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dispatches A CONTEST OF THOUGHTS AUGUST 25 2013 GROENEWALD Malema’s brash politics will incite violence in SA NDLETYANA ANC must accept blame for Marikana debacle /14 1 3 I N 1995 Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan organised a Million Man March in Wash- ington, DC. It was a historic mass gathering of African- American men and social activists to “convey to the world a vastly different picture of the black male”. Since then, the US has elected the first black president, Barack Oba- ma. But, as Farrakhan observed recently, “even though we are cele- brating a two-term black president, Obama has not, cannot and will not, solve the problems in the black com- munity”. The state and image of men – black men, in particular – is one of the biggest societal challenges today. It is not an American problem, but a global issue facing the more than 3.3 billion male population. While men lead every nation in the world – but for 12 women heads of state – they are (according to the International Centre for Prison Studies) unfortunately also the first citizens in jail, representing as much as 100 percent of convicts in San Marino, 97.6 percent in South Africa, 95.5 percent in China and 91.3 percent in the US. The US, which has less than 5 percent of the world’s population, has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners at 2.2 million, followed by China (1.6 million), Russia (686 000), Brazil (548 000), India (372 300), Thai- land (273 000), Mexico (242 750), Iran (217 000) and South Africa (153 000). In Africa, South Africa (289 for every 100 000), Swaziland (284), Morocco (220), Botswana (205) and Mauritius (202) top the list of the highest ratio of prisoners to popula- tion. While the US (11.8 million), UK (6.5 million) and Germany (6.5 mil- lion) lead all nations with the most reported crimes, South Africa leads Africa with 2.7 million. Men, in particular black men, are doing time for myriad crimes. As a result, the failings of few have created an image of black men as innate delinquents and unrepen- tant, unemployed and unemploy- able criminals who cannot take care of their responsibilities. On the other hand, there are many instances where the law has been unfairly overzealous with respect to black men – whether in the US and Europe, where they are a minority, or in Africa, where they are a majority. As Virgin mogul Richard Bran- son observed in a recent tweet to his 3.5 million followers, “black people are six times more likely to be stopped and searched, face harsher penalties, yet use drugs less”. These statistics would seem to validate French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s belief that “men are easily governed through their vices than through their virtues”. But while the statistics don’t lie, as Scottish novelist Andrew Lang cautioned, we should not “use statis- tics as a drunken man uses lamp- posts – for support rather than for illumination”. The male brand should not to be tarnished by a delinquent minority and the nouveau riche with fleeting money, which they use to objectify impressionable young girls and des- perate women to enhance their own poor self-image or shortcomings. But the good men have had enough. They have grown what Far- rakhan calls “testicular fortitude” and are mobilising to show that there are more than few good men in society. Thus, as we close the global Women’s Month, we should be inspired by the Brothers For Life National Men’s Rally held yesterday to mobilise men for good – against homophobia, domestic violence, rape, and sexual transmission “in the name of men”. We should not be surprised. While women have given the incomparable gift of life, are bur- dened with the responsibilities of raising the estimated 47 percent of children with absent but living fathers, there is a growing number of exemplary single fathers who, too, are raising their children alone. While the recent spate of illegal circumcision schools have abused culture to commit unpardonable crimes against young boys, this practice remains in many cultures a credible rite of passage and mobili- sation of young men into adulthood (as well as for health, sanitary and sexual reasons). While it is now common for male gangs organised to raid society’s safety and assets, there was a time in history, as in the Battle of Isandl- wana of 1879, when a regiment of about 20 000 male Zulu warriors with spears and shields mobilised to overcome well-trained and armed with modern armoury 1 800 British, to protect their territory. Reminiscent of the Million Man March, the National Men’s Rally, too, seeks to “convey to the world a vastly different picture of the black male” in South Africa. It is a step in the right direction to show that “the choices we make today, will deter- mine whether we see tomorrow”. They are determined, as Mahatma Gandhi advised, to “be change we want to see in the world”. For the millions of young men looking for inspiration in a world blinded by statistics of the failures of black men and in a state of despair because of the quality of education, lack of jobs and opportu- nities, and a variety of lifestyle health challenges, need to know that there are men past, present and future