Mountain or Hospital: Circumcision is circumcision, period!
Tilo ngwana Rashaka Mokgopo
This is simple; let’s not complicate something made so easy for our interpretation.
Circumcision will always be circumcision whether it was done at a hospital or up in the mountain. At the end of the day, the foreskin is being cut off. So where is the difference there?
Our 4-5s (Daily Sun language. Let me credit them accordingly. Plagiarism is a serious offence, I was told) are being ripped off the foreskins, simple.
In 2005 when I was only 13 years old, I wanted nothing but to go to the mountain. I actually wanted to see myself traditionally circumcised. But my story was different, it wasn’t one of those “you are not a man until you’ve went up to the mountain.”
At the end of the day, being a man has different interpretations. Some would say if you are not from the mountain that renders you less of a man. Others would say unless you get married, take a wife and have children then you are not a man enough. Some think that gays have no rights under the sun to claim their manhood. Others will tell you that if you fail to provide for your family (which includes sexually satisfying your wife); you are not fit enough to be called a man. So what does it mean to be a man? People will die still wanting to prove that they are men enough. You’ll never satisfy all the prerequisite requirements of being a man.
Anyway, back to my story, I just didn’t want to be left out. Almost all the boys I grew up with went to the mountain that year. So why not me, I asked myself? I ran the idea past my mom and even though she did not support it, she found herself pressurized by my consistence to the extent that she had to act.
The problem was that my situation was very complex. There was no way under the sun I was gonna go to the mountain unless if I went by myself without letting anyone know. My father passed away in May that year and only one month later I wanted to go to the mountain which was totally impossible, actually prohibited in my culture.
My mother was still wearing black but me being a naïve little boy I didn’t want to see reason. To cut the story short, I was finally convinced not to go to the mountain and I settled down.
Only six years later when the idea of going to the mountain was my least favourite, I went to a hospital for circumcision. Painless! That’s how I would explain the whole process. Of course they first had to run the HIV test and after I was tested negative, they went ahead with the process. I don’t know whether they could have done the opposite had my result came back positive.
My two eyes were wide awake. I was actually watching them doing everything. What they were doing was not painful to me at all except for few injections at the beginning of the process. But because they took time to finish off, I got tired and bored from everything and at some point I was detached from the whole circumcision process.
When everything was done and sealed, I was back to the normal me. No funny walk and you couldn’t have guessed unless if I told you what had just happened to me. Of course I must admit that I had to battle with the pains every morning when I wake up, that was the only time I had pains.
Going back to my opening lines, take me (from the hospital) and my friend (from the mountain) and let us compare our sticks. We are the same, our glans lay bare without the foreskins and both of us have sixty per cent less chance of contracting HIV or sexually transmitted diseases during sexual intercourse.
What is the difference there? As far as circumcision is concerned, according to me, there’s no difference, we are all the same. Conservatives would argue that going to the mountain is part of preserving their culture. And if you come to think of it, they are actually not wrong and we should accept their decision. The same way liberals would tell you of doing a cost benefit analysis and weighing up the options and the one that appears to carry a lot of advantages would be their first choice.
I mean who would say no to recovering under the comfort of their roofs while watching DSTV and eating popcorns?
A nine month old baby gives birth.
Tilo ngwana Rashaka Mokgopo
Established only nine months ago, Julius Malema’s robust left wing political party, EFF, has given birth to a radical baby in Namibia. The new party is named ‘Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters’ (NEFF) and the party will contest the country’s national elections in December.
As Julius Malema said, “you can arrest me but you will never arrest my ideas.” Now it has emerged that Malema’s ideas of economic freedom in our lifetime have crossed the border to Namibia.
According to Epafras Mukwiilongo who proclaims himself “Commander in Chief” of the new party, the NEFF will be a robust anti-imperialism and anti-capitalism organization and would also oppose homosexuality in Namibia.
Mukwiilongo was quoted in the media as saying one of the reasons that prompted them to form the organization is to pursue the struggle for economic freedom for all the people of Namibia because the government in the country is “busy empowering the Chinese and Indians to destroy local businesspeople.”
