Fashioning Modern Africanism

By Zeeba Masombuka                                               The views expressed on this article are of the writer, they do not represent the publication. I took a moment to catch up with Idols SA season 17 theatre group performances. Boy oh boy I ended up with mixed views, let's unpack them; I don't know if this [is a] part of the show to crush hopefuls even before they can realise they're top what-what, they're gone. Maybe this is what the show thrives on, but it's not ON. Those contestants sweat short lived like that. NOT CUTE!  I know it's a competition and also a reality show [which means that some things will be exaggerated to revoke a reactio7n]. But for Idols SA the latter seems to be the crux of the show, especially their theatre stages. If that is the case Idols SA must own it. Must own that their show's group stages is a reality hyped up part of the competition. And that would be okay.  The same goes for the judge's meanness. Tjoeeeeee! Yo

Idols SA Top 16 contestant Jerodine Madlala deserves an immediate disqualification from the Top 10 of Idols SAseason 16 because moss moghurl went and got herself pregnant. Don't get me wrong, falling pregnant is not a bad thing. I'm imagining it's a beautiful experience. However, Jerodine entered herself in a singing competition, and that automatically means you can't be wanting to pop babies during and after that time (should one win). Think of it like a beauty pageant, no contestant is allowed to be pregnant during the competition and her reign. Like whose going to give birth to the child? Whose gonna feed, bath and nurture the baby? Sadly men can't do that, which is a real shame if you ask me. While others might argue that nywe-nywe-nywe Jerodine is 28 years old and she can do whatever she wants with her body and vagina. Also that God's timing is best nonsense. The problem with such sentiments (above) is that Idols SA is mainly a youth show target, kids watch

I write this blog post disheartened, saddened at the same time of the current events that seem to emerge in our country, society as well as our households. The events that men are now seemingly on a killing spree, taking lives of harmless defenseless and innocent creatures. I’m talking about our mothers of the future, our sister’s, nieces and cousins to be dying more like dogs at the hands of their loved ones. The horrific phenomenon we’ve nicely clothed as Gender Based Violence and femicide. It’s not GBV, in simple terms, its MURDER!!! With all these deaths occurring, I’ve often wondered as to what could be the real reason(s) why men kill women they claim to (have) love (d) and in all honesty I have not come to any logical explanation except frustration. Men are frustrated and angry about a lot of things, namely their sexuality, their manhood and societal expectations as to what a man should be and do.    However, studies suggest that the recent attacks on women and children are a sig