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[quote author=lollar j ]I hear body building can make a man's 'package' small is this true ?[/quote]Its true in most cases but some guys are just gifted, the not so gifted ones get into trouble when they start lifting.

I've not done research this is what I've heard from other ladies .

My thoughts exactly But do it anyway

2012 Annual Thabo Mbeki Africa Day Lecture hosted by UNISA and the Thabo Mbeki Institute for Leadership (TMALI) on 24 May.

Thabo Mbeki, the patron of TMALI and former South African President

The type of leaders required by Africa are men and women of reason, who are qualified and capable of holding their own in world affairs, and who can be trusted in their dealings with people and resources.

This is the leadership currently required in Africa to address the continent’s challenges – leaders who give themselves entirely to their nations and to their continent. Without this adequate leadership, progress and development cannot be achieved.

This call for innovative and intellectual leaders in Africa formed part of the dynamic discussions of the 2012 Annual Thabo Mbeki Africa Day Lecture hosted by Unisa and the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI) on 24 May. The discussions covered a range of topics and highlighted Africa’s challenges, possible solutions, the role of Western forces in Africa’s liberation, the importance of partnerships within Africa, and the responsibilities of the youth in ensuring they become the calibre of leaders required.

Reverend Prof Barney Pityana, Rector for the College of the Transfiguration in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, delivered the introductory statement.


The lecture also brought together a high calibre of panellists which included:

• Thabo Mbeki, the patron of TMALI and former South African President,• Joaquim Chissano, former Mozambican President,• Pedro Pires, former Cape Verde President,• Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian President.
The panel discussion was facilitated by Prof Chris Landsburg from the University of Johannesburg. Prof Mandla Makhanya, Unisa Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Dr Brigalia Bam, former Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, and Dumisani Kumalo, South African diplomat, also participated in the programme.

Prof Pityana said there appears to be much distrust and even contempt for South African leaders who are thinkers and intellectuals. “In the immediate aftermath of the Polokwane Revolution, we were almost egged on to despise the educated elite, and have contempt for the intellectuals. It is charged that they are not in touch with reality, that they are not the common man, and they are not to be trusted because they can be too clever. By so doing we have very much institutionalised mediocrity, and made virtue out of dullness, stupidity and madness.

“…There is most likely to be a tendency from leaders who are without intellect to also lack in moral fibre because they fail to understand the limitations of governance, but also that they may be incapable of drawing from their own capabilities to provide the nation with a new, compelling and confident vision of itself and idealism, to be, at times above the fray, and help guide the nation in its most difficult moments.”

He said the concept of intellectual leaders is not new as Africa’s liberation pioneers were intellectual giants of their time. Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta, Algeria’s Ahmed Benbella, Egypt’s Abdul Nasser, Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah, Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Patrice Lumumba, Tanzania’s Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, Angola’s Agostino Neto, Mozambique’s Edouardo Mondlane and many ANC leaders until recently, had a particularly strong intellectual capacity.





The significance of Africa Day, as well as the 49th and 10th anniversaries of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and the African Union (AU) was also commemorated. Mr Pires and Mr Mbeki said even though African countries had achieved independence, Africa was not truly liberated. All of the panelists agreed that in order to achieve liberation, Africa needs to maximally utilise all of its human resources and become producers – of knowledge, technology, and products – instead of consumers.  Mr Obasanjo said: “What Africa needs for our growth and development is born here. We don’t have to look outside.”


Prof Makhanya said Unisa was committed to promoting knowledge systems in all the university’s diversities, including, affirming and ensuring that African endogenous, are central to the core business of the university. “It is our imperative and mandate as an African university not only to contribute to the global knowledge systems, but it is our responsibility to ensure that knowledge systems which derive from African experiences, African thought and innovation, are allowed to flourish. We believe that these knowledge systems are resourceful for the advancement of our peoples, development and promote contextual relevancy whilst at the same time, speaking to the global demands.”


The panellists also agreed that instilling African pride was important. Mr Chissano said: “We have achieved tremendously. When people say Africa is a lost continent, and when I see all these students and professors, I say Africa is not a lost continent, Africa is the continent of the future … We don’t have the confidence that we can do things, that we can build, yes there are shortcomings, there are mistakes, but we have to ensure we bypass these and bring about new things.”

He also said that Africans should not be shy about building democracy within the conditions of their culture; but this must come with the understanding that Africans have to defeat the bad things of their culture, because their culture had also evolved.

ROSSIKE: So how come the white colonizers built next to nothing in their African colonies, while it was left to black govts to build whatever infrastructure we have today, from electricity to roads, schools, hospitals and buildings?




Wrong. Blacks (like you) worship white gods like Jesus and Muhammed, owing to colonialism and invasion.



Blacks ARE getting beyond a lot of things,such as the ABJECT NEGLECT they were subjected to by the white looters of their continent under colonialism. Today, 6 of the world's 10 fastest growing economies are in Africa, not in Europe.



