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The best time to plant a seed and grow a tree was 20 years ago; the second best time is now.

WORDS UNLIMITED Vol 1: Knock, Knock, Knocking on Library doors

Library entrance… 2pm Friday afternoon, gates opened; car wash near the entrance; guys playing football at the parking lot- Doors closed!

Does this picture make sense to you?

I was very concerning for me to discover that our library is closed due to a ceiling that collapsed weeks ago.  Such an important support structure for the youth, shut down and now being used inappropriately while matric exams edge closer and closer.

When I was still in high school, the library was a hotspot for us guys to go pick up beautiful ladies in our age group… ladies those days understood the importance of education, even for us guys- most importantly the library was an information hub where we could all go find refuge when preparing for our matric exams.  We would meet and share study tips, share study guides and share jokes.  These days our library has turned into a place where idle minds go and engage in drug related activities.

Who are we going to point fingers at when our matrics results continue on their downward slope? Are we going to point fingers at the government or the municipality? 

We should point fingers at ourselves.  We saw the problem and did nothing to solve it… Duduza doesn’t belong to the ANC, the DA, COPE or AZAPO.  I t belongs to everyone who lives in Duduza and everyone else who has his/her history rooted inside the heart and soul of our home… Duduza.

Let’s open our eyes and see passed the mistakes and seek solutions… Let’s look passed the closed doors at our library and try finding a key that would open many doors for our youth… funny thing: the key is in our hands.

Words Unlimited. Vol 1

Kev

Anyone who knows who we can talk to about us fixing the collapsed ceiling, please email me his contact details.  nigelduduza31@gmail.com

DAILY BREAD

We live in a place full of so many opportunities- some look at it with a different eye, an eye of self-pity… where there are scarce resources lies great opportunities.  On our daily bread this week: “Blessings ignored become a curse”- P.Coelho.

dream weaver

At a rapid pace our community is employing more and more aspiring youth faces at the corner store- watching the days go by and no plans to find real work... the only hope of economic upliftment smoked down with every drag of a splif, a joint and a casual smoke.

These young minds with dreams have lost hope and whats more depressing- the very parents that raised them have also given up on them.  It is the sad reality at the palce we live in- lack of opportunities, lack of information on opportunities and lack of self awareness.

We pride ourselves with this badge of ours: Duduza, we try to exhibit our riches to the outside world while some are ashamed to even mention their true hometown- adopting places like Tsakane, Kwa-thema, mainly because everyone knows of these "on-the-map" places from the east.  Here's my challenge to you:

We live in an undeveloped place where unemployment is not our neighbour but part of our household- I challenge each and every one of us to create at least one job opportunity for the guy next door.  It doesn't have to be- a managers position nor do have to do all the work for him... all you can do is just share the bit of information that you have, to him it may be just what he was waiting to here.

Let's weave a dream for this community of ours- lets pull our resources together and give this dream life.

nigelduduza31@gmail.com for any ideas- ke new york.