According to Chapter 5 of High Snobiety’s 2019 article on the brief history of the JAY-Z vs NAS febeef, entitled “the reconciliation”, the Hip Hop Cold War came to a cataclysmic end in approximately in the year 2005. 4 years after “Ether,” Nas’ diss track which arguably out manouvered “Jay-Z’s take over, the 2 OpposingContinue reading ““JAY-Z vs Nas Feud, who won the Hip Hop Cold War?””
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THE ENCLAVE KINGDOM
THE ENCLAVE KINGDOM
The Enclave Kingdom is enchanting in many ways, and despite being hindered by increasing Poverty, Unemployment, a never ending Brain Drain, Poor Governance as well as a huge deficit in the functioning and independence of organs of state, it’s mysterious culture, history, aesthetic beauty and resilient peoples seem to transcend its Socio-Economic woes. It hasContinue reading “THE ENCLAVE KINGDOM”
SOUTH AFRICA AS THE GREAT ECONOMIC GREEK TRAGEDY
SOUTH AFRICA AS THE GREAT ECONOMIC GREEK TRAGEDY
Having taken a huge interest in International comparative economics, I could not help myself in attempting to write an account of how South Africa may seem to be following a similar economic tragedy that Greece followed in the aftermath of the 2008 Global financial crisis. What makes South Africa’s economic failures even more of aContinue reading “SOUTH AFRICA AS THE GREAT ECONOMIC GREEK TRAGEDY”
A JOURNEY TOWARDS SELF-RELIANCE AND A NEW SPIRITUAL MAN
If there is one thing that a careful analysis of the past 100 years teaches us, it may be that Governments, tyrants and political parties may have done more harm, then good. This is of course not a plea to anarchy or any form of post-capitalist resignation, but to the spiritual power and resilience ofContinue reading “A JOURNEY TOWARDS SELF-RELIANCE AND A NEW SPIRITUAL MAN”
“THE AGE OF NEUROSIS”
This is not an article per se, nor is it a treatise, but more of diagnosis of what I would invigoratingly like to call “The Age of Neurosis”. Is this a revolutionary diagnosis, one might ask, most probably not. The concept is neither ground-breaking or, scientific, nor was it conceived in an ivory tower inContinue reading ““THE AGE OF NEUROSIS””
The Manifesto of the Youth of South Africa Network
This Manifesto is a document which is of utmost relevance to the current plight of a majority of South Africa’s youth. This Rainbow nation is now confronted with a perfect storm of cataclysmic proportions, in the form of economic and social insecurity. This dilemma has very disastrous consequences, ethically as well as practically. The costContinue reading “The Manifesto of the Youth of South Africa Network”
“The forgotten Youth of Azania”.
June 16 marks Youth Day in South Africa. 20 years ago, Youth Day would have probably been very different from today, even more so 10 years ago. As we move further away in time from the hard fought gains of the Anti-apartheid struggle, and 1994, the more evident it seems that the real benefactors ofContinue reading ““The forgotten Youth of Azania”.”
THE LONG DEPARTED TRAIN
“A photo taken along the Sea-Point promenade on a Sunday afternoon in Cape Town during the winter of 2019. The teal and ethereal imagery could be said to be a clairvoyant representation of what would come to pass in the coming months.“ By the C.A The train has long departed, never to return again. ThatContinue reading “THE LONG DEPARTED TRAIN”