'Who Messed Up South Africa?' is a series based on Alexander Parker's "50 People Who Stuffed Up South Africa". It offers a general overview of the country's history and gives insight on present-day phenomena in the Ever looked around ekasi and wondered "how did of the country's history and gives insight on present-day phenomena in the sociopolitical landscape. Episode 3 is a deep dive of the cultural foundations of the apartheid legal system and its effects.
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Ever looked around ekasi and wondered "how did Msanzi get here"? Junk status, load shedding, factions, looting - somebody's gotta be held responsible.
'Who Messed Up South Africa?' is a series based on Alexander Parker's "50 People Who Stuffed Up South Africa". It offers a general overview of the country's history and gives insight on present-day phenomena in the Ever looked around ekasi and wondered "how did of the country's history and gives insight on present-day phenomena in the sociopolitical landscape. Episode 3 is a deep dive of the cultural foundations of the apartheid legal system and its effects.
'Who Messed Up South Africa?' is a series based on Alexander Parker's "50 People Who Stuffed Up South Africa". It offers a general overview of the country's history and gives insight on present-day phenomena in the Ever looked around ekasi and wondered "how did of the country's history and gives insight on present-day phenomena in the sociopolitical landscape. Episode 3 is a deep dive of the cultural foundations of the apartheid legal system and its effects.
updated 1 year ago
'Who Messed Up South Africa?' is a series based on Alexander Parker's "50 People Who Stuffed Up South Africa". It offers a general overview of the country's history and gives insight on present-day phenomena in the Ever looked around ekasi and wondered "how did of the country's history and gives insight on present-day phenomena in the sociopolitical landscape. Episode 3 is a deep dive of the cultural foundations of the apartheid legal system and its effects.
With voice contributions from:
@fara16
@ZyllasAthenaeum
@FinntasticMrFox
@squarecymbals
@mp3_prod
Damaged Epiglottis
Queen
Good to read/watch:
Shereka Mosley. Person, Object, and Aesthetic: Black Africans in European Art, 1300-1700. https://edspace.american.edu/blurredlinesblackafricans/
Fashion History Timeline. Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay.
https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1778-martin-dido-elizabeth/
Denzel Nyathi. British Vogue's Reverse Bleaching of Black Models.
https://bubblegumclub.co.za/discourse/in-low-light-and-high-fashion-british-vogues-reverse-bleaching-of-black-models/
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Music: Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos
License code: UUL5XPYSBQNLTVSX
Music I use: Bensound
License code: ODLEBWQ09FXGDVHO
Music by: Bensound
License code: HP69ISP91Y02U6DH
Music: Sycamore Tree
Musician: Philip E Morris
Music: bensound.com/free-music-for-videos
License code: 6N3ZDOC8IZXPP2XI
Music: soft serve
Musician: Rook1e
Music: solitude
Musician: Rook1e
Music: bensound.com/free-music-for-videos
License code: VE02B0IUQU2LCQCY
Royalty Free Music: bensound.com
License code: A7GAME9YCIUPUKNH
KO-FI: ko-fi.com/twme88
🚨Read Andy Kawa's Open Letter to Ramaphosa:
news24.com/news24/opinions/letters/open-letter-to-ramaphosa-lamola-zondo-my-rape-case-is-killing-me-give-me-a-trial-date-20240306
Catch up with old videos:
(Development of the South African state)youtu.be/szDc2_UenYQ?si=Ye6_pBty7cSMFZzj
(TV history part1) youtu.be/4HVfDJ82Ogk?si=sHNNIWWn-LwqJFL6
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Read along:
South Africa poverty statistics -
africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/poverty-decline-south-africa-we-fact-checked-cyril-ramaphosas-anc-claims
The need for voter education - https://www.ewn.co.za/2024/03/05/amends-to-the-electroral-act-proves-voter-education-essential-ahead-of-2024-polls
Study on support for independent candidates - sabcnews.com/sabcnews/study-finds-support-for-independent-candidates-very-low
Low voter turnout -
https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/758143/over-13-million-eligible-voters-in-south-africa-not-registered-for-the-2024-elections/
All about the independents and new system -
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-04-02-the-independents-part-one-no-easy-walk-to-sa-parliament-for-those-who-go-it-alone/
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Melancholy Lull by Vital:
Bensound.com/royalty-free-music
License code: J8CZRXAHLIMDTE3I
Unbreakable Resolve by Lunar Years:
Bensound
License code: SZCQ2XFTMDXC3IA1
Instinct:
bensound.com
License code: EXNVBELLBB11IGLL
Jazz Comedy: bensound.com/free-music-for-videos
License code: NN9BGLMZ4WWNFXPU
Tribute by FUGUE
Musician: Marco Lazovic
URL: icons8.com/music
See You
Musician: @iksonmusic
Music: Sleepless In Gulustan
Musician: Ilya Truhanov
URL: icons8.com/music
TRANSCRIPT
00:01 [Title: Community & Me]
00:02 [Title: a retrospective]
Music: Sleepless in Gulustan
00:07 [Two years ago I published my first video - The Rich Mnisi Skirt Drama.]
