23 February, 2006

Ok this has managed to get the hackles up a bit! A political “analyst” and freelance “journalist” called Vuyo Mvoko has written an article in the Sunday Times expressing his hatred towards returning South Africans, go check out the the critique here!

Ask yourself this, if this man thinks this way then surely so do a thousand others? Or is he just a solitary idiot! I’m certainly hoping, as a saffa temporarily living abroard, that its the latter.

I have often heard it said before that the black man in South Africa does not want the white man there. Well, tough shit, I do not feel at home anywhere else in the world and so ultimately I WILL be coming HOME! Because Vuyo, I can make a difference. And just like the million or so Aussies who live abroad to enrich both their bank account and their own life experiences I intend to return home to live a better life than I can live abroad. Unfortunately for me though, whereas Aussies return to a stable economy, no crrime and jobs a-plenty, I must return to a country with a huge crime problem, no readily available job market, people like you who don’t want me back and an Aids problem made considerably worse by a government I was unable to vote for!!!!!

Not only will I be bringing money and expertise back to the country, but I shall also be bringing something far greater, the enthusiasm to build and develop our great country into something better than it is today!

Vuyo, you’re a sad excuse for a South African, sometimes people like you dampen my spirits, other times I laugh at you, but I always remind myself that its people like you who will one day make it fail and people like me who will one day make it a success.

Nominations are in, voting has started and guess what, I’ve been nominated for an award!

I’m not going to tell you to vote or even who to vote for, vote if you want to and vote for who you want to, just remember TO vote!

Ja whatever, go and vote for me in the category “Best Overseas Based South African Blog” on the SA Blog Awards website. You can cast one vote everyday, so cast your first vote TODAY.

Go and VOTE

There is also a vote button in the sidebar you can click on to cast your vote.

More than anything, this event highlights the abundance and quality of South African blogs. Congrats to my mates Warren and Guy for getting nominated. If you’re interested in finding out who I’m voting for then go check out this archive post.

Damn we had a good party on Saturday night. It was Phillipa’s 21st and she was left partying with all the oldies like Grayskull, Russ, Westie, Tom, Simon, Nigel etc. We bent it pretty hard and I can’t say I was on top of my game by the end of the night, in fact, weey heeey, I don’t even remember the end of the night.

Tom, the saffa with a silver fern tattoed on his leg, stupid mofo as he is, has put up a few photos over here.