Thakwira !

Thakwira!

© Sizwesamazulu Zulu, 2011

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Contents

1. The period

2. The film

‘From 1980-1990, Feb.28 more than 10 000 young people of Mpumalanga T/Ship are missing’

“My scars are now my medals, Because I have been tested I can now testify that there is no gain without pain, No sweet without sweat, no grain without rain, no gladness without sadness,

from Zero to Hero. Healing the wounds of my past,

My sister died, my brother died, my father died, my mother died.”

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CONTENT: PROPOSED SECOND FILM PRODUCTION FROM THE

UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND

This is the content of the proposed joint venture film production (between the LS Foundations,  IKS Centre ,the film office of Zululand and the Students of the University of Zululand.
        “Create an impact, leave a mark!”

Chapter 1:  1994, April 27 was a very promising day for black people in South Africa, it served as the Rebirth of South Africa. Thakwira belongs to the generation of children who inherited freedom, who were not there when great sons and daughters of South Africa died and were murdered brutally because of apartheid and Bantu education. She only heared that this freedom did not come cheap,there are innocent souls who died.

Chapter 2:  Thakwira is hurt when she sees the abuse of the inherited freedom by students whom instead of studying knowing that there are people who died so we seize this opportunity, instead they smoke drugs during schooling hours, drink alcohol and abscond classes.The start smoking dagga at the age of 12 and end up persuing the lives of the presented role models with fancy cars who are thugs.

Chapter 3: Thakwira sees Future dreams of students shattered down because of engaging themselves in sex, alcohol, drugs and crime which they commit by trying to steal huge amounts so that they can meet fame positionalism and high standard of living.

Chapter 4:   Seeing this very chaotic environment, she uses the strategies of Community builders to initiate change after being nominated as an SRC leader in Mpumalanga College of Education.

Chapter 5:  In spite of many obstacles, challenges and problems she faces which tries to put her down, she manages to change her world.

“One person can change the whole world” Ps t. S .Zulu (Member of Christ Embassy)

“ Be an initiator of change by brightening the corner where you are for the improvement      

  of many lives.” President Jacob Zuma (President of the Republic of South Africa)

“Campus impact, leave a mark.” Apostle Dlomo (Bishop of CFCI)

 SIZWESAMAZULU  ZULU

2. THE PIRIOD

   
 Background

1. So many writings, assays and Novels that have been written about Apartheid. I could have written about Mpumalanga T/Ship before 1994,but most of the facts have already been expressed by other writers, (BESSIE HEAD,CLOUDS MUST GATHER NOW,SARAFINA! BY MBONGENI NGEMA, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM,

            by Nelson Mandela - Holt, Rinehart and Winston (2000.09)  and many more.

            So I was going to mention the same facts.

            I saw a need to write this account, when I saw a need of the abuse of the ‘INHERITED

            FREEDOM which the blood and death was shared for by our young people whom

            Instead of studying they choose to skip classes to smoke dagga, use drugs, abuse alcohol

            Instead of studying ‘remembering great men who have come and gone who were  

            Murdered harshly because of Apartheid. The fought against Bantu education, lived in

            A crazy dark world so that we can inherited this blessed international education, ‘IFA 

            LENKULULEKO’

  2       The film starts on the 27 April 1994, South Africa inherit freedom and President               

            Mandela and South Africa Inherits freedom. South Africa is being transformed to a better

            Place (places getting electricity) and similar education for all races, South Africa   

            Develops in Sports, economically, socially, politically and also in Media.

      Mpumalanga T/Ship is struggling and poor since Whites are who were providing Jobs for

Blacks have just closed their companies since they are shifting for a black man has just inherited the Government seats. Young people of Mpumalanga T/Ship are involved in drugs, alcohol and are not morally regenerated. Mpumalanga/Ship is therefore a chaotic environment.

3.    Mpumalanga College of Education is Training Institute for teachers, in Mpumalanga T/Ship. It is where young people’s hopes for the better future are natured. The 10 characters who are the main focus in this film depicts the types of young people who are found in Africa. Thakwira uses the creative tools of leadership to change her world.  

