashanti of Ghana, as the Berbers of the desert.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I am the grandchild who lays fresh flowers on the Boer graves at St Helena and the Bahamas, who sees in the mind's eye and suffers the suffering of a simple peasant folk, death, concentration camps, destroyed homesteads, a dream in ruins.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I am the child of Nongqause. I am he who made it possible to trade in the world markets in diamonds, in gold, in the same food for which my stomach yearns.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I come of those who were transported from India and China, whose being resided in the fact, solely, that they were able to provide physical labour, who taught me that we could both be at home and be foreign, who taught me that human existence itself demanded that freedom was a necessary condition for that human existence.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Being part of all these people, and in the knowledge that none dare contest that assertion, I shall claim that - I am an African.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <!--EndFragment--> <div> <!--EndFragment--> </div>nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-16970612859928627662008-04-07T00:11:00.003+02:002008-04-07T00:31:34.135+02:00Escaping the black boxA 50 year old woman that was abused at the age of 10, will never forget that moment when her father robbed her of her dignity. Leaving her with deep wounds that she wishes time will heal, yet cringes at the memory thereof….. She let it control her so much that she missed the opportunity to experience the magic of love and giving a man the opportunity to treat her like a queen. She died, unloved, burying resentment and scars of the past with her. <br /><br />Just like that woman, are we allowing South Africa to slowly die, unloved, with unleashed potential, the country alive with possibility, because we are letting the past become a walking shadow everyday through our racist thinking?<br /><br />Am I insensitive to the fact that my forefathers had been economically and socially suppressed so a particular race can be empowered?<br />Am I insensitive to communities being torn apart by the group areas act, where those who are homeless are subjected to living in tin homes 14 years later? <br />How can anyone be insensitive to the suffering of another? <br /><br />We cannot deny the footprints of Apartheid that still exist today, but are we going to allow it to haunt us for generations to come and stagnate? Looking back, rather than pressing forward to a better South Africa for ALL, red, yellow, blue, white, black? <br /><br />Is unemployment, lack of education, crime, insufficient health facilities and HIV/AIDS (but to mention a few), challenges related to a particular colour of people or does it to relate to humanity? <br /><br />The call I make to you is to escape the black box thinking that I am owed something because of the past, subjecting others to our prejudices because they the same colour as the past oppressors. Issues of colour seem to be menial to the blaring problems set before us today. Even apartheid was not overcome through using the same weapon of racism, but through people working together in unity. <br /><br />What is the colour of this country we want to reflect? Is it this of pigmentation or of a rainbow nation united to fight the conquerable giants of our time? <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cheryl-Lynn Freeman</span><br />PS: Inspired by <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=zrp-v2tHaDo">Obama’s speech (A More Perfect Union)</a> on race <br />(check it out on YOUTUBE, it will transform your thinking)nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-1193690097185337482008-03-05T20:49:00.002+02:002008-03-11T16:31:39.102+02:00Jealous Kind<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">I built another temple to a stranger</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">I gave away my heart to the rushing wind</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">I set my course to run right into danger</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Sought the company of fools instead of friends</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">You know I've been unfaithful</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Lovers in line</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">While you're turning over tables </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">With the rage of a jealous kind</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">I chose the gallows to the aisle</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Thought that love would never find</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Haning ropes will never keep you</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">And your love of a jealous kind</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Love of a jealous kind</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Tryin' to jump away from rock that keeps on spreading</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">For solace in the shift of the sinking sand</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">I'd rather feel the pain all too familiar</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Than be broken by a lover I don't understand</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">'Cause I don't understand</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande; min-height: 13.