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General Discussion / Re: Hip-Hop Uganda

« on: May 20, 2010, 10:19:55 AM »

Cool, Now i just have to check all the links and check out whose music im gonna buy when im up there in July!!!

Is that where you are from?

what do you wanna say Threadz?

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General Discussion / Re: Hip-Hop Uganda

« on: May 19, 2010, 01:59:12 PM »

Cool, Now i just have to check all the links and check out whose music im gonna buy when im up there in July!!!

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General Discussion / Re: Victims No More

« on: May 14, 2010, 12:18:15 PM »

As for me speaking of "some changes" and hence implying that Im not for a complete overhaul of capitalism. The Answer to that (also to Ezekiel) is that though capitalism is known for the biggest inequalities, the other extreme, communism is not really famous for effeciency and success so Im for a solution in between the two which in all honestly Im still to really look into.

Broer, it doesn't matter what i call it, all i want is a situation where instead of people selling their labour for survival, they add value to their lives by producing goods that are gonna benefit them, a system where i dont invest time, energy, effort and money in my children to be efficient slaves, whilst making someone else rich. A system where people in my community grow food to feed everyone, where no one goes to bed hungry. a situation where education is for everyone and acquiring a university degree doesn't mean that you can sell your labour at a higher price than someone who doesn't. I want all the factories in my hood to be re-opened and produce furniture, clothes etc for everyone...not only for those who can afford. Sound too simplistic huh?

This is a long-term goal but at the moment we need to identify what we have. Trade unions would play a big role in this. And here im not talking about trade union leadership but the workers themselves, they are biggest working cla** organization we have at the moment. they are big in terms of numbers and resources.Trade unions have research institutes that have produced lots of material on alternatives to capitalism/globalisation.
So we need to get trade unions to stop seeing members in a narrow perspective. Workers are part of the community, so instead of those garbage-tossing SAMWU members demanding higher wages, they should for example make demands for speedy service delivery and teacher's union for example would demand free quality education for all. They could do all of this by running small community based campaigns like all the schools should have functioning school libraries.

Can you imagine the kind of support they would get from the communities!!! So they should do away with only workplace demands and make it about the community. This is how we fought apartheid, we saw it as a system that affects us in all areas of our lives, both at work and in our community. 

i consider myself middle cla** and according to my neighborhood standards my family is middle cla**, my father saved enough money from his salary to at least pay university registration fee, which was about 15K at the time, (2000). but i know a lot of people and family members (cousins from both side of the family) who deserved more than me to go to varsity, but because they were not as privileged as i was, never got the chance.  i also know a lot of kids who went to the former model C schools because they could afford to pay about 10K a year.

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General Discussion / Re: Victims No More

« on: May 13, 2010, 05:31:30 PM »

So, basically you guys are talking about reforming a system that has proven itself time and again that its not viable, no matter what you do whether you replace white middle cla** with the black middle cla** or give more opportunities to blacks, you still gonna get the same results. You gonna have a majority of people, doesn't matter what colour they are, living in abject poverty.  Call it rhetoric or whatever, but it is the basic truth!!!!

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General Discussion / Re: Victims No More

« on: May 13, 2010, 01:57:35 PM »

@ Panic and Sosiba, History has taught us that change only  happens when people, those who are deeply affected by the situation take it upon themselves and change the status quo.  A small example of this is how TAC, with mostly HIV + members took up the issue of ARVs with the government and they won. So, up until the working cla** especially those who are involved in service delivery strikes realise that the root problem of lack of service delivery is not just corrupt councillors or incompetent town/city managers ( as most so called opposing parties do ) BUT its the economic policies that this government has adopted.

On the issue of race vs cla**, i firmly believe that up until we get rid of the system of capitalism we will never ever get rid of racism. this is a system that thrives on inequalities i.e race, gender, cla** etc.  institutional racism/racism, patriachy and cla** inequalities are all entreched in capitalism.

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General Discussion / Re: Victims No More

« on: May 12, 2010, 04:41:27 PM »

as much as it is about race but we need to realise that cla**ism is the real mutherf***er. what happened in 94 is that we changed the jockey but the horse is still heading in the same direction. we simply replaced the white jockey with a black one and therefore made it to look legitimate and more acceptable.  The sooner we all realise that the better!!!

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General Discussion / Re: Victims No More

« on: May 12, 2010, 10:52:35 AM »

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Humour / Jokes / Re: its time this poll got made

« on: May 11, 2010, 12:34:32 PM »

 here is another beauty!!!! Nyambs ETHERING  Child!!! krk krkr krkrkkr

http://www.africasgateway.com/forums/index.php/topic,22906.msg141735.html#msg141735

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Hot Traxxx / Re: Obese Bananaz - Urban Music for the Decent Listener

« on: April 30, 2010, 09:18:41 AM »

kudala wabalapha mntakwethu, bekumele uba uyayazi ukuba u megaupload akabasebenzeli abantu abaninzi apha. zama u mediafire!!!

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General Discussion / Re: In a perfect n realistic world

« on: April 26, 2010, 01:55:18 PM »

things ive learned in this thread one Im poor as a mahf***a and two mad is dumb enough to kiss a hooker in the mouth and enjoys the taste of stale penis

Same here.

I can't believe the salaries some AGians get.

Most of it Bull Shit though...Nothin but online ballers.SMH

yeah especially that New Jack fellow...uthetha ulwimi etywaleni!!!

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General Discussion / Re: In a perfect n realistic world

« on: April 23, 2010, 10:30:02 AM »

What I have just witnessed from this thread dismisses my Nigga With Timbs theory. http://www.africasgateway.com/forums/index.php/topic,29455.msg239711/topicseen.html#new

you niggas are getting paid! lol


but on the real though in this day and age R30k a month aint shit.

30k net?

i dunno bout Net ....but anything less than 500K pa is kids play...what grown man get paid that shit and takes it..i'd spit in your face!

jesus. ive never been paid anything close to that much for any job ive ever pulled myself out of bed for. wouldnt know what to do with half of it!

THIS  * he shakes his head while looking at his performance appraisal forms*

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Politics / Re: Factors and agency leading to curriculum renewal: a basic review of the hist

« on: April 20, 2010, 04:05:29 PM »

sup Solarman? are you still at UFH? is it true that Mad was academically excluded??!!!

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General Discussion / Re: yo SONG of the DAY 2010...........................!

« on: April 20, 2010, 09:09:48 AM »

Modern Day Future- Diabolic feat Deadly Hunta...straight fiya!!!!!!

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General Discussion / Re: Stupid things you have done/said for/to a broad?

« on: April 20, 2010, 09:07:51 AM »

she made me buy those kick n boboza shoes!!!

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General Discussion / Re: yo SONG of the DAY 2010...........................!

« on: April 16, 2010, 11:37:31 AM »

The skill is six feet- 6 feet and SOS.