Ponderings of the Man from Mpofana...

If you can artificially create meat to cover a steel covered autonomous skeleton, how is that different from a human being? We know of people that are killing people on on the regular & who are attacking people. If this steel machine with minimal human interaction programmes can do basic work such as delivering boxes & identify what is wrong or right, they are essentially more human than many humans we know of... it's funny. 

We all have a problem of finding our cellular phones at some time hence there are sometimes phone finder apps on smartwatches but can a cellphone be merged with a smartwatch to be one device to eliminate this lost phone problem for good? And considering that you sometimes can't put your hand up to your ear, how would such a device work without an external audio input/output device? Would a Bluetooth neckband or earpods be compulsory when buying such a device because I imagine some would want privacy on their phone calls or music they listen to. Or is it better for the pocket phone to remain & the supplementary smartwatch to be on the wrist? Would a wristphone or wrist smartphone be too distracting? I also think games would be a little difficult to play on a wrist-mounted device so it may be used for simply productivity. We know how CAT phones can be made very durable, could that translate to wristphones? There's also the problem of cellphone radiation, would a 5G wristph...

It's weird to me that everyone in KZN grows up claiming to be Zulu either due to ignorance or association. After reading that the kingship of the former states & kingdoms that originally existed in KZN & northern Eastern Cape has been denied & ignored, I feel it right that the Mbo peoples find their own recognition. These people don't need a much younger Anglo-Dutch state to recognise them in their own land. Mbo people are not Nguni - they consist of the Amazizi , Hlubi , Nhlangwini & Amabhaca . These Mbo tribes were the first so-called Bantu nation to arrive in present-day South Africa & therefore KwaZulu-Natal. They speak the Mbo language which is a Tekela language. The Portuguese who got shipwrecked by Port Natal (Durban) in the 1500s or 1600s reported that the land they were in leading up to Delagoa Bay (Maputo) was called eMbo being accompanied by Hlubi warriors on their journey. I have yet to decipher what Mbo means but I've come across articles i...

Act like a guy, think like a witch... N. B. : The above title is not to spread depravity, a witch thinks of the most vile & evil things to do & so is virtually thinking of the worst case scenario to put individuals under at all turns. Thinking like one is not being one but making sure to put all coming evils in their place. Our elders did marriage best because they were orthodox & lived simple, uncomplicated, tried & tested ways of life. We want to do our own thing, we want "power couples" & "ride or dies" then crash & burn. I know that sometimes it's said guys hide their women because they're ugly or hide their women because they (the guy) are being unfaithful. Unfortunately, infidelity does exist & it's simply up to the guys to keep a woman not vice versa. As a guy, if I have one woman, I'm good... when the relationship has been established, I'm going nowhere. Other guys like to march around doing crazy things, I mus...

I often ask myself "What is a South African?" & despite growing up among diverse groups, I never identified with them & ultimately identified with black people who were like me i. e. listened to kwaito & liked soccer. As I grew older & got exposed to the world more, I identified with black people overseas like R'n'B musicians, rappers & black NBA players that we saw on the media. Who is South African to me remains the black guy on the streets of our townships not rugby playes & Olympic swimmers. This is who the "phenotype" of South Africa is to me, the guys we all know & grew up knowing. I know others identify as South African but they're simply an insignificant minority in my world as a black South African & that is a good thing to me, I feel homogeneous societies work best.

A while back, the Hlubi king, King Langalibalele III claimed he wanted to be recognised on the same level as the Zulu king & recently King Mel'izwe of the Nhlangwini Kingdom wanted to have the southern part of KZN & northern part of the Eastern Cape (south of Thukela River & north of Umzimvubu River) recognised as Nhlangwini territory. The Nhlangwini are said to be the largest ethnic group in southern KZN. What are we failing to understand here?  History : The Hlubi Kingdom, Eswatini, Nhlangwini Kingdom, Amazizi & Mpofana were of the same Embo / Mbo entity. They spoke similar languages & practiced similar customs. They were distinct from the surrounding Zulu (Nguni), Ndebele, Mpondo & recently arriving Sotho tribe in the region. Being older kingdoms, they were never attacked by King Shaka during the infamous Mfecane period of southeast Africa's history. Instead, the Hlubi kings would lend Zulu kings warriors to command in battle & King Dingiswayo o...

As much as there's a bit of evidence supporting the fact that black people are incapable of governing themselves, this doesn't span across all black people or non-white people for that matter. I've heard black people saying that white people govern better than black people. While white-run countries are generally wealthier, I think it's because they aren't destabilised as much as black-led countries & use the correct formula not because they're inherently better leaders due to the colour of their skin. This is evident in white-run Latin American countries who still have large parts of their populations in poverty, they have simply failed to emulate the winning formula. Black-led countries have achieved some success but their successes are limited due to several foreign-imposed hinderances which add up & prevent them from reaching further heights. The stereotype of black-led countries being unable to govern themselves is spread by media when African leade...