Proof?



So why are white men not jumping off the roofs of skyscrapers since they have no fear?



Whites rise to challenges by attacking and looting other races. Blacks rise to challenges by NOT destroying other peoples' destiny out of selfishness.



White nations harbour more professional 'psychics', seers, palm readers, and ouija board readers than black nations. Palmreaders don't do much ''planning''. The white religion of christianity is a study in magic and 'miracles'.



So how come no region on earth has developed education as rapidly as Africa in the post independence period? Example: Literacy rate of Nigeria after 63 years of British rule: 7% (1959). Literacy rate of Nigeria after 50 years of independence (black rule) 76%. Explain!




More illiterate GARBAGE. Millions upon millions of whites are today DROWNING IN DEBT from credit-funded lifestyles - holidays in Miami, designer clothes, clubbing, big houses and cars they cannot afford etc etc.

Can't be bothered with the rest of the IGNORANT NONSENSE you posted.

Big ups to you Rossike

[quote author=Mynd_44]There is only one quality
she must not be Onila[/quote]*Falls off a Durban palm tree*

Its important to acknowledge the diverse cultures in your country.

Do you ever hear america, the most diverse country in the "new world" saying let's get divided? No instead they always wave they're flag and preach the message of unity.


South Africa’s cultural diversity touches almost every aspect of daily life. From sipping a cup of rooibos tea, a beverage drunk by South Africans of all races; to the ancient Khoisan culture; to negotiating a path from apartheid to democracy and creating one of the world’s most liberal and inclusive constitutions.

That's what I feel is the greatest lesson to be learnt. People can say what they want to say, but we are the ones who work with people of all races side by side and believe it or not I am not a slave in my own country...Those same people you think you know so much about are grooming us to be the future leaders as we have the opportunities compared to our prev. Generations.

What are you doing besides suggesting that black people are capable of nothing but self destruction

Oh yeah everyone wants to be You Geez! I wonder why! WHAT IS AFRICA WITHOUT THE HORN

Oh don't flatter yourself that was meant for a different post .

We africans need to "Get over it" and do what needs to be done to take charge of our future . Blaming white people is getting boring. They did what they did and then what?

The nigerian government needs to preach the message of unity in diversity. After that has been achieved, Nigerians will be able to come together to accomplish anything. Right now nothing is being achieved because of the tribal bashing that takes place in all levels of society.

In SA we say these things about other tribes privately, but we know in public you can get into trouble because the constitution will not allow it and you can be sued big time! Just ask Julius what happened when his assistant called a journalist a white biatch .

27-04-11

We've done exceptionally well in 17 years'

Reminding South Africans of the suffering caused by apartheid laws "that stripped away the dignity of millions of South Africans", Zuma said the country had done "exceptionally well against all odds in just 17 years" in reversing this legacy.

"We have established a solid, sound, stable, functional constitutional democracy" based on a Constitution that "enjoins all of us to heal the divisions of the past and to establish a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights."

The Constitution also enshrined socio-economic rights, Zuma said, including the rights to water, sanitation, electricity, roads, medical care, quality education and economic opportunities.

"We are pleased with the achievements scored thus far in the provision of these basic services, although much more still needs to be done.

"In 1994, only 62% of households had access to clean drinking water – today 93% do. In 1994, only 50% of households had access to decent sanitation – today 77% do. In 1994, only 36% of South Africans had access to electricity – today 84% do."

Service delivery achievements

The majority of South Africans were now provided with free basic services in water and electricity, Zuma said, while by 2010 close to 15-million people, mostly orphans and vulnerable children, pensioners and people with disabilities, were receiving social grants.

At the same time, the government was upgrading informal settlements in municipalities in order to provide security of tenure and access to basic services, and had committed to building 80 000 mixed-income rental housing units in the next five years in order to enable low-income earners to live closer to where they work.

To broaden economic empowerment, the government was encouraging various forms of collective ownership of the economy, such as employee shareholding schemes, co-operatives and public ownership. "There is also increased assistance to small and micro enterprises, in both rural and urban areas."

Zuma said the government continued to expand access to education and to declare no-fee schools for children of the poor, while more than eight-million children benefited from school-feeding schemes, and more than 400 000 children had received a R12 to R15 subsidy for attending a government-registered Early Childhood Development Centre.

At the higher education level, Zuma said, student loans were now being converted into bursaries for qualifying final-year students, while students in further education and training colleges who qualified for financial aid were now exempted from paying fees.

Local government 'needs fixing'

However, much work remained to be done, particularly in improving service delivery at the local level.

"Our research has indicated that we have to do a lot more to improve the way local government works," Zuma said, adding that a number of issues would need to be attended to after the 18 May municipal elections in order to implement the local government turnaround strategy recently adopted by the Cabinet.

