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                    <description>What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe?</description> 
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                    <title>International Human Rights Exchange 2005-EXPLOSIVE!!</title> 
                    <link>http://Ntombenhle.tigblog.org/post/29916</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[I was recently selcted to represent UCT at the International Human Rights Exchange held in Cape Town. It drew together citizens of the West with those of us said to be in South. Under very cramped conditions, where we couldn't easily escape our prejudices and fears, we engaged around issues of human rights, democracy, developement and most notably 'race'. Needless to say things became very  heated, sometimes to the point of losing bonds that had been established. Me being the controvercial, blatant speaker that I am, commented that the main problem with the race issue in the group was mostly between black Americans and white people. It became quickly apparant that this forum was the first opportunity black Americans had to engage directly around issues of 'race'with white people, which sometimes became emotional. What I learnt most about the whole experience, a month long exchange from June to July 2005, was that we really do occupy different spaces and points in history. "race' is not really talked about in America and things are very far from what I imagined. I appreciated the fact that in South Africa we can speak very openly and blantantly about 'race' and tribalism, and then afterward go out together for a drink. I truly thought I couldn't suffer from culture shock. Never say never. Still, i would encourage everyone to apply for next year's exchange. Check out the website: www.ihre.org You will get a chance to visit the stunning landscapes of South Africa, and also get a chance to see yourself revealed in someone else's eyes-sometimes it's not such a pretty picture-but it's real!]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:38:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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                    <title>What is a job?</title> 
                    <link>http://Ntombenhle.tigblog.org/post/20430</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[I had my first job interview today. I felt like i was a drama student. What is it about getting employed that makes you feel like you are putting on a performance, an action that requires us to downplay our lesser attributes and pretend, for however long, that we are "perfect for the job." I have realised how societal norms expect us to always be that which we are not-perfect. We can no longer be flawed beings in this world. You are not allowed to look different, make mistakes, show emotion, basically, be human. It's like we ourselves are turning into the robotic machines we are failing to build-perfectly functional yet deviod of any emotional capacity. Today, i felt like a liar in that interview. All I wanted to say was "honestly, I can do the job, i need some training but I have the heart." Yet, I had to pretend that I know everything. There is definitely an artform to conducting an interview, a manipulation of the audience. And if you play your cards right, no matter how moronic you are, you will get it. Just look at Bush!!!]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2004 05:18:00 EST</pubDate> 
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                    <title>the only thing constant is change</title> 
                    <link>http://Ntombenhle.tigblog.org/post/19820</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[i used to fancy myself a typical sagitarius, always up for the challenge of a new place, new people, new experiences. Was i in for a shock?When I moved to Cape Town, I got all the newness I yearned for and indeed everything was different and challenging. I also however discovered a new type of newness, and a new type of challenge. The challenges that you encounter with yourself, your heart and soul as you exist in this new forum of university. In it you meet new ideas of religion, new philosophies of life and it literally breaks down all that you had constructed of yourself and the world around you. WOW. It's been and still continues to be a road filled with much...stuff..the stuff of life!! What is hard however, is retaining that bit of yourself that you came in with. That bit that makes you- you!!!And continuing in it in the face of adversity, aggravation, miscommunicatiion, misinterpretation, disappontment the works!!I feel truly on the way to accepting that everything changes form at some point and being happy to watch and retain the lessons i discover along the way.]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2004 17:04:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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                    <title>the road less travelled</title> 
                    <link>http://Ntombenhle.tigblog.org/post/18280</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[I really like this peom because in its simplicity,it describes life's journey. I cant say life has been bad to me. I am so much better, materially speaking, than millions.but I am yet to really tap into life, to fully drink of its pleasures and feel my feet firm in the ground. It seems like everyone else has found their place, how long til it's my turn?]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:41:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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                    <title>indifference</title> 
                    <link>http://Ntombenhle.tigblog.org/post/17697</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[it's a cold winter's morning here in my home town, Bulawayo Zimbababwe. I have been home for a few days now and it's been... home. but as i sit in the darkness, trying to pen (or rather type) the emotions in my soul, i find myself asking a question I have asked many a time before-where is our humanity? in a world that increasingly preaches individuality and the persuit of individual interests-there has come about a type of loniliness that makes me feel so disconnected from those around me.So disconnected infact that I watch with indiference as wars errupt globally, as innocent and not so innocent men are tortured, as capitalism corrodes our soul infavour of physical adornments,as children continue to starve and be orphaned right under my nose. I am indifferent to the fact that I am loosing touch with my friends, old and new, far and near.So indifferent that i can see their names online and not link up, not answer their call, not email for weeks.And why? Because deep down I am  self serving. Needing people when I need them.Choosing to be passive instead of fight. And all thats happening, its not happening to me,as an individual. As an individual, I am healthy and happy and my world is not falling apart as drastically as others. But, in the end, is that happiness?How can you be happy knowing your brother and sister are suffering, knowing that with each new day and each new trajedy, you slip further and further into indifference, satisfying youself with the inanimate objects that give colour to life yet take away that very life's breath. What will it take to wake me from this indifference. And you? What are you DOING in the wake of a community-less existence that teaches :look out for number one?" has your humanity been replaced by apathy that rules the day as we are numbed by cell phones, clothes, celebrities and lights. <br />
