His holiness the Dalai Lama said we should always wait a moment before reacting. We just need that moment to cool off to get your thoughts together and the anger… Continue reading How does one deal with Anger?
Satyagraha
August Nine and Women’s Position
As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the famous demonstrations in front of the Union buildings in Pretoria staged by 20,000 women of all races and classes establishing the oneness… Continue reading August Nine and Women’s Position
Attacks on Nice and Munich What Next?
Trying to understand the various attacks that have taken place on innocent people in the past month One cannot help but wonder whether there is some form of mania behind… Continue reading Attacks on Nice and Munich What Next?
Prejudice and Violence
I grew up on a farm. We had no electricity and very little money to be able to buy a fridge so we could not keep vegetables in the house… Continue reading Prejudice and Violence
Women’s Day 60 Years Hence
On 9 August, 1956 South Africa saw the staging of a huge peaceful march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria by 20 000 women in opposition to the extension of the… Continue reading Women’s Day 60 Years Hence
Mandela Day Service
This is what Abram Louis Fischer popularly known as Bram Fisher who represented Nelson Mandela and others at the Rivonia Trial and passed on in May 1975, said at his… Continue reading Mandela Day Service
Atrocities in the Middle East
The recent attacks on innocent people in major cities of the Middle East countries has once again raised the notion of religious differences being at the root of brutality. … Continue reading Atrocities in the Middle East
How Important is Might?
My mother used to tell us a story of a lion and a mouse. The lion is big and strong and the mouse is small and soft. One day the… Continue reading How Important is Might?
Democracy and Elections
The dictionary meaning of democracy is the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by… Continue reading Democracy and Elections
Youth Day
South Africa’s Youth Day On 16 June 1976, 40 years ago youth mobilized and demonstrated, initially in Soweto but it spread through out the country. Youth boycotted apartheid education and… Continue reading Youth Day