who have, can and will always play a good role in society. They need to know that 50 years ago Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Kenneth Kaunda, Jomo Kenyatta, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Patrice Lumumba, Murtala Ramat Muhammed, Haile Selassie and Abubaker Tafawa Balewa inspired the vision for today’s rising African. They need to know that Chinua Achebe, Eskia Mphahlele, Wole Soyinka, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Zakes Mda, Percy Qoboza and Aggrey Klaaste have shown with their words that have recorded our histo- ry and challenged our suppression, and that the pen is mightier than the sword. They need to know that Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse, the legendary multi-instrumentalist who got his matric at 60, has shown it is never too old to learn, and rewarded the struggle of Professor Thamsanqa Khambule, the late inspirational Soweto mathematics teacher who fought for access and quality educa- tion during the apartheid. They need to know that long before Zakes Bantwini, Khuli Cha- na, Black Coffee or Dr Malinga scorched the dance floor, Hugh Masekela, Sipho Mchunu and adopt- ed Zulu partner, Johnny Clegg, Tse- po Tshola, Ray Phiri, Mbongeni Ngema, Chicco Twala, and before them Kippie Moeketsi, Mathlathini, among others, created the sound of change. They need to know that growing up in a rural town of KwaZulu-Natal didn’t limit Ladysmith Black Mam- bazo’s talent and ability to earn Grammy awards. They need to know that the Man- hattan Brothers of Joe Mogotsi, Ronnie Sehume, Rufus Khoza and Nathan Mdledle put the “click” in Miriam Makeba’s legendary voice in Todd Matshikiza’s King Kong, long before the Big Dudes took Bren- da Fassie Higher and Higher. They need to know that long before Victor Dlamini and Koto Bolofo picked up a camera to ele- gantly capture African beauty, Alf Khumalo, Bob Kgosane and Peter Magubane used their lenses to record our history – and passions. They need to know that Gibson Kente and Todd Matshikiza did not need the backing of Disney or Hollywood, or the magic of Apple’s Final Cut Pro, to shape their stories to influence change and mesmerise all rally audiences at London’s West End with How Long and King Kong. They need to know that before the advent of television in 1976 in South Africa and the multimedia world of Robert Marawa, Thabiso Tema and Thomas Mlambo, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates su- premos Kaizer Motaung and Irvin Khoza will attest that the late Dan Setshedi and Sello Phiri could bring alive the legendary rivalries of yesteryear in boxing and football. They need to know that before Benni McCarthy, Lucas Radebe, Steven Pienaar, Makhaya Ntini and Paul Gogga Adams were recognised as equals on the world stage, Ste- phen Kalamazoo Mokone and Basil Lewis d’Oliveira sacrificed their oppressive citizenship to lay the foundation for black players over- seas. They need to know that our beautiful women, Precious Motsepe, multi-award songstresses Simphi- we Dana and Lira, and media star Bonang Matheba rely on the keen eye and scissors of David Tlale, Sylvester Falata and Thula Sindi to complement their red-soled Christ- ian Louboutins. They need to know that before Velaphi Mzimba took the world by storm, Gerard Sekoto, born in the small town of Botshabelo, Middle- burg, in what’s now known as Mpumalanga, took his black urban art to the Paris of Picasso and Matisse in the 1960s. They need to know that Patrice Motsepe, with an estimated net worth of R26.5 billion, pledging to give half his billions for the good of communities, is an example to the privileged few that money can be a root of all good. They need to know that getting a good education and working hard is the reason Sizwe Nxasana of First Rand and Sim Tshabalala of Stan- dard Bank are leading banks worth a combined market capitalisation of R300bn, Sifiso Dabengwa is leading a business that has enabled more than 200 million people in emerging markets to connect, and Brian Molefe is leading Africa’s largest bulk freight company that enables more than 80 percent of the goods that enter South Africa. They need to know that without the sacrifices of Albert Luthuli, Oliver Tambo, Walter Sisulu, Robert Sobukwe, Steve Biko, Tsietsi Mashinini and Hector Peterson – and the leadership of Nelson Man- dela, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Mot- lanthe, Jacob Zuma – there wouldn’t be the horizon of a better life. They need to know that a contin- gent of black South African men sank with the Mendi on the morn- ing of February 21, 1917, near the Isle of Wight, on the English Chan- nel on their way to France to fight the war on the British side – to save the world. They need to know that actor and Brothers for Life ambassador Patrick Shai’s acknowledgement that he has changed his ways from the days when he used to abuse his wife, because he grew up watching his stepfather brutally beating his mother, shows that everyone can change be a better man. They need to know that, like the disciple Moses and Prophet Muham- mad, Archbishop Emeritus Des- mond Tutu is living proof as in Titus 2:7 that we can “in all respects be a model of good works… integri- ty, dignity”. They need to know