Mukwiilongo and his deputy, Kalimbo Iipumbu are said to have been in South African on Tuesday to meet with Malema and other members of the Central Command team of the EFF South Africa.
EFF South Africa is expected to issue a statement soon.
Kenneth Mashaba is back, Dineo and S’busiso better run away.
Tilo ngwana Rashaka Mokgopo
Everyone knows that S’busiso is the man of the match. He owns the boxing ring. He calls the tune and everybody dances to the music. Many have tried to take him down but they have all failed in their pursuits, at the end the untouchable S’busiso always emerges victorious.
BUT all that is soon to be ancient history. Kenneth Mashaba is back in town and the former media tycoon is seeking revenge. But of course S’busiso is not only his prime target, his former trophy wife, Dineo, is also on top of the hit list.
When Dineo (played by seasoned Katlego Danke)and S’busiso framed Kenneth for drug smuggling because the two had their own ulterior motives although the then Mashaba media was the main target, little did Dineo anticipate that one day Kenneth will resurrect, stronger than ever, and come knocking on her door.
From S’busiso (played by award-winning Menzi Ngubane ) and Dineo’s perspective, the timing for Kenneth’s return is all wrong. The two are currently going through a rough patch with Dineo down and out of a job. She’s still recovering from emotional trauma caused by the recent dirty fighting with S’busiso that proved more worthless at the end.
S’busiso, equally, is having a hard time at home. Nothing seems to be going fine at the Dlomo household. Power hungry and opportunist Priska (played by Zikhona Sodlaka) is not helping the situation, in fact she’s adding petrol to raging wildfire.
With little Mngqobi in hospital fighting for his life, S’busiso’s attention is all consumed into finding a solution for his obvious favourite grandson. Family is very important to S’busiso; will he have the energy to deal with Kenneth Mashaba? I guess we’ll have to wait to see how S’busiso deals with Kenneth.
But one fact about Kenneth is that the man is neither a friend nor a relative to Satan, he is the devil himself. Taking Kenneth to hell would be useless. In fact it will only create more anguish for others because when Kenneth gets to hell, he will immediately rise to prominence and TAKE OVER HELL!!!
So my advice to Dineo and S’busiso is simple:
• Little Dinny, don’t hide under the table, Kenneth will find you. Rather, run away while you still can. Alternatively, you can give Ruby a ride to Jo’burg downtown to find the sharpest okapi. Believe me; she’s going to need it.
• S’busiso my boy, please bring Dr Chetty closer to you, she’ll come in handy. Check on a regular basis if you still have enough heart attack pills. And ooh, an important reminder, keep the pill bottle in your pocket, always. You’ll never know when the heart attack is going to strike.
President Zuma for sale with negotiable price.
Tilo ngwana Rashaka Mokgopo
South African state President, Jacob Zuma, who just returned to work from a break after complaining about a pain at the back, is up for sale, at least that’s according to an advert posted on Gumtree, The Star reported today.
The tagline of the advert reads: “President for sale” with “negotiable” underneath. The advert was posted on 19 June 2014 by Average Joe whose Gumtree account has been active since January 2012.
The advert has since been taken off following massive social media circulation that sparked uproar, the newspaper reported.
The content of the advert says “desperately in need of a functioning President. This one costs too much to maintain. Will take what we can get at the moment… Just make an offer.
“Or to swap for smarter/cheaper model. No chancers- only barcode ID holders or Tax payers please,” the advert said.
Presidential spokesperson, Mac Maharaj declined to comment, citing he has not seen the advert therefore would not be in a good position to pass a remark.
Tilo: Read everything you need to know about me.
In more than one occasion, many people have asked me to write about myself, citing ‘we want to know you better.’ Understandable. These people have been reading my articles for almost two years and to some certain extend we have a special bond. They provide readership, I provide content. We are one big family. That’s what Aredifefere is all about.
