Planting The Seed: ‘Opportunities Lost’

Planting The Seed: ‘Opportunities Lost’

‘How dare you settle for less when the world has made it easy for you to be remarkable?’ – Seth Godin When I was young I was always told that I would never amount to anything because of my rebellious nature. This came from my teachers that seem to have gotten it wrong. I almost… […]

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‘Degeneration Of Coloured Seeds’ (Why we are in this mess)

DEGENERATION OF COLOURED SEEDS “Within this darkness of mine, I try to seek and find, one tiny hole so I can spark the light in my mind.” – Earl Mentor 1970 census, the Coloured people were distributed as follows:  Classification of the Coloured People, 1970             Population classification Census Distribution Coloured Asian Cape Coloured 1 914… […]

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Coloured On Coloured Crime: Part 1

“It’s okay if you hate me, I hate me too.” It had been a good 16 years that I have researched the make and break of our people residing in high-risk communities in Cape Town, South Africa. ‘Marginalised People’ having to endure the painful reality that much of what limits us in our lives is our… […]

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Privilege vs Power (My Public Violence Charge)

I am currently reading this powerful book entitled ‘The Prince’ by Nicolò Machiavelli. Allow me the opportunity to open my blog #2 with this powerful excerpt from this book that strongly confirms my sentiments against an unjust system working tirelessly to keep people in marginalized communities under the rod of suffering, and why I am… […]

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Danger Of Kids Pulling The Strings – Parent/Child & Captained Ships

‘Who Pulls The Strings In The Parent/Child & Captained Ships’   There is a terrible habit that has been formed over the years within our households and on our corners and curbs. Our young adults have now found a way to manipulate their parents and instill fear within their households. Is it true that parents… […]

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‘The Flower Pot’ within a Council Flat

“They forced us into a space and made us hate our own race, by erecting apartheid structures to direct our ways, now mirrors are being broken in Council Flats because we can’t stand to see the reflection of our own face.” – Earl Mentor   The immense irony of “The Flower Pot” built dead-center in… […]

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‘Simple Transformation’

 ‘Simple Transformation’ ‘It was tough growing up with the belief of feeling unloved, unappreciated and unworthy of life-changing experiences as I have had to endure and deal with a lot of emotional trauma in a household beset with negativity. I had three failed suicidal attempts on my life – I tried really hard to take… […]

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Cape Flats Karma™: Planting The Seed

Group Coaching

PROLOGUE: Since the industrial revolution, humans have been driving towards ever greater efficiency. In fact, efficiency – making the best possible use of the resources at hand – has become the core concept of how we need to survive within our high-risk communities in Cape Town, South Africa. On the face of it, being efficient makes… […]

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