"We have to provide more effective and direct support to municipalities in distress, in line with the needs of each municipality," Zuma said. "We have to ensure the appointment of qualified and experienced personnel, the transparency of tender and procurement systems, and also improve the levels of financial management and accountability."

Urging South Africans to come out in numbers to vote in the 18 May elections, Zuma said that all South Africans, "black and white, must continue to work together to deepen the reconciliation and unity of the rainbow nation.

"We must work together to create a more prosperous South Africa, which will be the best place to live in on earth, for all of us.

"Happy 17th Birthday to a free South Africa!"

[quote author=Risky_mallam]Honestly we can never know , but don't you think the world would be such a boring place if everyone reacted to this post the way you did ? Just saying .

The thing you are sitting on is "longer" than mine .. [/quote]By the grace of god we are different!

Do you even consider how a woman who ends up with a poorer partner gets teased by family and society?

pattybf: why should any girl/woman want to suffer all in name of marriage just to be tagged 'real'. From my two years experience in marriage, i can tell u dat love & good charater does not keep a relationship but money does.

Tell them I beg. everyone needs to pull they're own weight in these hard times . Do you even consider how a woman who ends up with a poorer partner gets teased by her entire family?

[quote author=c.fours]This topic is stupid. If you are a rich man, won't you go for the best woman available?
so why blame the woman for trying to go for the best man available to her.
maybe you need to look at yourself and find someone on your level instead of chasing after the flashy girls that are beyond your reach. I'm sure there are more less glamorous women that will agree to marry you if only you give them a chance.

it goes both ways, my brother.
and I agree with the poster who said when a poor man becomes rich, 90% of the time, he dumps the loyal girlfriend or wife for a more flashy one.[/quote].

even brothers want the best brother in laws funny enough... They don't want they're sisters to "suffer" ... That's what they say when a woman goes for what they see as a "looser".

So who's sister deserves to have that looser would you want your own sister to eat love when she's with a very poor stupid somebody?

Thing is some men jump from this to that and take forever to get anywhere so its not fair on us women to be considered "real" cause of waiting for someone to get his act together.

pattybf: why should any girl/woman want to suffer all in name of marriage just to be tagged 'real'. From my two years experience in marriage, i can tell u dat love & good charater does not keep a relationship but money does.

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queensmith: haha- abstain from anything smokable! I don't actually smoke pot but thats besides the point.

I know back home smoking pot is criminal, people assume women that smoke are prostitutes and men that do weed are thugs. I was just wondering if things have changed significantly. Smoking weed is a social activity, not necessarily a criminal one- nothing like having a cigar and drake in the background.

As to the honorable what not- I know many many many many many rich, successful, well respected married adults in Nigeria that smoke weed, obviously not every day but once in a while when opportunity allows. Just like drinking alcohol.

hey guys we don't do it all the time. Like once in 3-4 weeks okay. I understand what you are imagining in your head when you think of people getting high. It sounds like they're literally always high.

Personally I feel I will permanently stop when I do decide to become a parent as its not a good example to your kids ofcourse but for now its the only time I can have my brain take a time out cause my job requires a lot of creativity and you know the life style we live in the big cities can be overwhelming on its own. ,so I need the time out every now and again .
But then again everyone is entitled to they're own opinion and I too like the poster appreciate the different & honest point of views.

deols: Nothing wrong if he wouldnt go beyond the four.

Did anyone miss this part of the gist?

A statement on the president's website said there would be no cost to the government for next weekend's ceremony, nor did the state pay for the maintenance of the four spouses' households


Obviously, many didnt read d link before making their comments smh

Yeah you definitely right

all4naija: Yes but not a slave nation to the whites! So, I would rather be in a failed state than enslave to whites in my own father's land.

Dood you are so wrong. Everyone including non South africans in that country will tell you that "South Africa is alive with possibilities!" . We are going forward and hating on the country is exhausting all your energies that you could be placing towards making a huge difference in your own country.

I'm sure the political arena could do with someone who has as much charisma as you to make the change in your oil rich country.

^^^
Lol! No I didn,t forget that. I really don't expect that from anyone for real.

[quote author=Kevin_II] no wonder your eyes dey shine like torchlight abeg no come my room again. pot smell for my house? lai lai[/quote] oh so you're using this against me already ...

[quote author=Mr..Cork]where? [/quote]Internet dating DOES work for some people, you can meet people in social clubs or church . You can also meet someone in school or at work but that's very tricky cause it has to be very discreet . Women are often shy.

You can also meet someone new through mutual friend, tell them what you are looking for and they might know someone who wants the same things you do.
I know 2 couples that met that way - through mutual friends .

ijebabe: LOL @ Chris Brown!

I love Lil Wayne's look in his music video "Mirror". The images don't do it justice so you'll have to see for yourself. Yum!

Yeah Chris Brown's taken it too far now. He really doesn't look innocent anymore. He's gone for the criminal/thug look yak!