Only today, Saturday 21 June 2014, I have decided to write exclusively about myself. I decided to name the conversation “reminding myself about myself.”
Full names:
I’m Tilo Enos Mokgopo but in my Identity Document only one name appears, Enos, thus rendering my obvious favourite name Tilo unofficial in terms of the South African law. However, I have decided to use Tilo ngwana Rashaka Mokgopo for my writing profile.
Age:
I’m very proud of my age. I feel like everyone should know how old I am. I was born in 1992 and yes this year I turned 22 and received overwhelming birthday messages.
And where were you born?
I’m from a village called Ga-Mokgopo Ga-Dikgale, approximately 50 minutes drive away from Polokwane. That’s where I grew up and attended my schooling until grade 12 before relocating to Johannesburg for a better education.
Speaking of a village, how was it growing up there?
Wow! Believe me you want to hear about my childhood. It was not one of those glitz and glam moments but I had the best childhood moments. I was such a boy hey. I always ask myself what happened to me, from such a rowdy to this quite person. I miss that life.
I would go hunting with my friends, even though I never owned a dog. On Saturdays when we are not going to school, we would make an appointment to wake up early in the morning. Because my parents had goats at home, my friends and I would sneak into the kraal, milk the goats and run away for hunting.
We would spend the whole day hunting, re thea dinonyana, re kga ditloro, matshidi le dihletlwa. Ge re na le mahlatse, re tla hwetsa mabitsi a mabedi a mararo. After a long day, we would sit down and drink the milk we have in our bottles and thereafter go swimming in one of those dirty, unhygienic dams.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! How nice. Now I know the dam was unhygienic because I’m grown up but back then, ijo! It was nice yong.
Wow! What a childhood you had. It seems like you were naughty when growing up. Did you even take your studies seriously?
I wasn’t really naughty. I was just a boy and like any boy I went with the flow and experienced my childhood to the fullest.
In all of these my studies never suffered. I’m naturally intelligent and believe me it’s for the first time I say such a thing. I was always one of those learners to produce good results and my level of academic intelligence elevated when I proceeded to high school and it didn’t come as a surprise to me that in my Grade 12 my highest mark was Economics (90) and lowest accounting (63). Mind you I attended a school where poor education manifests itself with poor academic resources.
Someone would say you are blowing your own trumpet…
I’m the one who feels the heaviness of this big head. So, when it cooks up the storm, I should be able to manifest the good work it does without any fear of being reprimanded. I’m celebrating my hard work and I’m not going to apologize for that, sorry! Domkops can celebrate their laziness, I’ll equally applaud them.
Then I would not be wrong to conclude that post matric you went further to study something in commerce, perhaps Bcom in economics or in accounting sciences?
Unfortunately I couldn’t even though I wanted to because fate decided against me. Back in high school I did mathematical Literacy as opposed to Mathematics, often referred to as ‘pure maths’ and that label used to piss me off because the implied message was that I was studying diluted maths.
It was like this, if you do science, you inevitable study mathematics and for us who did commercial subjects, straightforward mathematical literacy was for us.
Which was completely undemocratic and without any reasonable doubt our right of freedom of choice was trembled upon. The subject was imposed on us. No one gave us the right to choose between the two subjects. It was fixed, just like that.
Enough with babbling about Maths, how would you define your personality?
I am often mistaken for being shy and sometimes not friendly but my friend Simphiwe Rens knows that’s not true.
What is true then?
The truth is I sometimes tend not to speak a lot around people but not that I’m detached from the conversation. I like being surrounded by people who talk a lot while I do the nodding and listening. But I can be funny when I want to.
Ga ke rate hlakahlakano and that’s one of the reasons I’m so introverted and enjoy being with myself, alone. But as quite as I am, I can cause a scene and throw my diva tantrums.
Moving along swiftly, I would like to delve deeper into your personal life in great details…
Wait! Personal? What it is that you want to know about my personal life? I’ve been playing the cards close to my chest when it comes to my personal life and I’m not going to give away my game now, never. I’ve been very careful not to post on social networks about my private life and believe me I’m not going to start today.