00:12 [The video was inspired by my experience of androgyny as someone AFAB within a toxically 'traditional' family/community.]
00:17 [I wanted to talk about gender norms and toxic masculinity; African culture and queerness; fashion history and homophobia.]
00:22 [AFAB]
[acronym for 'assigned female at birth' referring to who may or may not identify as female sometimes or not at all; useful for discourse without relating to womanhood or being female]
00:31 [androgyny]
[the presentation of both male and female characteristics in a person's looks, behaviour and other mannerisms socially related to gender; not immediately apparent as specifically male/female regarding those factors]
00:42 [gender norms]
[social rules prescribing how men and women should act and be according to cultural ideas established early in life]
00:48 [homophobia]
[overall negative attitudes about gay people or those perceived as gay/lesbian/bisexual]
00:52 [toxic masculinity]
[the collection of social attitudes and prescriptions stereotypically ascribed to being a man, which have negative impacts on society in general]
01:01 [queerness]
[characteristics of sexuality or gender identity that do not conform to/ correspond with widely held cultural/social (mostly heterosexual) ideas about gender and sexuality]
01:11 [peace sign by freepik]
[My politics have only ever been about liberation for myself and Others. As a "girl with boyish looks and mannerisms",]
01:16 [limp wristed hand image from the Open
Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School]
[I knew that my fashion choices were not me running away from femininity,]
01:23 [Androgyny as a Symbol of Alchemy from James Donnelly Pinterest via Google]
[my being was not an agenda to "feminise men".]
01:28 [There was, however, a clearly perceiveable right-wing, (white square emoji)-supremacist and mysogynistic agenda to curtail my flexibility and freedom to choose the way I want to present myself.]
01:37 [In the two years since I made that video I've found community with many Others who share in the self-same struggle.]
01:43 [The question I had for those upset about seeing Rich Mnisi in gender non-conforming clothing, in particular, was:]
01:49 [Are you able to be heard, respected and seen in your community?]
01:51 [Do you feel seen, heard, respected and even cherished in your chosen community?]
01:57 [Ukuhlangana Kobuntu]
[isiZulu term coined by Zandile Manzini for 'intersectionality'; literally means the coming together of humanity.]
02:06 [Daily Maverick Opinionista - "Ukuhlangana Kobuntu"]
02:08 ["Intersecting struggles and solidarity in the fight for equality in Africa", By Gibson Ncube]
02:10 ["Learning from collective oppression
Intersectionality refers to how different forms of oppression relate to each other. It highlights the complex ways of experiencing manifold forms of marginalisation."]
[(25 May 2023) Daily Maverick/Gibson Ncube]
02:19 ["What this means, therefore, is that different oppressed people and groups of people can learn from each other’s oppressions".]
02:25 ["Sambulo Ndlovu, a scholar of African studies, explains in this same light that it is important to consider how the humanity of some has been doubted by dominant power. According to him, it therefore becomes important to think of how “patriarchy doubts the humanity of women, ethnic majorities doubt the humanity of others, heterosexuals doubt the humanity of homosexuals, nationals doubt the humanity of foreigners and non-disabled people doubt the humanity of disabled people.”
Even though I speak about shared struggles and oppressions, I am not oblivious to the fact..."]
02:27 [text highlighted]
["...that struggles and oppressions, although shared, are not the same. They cannot be homogenised".]
02:31 [open quotation mark]
02:32 [WHAT]
02:34 [ENDANGERS]
02:35 [UBUNTU ("the humanity/humanness")]
02:36 [OF]
02:37 [JUST]
02:38 [ONE]
02:39 [PERSON]
02:40 [ENDANGERS]
02:41 [UBUNTU]
02:43 [OF]
[EVERY]
02:44 [Sleepless in Gulustan continues..]
[HUMAN]
02:46 [BEING]
02:48 [close quotation mark]
02:52 [Thanks for watching]
[Don't forget to subscribe]
End.
music: Sunrise
Ilya Marfin
URL: icons8.com/music
sources:
potatonewstoday.com/2023/10/05/potato-prices-skyrocket-in-south-africa-amid-supply-and-food-security-concerns
news24.com/news24/tech-and-trends/news/foamo-bliss-claims-its-dishwashing-soap-works-better-than-sunlight-liquid-and-arb-agrees-20230626
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READ
Rosenberg's Review - latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-11-21-ca-14929-story.html
Sinclair's Interview - web.archive.org/web/20151211161936/http://camerainthesun.com/?p=25727
About Dr. Nathaniel Granger - https://www.saybrook.edu/unbound/author/nathanielgranger2/
CLIPS
Young man upset and frustrated receiving a message - Mixkit
Izithakazelo zakwa Cele - youtu.be/c9aiAsUGMnM
The Ghost and the Darkness - youtu.be/vyb55MXi7S0
Spirit of a Zulu - youtu.be/pVpECzOmMgE
Henry Cele Interview - @gildedboy (TikTok)
Shaka Ilembe Premiere Dancers - youtube.com/shorts/hgECGIyxoKU?feature=share
SABC TV 20 Years: the untold story - youtu.be/DzyJgI-qA-s
Harmony Gold Logo History - youtu.be/6L7kWruDp0M
Henry Cele as Shaka - @kadlanga (TikTok)
Nandi's Theme - youtu.be/nZ7Y1fdFwzg
Shaka Zulu (1986) Theme - youtu.be/JDUCYomwwMQ
Maskandi End Song - youtu.be/6TpYTFN1sxA
MUSIC
Music: No room
Musician: Jeff Kaale
Music: King
Musician: Jeff Kaale
Music: Twinkle
Musician: EnjoyMusic
URL: enjoymusic.ai
Music: Let's Celebrate
Musician: Music_Unlimited
URL: pixabay.com/music/letx27s-celebrate-lo-fi-hip-hop-music-121573
Music: Empty Mind
Musician: Lofi_hour
URL: pixabay.com/music/empty-mind-118973
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My Back-a-Buddy Donation Link:
https://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/nomangesi-bonolo-manone-5438489294816418459
Thank you for supporting ❤️
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Subscribe to these channels I love!
