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Prince William and Prince Harry. Nobody cared about how tradition led to their mother's death. Why is Meghan Markle made the scape goat? Meghan Markle is wrongly accused as a woman who wants to set fire to the revered royal family. So-called ‘royal biographers’ know it’s a lie. It was already in ashes because it burnt itself. That’s why Camilla Parker Bowles will be made Queen on 6 May 2023 coronation, when Charles 111 is crowned King of the British Empire. The ashes Meghan Markle found in Buckingham Palace are the result of how British kings behaved over time, before Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer, his sons’ mother. British kings, fondly known as HRH (His Royal Highness) had mistresses. The women could be single or married like Camilla Parker Bowles. Her husband knew, the Queen knew, hangers on known as the ‘royal court’ knew. The Queen herself, became Queen because of that HRH tradition of having such affairs. King Edward V111 had an affair with Wallis Simpson, a marri

Cash flow.    I was thinking of going to the corner store to play the Lotto, to boost my cash flow which is not moving at all, let alone flowing. I panicked when I thought that I might actually win and be forced to hold that monster cheque written $5,000.000.    It is not the size that is daunting.    I can hold that mock cheque designed for photo shoots. What I cannot deal with is the possibility of getting new relatives because of the money. I have a pretty good idea about family members on mama’s and papa’s side because I was a loved child.    I thought mama was funny when she always told me to go to my people, the Msimang family.    She said she had her own, meaning her maiden name. The Lotto windfall might change all that.    I can imagine family members sprouting up like a volcano, claiming to be my cousins twice removed from my father’s or mother’s side.   I  like that.    Twice removed.    If you describe yourself as my relative twice removed.    You are just that.  You were ne

I am Georgian. That’s what Georgians will stress in the Senate Run Off Election between Ralph Warnock and Herschel Walker. Ralph Warnock, born and raised in the state of Georgia. I am Georgian . Preach! I am Georgian . What’s the big deal? It’s because in the eyes of people like Mitch McConnell, being born in the U.S. does not automatically make you an American. Rewind to January 2022 I am an American. African Americans were online with that statement of fact.   The world wondered why. It started 19 January 2022, with Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Minority leader’s response, to a question about their concerns. “Well the concern is misplaced because if you look at the statistics, African-American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.” McConnell  back-tracked and said his comment was not meant to be exclusionary. For many African Americans, it was  no breaking news. They have known that all along. They live it. They don’t belong. Not only that, they are not human be

Photo Credit: Online pic. Incredible parenting moment. Love the sunrays. Are eyes really important if massive beasts like elephants and sharks have small eyes like buttons? They are to humans, the species that is attracted to things, for the sole reason to buy them. I wear glasses so that I can see this screen and read the small print in all these things I buy on credit. I cannot even go online and do a search on pavlova without sites bombarding me with cookies. I cannot question nature but the elephant has big everything: height, ears, feet and tusks. Despite that, it cannot scratch itself. Therefore it relies of little birds that sit on top of it and perk off dirt. It is a barter system because the ticks on its back must be mouth-watering. That barter system or interdependence is nature’s rock. The lion might be the king of the jungle but it works hard for food because other animals have in-built mechanisms of detecting its possible attack. The leopard is equally dangerous but smalle

Qatar is for people who love soccer. Let them enjoy the game without distraction. They are there for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but no director will think about making a movie about it. Soccer movies are too expensive to shoot. Soccer Movies. I bought a novel about soccer from the dollar store, where most books die now. It is about a boy’s dream to make it at home in Argentina and internationally. It can be a money maker for a producer, but chances of it being made into a movie are zero.  Soccer movies don’t exist because of production logistics. The producer needs a soccer stadium, uniforms, spectators cheering from the stands and the weather. The director he hires will need an army of production staff. He also faces scheduling problems, starting will just one game. How do you light the star of the movie shuffling and dribbling the ball with someone at his heels? The camera must capture close-up shots like lifting his leg, and the foot coming in contact with the ball. The goal is the fi

There are microphones every where and they are ‘live’. We can’t breathe without somebody recording it with a cellphone. That is even better because we can see it. There are many hidden mics we don’t know about. A belt may not be a belt. A necklace might not be a necklace. Headphones might not be headphones. That’s why we must learn sign language as a second language, or fourth language for brilliant folks. Speaking more than three languages is a sign of intelligence. Speaking only one is a sign of privilege and power, we carry along to vacation spots. Do you speak English? Why should we learn sign language? Because the world is one microphone where, what we thought we whispered to a friend, was taped. We get a shock when we hear it on the internet. 1.  We should learn sign language to speak with other human beings, something we forget. Deaf people are human beings. 2.  We should learn sign language if we are in contact sports. NBA stars give each other signs on the floor. Baseball has

