Allies...

SOCIETY 

An interesting question seeing "fatherless" individuals walk aimlessly in the streets of the ghetto has made me question why we associate with the people we associate with. In antiquity, it used to be because you wished to grow your sphere of influence. Now, where your sphere of influence is reflects greatly on who you are. A president, for example, can't have a sphere of influence over criminal gangs because that president would be seen as not exactly someone to trust or not someone who has full control of his country. Why does that president's country have criminal gangs that associate with high political figures? It wouldn't add up. The misguided young men this president is entertaining should be in organised structures or employed in legitimate industries e. g. military, security, community councils etc. 

As an individual in the wilderness, you had to make plans to survive either alone or with others you associated with. Of course, wild animals are less likely to attack a group of humans than a solitary man & help can be found easier in a group than alone. This was the main reason for the tribe but that was before telecommunications technology & before the concept of overpopulation ever was. People are everywhere today, in civilised society - we almost act in unison as a large group despite our religious, political & cultural differences. Anyone can contact help at the touch of a button so the tribe (or gang) has almost lost it's purpose. 

Today, the people we spend our time with are people we want to spend time with. Not because we have to or it is a matter of life or death that we must be around them. From crèche (kindergarten), school, varsity, employment, sport or even social media today - it is very hard to be alone. And of course, you make friends along the way that resonate with who you are. You don't really purposely hang out with people who hate you. Or do you? If so, why? Do you spend time with people that you don't like? Why? Just to increase the hatred or what other purpose would you hang around people you dislike? Best stay home with your thoughts & only go out to hang with people you do like. 

POLITICS 

Now, South Africa is a very interesting place because... let me quote myself from earlier today; "I'm just going to be real here. Every racial group & ethnicity in South Africa has their own interests... we're never going to agree on many things. Even the unity people claim to agree with in South Africa is on disputed terms." 

At times, I find it hard to understand how anyone trusts anyone in this country. Why is there always an excitable token Indian somewhere for just no reason? Why is there always a group of white people trying to hijack something black people do? Why is there always a paid Uncle Tom or Aunt Jumima somewhere in the media. Why do Indians in South Africa trust the British? Why does anyone trust the Boers or English? Why does any indigenous black group accept the Indians? Why would any Tsonga trust any Sotho? Or any Venda trust any Xhosa? I'm just being honest & stating the obvious. This country is built on a lie & something's gonna give. Some time in the future, South Africans are going to see what South Africa really is & they're going to feel like they were lied to & taken for a ride. 

So do I think only Orania are not under the South African delusion? No, Orania are still taking chances unless they have military grade weapons hidden under that farm. If Orania was serious, they would've gone to Belgium or the Netherlands to build their little village. Otherwise, South Africa simply NEEDS an ethnically federated land - everything else is clowning around. I'm reluctant to even call this blog entry an opinion because it's just simple commonsense. 

Peoples of Tu...

AbaNtu (incorrect slang: "Bantu") directly translated means "the Ntu" (or Tu/Thu people).

The Khoi & San are also on the periphery of "Tu-ness" because some African historians refer to them as abaTh'wa in some circles. The word for 'person' in Khoi/Khoe is "Khwe" which sounds like the place prefix in Nguni language, "kwe-", while 'person' in San is "Tuu/Nu**" - similar with other Tu peoples but are always considered as not Tu ("bantu"). The Hausa & Igbo also use -tu-/-du- root in their words for people. They are also Abantu/Tu. 

**Nu is also used as a root word for person/people in the Lala Nguni dialect. 

In Yoruba, Wolof & Twi; they use the root word -ni- when say "a person". 

The word for "person" in Sandawe & Hadza uses ni/nu as a root word, similar to West Africans & not "Tu". 

So, simply put, West Africa (east Nigeria to Senegal) is Ni, Central & southern Africa (Sokoto to Kenya heading south) is Tu, "mo" (mu?) is used as a root word for person in some parts of the former Songhai Empire (Mandinka, Moorosi etc.) & the Khoe alone use "khwe" as a root word for 'person'. 

I have yet to decipher the Dinka, Sudanic, Somali, Oromo, Amhara, Mauritanian/Tuareg & Amazigh languages but they are all likely of Asian origin except for Dinka & other Sudanic languages. 

This week's opinions.

Chinese products going at big mark-up prices in South Africa: 

A while back there was a store in town by where I live called Mr. Chen (a Chinese shop) & it looked very distinctly like Mr. Price in branding. People were mocking it as if to say, the Mr. Chen shop was taking Mr. Price's look & feel. But you have to ask where Mr. Price gets it's merchandise from, I think up to 75% or more of Mr. Price's items are from China. In fact, there is an exact pair of flip-flops sold at Mr. Price sold at a manufacturer warehouse in China for a lower price. So who's the original? Mr. Price likely bought the item in bulk from China, probably from Mr. Chen himself, & put a 50% mark-up on the price. Mr. Price is one of the more affordable shops in South Africa, imagine how much some of the other big franchises are marking up their merchandise they got from China. A Louis Vuitton handbag made by Chinese workers was compared to a handbag in one of the developed countries, the mark-up was something like 800%. You're not buying a handbag madam, you're buying a statement saying; "You're poor, I'm not."

Spying on employees: 

I don't know who made the idea of employers searching for people online & checking on their hobbies & interests alright outside of LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the career-oriented website, that's where employer searches should end. The politics or personal opinions of your bartender are not an indication of the bartenders ability. The politics & hobbies of the traffic cop are not of vital importance when they're doing their job. Employers spying on employees' social media is like going to a cashier because they have a particular world view, do you want to cash out & leave the shop or not? Let's say the only cashier available is against everything you believe in, now what? Go to another shop? Ability is not an individuals world view or political belief.

Online work is still work - just as much a sitting in an office is work or cleaning tables & fixing cars is work. Don't discriminate because someone's workspace is also their home, many shopkeepers sleep right nextdoor to where they work. Work does not always involve a commute to a designated place.

Two ideas for any manufacturer willing to make them.

AUTOMATED SECURITY SYSTEM 

Industrial area motion sensing security system with two roving face recognition modules. If you enter a plot & your face is not recognised, the modules give you 20 seconds to leave. If you attack, they jet you with mace/stun gun & some immobilising net or rope. 

If you manage to damage both roving modules, armed security is automatically contacted. 

The roving modules are constantly on standby to preserve energy & only move to the area where motion is detected by the motion sensing field. 

SHARP DISC PROJECTILES AS MILITARY/DEFENCE WEAPONS 

This weapon system could be a steel sling system with sharp, 5cm wide iron discs. This shotgun type weapon would one or two discs at a time.

Was Ancient Egypt black?

According to my research, Ancient Egypt was partly black & had black Pharoahs. In prehistory, Egypt was likely 100% black much like the rest of Africa. But with the arrival of initially Hamitic then Jewish, Greek, Arabic, Roman & Ottoman populations - Egypt lost it's black majority. Ancient Egypt likely had the most (black) African input in it's foundation but slowly many other non-African cultures came to establish themselves in that land. The original Hamitic people that initiated "Kemet" are now called the Coptic people of Egypt. So the answer to "Was Ancient Egypt black?" is "Partly."

"Was Ancient Egypt black?" on YouTube