that long before free anti-retrovirals that have given hope the devastation of HIV/ Aids can be overcome, 12-year-old Nkosi Johnson had the maturity to remind the world: “We are all human beings. We are normal. We have hands. We have feet. We can walk, we can talk, we have needs just like everyone else – don’t be afraid of us – we are all the same.” Young black men need to know that there are more than just a few good black men who come from all walks of life, who cannot be defined by the failings of a few, but rather inspire others to leave the world a little better than they found it. They need to know that while men make mistakes, they are human and not a mistake in themselves, and many who have faulted like Patrick Shai are capable of transforming for the better. As one of greatest men, Mandela, once said: “The greatest glory in liv- ing lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” These are the men who have inspired 23-year-old Mthatha-born Siyabulela Xuza, educated at St Johns in Joburg and Harvard and MIT, to shine so bright to be the only South African with a planet named after him in honour of his work in developing a record-breaking rocket and creating safer, more energy-effi- cient rocket fuel. As we exit Women’s Month, we must acknowledge that the National Men’s Rally is a good deed by men for men – for our women, because as James Brown once sang: “This is a man’s world, but it wouldn’t be noth- ing… without a woman or a girl.” ■ Ikalafeng is a global African adviser and author on branding and reputation leadership and founder of Brand Africa and Brand Leadership Group. @ThebeIkalafeng. The male brand should not be tarnished by a delinquent minority and the nouveau riche with fleeting money, writes T h e b e I k a l a f e n g A march for the good of men LOUD AND CLEAR: A g r o u p o f m e n b r a n d i s h p l a c a r d s a t t h e n a t i o n a l m e n ’ s r a l l y o n g e n d e r - b a s e d v i o l e n c e i n S o u t h A f r i c a a t t h e J o h a n n e s b u r g S t a d i u m y e s t e r d a y . PICTURE:NICHOLAS THABO T AU “ THE FAILINGS OF THE FEW HAVE CREATED IMAGE OF BLACK MEN AS INNATE DELINQUENT SHIVAMBU These are the gimmicks of a white supremacist party SUNDAY DEBATE Freedom Front v Freedom Fighters /17 MONARE Public servants’ blind partisan loyalty is dangerous /16
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dispatchesA CONTEST OF THOUGHTS
AUGUST 25 2013
GROENEWALDMalema’s brash politics willincite violence in SA
NDLETYANAANC must accept blame for Marikanadebacle/14
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IN 1995 Nation of Islam leaderLouis Farrakhan organised aMillion Man March in Wash-ington, DC. It was a historicmass gathering of African-American men and social
activists to “convey to the world avastly different picture of the blackmale”.
Since then, the US has elected thefirst black president, Barack Oba-ma. But, as Farrakhan observedrecently, “even though we are cele-brating a two-term black president,Obama has not, cannot and will not,solve the problems in the black com-munity”.
The state and image of men –black men, in particular – is one ofthe biggest societal challenges today.It is not an American problem, buta global issue facing the more than3.3 billion male population.
While men lead every nation inthe world – but for 12 women headsof state – they are (according to theInternational Centre for PrisonStudies) unfortunately also the firstcitizens in jail, representing asmuch as 100 percent of convicts inSan Marino, 97.6 percent in SouthAfrica, 95.5 percent in China and91.3 percent in the US.
The US, which has less than 5 percent of the world’s population,has almost a quarter of the world’sprisoners at 2.2 million, followed byChina (1.6 million), Russia (686 000),Brazil (548 000), India (372 300), Thai-land (273 000), Mexico (242 750), Iran (217 000) and South Africa (153 000).
In Africa, South Africa (289 forevery 100 000), Swaziland (284),Morocco (220), Botswana (205) andMauritius (202) top the list of thehighest ratio of prisoners to popula-tion. While the US (11.8 million), UK(6.5 million) and Germany (6.5 mil-lion) lead all nations with the mostreported crimes, South Africa leadsAfrica with 2.7 million.
Men, in particular black men,are doing time for myriad crimes.As a result, the failings of few havecreated an image of black men asinnate delinquents and unrepen-tant, unemployed and unemploy-able criminals who cannot take careof their responsibilities.
On the other hand, there aremany instances where the law hasbeen unfairly overzealous withrespect to black men – whether inthe US and Europe, where they area minority, or in Africa, where theyare a majority.
As Virgin mogul Richard Bran-son observed in a recent tweet to his3.5 million followers, “black peopleare six times more likely to bestopped and searched, face harsherpenalties, yet use drugs less”.
These statistics would seem tovalidate French emperor NapoleonBonaparte’s belief that “men areeasily governed through their vicesthan through their virtues”.
But while the statistics don’t lie,as Scottish novelist Andrew Langcautioned, we should not “use statis-tics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – for support rather than forillumination”.
