Presidency enters Cape school crisis

2012-03-27 08:40

Cape Town - The presidency is trying to help resolve racial conflict in Grabouw, the Cape Times reported on Tuesday.

Planning Commission Minister Trevor Manuel had sent his adviser, Cameron Dugmore, to meet a community task team set up in January.

Residents and parents formed the team to tackle overcrowding at the Umyezo Wama Apile combined school.

Black and coloured residents faced off last week in violent protests over schooling, which left the local school damaged and four people injured.

Elgin Grabouw Civic Association chairperson John Michels said they welcomed the government's intervention. They however found it frustrating that the national government had made the move, rather than provincial government, which he said had the power to address the problem.

Dugmore had met with the task team twice. According to the report, he invited them to a meeting to be attended by trade unions, pupil representatives from the Umyezo and Groenberg high schools, principals from both schools, community development workers and ward councillors.

- SAPA

 

Its been 18 years since we have moved past from the apartheid era and now we are in a new era of democracy, yet there are still racial issues amongst races. Democracy was implemented so that everyone could be treated fairly despite what race they are from. The colour of my skin nor my neighbours shouldnt matter,we as people need to move past all racial issues and also start learning to express our concerns with our mouths not our fists cause that doesnt solve anything instead it creates more problem and gets people injured/killed in the process because of something which could have been prevented by sitting down and trying to find a solution that everyone we be happy about.   

Are we really equal? This is a question we need to ask ourselves and try our best to be honest when we answer it! Lets look at the societies/communities we live in and ask ourselves why we live there and also is it afordable to everyone. The school's we take our children to is it because we want to give them a better education,shouldnt it be like that for all children regardless of where they come from. This makes me want to ask another question about teacher's who teach at the black school's why do they send their children to model C school's instead of the one's they teach at,are we really equal?

FAILURE!! This is one word which is very difficult to accept,once you have failed it seems as though you will never successed yet we seem to forget that it is failure that makes us to be successful. When you have hit rock bottom it seems as though there is no way of getting up and all hope is lost. Take a moment to look at the cause of your failure and try to understand why you have failed,once you have done that you will be able to know the way forward rather then being depressed and doing nothing about. This is certainly not easy but it can be done,let us stop looking at our present situations and how bad they seem instead let us see the bright future we have ahead and also work towards it!  

What does it take for an individual to be happy with what they have? Further more what does it take for an individual to be comfortable in their own skin and also about who they are? Seems so easy yet truth is its not,cause how can one learn to accept that they dont have money to put food on the table yet they have hungry stomaches to feed! How may one be comfortable in their skin and personality when there are things such as being cool or being a nerd. Who has the right to label any individual just because of the way they are,this brings me to differentiating between ugly and beautiful individuals. I dont believe in such things because we are all beautiful in our own way some might say that,thats being ugly and i say you just dont like certain features that i have! Happiness for me begins with love and all the wonderful material things follow simply because material things have a way of disappearing but LOVE is forever there! Ive learnt to be comfortable in my own skin and not to try to fit in even if it means i will be labeled because im not willing to loss myself in order for you to accept me. My name is Samantha Sonwabile Magwashu a beautiful young lady with an awesome long CHIN even if you might copy the way i speak but the important thing is that i wouldnt change myself because this is what sets me apart and also makes me ME! Dear brothers and sisters let us learn to be happy with what we have and also be comfortable with who we are no matter what others might say.