FreeSouls: March 2014

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

FreeSouls: My Mother….

FreeSouls: My Mother….: My Mother…. A real precious stone, A real diamond, A graceful role model, Always kind, Then until that one phone call, She is...

My Mother….

My Mother….

A real precious stone,

A real diamond,

A graceful role model,

Always kind,

Then until that one phone call,

She is in a comma.

I wept like she was already gone,

Maybe I didn’t believe that she was in a comma,

At home, friends and family gathered,

As I arrived, she was not there,

Everyone else was there, but she was not there,

Furniture was moved around, she was not there,

My aunts sat in a mattress in the living area,

The “room divider” covered,

The sofas were not there,

Everything has been moved around.

Everyone is looking all sad and puzzled,

But still I’m looking for her, my mother isn’t there,

Everyone is trying to read my face, what am thinking,

What am I going to do next?

I couldn’t careless,

My eyes are looking out for my mother,

She is nowhere to be seen.

Then I asked my sister,

Where is my mother, she couldn’t answer me,

Then I started shouting asking “Where is my mother?”

Screamed and cried the whole house

“Where is my mother?”

“Where is she?”

Everyone is comforting me,

I don’t like what they are doing,

Because they are not answering me,

“Where is my mother?”

“I want her, I want her now!”

“I want my mother!”

“I want her to be here!”

This cannot be happening,

I can’t accept she is not here,

“Leave me alone!”

“I want my mother; I want her to be here now!”

“Where is she?”

As I calm down, I could imagine what she would say

“Now pull yourself together, there is nothing you can do” she would say,

She is gone and that I have to accept,

Now I had to pull myself together and face reality,

My source of strength and purpose for living was gone,

My mother was no more,

I love you Mama,

I love you Mrs Ngubane

Friday, 7 March 2014

I won’t give up…

I won’t give up…

I have heard the elders say this infamous phrase “kuyabekezelwa”

I have seen people “bebekezela”

I have been advised “kuyabekezelwa”

Our parents are the living proof of this infamous phrase “kuyabekezelwa”

Infamous to me and you, the “unattached”

Infamous to you and me, the new generation

It doesn’t apply to me and you,

It’s such a stupid thing to do,

“Where is your self respect?” “Where is your pride?” I would ask

“You deserve better than that” I would advice

“You can’t be allowing this to happen” I would comment

Until loves strikes you, so hard that you don’t even see it coming

You wouldn’t understand the phrase “kuyabekezelwa”

Until you find that one person that every time you think of, your heart beats

It beats so hard it actually scares you

Maybe the famous phrase “Love is blind” is too true

But then why are relationships so hard,

So hard to understand, to maintain, just to be in one!

Do I really have to apply “kuyabekezelwa?”

How and when do I start applying this infamous phrase?

But with you I don’t want to give up,

“Ngizobekezela”

Monday, 3 March 2014

Oscar Pistorius murder trial live streaming

The trial of Oscar Pistorius, accused of murdering his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, starts today. Here is where you can watch it.

The trial of Oscar Pistorius, accused of murdering his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on 14 February last year, starts today (3 March 2014). The trial is attracting a global audience, and will be streamed online.

In South Africa a TV channel dedicated to the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has gone live before the double-amputee Olympian is expected in court.

The 24-hour channel, called “The Oscar Pistorius Trial – A Carte Blanche channel” is on South Africa’s most popular TV network and intends to show live video from the court from Monday.

MultiChoice/DStv is one of the three broadcasters which asked a judge to allow live coverage of the trial and has installed three remote-controlled cameras in the courtroom in Pretoria.

OpenView HD has also launched a channel dedicated to broadcasting the Oscar Pistorius trial live on Monday, 3 March 2014

Trial TV: The State vs Oscar Pistorius, which will run on OpenView HD Channel 119, will offer viewers live court proceedings from 10AM-4PM. Court proceedings will be repeated on the channel throughout the schedule.