WAY TO GO, AMERICA!

"The role of citizens in [a] Democracy doest not end with [a] vote. America's never been about what can be done for us. It's about what can be done by us together through the hard and frustrating, but necessary work of self-government. That's the principle we were founded on."

PRIME MINISTER TSVANGIARI: INDIGINIZATION LAW SUCKS

Tsvangirai is not pleased with the latest political developments in his country. He is mostly concerned about the economic collapse Zimbabwe went through these past ten years. And the direct investment outlook seems, at least according to his future forcasts, is as dim as a cloudy Zim day.

 

But the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans are said to have won a right to better standards of living. The Indiginization Law has become a palpable reality. The law requires a 51 percent stake set aside for black Zimbabweans from the mining industry. Anglo American Platinum has given up the stake in its Unki Platinum mine. Literally, nationalization of mineral resources has kicked into gear in the land of Mugabe.

 

Saviour Kasukuwere, the minister who championed the policy through parliament, expressed his gratification as follows,

"We are pleased that they [Anglo American] have fully complied with the expectations of our laws. They are way ahead of the others."
 

The Unki mine is reportedly valued at $592 million. Of this value, ten percent will go to the workers, another ten percent to the local community, local investors as a group will get their ten percent, and 21 percent will go to the economic empowerment board.

Has Zimbabwe found the cure to their ailing system of politics and economics?

 

 

 

 

I ENDORSE THE CANDIDACY OF OBAMA, ONLY... 

 



"If he listens to people on both sides of the aisle, and builds the trust of moderates, he can fulfill the hope he inspired four years ago and lead our country toward a better future for my children and yours. And that's why I will be voting for him."

 

With only a few days remaining before America votes (election day is on this coming Tuesday, Nov. 6), such an endorsement could be an all decisive factor in the race for the White House. And coming from a man who is the mayor of America's financial engine, a man who understands that the American Dream equals equal opportunities, and not equal results, Obama ought to retain his grueling job as president.

Bloomberg writes that "when I step into the voting booth, I think about the world I want to leave my two daughters, and the values that are required to guide us there. The two parties' nominees for president offer different versions of where they want to lead America."

On the question of sexual orientation and all that comes with the territory, the mayor of New York City wrote, between the two candidates "one recognizes marriage equality is consistent with America's march of freedom; one does not. I want our president to be on the right side of history." 

When he started out--on his campaign trail for the first term--Obama painted his vision for "the home of the free" in these very words. He needs to come back to his senses and get back on track because Bloomberg is showing sufficient honesty and patriotism toward him. And America and world need sober leaders; leaders who will say to their fellow citizens 'enjoy your rights, for you never lost them in the first place'.  

Michael Rubens Bloomberg is an American businessman, a politician of independent status, an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, a husband, and father of two. His net worth as of 2012 is a reported $25 billion, making him the 10th richest person in the United States.



MY VIRGINITY GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, GONE!

Meet Catarina Migliorini, the Brazilian babe who has sold her virginity online. And the winner is a Japanese man who's only known to us as Natsu. There were 15 bidders in total. And Natsu beat them by forking out $780,000 for his once-in-the-blue-moon prize.

 

Natsu was flown over to Australia, where the act of losing virginity was to be carried out. But the actual location of the event was kept secret. This is because Jason Sisely, the filmmaker whose claim to fame is a project called "Virgins Wanted", is Australian, and he wanted to document the two versions of Miss Migliorini--before and after.

 

Addressing the flak levelled at her decision to partake in the documentary, the twenty-year-old virgin said,

"I saw this as a business. I have the opportunity to travel, to be part of a movie and get a bonus with it. If you only do it once in your life then you are not a prostitute, just like if you take one amazing photograph it does not automatically make you a photographer." 

One more interesting fact is that her folks were in the know.

And we wait to see whether or not she rises to the challenge that got her under the spot light in the first place, i.e. proving decent housing for the poor in her hometown of Catarina in Southern Brazil. 



SUPERSTAR MANDOZA DRESSES UP NKALAKATHA

After more than a decade, kwaito superstar Mandoza has decided to redo his 2010 hit and money spinner NKALAKATHA. The thumping track endeared him to white music lovers in South Africa, and likewise earned him international rave reviews. It still enjoys airplay on a number of radio stations around the country to this day.

 

Strong-beat Nkalakatha's co-creator Gabi Le Roux has said about their latest project,

"We are giving it a 2012 feel and dressing it, you still recognize the baseline and everything but we've sprinkled it with some modern synthesisers and Mandoza re-delivered it with more energy."

Over the last ten years or so, Mandoza's Nkalakatha has been on replay at stadiums, with rugby/soccer/cricket buffs moving to it with gusto, less rhythm. In the process, the kwaito star gained even more fans. Le Roux has also said that "we're planning to take it across the borders, launch ti online, give it a whole new jacket. We even sprinkled it with a little bit of Afrikaans for the rugby lovers."

With the season of end-of year celebrations fast approaching, prepared to be dance-floored by the once popular Nkalakatha, now dressed in Afrikaans.