tirrrb youtube.com/c/Tirrrb
Finntastic Mr Fox youtube.com/@FinnjaminFox
Hyphenated youtube.com/@HyphenatedUK
The Leftist Cooks youtube.com/@TheLeftistCooks
Armchair Egyptology youtube.com/@ArmchairEgyptology
The Lucid Kitty youtube.com/@TheLucidKitty
Lost Futures youtube.com/@LostFutures1
Chill Goblin youtube.com/@ChillGoblin
The Silver Samaritan youtube.com/channel/UCFpQHLxv8T8_mQjBKAw0XZA
Dainty Funk youtube.com/@DaintyFunk
Colormind youtube.com/@COLORMIND.mp4
GoldFro youtube.com/@goldfro
F The Algorithm youtube.com/@FtheAlgorithm
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'Where did this story that Afrikaans is a white person’s language come from?' - https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2022-11-22-where-did-this-story-that-afrikaans-is-a-white-persons-language-come-from/
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✨some reading ✨
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https://www.gov.za/WomensMonth2022
https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/1956-womens-march-pretoria-9-august
https://www.oxfam.org.za/what-we-do/programmes/womens-rights-and-gender-justice/
hrw.org/news/2021/08/30/killing-doesnt-stop-during-south-africas-womens-month
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2015-03-19-the-dompas-2-0-apartheids-big-comeback-attempt-gets-serious/
statista.com/statistics/1129142/unemployment-rate-by-gender-in-south-africa
https://www.statssa.gov.za/?p=14606
borgenproject.org/period-poverty-in-south-africa
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-03-17-south-africa-has-many-mountains-to-climb-to-achieve-gender-equality-by-2030/
britannica.com/topic/accountability
twitter.com/RethaNtshinga/status/1483096369657262084?t=OzYU7nCOv9G-djVDTWB7Og&s=19
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-01-24-patrick-shai-actor-activist-and-a-natural-on-stage-but-a-man-not-always-at-peace-with-himself/
https://www.timeslive.co.za/amp/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2021-12-06-jub-jub-apologises-for-humiliating-amanda-du-pont-says-the-law-will-deal-with-rape-allegations/
https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/npa-reopens-sexual-assault-case-against-dj-fresh-and-euphonik-who-were-named-by-alleged-victim-on-twitter-fd2acec2-543e-48ab-9350-cfb5489dd413
news24.com/amp/drum/celebs/news/its-fake-news-kwaito-musician-brickz-is-still-in-jail-20220322
google.com/amp/s/www.sowetanlive.co.za/amp/sundayworld/news/2019-03-10-i-cleaned-my-wifes-blood-pitch-black-afro
https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/celebrity-news/local/ntsiki-mazwai-dragged-for-comments-on-sexuality-being-a-gay-man-does-not-qualify-you-to-be-a-woman-b152716c-f105-4391-b302-752ff3e4c24e
https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2022-01-19-somizi-makes-idols-sa-comeback-while-unathi-nkayi-is-shown-the-door/
researchgate.net/publication/311426824_Revictimisation_of_rape_victims_by_the_South_African_Police_Service
http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1021-14972019000100011
google.com/amp/s/mg.co.za/article/2016-11-23-policing-communities-how-the-saps-is-failing-to-uphold-lgbti-rights/%3famp
rvcseattle.org/2019/05/21/we-support-survivors-our-organization-is-trying-really-hard-we-support-survivors-but-are-we-ready-to-be-accountable
ryanacho.medium.com/accountability-is-about-connection-and-vulnerability-e91b711ae7f6
oicd.net/weaponized-identities
'Who Messed Up South Africa?' is a series based on Alexander Parker's "50 People Who Stuffed Up South Africa". It offers a general overview of the country's history and gives insight on present-day phenomena in the Ever looked around ekasi and wondered "how did of the country's history and gives insight on present-day phenomena in the sociopolitical landscape. Episode 2 discusses the roots of apartheid.
'Who Messed Up South Africa?' is a series based on Alexander Parker's "50 People Who Stuffed Up South Africa". It offers a general overview of the country's history and gives insight on present-day phenomena in the sociopolitical landscape. Episode 1 focuses on the colonial days.
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