A different view on current affairs & history
To be truthful, I had never heard of Solomon Mahlangu before a road in Pretoria was named after him recently. But what made me actually question who he was & what he did to deserve such an honour was last Saturday’s race in Mamelodi which was held as a tribute to him.
The fundamental existential dilemma facing South Africa is the trite question, “What is South Africa?” This question is posed as I believe that South Africa is not currently secure in its identity & ambition.
Firstly what is existentialism? I have used disambiguation in its use & existentialism in its metaphorical sense as it normally is understood as meaning the worth of life in a descriptive & not a prescriptive conceptualisation of the meaning of life. Finally the standard definition bears the overriding caveat that it is applicable to humans only. By using disambiguation I imply that society merely represents a collection of individuals & hence it too can have an existential crisis.
A Personal View – March 2014
As expected, the mysterious disappearance of a Boeing 777-200 on a flight from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to Beijing has attracted international media attention. This interest has largely centred on the reason for its unexpected disappearance and to some extent the emotional issues related to family & friends.
Quite rightly so!