I woke up quite excited today, and of late... I have a vision for my home, my community. This is it, this is what I have been figuring out for a while but now I think I am able to start putting pen to paper, and then words to action. There is a lot that I would like to do and see happen for my community back on Pretoria. I started Tshegetso Community Projects for that reason. I am tired of handouts and outsourcing of many NGOs that attempt to better my community.. I have been struggling with that a lot, because there is no sense of sustenance a real long-term gain for people in the community...  Tshegetso is meant to be a youth development structure that aims to look at what is lacking or needed within the community and identify local skills to deal with it, and at the same time revitalising the spirit of our community.Also aims to form a network of community based organisations and projects, as well as local business and government  to create a well-oiled community oriented machine of creativity and development. The past few years has seen me go out and learn of what is out there, what people are doing and what community engagement looks like. I hope that with this continued journey I am able to use what I have picked up to create what I envision with other people back home for my home.

Im not going to get into specifics until I get something solid and tangible, but sho! the future is looking mighty bright :). Its a scary undertaking, but as they say if your dreams scare you then you are moving the right direction, or something like that...

Things are getting a little bit more serious, and I hope that there will be others joining in on the ride...

In the long silence I have been out in the world learning about my own world. I vowed together with two of my closest friends that this year would be the year of knowledge. Knowledge of self, and of others. Learning and then sharing...
With so much going on in South Africa of late, I felt that I needed to take a step back, so that I can look at the situation we are facing at a different perspective. Too much anger, too much hostility on the ground. So I did what any sensible person would do I bought a few books... decided to educate myself on my beloved (South) Africa...

In the words of Neil DeGrasse Tyson, I would like to... "know more today about the world than I knew yesterday, and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you"...