The male brand should not to betarnished by a delinquent minorityand the nouveau riche with fleetingmoney, which they use to objectifyimpressionable young girls and des-perate women to enhance their ownpoor self-image or shortcomings.
But the good men have hadenough. They have grown what Far-rakhan calls “testicular fortitude”and are mobilising to show thatthere are more than few good men insociety. Thus, as we close the globalWomen’s Month, we should beinspired by the Brothers For LifeNational Men’s Rally held yesterdayto mobilise men for good – againsthomophobia, domestic violence,rape, and sexual transmission “inthe name of men”.
We should not be surprised.While women have given the
incomparable gift of life, are bur-dened with the responsibilities ofraising the estimated 47 percent ofchildren with absent but livingfathers, there is a growing numberof exemplary single fathers who,
too, are raising their children alone. While the recent spate of illegal
circumcision schools have abusedculture to commit unpardonablecrimes against young boys, thispractice remains in many cultures acredible rite of passage and mobili-sation of young men into adulthood(as well as for health, sanitary andsexual reasons).
While it is now common for malegangs organised to raid society’ssafety and assets, there was a timein history, as in the Battle of Isandl-wana of 1879, when a regiment ofabout 20 000 male Zulu warriorswith spears and shields mobilised toovercome well-trained and armedwith modern armoury 1 800 British,to protect their territory.
Reminiscent of the Million ManMarch, the National Men’s Rally,too, seeks to “convey to the world avastly different picture of the blackmale” in South Africa. It is a step in
the right direction to show that “thechoices we make today, will deter-mine whether we see tomorrow”.They are determined, as MahatmaGandhi advised, to “be change wewant to see in the world”.
For the millions of young menlooking for inspiration in a worldblinded by statistics of the failuresof black men and in a state ofdespair because of the quality ofeducation, lack of jobs and opportu-nities, and a variety of lifestylehealth challenges, need to know thatthere are men past, present andfuture who have, can and willalways play a good role in society.
They need to know that 50 yearsago Kwame Nkrumah, JuliusNyerere, Kenneth Kaunda, JomoKenyatta, Leopold Sedar Senghor,Patrice Lumumba, Murtala RamatMuhammed, Haile Selassie andAbubaker Tafawa Balewa inspiredthe vision for today’s rising African.
They need to know that ChinuaAchebe, Eskia Mphahlele, WoleSoyinka, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, ZakesMda, Percy Qoboza and AggreyKlaaste have shown with theirwords that have recorded our histo-ry and challenged our suppression,and that the pen is mightier than thesword.
They need to know that Sipho“Hotstix” Mabuse, the legendarymulti-instrumentalist who got hismatric at 60, has shown it is nevertoo old to learn, and rewarded thestruggle of Professor ThamsanqaKhambule, the late inspirationalSoweto mathematics teacher whofought for access and quality educa-tion during the apartheid.
They need to know that long
before Zakes Bantwini, Khuli Cha-na, Black Coffee or Dr Malingascorched the dance floor, HughMasekela, Sipho Mchunu and adopt-ed Zulu partner, Johnny Clegg, Tse-po Tshola, Ray Phiri, MbongeniNgema, Chicco Twala, and beforethem Kippie Moeketsi, Mathlathini,among others, created the sound ofchange.
They need to know that growingup in a rural town of KwaZulu-Nataldidn’t limit Ladysmith Black Mam-bazo’s talent and ability to earnGrammy awards.
They need to know that the Man-hattan Brothers of Joe Mogotsi,Ronnie Sehume, Rufus Khoza andNathan Mdledle put the “click” inMiriam Makeba’s legendary voicein Todd Matshikiza’s King Kong,long before the Big Dudes took Bren-da Fassie Higher and Higher.
They need to know that longbefore Victor Dlamini and KotoBolofo picked up a camera to ele-gantly capture African beauty, AlfKhumalo, Bob Kgosane and PeterMagubane used their lenses torecord our history – and passions.
They need to know that GibsonKente and Todd Matshikiza did notneed the backing of Disney orHollywood, or the magic of Apple’sFinal Cut Pro, to shape their storiesto influence change and mesmeriseall rally audiences at London’s WestEnd with How Long and King Kong.
They need to know that beforethe advent of television in 1976 inSouth Africa and the multimediaworld of Robert Marawa, ThabisoTema and Thomas Mlambo, KaizerChiefs and Orlando Pirates su-premos Kaizer Motaung and Irvin
Khoza will attest that the late DanSetshedi and Sello Phiri could bringalive the legendary rivalries ofyesteryear in boxing and football.