<br />
Where do I go from here?<br />
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					<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2004 07:53:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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                    <link>http://Ntombenhle.tigblog.org/post/15525</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[I love living in South Africa because I feel activism, especially by the youth is still alive.In an age were apathy rules they day, and people are more concered with cell phones and sneakers, I feel proud to be exposed to people who live with passion, who live for a cause outside of themselves like Zackie Achmat who is the driving force for the issuing of ARVs at low cost In south Africa. I thinklto live impassionately is worse than death itself because you use all the resources and do nothing with them. There are so many many causes to fight.Lets start today!]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2004 11:45:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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                    <title>Introducing myself</title> 
                    <link>http://Ntombenhle.tigblog.org/post/14980</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Hi!Just wanted to say hi to all the TIG members! Looking Forward to great exchanges in the future!]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:16:00 EST</pubDate> 
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                    <title>Introducing myself</title> 
                    <link>http://Ntombenhle.tigblog.org/post/14981</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Hi!Just wanted to say hi to all the TIG members! Looking Forward to great exchanges in the future!]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate> 
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                    <title>Introducing myself</title> 
                    <link>http://Ntombenhle.tigblog.org/post/14982</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Hi!Just wanted to say hi to all the TIG members! Looking Forward to great exchanges in the future!]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate> 
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                    <title>indifference</title> 
                    <link>http://Ntombenhle.tigblog.org/post/17698</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[it's a cold winter's morning here in my home town, Bulawayo Zimbababwe. I have been home for a few days now and it's been... home. but as i sit in the darkness, trying to pen (or rather type) the emotions in my soul, i find myself asking a question I have asked many a time before-where is our humanity? in a world that increasingly preaches individuality and the persuit of individual interests-there has come about a type of loniliness that makes me feel so disconnected from those around me.So disconnected infact that I watch with indiference as wars errupt globally, as innocent and not so innocent men are tortured, as capitalism corrodes our soul infavour of physical adornments,as children continue to starve and be orphaned right under my nose. I am indifferent to the fact that I am loosing touch with my friends, old and new, far and near.So indifferent that i can see their names online and not link up, not answer their call, not email for weeks.And why? Because deep down I am  self serving. Needing people when I need them.Choosing to be passive instead of fight. And all thats happening, its not happening to me,as an individual. As an individual, I am healthy and happy and my world is not falling apart as drastically as others. But, in the end, is that happiness?How can you be happy knowing your brother and sister are suffering, knowing that with each new day and each new trajedy, you slip further and further into indifference, satisfying youself with the inanimate objects that give colour to life yet take away that very life's breath. What will it take to wake me from this indifference. And you? What are you DOING in the wake of a community-less existence that teaches :look out for number one?" has your humanity been replaced by apathy that rules the day as we are numbed by cell phones, clothes, celebrities and lights. <br />
<br />
Where do I go from here?<br />
]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate> 
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                    <title>indifference</title> 
                    <link>http://Ntombenhle.tigblog.org/post/17699</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[it's a cold winter's morning here in my home town, Bulawayo Zimbababwe. I have been home for a few days now and it's been... home. but as i sit in the darkness, trying to pen (or rather type) the emotions in my soul, i find myself asking a question I have asked many a time before-where is our humanity? in a world that increasingly preaches individuality and the persuit of individual interests-there has come about a type of loniliness that makes me feel so disconnected from those around me.So disconnected infact that I watch with indiference as wars errupt globally, as innocent and not so innocent men are tortured, as capitalism corrodes our soul infavour of physical adornments,as children continue to starve and be orphaned right under my nose. I am indifferent to the fact that I am loosing touch with my friends, old and new, far and near.So indifferent that i can see their names online and not link up, not answer their call, not email for weeks.And why? Because deep down I am  self serving. Needing people when I need them.Choosing to be passive instead of fight. And all thats happening, its not happening to me,as an individual. As an individual, I am healthy and happy and my world is not falling apart as drastically as others. But, in the end, is that happiness?How can you be happy knowing your brother and sister are suffering, knowing that with each new day and each new trajedy, you slip further and further into indifference, satisfying youself with the inanimate objects that give colour to life yet take away that very life's breath. What will it take to wake me from this indifference. And you? What are you DOING in the wake of a community-less existence that teaches :look out for number one?" has your humanity been replaced by apathy that rules the day as we are numbed by cell phones, clothes, celebrities and lights. <br />
<br />
Where do I go from here?<br />
]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST</pubDate> 
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