By personal, I’m not only referring to who I’m dating or not. I’m also taking about my family. If they want to open up to the public, they will do so in their own rights. It is not my place to say ‘my mom likes this and that’. I’m sure if she wants people to know important facts about herself she will come out and tell them.
But you are being hypocritical, you wrote about Generations Khethiwe’s divorce, Lerato Moloi’s separation from her husband, Collen Mashawana, Somizi Mhlongo’s gay cat fight, Sonia Sedibe’s marital woes among others. That’s personal don’t you think?
If you open up your private life to the public, surely you are inviting me and other journalists into your space and it immediately ceases to be private. I never proclaimed my private life public, have I?
It seems that I won’t win this game…
Not anytime soon dear.
Let’s rather talk about you in your family.
Let me be selective. I’m the last born in my family but not that I’m spoiled. However, my parents cared enough to make sure that I had everything I needed when growing up. I’m not from a rich family and neither is my family poor. We are just okay and I can choose between porridge, rice and bread.
If given a chance to go back to your childhood, what would you do?
Firstly I will accept the invite, then go back and enjoy all the monies I used to get from my father. That man used to pamper me with a lot of money as if there was no tomorrow.
Let’s talk about your blog, A re di fefere.
That’s my child and every time I think of the blog I feel complete because it reminds me that I can do everything I want to do provided I put my mind into it.
I have a good track record of teaching myself many things and operating this blog is one of those. I didn’t have prior knowledge of running a blog but only a few days after I have opened the blog, I was already a pro.
I opened this blog because I had a mission to fulfill and today I’m accomplishing that mission very well. I’m overwhelmed by the continuous support from my readers. 1 million views in one year is amazing. I’m making an impact and I’m proud of that.
Surely you must have a favourite article. What’s your best article? The one article you like most.
That preconceived idea though. Mmmm, Ijo! That’s a very difficult question to answer because I have quite a few but I’ll tell you the two articles I regret for ever penning them down “Generations S’busiso turns a sangoma” and “Generations Ntombi and Khethiwe go head to head, again!”
And the reason for that is because….?
If you read the articles you’ll understand why.
Lastly, from here where are you going? What are your future plans?
I’m going to continue being me, doing what I do best, making a hullabaloo about manyalo music that I love so dearly.
But on a serious note though, I want to study education. Teaching is close to my heart and I’m sure my dearest companion Mamorobela Nonkie will agree.
Which subject(s) would you like to teach?I would like to teach economics and accounting at a public school in a rural area.
I understand you are from a rural area but the school have to be exclusively public and in a rural area?
Not necessarily, but preferably a school in a rural area. The learners that need to be rescued from the mediocrity, substandard education are in rural area. If we are really committed to the call of bridging the wide gap between the rich and the poor, then we need to educate our fellow brothers and sisters in rural areas. Plus, I’m too rural deep inside. There’s a strong bond between me and rural areas that turns me on.
Thank you Mr. Mokgopo. Wish you all the best with your future endevours.
‘Thabo Rasebotja’ confesses the ‘truth’ about ‘Lerato Sebashe’
Tilo ngwana Rashaka Mokgopo
As I have predicted, whoever is behind the Lerato Sebashe facebook account is starting to get cold feet following the massive public outrage at the facebook account that has nothing good to say about the people of Limpopo.
Just yesterday, Friday 20 June 2014, a person who identified himself as Thabo Mzb’ Rasebotja confessed on the Lerato Sebashe account that he is the brain behind the fake account.
“I apologize to all people of Limpopo for all the things I said. I was only joking and you took things serious. I promise I will never mess with the people of Limpopo again,” he posted a status on facebook.
Joking? Yes he was joking. If you thought ‘Thabo’ was sorry for having offended the people of Limpopo and also causing emotional trauma for some, then you must be lying to yourself.
“Can we put everything behind us and move on?” he asked.