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">One hundred other lovers, more, one hunderd other altars</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">If I should slow my pace and finally subject me to grace</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">And love that shames the wise, betrays the heart's deceit and lies</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">And breaks the back of foolish pride</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Jars of Clay</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">from album: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Who We Are Instead</span></p>nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-25002690456976610972008-03-04T10:49:00.001+02:002008-03-04T10:51:32.357+02:00'I love you too'<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Once again I am standing<br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">In-front of your throne of mercy</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">I fall on my knees</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">As I lift my hands to pray</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Humbled by your grace</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Comforted by your reassuring </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">voice - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">'I love you'</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">As I look at life</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Through 'blue glasses'</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">My heart will still choose you</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">This is my life, my offering to you.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">On my knees I will stay</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Conscious of a thousand loves you gave.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Out weighing the negatives on the scales</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Your voice strongly proclaims your love</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">To me with simple words - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">'I love you'</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Empty as I am.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">I know your heart is full to the brim.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Ready to quench a soul so desperate for you.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">On my knees I call to you.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">You all this heart is longing for.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">The hope and love I receive from you.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Leaves me with these words,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> 'I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> love you too'</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">nKanyiso nCube </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">22/11/2005</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Karin's Devotion</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"> </p>nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-56960370867791582202008-03-03T03:09:00.003+02:002008-03-03T03:14:49.493+02:00Freedom Writers<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">I watched the movie 'Freedom Writers', late Sunday night which in essence is Monday morning. Now this is half a movie review and half expressing my thoughts thanks to the movie. Just to put out the positives, I must say although this is not one of Hilary Swank' best acting roles yet, she manages to portray the character with such grace and elegance. Patrick Dempsey (the dude in Grey's Anatomy, McDreamy) managed to show a glimpse of his acting prowess almost at the end of the movie and admittedly I felt like he left it (or the writers) a bit late. I The rest of the cast was fairly average but after watching the movie for a while you will pay less attention to their acting abilities.<br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">When I started watching the movie I started to dissect the movie from a technical angle. The lighting, the acting, sound, editing and everything else that you can think of in what makes a good movie. Of course that does not neglect the story line as is what makes a movie great. Mid way in the movie I wanted to stop it as I did not think it qualified to be a great movie. Yet I hesitated. I hesitated because I was wrong. You can not just judge a movie only on technical aspects but at times you have to draw the heart of the whole production. It is a good movie. Good in that it addresses an issue that is such a cancerous tumor with seemingly little hope of visible cure.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Racism is another form of discrimination that continues determine people's decisions and of course ultimately whether they get to fulfil the purpose for which they were created in this world. Cases of racial discrimination still continue to dominate not just the South African society in the news headlines but the world at large.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">So what has all this got to do with the movie. The movie address us, <b>'discrimination'</b>. We live it, we speak it, we think it, we make decisions based on it it and we will die of it. We may think we not part of it, yet subconsciously we as discriminatory as the some of the worst perpetrators of discrimination in history.While we may not be as explicit in such acts, we live our day to day lives tolerating such injustices and become desensitized to it.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Freedom Writers is a movie of hope. I movie of understanding that despite the prejudice of this world we should never at all make decisions or live our lives under the shadow of deep seated hatred for others because of their culture, race and sex. Instead we should celebrate each other's diversities or at best marry into it. So the movie 'Freedom Writers' may not be the best in a text book recipe of what makes a good movie. Its a good movie in that it is not shy in tackling issues that have continued unabated for centuries and giving us hope by celebrating other's differences. Its a good movie as it shows that if we do stand for what is right it will be difficult. You might lose your friends and at worst your family. The question would then be, 'Is it worth it? I don't know. Maybe what one needs to ask is of love. Is love worth it? So go watch it if you still have not and discover the love in all of us despite our differences.