Parents can now take kids under 12 to the dentist for teeth maintenance, thanks to Bill-C - 31 . The Canadian government will pay dentists.  This new benefit cannot do miracles. It must be accompanied by a dental awareness campaign.  I had my first floss and fillings in Durham in the U.K. because my scholarship included doctors’ and dental fees.  The dentist associated with the university taught me how to floss. I told him it looked like thread mama puts through the eye of the needle. He said flossing was extremely important because of the hidden agenda between teeth. He called me every year for a check-up. The dental awareness campaign will be for parents skeptical about dental care .  Dentists give us free toothbrushes to encourage brushing. Such parents don’t have them because they’ve never visited dentist rooms.  For most parents, affordability is the problem. They do not have money to pay the dentist. They don’t have to worry about that with  Bill-C - 31,  dental benefit. We canno

Three bags? Families fight over what to pack long before they drive to the airport. Are you going to wear all that? And why are you taking the laptop?  All your files are in the ‘smart’ phone which means you can still run your business on vacation.  But then, what’s the point of going in the first place? No Lulu May, you can't Titbits to Mexico. Sleep on mummy's shoulder. Tough call about packing.  I don’t have a problem because I’m an in-frequent flyer for many reasons: airport security frisking me with magnetic baseball bats, confiscation of sharp objects like a small pair of scissors, getting a middle seat, bathroom trips when air hostess is serving drinks, no space in the overhead luggage and my legs in prison for more than five hours.  Oh! No! Now you know that I don’t fly business class. The Frugalista Files , Natalie McNeal’s book reminds me that airlines are not amused about extra bags. That’s why they charge us.   Passengers who pack six pairs of shoes to go with six o

Victoria Falls. Photo Credit: online pic. A waterfall is   impophoma  in Zulu. How do I pronounce it? I-mpo-pho-ma . You say the first part like email, the second like implore without the ‘l’, the second like Poland and the last like mama. Waterfalls are my thing so, I’m off to Brazil and Argentina to check out the Iguazu Falls. You wish!!  O.K. O.K.  That’s too ambitious, broke as I am. I’ll do Niagara Falls instead, which is nearby, but I’ve been there. I can still feel the mist after all these years. I-mpo-pho-ma  comes from the sound it makes,  pho-pho-pho .  Waterfalls break many hearts as they go downtown: caressing rocks, plants and fungi that don’t understand that they cannot stay the night, an hour even a minute.  Waterfalls must go down, down and down, like Mary J. Blige in the song  I’m Goin’ Down . Maletsunyane Waterfall is in Lesotho, that country in the belly of the beast (South Africa).  It’s is a must-see if you are a tourist visiting the beast.  You need good drivers t

Black Panther Wakanda Forever has a scene where the Queen (Angela Bassett) speaks clicks, which are common in Zulu and Xhosa. In fact, Xhosa has more, much more clicks. She did a very good job because you can hear the click, which is also in my name: No nqa ba. Zulu is one of the many languages spoken by sons and daughters of the soil, down south in the continent of Africa. As a Zulu student, clicks should be the finishing line. Start with easy words like thatha , which means take, khala (cry) or vuma (accept). Don't try this table. It's for major leagues. IsiZulu Word English Translation Ngqongqoza Knock, as in knock on the door Gqoka Put on your clothes or dress up Ingqungquthela Big meeting, as in a summit of environmentalists Ingxoxo A conversation Ngo Mgqibelo On Saturday Xova Mix, as in mix flour and other baking ingredients, also means people who want to cause disunity Ixoxo Frog Qubula Lift up, usually something heavy Gxuma Jump, as in kids jumping rope Xebula Peel Ver

To predict is bhu-la  in Zulu. How do I pronounce it? Bhu-la . You say the first part like booze and the second like lass. Georgia. Important date coming up. December 6 is the Senate Run Off Election between Democrat Ralph Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker. There are many polls out there about who will carry the day. The election is about something bigger than the two men and money movers promised something, will do anything to have their way. Bhu-la  comes from how amaZulu lived before Christianity, polls, television and the internet. Traditional societies in Africa, Asia and Australia had soothsayers, people who ‘see’  into the future.    Old movies had women who used round glass objects to ‘see’  the present and future.  Nigerian movie directors love scenes where native doctors throw bones on a grass mat, to predict what will happen.   Once upon a time, ama-Zulu had a powerful king, u-Shaka ka Senzangakhona .  When his brothers killed him to hijack the throne, he told them that