Clearly this guy has deep serious issues. In his world he think it is justified for a person like him to say all the things he has been saying for years and expect people to forgive and forget over just one facebook status that probably cost less than 5c to update.
Do you think such a person is being genuine in his call for the people of Limpopo to forgive him? Of course not! It wasn’t long before he called South Africa a country full of “perverts”.
I apologize to all people of Limpopo for all the things I said. I was only joking and you took things serious. I promise I will never mess with the people of Limpopo again
Forgive me but my big head does not buy this stunt. The guy has to do more than just posting a naked status on facebook to prove that he’s really sorry. How sure are we that it is really Thabo who’s been acting as Lerato all along?
Don’t you think the real person who is behind the facebook account is actually trying to trick people in their quest to find who the real Lerato Sebashe is? Mind you, this is the same person who alleged that the people of Limpopo have infected DJ S’bu with HIV.
In your right mind, do you think the person who’s been posting such things would come out in public and reveal their true identity?
Consider the timing, this Lerato Sebashe account is the topic of the day, emotions are high and anything bad could happen to whoever is behind the account. Clearly now is definitely not the right time to say “I’m sorry.”
I’m sorry but I don’t buy this. The person who is running Lerato Sebashe account is giggling somewhere and probably wants to lie down in peace by shifting the blame to Thabo that we don’t even know exists in this world.
We’ll meet in court, Generations actors tell SABC.
Tilo ngwana Rashaka Mokgopo
Generations actors are at it again and this time the actors of the most watched daily prime time soap opera are going head to head with the SABC.
According to report, some former and current Generations actors are dragging the SABC to court over royalty fees that date as far back as 1993 since the programme was launched on the small screens.
Although the names of the actors participating in the legal battle could not be revealed by the time Move! Went to print, the magazine nonetheless understands that actors such as pregnant Katlego Danke, Zolisa Xaluva, Menzi Ngubane and Sophie Ndaba are among the faction that is seeking legal action against the SABC.
Generations’ powerbroker, Mfundi Vundla, was quoted in the magazine affirming his support to the actors. “Their demands are justified. In fact, this should have been sorted years ago.”
However, contrary to Vundla’s sentiments, SABC’s spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago poured cold water on the actors’ claims saying they have no leg to stand on.
“In fact, we still don’t know what their demands are because the contracts they signed are clear. They say if we repeat and make profit out of it, they will get a cut.
“They chose the battlefields, so we’ll meet them on the battlefields,” Kganyago issued a stern warning.
Generations actors are not new to taking their bosses their court. Last years the programme’s signature faces downed tools over contractual and payment issues among others.
Since then, Mfundi and his publicity team have spent a considerable amount of their times doing damage control as it is believed that the behind the scene drama at Henley studios is spicier than the Noluntu’s “can I make you tea ma?” storyline we watch on television.
However, the recent court action would not interfere with the Generations production timetable as the actors would continue pitching up for work as scheduled.
My truth about “Lerato Sebashe”
Tilo ngwana Rashaka Mokgopo
Who is the real Lerato Sebashe? That’s the question that is on almost everyone’s lips at the moment. Perhaps let me rephrase my question in a slightly different way, who’s been acting as robust anti-Limpopian motto-mouth Lerato Sebashe on Facebook?
Recently many people have charged Tshepo Meech Maake as the brain behind the Lerato Sebashe facebook account. A word of mouth has it that Tshepo and Lerato were once exchanging underwear and after Lerato showed Tshepo a red card, like a love struck teenager driven by vengeance, Tshepo then decided to open a facebook account acting as Lerato, posting derogatory comments in an attempt to tarnish Lerato’s image. But of course the authenticity of such information is yet to be tested.
Some people might have taken advantage of “Lerato Sebashe’s” social media popularity by opening more fake accounts.
The truth is this Lerato character has, for months, been posting derogatory statements about the people of Limpopo, charging them with witchcraft, primitive, ugly, uneducated among others. But Lerato rose to prominence following the unceremonious passing of Metro FM personality, Eddie Zondi.