</p>nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-63922691465662455422007-01-20T02:16:00.000+02:002007-01-20T02:29:35.050+02:00New Year New OpportunitiesIt's the new year although I must admit after having gone through 20 days of this year. It certanly does not feel new anymore. Strange enough if you think about it, only less than 30 days ago we were on festive mood and most people were jovial. All the same even though it feels like we have been through this year for months it is important for of us to realise that it is still a new year and it is not too late to approach it as one that will spring new opportunities as you journey through it. I guess one's attitude should be approaching the rest of the year with a positive passion especially at those times were the inevitable discouraging moments will crop out from time to time.<br /><br />So embrace this year and know that God's promise to prosper you is still as real as the day he said it. God Bless.<br /><br />nKanyisonKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-1154300906820389892006-07-31T00:39:00.000+02:002006-11-16T19:54:27.402+02:00News 4Real July 06<span style="font-style:italic;">THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURATE PICTURES I TOOK IN NIGERIA.</span> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/IMG_2177_1.0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/IMG_2177_1.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">WHO SAYS IT SUCKS BEING A PIG :-)</span></span><br /><br />Its almost a month since I came back from Nigeria. I must admit I am really blessed to have been part of the School of Video Production (SVP) in Media Village Nigeria. It was great to experience a culture different to the one I am used to. My host Anne and Alex were super amazing. They really know how to make one feel welcomed. I literally felt like I was a prince :-) I did a bit of teaching, had the honour of being cast in Nigerian movie and also did some editing work that went on TV. I don't know about you but that is what I call a trip well spent.<br /><br />When I came back to South Africa the video production school had already started and I had to change gears for that. They are about 23 students from all over the world. Its awesome yet again to meet people from different countries and being able to make new friends with them.<br /><br />I have just finished editing the Global Day of Prayer Transformation Video. The client came and was happy with the job and that put a smile on my face. A few editing work is coming while list juggling with the work load of SVP.<br /><br />Thank you so much for your prayers and support. Please do stay in contact whenever possible. I would love to hear from you. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">God Bless and keep it Tight 4Real...</span><br /><br />nKnKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-1147519954718596342006-05-13T12:41:00.000+02:002006-11-16T19:54:27.226+02:00Media Village NigeriaMedia Village Nigeria is part of the international ministry called Youth With A Mission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/Anne.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/Anne.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> (YWAM). It was started by Anne Abok who studied with us in South Africa (Media Village Africa). They are currently running the School of Video Production (SVP) which gives students excellent technical skills that range from camera work, to lighting, sound, script writing and editing.<br /><br />With a focus on capturing stories of the Nigeria and Africa as a whole they want to deliver a message of hope through Jesus Christ. Films and short videos have the power to impact our nations and communicate God's heart. It is with regard that Anne decided to start a Media Village focused on training young people in her country.<br /><br />The School of Video Production is the key to unlocking the door of young people's imagination. Hence Media Nigeria run its first school last year 2005 with great success. This year the second school is already in session. Unfortunately with pioneering a new school and ministry comes with difficulties and Anne has had to work very hard in making sure she covers all areas to make this year's school a success again. At the moment she has a very low number of staff members in her team. Hence she has asked me come and help her in the area of Post Production and teaching of editing and other elements involved in Post Production for three weeks. So I hope to go to Nigeria in June and help her out. If in anyway you can help make this possible please do contact me through my email and let me know. Your prayers and financial support will be appreciated.<br /><br />It has been said that minds of millions of people are influenced by the dreams and visions of one creative producer or director. Media Village Nigeria hopes to create a generation of young people who will influence Africa as a whole with the good news of Jesus. So join me in making this possible.<br /><br />KeEP iT tIgHT<br /><br />nK<br /><br />email: nkanyiso07@yahoo.com<br />cell: 27 72 4100 104nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-1143593147312949142006-03-29T02:27:00.000+02:002006-11-16T19:54:26.905+02:00'lonely and deserted'<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/Thingy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/200/Thingy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <strong>MY 'LONELY & DESERTED COMPANION THIS MORNING'</strong><br /><br />I am sure by now you have once in your lifetime experienced some form of sleepless night ordea. Be it you stressed over something specific in your mind, overly excited by prospects for the future, maybe you have too much caffeine flowing through your veins and more likely you madly in love with someone and all your head is filled with is that one mortal that makes your heart pound louder than the djembe drums. Well it is 2:08hrs Wednesday morning and I am struggling to sleep. I am feeling slightly sickish for lack of a better term to describe it, so 'la la land' seems but a distant dream at this moment. What better way to pass the time than making an entry into, as someone put it, my <strong>'lonely and deserted'</strong> blog.