A stubborn fly follows the corpse to the grave, a proverb in both Yoruba and Igbo languages of Nigeria. Example? Donald Trump endorsed Dr. Mehmet Oz, the doctor on the Oprah Winfrey show for his Pennsylvania bid for the U.S. Senate. He lost. In certain jobs, who you know is the deciding factor despite rhetoric that the best candidate gets the job. This goes back to ancient England and the class system. It was all in the family from cradle to the grave. Aristocrats related to the royal family attended the same church; played polo, bridge and rowed; kids went to the same schools; arranged marriages, and were given positions in parliament and government institutions. They never carried plastic folders or brown envelopes with the printed resume, also called C.V. Who you know is also crucial in politics. A lot has been written about Dr. Mehmet Oz. It was assumed Oprah Winfrey will endorse his run for the U.S. Senate. She didn’t. She indirectly endorsed John Fetterman, who won and will repre

The Christmas tree. Cut or from a store box? Either way, it is bad news for the environment. Christmas is good news for places that grow them. There are bank loans and workers to be paid. This is not the only industry that invests year-round resources, for Christmas. We tend to concentrate on gifts and turkeys and forget about the whole sub-industry.   Good old Hollywood has always cashed in, by making films especially for Christmas. Studios also release what they think will be blockbusters at this time. Imagine the shock, when Black Panther, the Marvel film directed by Ryan Coogler became a blockbuster.  It was released in February 2018, because they didn’t think a black film was capable of such success. Whether it is a movie or home tree, growing trees only to cut them for one day, is bad for the environment because trees are the winter coat for the soil. After Christmas, they sit in garbage dumps with champagne and whisky bottles and old television sets, because we got plasma T.V.s

Jonathan Pedneault and Elizabeth May, Green Party co-leaders. Photo Credit: online pic. Elizabeth May is back on the air as the autopilot of the Green Party of Canada. Yes, autopilot although she announced this November, that Jonathan Pedneault is the Party’s co-leader. When he accepted the position, he secretly vowed that he will never step on her toes. The Green Party of Canada should be re-named May’s Green Property, because of how she systematically destroyed Annamie Paul, the last leader. During her short leadership, Paul made changes that were good for the Party, but were going to be detrimental to Elizabeth May, its owner. Jonathan Pedneault understands that. In July, t he Party announced that the new leader will be under continual review by the federal council. Elizabeth May is the Council. Her name is on the lease. Now that she is the co-leader, she will review herself. You might think that is a conflict of interest, but it isn’t. The Green Party of Canada will review Jonathan

Immigrants who have been in Canada and U.S. long enough to vote, might not because of personal reasons. 1.  They did not vote in original countries because of religion, women’s second class status, being born into a ‘inferior’ class, dictatorships or limited education. 2.  They still don’t embrace certain aspects of Canadian and American freedom that initially attracted them. 3.  They came for economic reasons and making money to support religion, institutions and values they left behind, is the priority. 4.  Delusions of superiority over hot dog and hamburger immigrants. That might be true for older immigrants, but immigrant kids born in these countries or who arrived when they were small have many things to lose, if they don’t vote. Immigration is an election issue in north America. Therefore, it makes sense that groups of people affected by which politician wins, should exercise their right to vote. By:: Nonqaba waka Msimang.

Two  year-old tourists put a smile on our faces because they don’t want chains or prison bars. That is why they rush to the door when they see car keys dangling from our hands, when we put on masks, lace up snow boots or grab our handbags. Two year-old kids know the signs of leaving the house, and they want to be part of it. Most of the time, we ignore them even when they cry their eyes out. What is incredible is that they have no problem with parents going to work. They just say ‘bye.’ It is pure genius that they also know when adults are going out for shopping or fun. Then they cry. They don’t want to be left behind. Once upon a time, humans lived in a circle. Yes, they went to hunt, fish and harvest crops, but the rest was done at home. There was no 9-5 as such. In industrialized countries, kids want that down time when parents leave the house for other reasons, not work. They love natural air, not the air conditioner. They stare at people in public places. They love freedom so much

Something required is   funeka   in Zulu. How do I pronounce it? Fu-ne-ka .   You say the first part as in food, the second part as in necking the last part as in  kamala , a Hindi word. Kamala Harris is famous because she is the U.S. Vice President. Yoruba movies like the storyline where someone is required to appear before the king.  We are required to have a driver’s licence before we drive a car.  Married women in certain cultures are required to produce heirs (sons) as soon as possible, otherwise their husbands will take second wives.  We are required to put on clothes before we leave the house, otherwise we will be hauled off to a mental home for walking about in our birthday suits.  There is an urgency when something is required or should be done.  ZULU ENGLISH Funeka. A girl’s name which means it is required.  It all depends on the family circumstances when the child was born.  Something was required. Ku-funeka si-geze. We should bathe. Sergio, ku-funeka u-hambe. Sergio, you mu