Like the typical blabbering Lerato, she posted that she does not understand the logic behind the people of Limpopo mourning the passing of radio icon, Eddie Zondie because she knows “Metro FM does not reach Limpopo” and also that when Thobela FM multitalented Joe Mabotja passed away South African gave them the moment to mourn his passing. So, people of Limpopo should not impose!
It was this unfortunate and reckless comment that crowned her the social media darling; with many people getting up at arms calling for her head. Even the former Twitter princess, Nonhle Thema was not this reckless. She knew where to draw the line, at least.
According to me, if there’s such a person in this world called “Lerato Sebashe”, she’s definitely not the one who opened up the facebook account and wherever she is, she’s as surprised as many of us.
I don’t think there is any person with mental capacity who could open up such a facebook account with their authentic personal information, thus putting their lives in danger.
Common sense tells me that the account was actually opened by her arch rival who is out to get back at her. Unless if Lerato Sebashe is immature attention seeking young girl, then I would believe it’s her. You’ll be surprised to find out what attention seekers can do to attract all publicity to them.
If you read between the lines and connect the dots, you’ll come to realize that the undeniable truth is that whoever opened up the account is actually based in Limpopo and the person is moPedi.
It was this unfortunate and reckless comment that crowned her the social media darling; with many people getting up at arms calling for her head. Even the former Twitter princess, Nonhle Thema was not this reckless. She knew where to draw the line, at least.
If you saw the statuses ‘she’ posted in Sepedi, you’ll agree with me. She uses pure, authentic Sepedi. It’s not one of those diluted Sepedi language. Also, the person is well informed about the Limpopo affairs, something that an outsider would not really know about, or misinterpret.
One thing for sure is that this person is digging up his/her own grave by creating more nemesis for himself. If found, they could be charged with identity theft (if established that they are not the real Lerato Sebashe) and also be charged with cyber bullying, among others.
Let me take a front seat, I want to see it all. Lately I’ve realized that the mastermind(s) behind the page are starting to get cold feet and if they give away their game they have been playing close to their chests for some time now, I sense a brewing tug of war coming their way.
“I repeat! Since the Limpopians killed my grandfather by sending a big snake to bite and kill him, then I won’t stop exposing you all. Limpopo la loya, le bolaile koko wame that’s why ke le hloile.”
Malema is misinterpreted by the media.
Tilo ngwana Rashaka Mokgopo
The South African liberal media through their concentrated white monopoly ownership are running anti-EFF machinery, quoting Malema out of a context for the sake of their own agenda setting.
The call by the Economic Freedom Fighters that says all the public representatives should use public services (like sending their children to public schools, use public hospitals etc) is in the best interest of all South Africans especially the poor who, in most of the times, are provided with substandard quality services.
Just think of it, the ANC led government provides services to the masses and the same people don’t use those services, instead they opt for quality services provided by the private sector.
If our public representatives use the public services, this will definitely improve the quality of the services provided to the majority. But if not, how would they know, get a firsthand experience the hardships faced at our public schools and hospitals?
Julius Malema is right to say for now he’s not going to expose his child to mediocrity of the public schools. But here is a man who is willing to take his son to a public school on a condition that the ANC led government improves the quality learning at our public schools.
The pass rates and learning environment at our public schools are extremely appalling. Angie Motshekga and her department care less about our education to the extent that they don’t deliver textbooks in time at our schools.
This debate led by the EFF is unprecedented and could benefit us all. Instead of attacking them for their mutually benefiting suggestion, we should seek to support them.
Imagine if the call was made by pro-capitalist Democratic Alliance? It would have gained the media’s support from the word go. But of course the DA would never make such a call. The white minority they represent are rich and can clearly afford to take their children to private schools while poor black children continuing being the victims of poor public education. This will definitely preserve the status quo of white superiority and black inferiority.