<br /><br />The strangest universal occurrence whenever someone is struggling to sleep is to go straight into the kitchen and make themselves some <strong>'killer sandwich'</strong> and go straight in front of the television set hoping you will get bored by late night CNN news and slowly drift to sleep. In my case I have done the former and almost the latter although of course I am sitting in front of a computer and typing some 'ob' entry of which I have no idea were is going to. <br /><br />Another occurrence waking up in the middle of the night is you tend to do things you otherwise do not have enough time to do during the day. Like say read a devotional from your favorite website (<strong>www.jesusfreakshideout.com)</strong>. However you also tend to see your mind drifting to some other important elements of your life, like say for example: thinking of your <strong>'super gorgeous amazing girlfriend'</strong>. Now I have fell into both those two categories this morning and I will share briefly on both of them.<br /><br />Starting with the 'devotional' element. I have just read a devotional titled<strong>:"The Driver's Seat"</strong>. It talks of allowing God to be the main dude controlling your life at all times as opposed to you always making the decisions and only trying to get him to validate all nonsensical decision you have already made. As the theme verse speaks for its self: <strong>"Anyone who intends to come with Me has to let Me lead. You're not in the driver's seat--I am." Luke 9:23 MSG</strong> I was left in no doubt that at times I have constantly taking the lord off the drivers seat and like a learner driver without an instructor. I have crashed into objects around me and afterwards I still have the nerve to blame my instructor for my waywardness........ <em><strong>Jesus said, "I do nothing without consulting the Father." (John 5:30 NLT) The Amplified translation makes the Savior's intentions even clearer by stating: "I do not seek or consult My own will [I have no desire to do what is pleasing to Myself, My own aim, My own purpose] but only the will and pleasure of the Father Who sent Me</strong></em>....So I am left with no doubt that we at all times need to be aware of the driver in the front seat before the vehicle is in motion. So that is my devotion moment this morning.<br /><br />Last in relation to thoughts this morning on my <strong>'super amazing gorgeous girlfriend'</strong> I can only say I greatly appreciate her for being part of my life and I am so grateful that she keeps my arrogance in check at all time. <br /><br />As for my my <strong>'lonely and deserted'</strong> blog. I will try to pay attention to you as often as I can. Now I need to go and try to get a VISA to la la land otherwise I am in big trouble staying awake tomorrow morning during working hours.<br /><br /><strong>KeEp iT tIght 4rEaL</strong><br /><br />nKnKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-1142423331501761032006-03-15T13:46:00.000+02:002006-11-16T19:54:26.788+02:00Been Lazy LatelyI have been a lazy blogger lately having not posted any news in the last few months. I have been busy but not too busy to post a comment or two.<br /><br />I am thinking of making this blog slightly more interesting so I l am to add footage of some of my editing work. This is just to make this blog worthwhile for you. If you like the idea let me know.<br /><br />I will post in a much more indepth news on this part of the world. Drop a comment and let me know how you are doing.<br /><br />Keep it Tight 4Real<br /><br />nKanyisonKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-1137414321782463432006-01-16T14:17:00.000+02:002006-11-16T19:54:26.679+02:00A New's ResolutionI would like to wish you all a belated happy new year. Belated because one can say that after just few weeks into the new year it does not feel new any more. All the same hope God guides you into the year with lots of hugs and kiss......<br /><br />As a new year's resolution, I resolute to keep this blog as up dated as possible. Please do post a comment when you come through so that I know who is reading my junk. <br /><br />Keep it Tight 4Real<br /><br />nKnKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-1130262513339118232005-10-25T19:27:00.000+02:002006-11-16T19:54:26.427+02:00No Words<strong>DIVERSITY</strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/diversity.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/diversity.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><strong>SOURCE: The image in its original context on the page: glks.ipk-gatersleben.de/ home.php</strong><br /><br />I would like to thank each and everyone of you who posted a commenting my blog with regards to the Media Village's Cable Awards. It was fun putting the pictures together and its good to know that they is someone who appreciated it. So I thank you again for that.<br /><br />Things are moving on as normal at Media Village. I am enjoying the 3D School though I must admit it is a bit strenuous on the mind. One needs a lot of concentration which if you know me is not one of my biggest attributes. My mind is gifted in diverting to so many places of my fantasies. I guess one needs to practice self discipline so I am sure I will manage this school.<br /><br />So all is normal at this side of the world except for a few things that leave me at a loss for words. For one the Western Cape has had an increase in the number of abductions of children. Of lately a lot of the abducted children have been recovered. However one's heart goes out to the families of those whose children have not been accounted for. <br /><br />Another important thingy (pardon my dodgey English) is the racism factor and discrimination. A black judge in the last week had been accused of uttering derogatory words to a white lawyer. This alleged incident spiraled into an unprecedented debate in different sectors of society. Counter accusations of who is to blame are being thrown from all directions. In the same week the Western Cape Premier had been accused of racism as he fired some of his council workers asking them to re apply for their work. Reasons for firing them is based on the fact that the Western Cape working community did not reflect the racial demographics of the Province. The statistics have it that the so called colored people are a bigger majority followed closely by blacks and eventually somewhere there in the lower numbers whites. Please note I am touching the surface on this subject hence there is much more to this story of which I can not go indepth.