IS OUR LAND IN CRISIS?

IS OUR LAND IN CRISIS?

Is our Land in Crisis?

Die Coat of Arms se wie se land die is.

But, with the land in the hand, of the man with rand, sal ons ooit “Land” kan sien?
Ons voor ouers was eerste hier gewees, die plek, hier onder by die Afrika tip was altyd ons “Joint” gewees.

With a novel shared directive and a striking charm upon the vastness of this land.

With the reckless and careless extraction of our mineral wealth, and we as a nation relegated to the margins and sides as mere on-lookers, what are the implications of our economic trajectory?

Elke dag stuur hulle iron ore, diamante, goud en platinum na die uit hoeke van die aarde, ma ons, ja ons sien en kry niks nie.

You continue to steal our assets.  

Nou is daar ewe skielik vyf Khoi en San groepe. Maar hoe het ons dan vyf geword?
Verstaan julle nie dat solank hulle julle vyf groepe maak, sal ons nooit n regte deal kan “Cut” nie.

This rift and rule bring divide and bull.


Where do we stand as the first people of the southern slope of this exquisite continent?

Ou Mandela en die current government weet almal wat die waarheid is, ma niemand breek n tak nie, even though our origin is clear for all to see, we are still made coloureds.
Technically, we are black, Practically we’re not.

Tjy sien, coloureds hettie grond nie, hulle het nie taal nie, so het hulle ook nie kultuur nie.
Wa staan ons die eerste nasie van die “Dla?”

Ons ancestors, onse bloed was ook coconspirator in die freedom fighting van die land.

Ons ancestors was die eerste resistence army gewees, dis waar ja!

Nou kom ek se gou, dat on the 4^th & 22^nd November 1497 het die Khoikhoi by daai plek wat nou St.Helena Bay & Mossel Bay is, oorlog gevoer met die Portuguese Vasco Da Gama because hulle wou fresh water without asking the Chief’s permission vat, Da Gama was wounded in the thigh with a spear.

Ons groot leier, Khoikhoi Chief Autshumayo fought the first battles of the illegal land seizure by Capitalist Globalization DEIC (Dutch East India Company) agent Jan Van Riebeeck in 1659.

Is our Land in Crisis?

 …by Anhtony Phillip Williams

On the Eve of the Re-opening of the Land Claims in South Africa     6^th September 2013 – 19H58pm

Wanneer.......deur Anthony Phillip Williams .... Johannesburg

Wanneer sal ons son dan skyn?

Wanneer sal ons pyn dan kwyn?

Wanneer sal ons geld verskyn?

Wanneer sal ons kind kan speel?

Wanneer kom ons grond dan deur?

Wanneer kom ons taal dan weer?

Wanneer sal swart bemagtiging ons pad kom?

Wanneer sal die bank ons n persentasie gee in n groot 'Deal'?

Wanneer sal die toeriste na ons 'township' kom?

Wanneer, ja wanneer sal ons kleur ons help?

Wanneer sal my kroes kop my red?

Wanneer sal my ouma in Soweto my roep?

Wanneer sal my oupa in Engeland my weer Colanise?

Wanneer sal ons San en Khoi ouers weer skiet?

Wanneer gaan die duiwel ons los?

Wanneer sal ons ekonomies vry kan wees?

Wanneer gaan die meneer ons leer?

Wanneer staan ons op ons kop?

Wanneer staan ons weer op?

Wanneer kom oom Basie en aunt Amie my soek?

Wanneer kom oupa Doenkie en oupa Dan my haal?

Wanneer kom Zombie uit haar elende uit?

Wanneer kom die 'Kaas' en Bulte weer uit?

Wanneer kom Ignatius en Jesse terug?

Wanneer steek die Comrades uit?

Wanneer steek die UDF weer uit?

Wanneer sal ons die Freedom Charter kan 'Trust'?

Wanneer praat ou Boesak weer?

Wanneer swem ou Hendriks weer?

Wanneer breek ou Khoisan X deur?

Wanneer spy Patricia weer?

Wanneer kom die Klopse weer?

Wanneer sing die Ghoema weer?

Wanneer kom ons Culture weer?

Wanneer, wanneer, wanneer?

26 February 2007

While at school Anthony P Williams hated reading. It’s when Anthony discovered Reading that his Destiny is Shaped. He is currently the Managing Executive of WILLIAMS PLAATJIES MEDIA (WPM). The company released a Small Business Publication called SMME XCLUSIVE MAGAZINE, focusing on Small Business. He is the Editor of this magazine. He is pioneered two radio show called The Business Beat and Faith Talk on a Community Radio Station called www.eldosfm.co.za on 87.6 FM. Anthony P. Williams is ook Provinsiale voorsitter van Gauteng Khoi and San Council (GKSC). 

We are not Black

We shouted “Viva”; we marched to the Union Buildings,

Our language is irrelevant

Our colour, it’s just not right,

Our surnames are wrong

And we are not Black

We were led to believe

That together we shall govern

Instead they use us for window dressing

It is clear, evident

We are not Black

We come from a history,

We view the comrades as ‘Paragons’

We expected an all-inclusive metamorphosis

We thought society would change into a new creation,

We would fit in’

We were fooled-misled,

We are not Black

Instead we are pushed around,

We are labelled as ‘Coloreds’

We are made to believe that we are beneficiaries of the past regime,

But who are we really?

Tossed between identities and sides

Indoctrinated by the Verwoerd’s,

And now betrayed by our “Comrades”

The writing is on the wall,

We are not Black

 Oh how carnal could men be!

 But…

Take courage, oh children of the soil of Africa,

Take courage original inhabitants of the Southern tip of Africa,

Take courage my beloved children of Harry die Strand Loper, Sara Baartman, Boesman, Khoi, San, Griqua, Malay, Hottentots’……..

We will inherit our land,

Although we’re not “Black”. 

We are not Black is a Poem that attempts to get the “Bruin-Mense” talking. We do not expect the Government to do any thing until we function as a Collective and Speak with one Voice and Respect our Pioneers…. 

Anthony Williams

7 February 2002

South of Johannesburg

South Africa

Time: 10h00 - 10h55

To my wife (Theoline), Bruin-Mense (Bruin-Africans) across the world.

May we come to our senses and never again be in humane again. We (Bruin-Mense) want to forget the pass but we should not. It is critical be a collective, that’s how we’ll transform our society, country and the world. Africa needs every African to transform it.