They need to know that beforeBenni McCarthy, Lucas Radebe,Steven Pienaar, Makhaya Ntini andPaul Gogga Adams were recognisedas equals on the world stage, Ste-phen Kalamazoo Mokone and BasilLewis d’Oliveira sacrificed theiroppressive citizenship to lay thefoundation for black players over-seas. They need to know that ourbeautiful women, Precious Motsepe,multi-award songstresses Simphi-we Dana and Lira, and media starBonang Matheba rely on the keeneye and scissors of David Tlale,Sylvester Falata and Thula Sindi tocomplement their red-soled Christ-ian Louboutins.
They need to know that beforeVelaphi Mzimba took the world bystorm, Gerard Sekoto, born in thesmall town of Botshabelo, Middle-burg, in what’s now known asMpumalanga, took his black urbanart to the Paris of Picasso andMatisse in the 1960s.
They need to know that PatriceMotsepe, with an estimated networth of R26.5 billion, pledging togive half his billions for the good ofcommunities, is an example to theprivileged few that money can be aroot of all good.
They need to know that getting agood education and working hard isthe reason Sizwe Nxasana of FirstRand and Sim Tshabalala of Stan-dard Bank are leading banks wortha combined market capitalisation ofR300bn, Sifiso Dabengwa is leadinga business that has enabled more
than 200 million people in emergingmarkets to connect, and BrianMolefe is leading Africa’s largestbulk freight company that enablesmore than 80 percent of the goodsthat enter South Africa.
They need to know that withoutthe sacrifices of Albert Luthuli,Oliver Tambo, Walter Sisulu, RobertSobukwe, Steve Biko, TsietsiMashinini and Hector Peterson –and the leadership of Nelson Man-dela, Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Mot-lanthe, Jacob Zuma – there wouldn’tbe the horizon of a better life.
They need to know that a contin-gent of black South African mensank with the Mendi on the morn-ing of February 21, 1917, near theIsle of Wight, on the English Chan-nel on their way to France to fightthe war on the British side – to savethe world.
They need to know that actor andBrothers for Life ambassadorPatrick Shai’s acknowledgementthat he has changed his ways fromthe days when he used to abuse hiswife, because he grew up watchinghis stepfather brutally beating hismother, shows that everyone canchange be a better man.
They need to know that, like thedisciple Moses and Prophet Muham-mad, Archbishop Emeritus Des-mond Tutu is living proof as inTitus 2:7 that we can “in all respectsbe a model of good works… integri-ty, dignity”.
They need to know that longbefore free anti-retrovirals that havegiven hope the devastation of HIV/Aids can be overcome, 12-year-oldNkosi Johnson had the maturity toremind the world: “We are all
human beings. We are normal. Wehave hands. We have feet. We canwalk, we can talk, we have needsjust like everyone else – don’t beafraid of us – we are all the same.”
Young black men need to knowthat there are more than just a fewgood black men who come from allwalks of life, who cannot be definedby the failings of a few, but ratherinspire others to leave the world alittle better than they found it. Theyneed to know that while men makemistakes, they are human and not amistake in themselves, and manywho have faulted like Patrick Shaiare capable of transforming for thebetter.
As one of greatest men, Mandela,once said: “The greatest glory in liv-ing lies not in never falling, but inrising every time we fall.”
These are the men who haveinspired 23-year-old Mthatha-bornSiyabulela Xuza, educated at StJohns in Joburg and Harvard andMIT, to shine so bright to be the onlySouth African with a planet namedafter him in honour of his work indeveloping a record-breaking rocketand creating safer, more energy-effi-cient rocket fuel.
As we exit Women’s Month, wemust acknowledge that the NationalMen’s Rally is a good deed by menfor men – for our women, because asJames Brown once sang: “This is aman’s world, but it wouldn’t be noth-ing… without a woman or a girl.”
■ Ikalafeng is a global African
adviser and author on branding and
reputation leadership and founder of
Brand Africa and Brand Leadership
Group. @ThebeIkalafeng.
The male brand should not be tarnished by a delinquentminority and the nouveau riche with fleeting money,writes Thebe Ikalafeng
A march for the good of men
LOUD ANDCLEAR:A group of menbrandish placardsat the nationalmen’s rally ongender-basedviolence in SouthAfrica at theJohannesburgStadium yesterday.
PICTURE:NICHOLAS
THABO TAU
“THE FAILINGS OF THE
FEW HAVE CREATED
IMAGE OF BLACK MEN
AS INNATE DELINQUENT
SHIVAMBUThese are the gimmicks ofa white supremacist party
SUNDAY DEBATE Freedom Front v Freedom Fighters/17 MONAREPublic servants’ blind partisan loyalty isdangerous/16