<br /><br />I am not in any way trying to pick sides or to put anyone in bad light. If anything all these incidents have lead me to one conclusion about the situation in the Western Cape. That racism is still thick in the air despite the fact that the majority pretentiously live as if it does not exist. They is so much one can go into in seeking a solution. Ultimately it boils down to each and every person making a conscious decision to fight racism and discrimination in them. At the same time making a point that people do not base their lives or crucial decisions on the race or tribal view. Of course this can be debated indepth specifically if you start looking at addressing the imbalances cause pre 1994. I just hope that every single person in South Africa deals with this issue personally and aim for a better diverse country. After all we should be celebrating each other's diversities instead of fighting it. I have not much to say for now. I have a lot to say with regards to this subject at a later stage. If you have any views or comments please do drop me a comment and let me know.<br /><br />kEEp iT tIgHT4rEAl<br /><br />nKnKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-1128959925016887702005-10-10T17:57:00.000+02:002006-11-16T19:54:26.324+02:00Cable Awards Pictures<strong>THE BANDS</strong><br /><br />MARIMBA BAND<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/marimba%20on%20stage3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/marimba%20on%20stage1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>SKA BAND<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/opening%20ACT3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/opening%20ACT1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>VIOLIN<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/ifijole_VIOLIN1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/ifijole_VIOLIN1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><strong>RANDOM PICTURE OF THE NIGHT</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/ButhoGrace1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/ButhoGrace1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/nk%20stuff%20copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/nk%20stuff%20copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/SimoneLeeSihle2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/SimoneLeeSihle2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/menutheadadrian03supercoolv4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/menutheadadrian03supercoolv4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/GrahamGramhPeterBrown2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/GrahamGramhPeterBrown2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/ZolaNozukoDebraZuksHubbyGra3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/ZolaNozukoDebraZuksHubbyGra3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/thewinneristopstudent3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/thewinneristopstudent3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/allofemwellalmosttheprayer2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/allofemwellalmosttheprayer2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>nk'S aWARds fOR tHE eVenINg</strong></em><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/fUNkIESt%20mALe.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/fUNkIESt%20mALe.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <em>FuNkEst MalE Of EveNinG</em><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/PlAyErOf%20ThE%20EveNing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/PlAyErOf%20ThE%20EveNing.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>plAyeR Of The EveNINg<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/me%20and%20jorrie_021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/me%20and%20jorrie_021.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <em>CooLEsT, MoSt HandSome, BeSt DressED Duo.....Mmmmm!!!@@##</em><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/khomotso%20and%20aldrian.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/khomotso%20and%20aldrian.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> YouNgEst CouPle Of EvenINg<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/Blk_WhiTE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/Blk_WhiTE.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>EveryThinG Is AlWays Blk & WhIte @ CAbLe AwardS<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/heleen_sMILE1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/heleen_sMILE1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <em>BeSt SmIle Of THE EveNInG</em> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/zola%20nozuko%20and%20debra.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/zola%20nozuko%20and%20debra.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <em>My 3Fav...BLaCK WoMen 4 ThE EveNIng</em><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/dI%20bOsS1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/dI%20bOsS1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <em>DeFinAteLy The Best PrOduCer in ThE WORLd</em><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/theBOYS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/theBOYS.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>...aND LaStLy The BOys<br /><br />okaY thatS a gLImPSE oF tHE eVENing hOPe yoU lIKEd THe pIcTUreS....kEEp iT tIgHT 4rEAL<br /><br />nKnKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-1128084296740837732005-09-30T14:43:00.000+02:002006-11-16T19:54:26.109+02:00The EndSVP has finally come to an end and all the students have left to face new challenges of their lives. Cable Awards was grand as always. Thanks to each and everyone of you that came and from your feedback sounds like you had an awesome time. <br /><br />It was fun doing cable Awards from an organizational side. I had fun...Mmmmmmmm was nervous that things would have gone wrong but hey... All turned out for the best so that was super cool.