My Politics: The People Of South Africa

This morning i read a piece about the people of Botlokwa in Limpopo; how they got to be located where they are and their lingua franca which is an amalgamation of several african languages. We call it "S'tlokwa". Try this for a bit of a taste of our language: 'Ke tsogile ke e dya boswa ka makgopa ka sthlakene'. In English, this means: 'I had porridge and eggs for breakfast earlier in the kitchen'. Thobela😁

I have many friends who are Zulu speaking and i struggle a lot when i have to teach them simple S'tlokwa phrases. It took Mpatho Mthembu, My Zulu friend, 6 months to correctly pronounce the word "Shishimisa". Also, I have to confess, I'm struggling a lot when it comes to learning Isizulu. With so many friends from KZN, i still can't differentiate the difference between a YEAR and a MONTH in Isizulu, that's how bad i am....

I'm writing this because everyday i find more reasons to love South Africa more than yesterday. I love my country. I am a proud South African. We should be proud of our country before we are even proud to be Sotho or Zulu. Being a Xhosa person should not be a reason why one would say "I'll never visit Venda". That's unSouth African. I want to go to Eastern Cape and be served with the best Umngqusho. When we get there, i want to try with my all to speak IsiXhosa like i was born in Transkei and when we proceed to KZN, Siyakhuluma!!!. That's us. When my Zulu friends arrive in Botlokwa, i want us to eat our Limpopo worms and lets laugh about it. That's us. The people of Mzansi.

There is no way our country can be strong and our economy can grow with an English, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaner, Jewish, or Venda economy. We must begin to acknowledge that our strength lies in our collective wisdom, power, intellectual capital and the pulling together of the country’s resources.

I refuse to be divided!

I know that despite our differences, there is more that brings us together than keeps us apart. I am a peace-loving South African.

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