A different view on current affairs & history
After having been involved in an altercation with a white couple about a parking space at Makro on Human Rights Day, I then heard about a racist incident at Spur on 702 Talk Radio an hour later? That led me to cogitate on the nature of altercations in a racially polarised society.
Main picture: A tyrannical bully at work
Main picture: Did the finance bank factor in an elevated rate of melting based upon the latest outlook of global warming?
Main picture: If they think I’ll pay 30 cents for a haircut, forget it.
Every five years the parade of ships ‘Sail Amsterdam’ takes place. In August thousands of vessels, from small sailboats to large replicas of caravels, arrive together at the IJ bay north of the city and then pass to the capital of the Netherlands. In 2015 involving 8,000 vessels!
Main picture: World economic crisis, 1929
In most cases, the culprit for not allowing mankind to open their mind to possibilities is the past. More specifically it is the way that things are currently done which is the ultimate hindrance.
Whilst one might actually embrace new technology, one often employs that technology in the same manner in which the older technology was utilised. By implication, utilising new technology also means embracing not only the new way of doing things and but also casting aside how things were done before or unlearning the past.
That is why youngsters are so adept with new gadgets. They are not constrained by the past and how things “should be done.”
Main picture: Creative positioning mirror
A pan on the farm Sandhof in Namibia is transformed every four of five years when it is filled with 15 centimetres of water.
Main picture: The lilies of Sandhof pan
History is comprised of a myriad of moments lost in the mists of time. These photographs bring back to life a mere handful of those moments in time. Each, in its own way, casts a sharp light on the life and times of a bygone era.
Become entranced in how the world behaved, loved and lived in the past.
Main picture: Carrying a Rolls Royce across a river in Nepal in 1950
In my mind, there are two notorious tweeters: Donald Trump & Helen Zille. Both use it to vent their frustrations. In neither case has its output been beneficial to the sender. In Helen’s case, it could result in some drastic action shortly.
What is the prognosis?
Main picture: Helen Zille autobiography as portrayed on social media
This is a timely reminder of one of the consequences of the ill-considered land invasion policy of the ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe. It was recently revealed by the Finance Minister of Zimbabwe.
Will the likes of Julius Malema and the EFF take cognaissance of this open admission of this policy’s devastating consequences?
Main picture: Timber plantations in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe Continue reading