Mzoo Spot

What an interest week in SA politics. President Thabo Mbeki was asked to resign and in came Kgalema Motlanthe. Ministers understood to be loyal to Mbeki resigned,but others were reappointed. Many thought Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang will resign, well she is now the minister in the Presidency. In future a comprehensive article about everything that tickles my fancy will appear every week in this spot.

Today I gave a talk to students at Nomzamo High School. I give these kinds of talks from time to time whenever I visit Port Alfred. I spoke to grade 7s about possible career options.   Later during the day I met the staff at the school; I have development ideas for the school. Generally the ideas were well received, and now we will work of project timelines. Meanwhile, two days ago here in Port Alfred,high tides pushed ocean waters right into the streets in town. This is the second times in as many weeks this sort of thing has happened. I managed to take pictures of this water penetrating into the street. This is particularly worrying for coastal towns; they generally have little money to deal with these kinds of challenges. It is possible that these events may be frequent. It is important that when they occur they are documented.

My half brother, Thobile Dude has been ill for a while, he even had to take disability pension very early in his life. He was a teacher. He was born in 1971. We had thought he will fully recover, a few months ago he and his wife were blessed with a young one, "Zosuliwe"! This evening my sister sent an sms, telling me that Thobile Dude is no more. Lala ngoxolo Tshonyane!

First day of September is understood to be the official Spring day; I don't know where this comes from. Suddenly people expect to have a nice and warm or hot day where they can wear their new colourful clothes. Well, the weather did not allow that in Gauteng today. In fact in many parts of country the weather was horrible for an ideal Spring day.