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Shannon Hope: The irrationality of belief… and hope

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I’ve never known Shannon Hope in a meaningful way although I’m sure we have some scars in the same places. In the Durban music scene, most of us were just trying to survive the fact that dreams never built reality. But I was in awe of Ketamine, the band she fronted that got recorded by Smashing Pumpkin’s producer, Bjorn Thorsrud. I was there when he watched them perform in a crummy bar in Umhlanga. The resulting E.P. included ‘In the Shape of a Heart’, a contender for South Africa’s greatest … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!

Do-ism: My personal centrist ideology for a better South Africa

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There’s no perfect system or ism wherein human animals are involved. We deserve the right to enjoy the rewards of our hard work. We’re inhuman if we don’t help the poor. Politics is best when centrist and growing the middle class, thus lessening the poor and containing the callously rich. Fighting corruption is the truth of all ideology, its litmus test. Do-ism, the act of doing something ourselves to make our world a better place. I never knew the word “do-ism” existed until a few minutes after this post… but … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!