The call by the Economic Freedom Fighters that says all the public representatives should use public services is in the best interest of all South Africans especially the poor
Sometimes it helps to think the matter from a black perspective. Let the ANC improve our public services and then Malema would take his son to a public school and lead by example. At least he’s prepared to.
Rra Mozara tells Culture Spears “la ntlwaela.”
Tilo ngwana Rashaka Mokgopo
Whoever came up with the concept “Rra Mozara and the bag are missing” in E ke ntolo vol 5 did not except Thembeni to publicly retaliate the way he has done.
Ka jeko ke lele sa ga Ragele
Thembeni Ramosethleng, one of the co-founders of Culture Spears and the master mind behind Rra Mozara comedy was left out in the sitcom in Chomie Yame DVD and the only explanation given to his fans was that his character, Rra Mozara, went missing in Gaborone as that was made to be part of the storyline.
Tshumu Tshumu tsoga, na re o robaletseng mo tseleng nna re batla go tshameka
Of course not everyone bought the lame excuse. His fans started enquiring about his whereabouts. But fortunately, now we all know that in fact Thembeni was not consulted about the “Rra Mozara goes missing” storyline or there was simply no consensus as to how the storyline in Thembeni’s absence ought to be executed.
Thembeni has come out with guns blazing, lashing out at his colleagues whilst assuring his fans that he’s still alive and putting their hearts at ease.
Thembeni says people are up at arms questioning his unceremonious absence and most importantly, question the missing part. This, according to him, is a clear indication that he is important to the group.
“La ntlwaela. Ke timetswa ke eng nna?” he issues a bold warning.
Rra Mozara goes further to question his colleagues, “nka timela bjang mo Gaborone. Gaborone o golela mo go nna, ga ke golele mo Gaborone; Gaborone ke ngwaneke.”
Towards the end of the song, Rra mozara assures his fans that he is still around and that everything will be fine. He pleads with his fans to nominate him to lead them in Parliament.
Hey, batho ba ya lela, go supa gore ke bohlokwa.
This song explains a weakening communication between Culture Spears principal members that led to the group’s deteriorating standard. To speculate would be to avoid the real issue that has become crystal clear, Thembeni says he has been left out and his fans are being fed propagandist statement and he’s clearly not pleased.
Thembeni still part of Culture Spears.
Although a word of mouth has it that Thembeni is still part of the award winning Culture Spears, he spends a considerable amount of time promoting his solo album, “Lepara la ga Koko” than performing with his home group.
Ke monate wa dikatara. Dikatara tsena dihlantsha bana le bagolo. Ga ba digopotse ga ba boele morago! Ba ya bina ba thinkgetse. SPLENDID THEMBENI. WELL DONE!!!
For now it is only good that Thembeni remains part of the group. He should not think of leaving the group as remaining part of C.S is pertinent for his blossoming career. Of course his CD sales would not surpass those of Culture Spears, at least in the near future but he’ll definitely make more money on his own.
Kulanche without Thembeni’s voice.
It is not a secret that Thembeni’s voice is dearly missed in Culture Spears vol 5- a mistake that I hope Culture Spears heavyweights won’t never commit again. The only powerful songs in the album are those led by Magdeline, with “Tshumu” and “Ragele” raising above all the other songs.
Deceit, lie, betrayal and backstabbing
What is happening now at Culture Spears leaves a gap for one to reflect back on March 2010 when talented Jelinah packed her bags and took with her the shares, leaving no mark of herself except for her face on the CD sleeves and a reflection of herself on the DVDs.
Advise to Culture Spears.
Kulanche attracts more negative publicity which is not healthy for the group. There are many different factors that play out here. The album is not a hit as compared to its predecessors, some say Kabelo should quit singing (a call that I don’t like to entertain), Thembeni’s absence among others.
All these talking can only be put to rest if a DVD is released that shows a united Culture Spears from Lydia to Thembeni being present. Plus, Culture Spears DVDs are always eye deserving and the choreography and directing are always out of this world. But people’s faces should not be used as ploy to deceive fans. Perhaps my “Thembeni-lydia” suggestion is all wrong.
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