<br /><br />One end marks a beginning. So while SVP has come to an end and my role as head of Production along with it. A new beginning dawns. As from next week I will be a student again doing the animation school. I am excited and slightly nervous. I hope all works out. We will see how this turns out.<br /><br />It was good seeing all of you who came. Thanks for your prayers and support. I will throw in some Cable Awards pictures for you soon. <strong>Keep it Tight 4Real</strong>.<br /><br /><br />NKnKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-1127158719292556402005-09-19T21:36:00.000+02:002006-11-16T19:54:25.989+02:00Almost at an EndThis is our last week of SVP. This coming Saturday we are having the Cable Awards to sum up the school. One would expect things to be slowing down. However that is not the situation. On the contrary things are heating up as we speak (I mean as you read). Students are rounding up their projects. I am running like a headless chicken just to make sure everything goes according to plan. All the same I am loving it yet at the same time I can not wait to see SVP come to an end.<br /><br /><br />Next time I post a post it would be after Cable Awards. Unless if some unseen forces of the unknown prompt me to do so. Otherwise watch this spot for pictures and all that would have happen during Cable Awards.<br /><br />KeeP It tiGht 4rEAL<br /><br />nKnKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-1126373398974305132005-09-10T19:19:00.000+02:002006-11-16T19:54:25.789+02:00DRAWING TO AN ENDThe School of Video Production(SVP) is slowly but surely coming to an end. As we speak the students are working on their last projects. This time they have been placed in teams of at least up to four people with specific roles. For example, Producer, Editor, Cameraman(or woman to be politically correct) and Script Writing. These are some of the roles that the students see themselves in after having going through an intensive time of studying and mastering the art of Videography and Film making.<br /><br />In two weeks time we will be having SVP graduation popularly know as Cable Awards. I am looking forward with such excitement as we also celebrating ten years of this school running. I guess this is the only time I get to spot a tie as it is a black tie event. The Awards ceremony is taking place at the Baxter Theater. I will keep you posted or at least give you an account of what took place at these awards in my next post.<br /><br />For now Keep it Tight 4Real.............<br /><br />NknKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10107516.post-1125139819567773842005-08-27T12:42:00.000+02:002006-11-16T19:54:25.689+02:00NEWS 4REAL<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/DSC_0570.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/DSC_0570.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />It has been a while since I posted a newsletter on my blog. As expected this has been one of the busiest times at Media Village. However everyone at the Village is up for the challenge. <br /><br />Just to refresh your mind. We are currently running a Video Production School. This school encompasses all the three stages of production (i.e.Pre Production to Production and Post Production). I am heading the Post Production Department for this school under the watchful eye of the head of all Productions, Adrian. We have about 23 students from all over the world just going through the intensities and intricacies of the Video and film world.<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/SVP%20005Mod.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/SVP%20005Mod.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <br />Last week the students finished their first project which is a three minute Soft News piece and currently they are working on their adverts (Public Service Announcements:PSA). I must say its always exciting to see the progression of each individual from knowing nothing into producing, shooting and eventually editing their own film. That gives me such great fulfillment.<br /><br />I guess the biggest challenge for me would be to at least get all of them to be efficient Editors by the end of the school. Efficient enough to enter any Production House in the world and start editing. Well for me what’s even more exciting is the fact that all this is coming out of Africa. Think about it with all the negativity associated with Africa its very refreshing to see something positive come out of this continent. The Tranformation Day of Prayer is one of them .....now talk of Africa being a dark continent....Okay I am going off the tangent now.<br /><br />We still have a couple of weeks left before the school ends and the big graduation ceremony aptly called the Cable Awards takes place. Cable Awards is when we have a little Oscar Wards ceremony were we get to celebrate the students' work for the last 3 months. So I am inviting you to join us on the <strong><em>24th of September, 1930hrs at the Baxter Theater Main Road, Rondebosch</em>. </strong>It is a black tie event so dress up or should I say dress to kill. If you are around Cape Town on that day please do contact in advance so that we can make the necessary arrangements. I will give out all my contact details at the end of this letter....<br /><br />Otherwise thank you so much for your support and prayers. Please pray for me I am considering doing the Animation School coming up at the beginning of October. So I need finances to that regard. All the same do email me anytime and let me know how you keeping I would love to hear from you.....<br /><br />God Bless and <strong>Keep it Tight 4REAL</strong>...................<br /><br />Nkanyiso Ncube<br /><br /><strong>CONTACT DETAILS</strong>:<br /><br />cell: + 27 72 4 100 104<br />landline: +27 21 788 9296<br />email: nktalks@gmail.com<br /> nkanyisotalks@hotmail.com<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/1600/MV_WS.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/922/524/320/MV_WS.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><em><strong>P:S THAT LITTLE MAN WEARING A RED T-SHIRT IS YOURS TRULY. TALKING TO MY MOM MILES WAY...............................</strong></em>nKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07055428048588432459noreply@blogger.com0