Dokte, producer and performer in Cape Town's now disbanded hip-hop crew Kallitz releases his EP - available for free download soon!

Click HERE to DOWNLOAD the full EP - FREE!! (This is Cape Town hip-hop at its finest!)

Dokte, who produced hip hop group Kallitz's award winning debut album 'Die Ding Ruk Mal' in 2004, as well as the second album 'Dukgesuip' in 2006, which featured the Cape Town anthem 'Kaapse Paatie' featuring Carla Diamond and 'Wat Gaan Ons Maak' featuring Steve Hofmeyr, has been relatively quiet recently.

(A few months back, someone on BO asked about the responses to the AIDS pandemic in South Africa and how they compared to the success experienced by Uganda in responding to and dramatically decreasing the spread of AIDS…so this article is a reflection on history but I think it raises some interesting issues about sex, culture and religion in SA even today especially with December 1st around the corner again - Tessie)

As the HIV/AIDS prevalence in South Africa is on the increase it is a disease that is undoubtedly unavoidable by the nation, its communities and the individuals that inhabit its demographic, social and cultural space. Being the country that hosts the most people living with HIV/AIDS, it seems fair to say that all South Africans fall into one of two categories; either those infected with HIV/AIDS or alternately those affected by the disease. One cannot live on the Southern tip of Africa and lay claim be being neither one.

Coloured people, who make up more than half the population of the Western Cape, will express their displeasure at the political situation by staying away from the polls next year, analysts say.

Former ANC activist and now political commentator Rhoda Kadalie said this week that with the fast-changing political landscape, coloured people felt insignificant.
 

(This toe-curlingly BRILLIANT piece of creative writing by Ronald Dyers is nothing short of a  MUST READ! - Ed)

My mense staan voor baie deure wat gesluit is,
Sommige het hulle vir hulself gesluit,
Sommige is deur andere vir hulle gesluit;
Maar ons gaan dit almal saam oopkry, al moet dit hoe is!
Al moet daar pyn is, al moet daar stryd is!

Omdat ek ‘n Kullid is!

I was here before oom Van Riebeeck came,
I was here roaming all these plains.
I was here when uncle Shaka came,
In this land, long before everyone came, I was the flame!

I am a Coloured!

(This INCREDIBLY interesting article by Mario Olckers (aka Oblonski on Bruin-ou.com) holds no punches in painting a clear picture of the dire state of social media in South Africa. Definitely a worthwhile read! - Ed)

I came across a very insightful post over at Experience: The Blog where the author uses Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to tease out some of the reasons for online behaviour, in this case why people join online communities. It is a very good analysis of the motivations behind people’s behaviour and set me thinking about the online social media scene in South Africa and why companies who engage in online social media campaigns may be jumping the gun a bit.