Here is the truth folks…
May 21, 2008Today I had two shocks, well I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised that it would happen, history does seem to repeat itself in the strangest of ways. It seems that once again the media are instigating further unrest and emails are being once again sent out adding more fuel to those very fires.
So I sit here wanting to shed some light on the true reality of what South Africa is going through, the true reality of what is happening and the consequences that we face.
Firstly I heard that the Beeb (BBC) is portraying that our civil unrest is in part due to the whites of the country, they are portraying these current events as a racial matter of great tension. The fact is this is not the case at all, in fact, for once it has nothing to do with race. This mini-war, as the UN is now calling it, is not black vs white or white vs black, it is against foreigners residing in our country from other African countries. Media can start wars and they can help quash them, by inciting that it is based on race it could fuel the fires in all directions in an already tremulous country.
Secondly, this afternoon I received an email in my inbox, my friend wanted to show me what was going on (thanks) … it shocked me. The contents? Firstly this guy was talking about how finally justice was being brought about, how the attacks were the governments fault for not listening. He supported the murders and the beatings, the rampage and the burning of both people and houses… he praised the people for standing up for what they believed in… and they wonder how hate spreads, here is one prime example Mr President.
Perhaps I am just overly sensitive but when, may I ask, is killing, setting people on fire, putting burning tires over their necks justified? What makes it worse is that the link he attached is from our local newspaper, it depicts what is really going on… and he praised it!
I attach the below links only for the purpose of showing and sharing the truth. If you are visual or a softie like me please do NOT click on the photo one entitled The truth - The Times Photo Story. If you don’t believe me, when I saw the first image I started to cry, when I saw the second my nausea overtook me.
As I said before, these are only to show the true reality and not the manufactured version by either our government or your/our media
The truth - The Times Photo Story - please, seriously don’t do it if you are like me, these are graphic
The consequences? It is spreading, hate is being transferred, the people are worried that it will not remain against the immigrants/refugees that it will become retaliation against the wrong people.
The ironic part of that? South Africans will become refugees, myself included.
There is nothing I can do to help nor do to stop what is currently happening in my country, all I can do is share the true reality of it.
I don’t want to make you angry nor do I want to make you sad, all I want to do is share the truth… this is the song that I feel everyone should be singing, singing instead of “bring me my machine gun”, this is the song I sing, I sing it for the world, how about you?
PS This will be my last post on the topic promise - just felt the urge to point to the true facts, I am tired of lies and hate, time to put a stop to it… no matter what you think, there will always be hope as long as people like you are in the world, positive will overcome negative i really do believe this.
What you read here is my circumstantial reality, it is not only in South Africa, it is world wide, labels begat labels, castes, religions, race, sex… person by person, step by step, stone by stone if we all throw these labels down and stand on them it will bring light to blanket the world… I believe, I will always believe…
I think it takes great courage to show the truth as it is in your nation currently; not because of possibility of retaliation, but because so many people do not want to hear the truth about life as it is at times; to face the truth is to face up the fact that the problems are serious and need to be resolved; to face the truth is to feel more powerless, because the problems seem overwhelming. Cracking that door open a bit at a time on the truth will hopefully help to bring it to light, and to help those that view it to be stronger in rising against it. My prayers and thoughts are with your country, and for you and your loved ones safety. Hugs, V.
Sadly as you say people run from the truth that befalls them, they hide from it and warp it. For me it is life, I can not lead a fake existence, that for me would entail not living at all… Your words out of my mind again lol. The unrest has not hit Cape Town yet but the people who in the “know” say it won’t be long - I hope that now they have brought in the army it will end quickly. Thanks as always, Hugs
where is word ‘human’?
is it lost among the dread
and the xenophobic hate?
my eyes couldn’t stand
the mere visuals,
let alone if i were there,
being burnt to ashes,
like some cow dung fuel.
is the world a sane place?
is this the reality,
we all need face?
it is not about being
from a country,
we are in times of A village ,
and yet the hate for each other,
seems nothing but raw cruel.
in the world we all exist,
is it right to think of
a creature sitting up
and pulling the strings
of his mortal sketches?
i cannot but be shattered,
at what i saw,even
though i sat in front
of a screen,safely tucked
a thousand miles away.
if i were to think
of the land,where now
people are being burnt,
what comes to me
is just too gruesome.
while this might be
another drop in suffering,
unlike in other places
where it isn’t about races,
here it is about pure hate,
is this what we can all fate?
what can i do?
a thousand miles away?
nothing.i feel ashamed
for this inhuman race.
Vishesh, thanks again for writing this, I do understand re GT - remember that there is strength in numbers, the right kind of people in those numbers and anything for the good is possible, have faith.
Not a word of this reaches the US through the media. Instead, we are treated to ‘news’ about sidewalks being in a shocking state of disrepair. It is pathetic in every sense of the word.
Thanks for sharing the truth as you are seeing it unfold before you.
Makes me think… if we were all 30 years back in the past just how in the dark we would be, myself included - that is a scary thought! Yip, too scary to contemplate now I am going to sing Kung Fu Fighting
If anyone is interested AA’s blog post puts all of this perfectly… Terror in South Africa and the end of a dream…
NPR has been doing a good series of programs on this topic, I’ve listened to several. A young pregnant woman forced to leave her home out of fear that if she were attacked she’d lose her baby stands out in my mind.
I just can’t imagine.
It’s awful.
Glad that the truth is being shown, I guess things like this never do have decency, toddlers, kids, women - no one is sacred, so very sad…
“This mini-war, as the UN is now calling it, is not black vs white or white vs black, it is against foreigners residing in our country from other African countries.”
I thought the BBC was better than that. And, of course, we hear almost nothing about this in the states.
Me to, used to hold them in high regard now, well, they fall in line with the rest of the media ranks as untrustables - mind you all media really is I guess, but this one is a dangerous one for us.