     

The Story Analysis

All of her life, Thakwira faces obstacles, problems, challenges, conflicts and opposition which tries to prevent her from fulfilling the wish of her inner voice. Her motivation becomes powerful in times of her difficulties which help her to stand the test of time.

After the harsh rejection which she receives from people who are around her, who were her friends. Some are officials of the College where she studies. She is pleased to figure out that sometimes when people you know, you cannot trust; you can trust your strangers. God brings strangers to be your shoulder to cry on.

When all is right and she has earned support. Thakwira almost loses her life; she almost doesn’t make it when she gets poisoned by her friend. She survives this, after hearing a voice which is said to be coming from Earth which said, ‘I have called thee to take my people to the promise land, you are still to serve on earth-your mission is not yet fulfilled. There are many reasons why she stands in difficult not quiting.She believes in the Bible and makes confessions, prays and that depict the life of a Christian.

It is at this point in time that the name Thakwira is revealed when ,Thakwira watches the pictures of her family album Thakwira!
Thakwira ;derived from Shona name(Zimbabwe) which means to get on top of something,to be amongst and to associate, Be an agent of good change. Thakwira discovers a letter under one picture in the album which her father wrote.and his child ‘Thakwira,’must be named ‘Thakwara!’because she was born at a period when he was trying to initiate a change in Zimbabwe.

Thakwira ’s . painful moments is her is her background which is haunting her since ,her father died, her mother died and her Uncle was arrested. People elect her to be the SRC president, but when she initiates a change they desire. They turn against her. She feels more pain when she gets rejected by people who are around her, former friend betrays her. Obstacles and challenges she encounter makes her feel pain.

Thakwira’s story seeks to bring motivation to people who are hopeless, religion to those whom it will make them find purpose.It brings the youth beck to education.  Thakwira’s objectives from time to time in the film is to change the lives of young people who are living a life with no aim , no meaning and no direction. Her super objectives is to bring youth back to education. Her views are summed up in the following song. Writer is not known- to the writer, please email to: sizwesamazulu@lifeinzululand.co.za. Thakwira’s views;

“Imfundo itholwa kanzima

Itholwa ngezinyembezi

Thina siyazama

Ilanga liphumile

Vuka,vuka mntakababa

Sekusile

Baba Kubuhlungu ushayiwe

Bayavutha othishela

Kodwa akunacala

Thina siyaphambili. ”

2.  The film

Actors in a film

Skhiye

Mbayimbayi

Sdididi Dansani

Thandanani

Gawula

Skhath’sewashi

Bra thebza,s shwapha

Thulile

Ndingiliza

Anisa

Mrs N is Love

Chancellor

Thakwira

Foreword:  Dr  Meshach Radebe (MEC of Population Development)

Community infrastructure is critical in promoting service delivery as it promotes accessibility

to services. Since taking over the Department I have been faced with stark, bare poverty in

many areas of KwaZulu Natal,some of which are generally not known to exist and have passed

by development.

Putting food on the table for many people of this province means walking long distances on

empty stomachs, most often to be turned away or to be riffed to other places for assistance.

Fighting childhood poverty and promoting early childhood development means communities

need crèches to provide services to children. Many areas of Kwazulu Natal do not have such

facilities which infringes the rights of children to social services One Stop Development centers

aim to provide this much needed community infrastructure to provide access to a full range

of social development services to children, women, older persons, youth, people with

disabilities as well as families infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

As a sustainable livelihood approach this concept aims to mobilize previously un-resources

communities into the formation of community based organizations that can render social

services to their local people with the assistance and empowerment from Government.

Historically such areas were sidelined by development with none

Government organizations aligning their services to urban areas and cities, thus putting

severe pressure on government communities therefore significantly contributes to therefore

significantly contribute to their sustainable livelihood.

Communities will receive the necessary training in running these centers and necessary

financial assistance .Stakeholders like ,municipalities will play a significant role in the provision

of basic services and maintance of these centers.

“Umkhumbi wokunethezeka owabo bonke abantu baKwaZulu Natal”

DR BM RADEBE

HON.MEC:KZN-Social Development

Sizwesamazulu Zulu enchanting poems!!!

I will never forget Mpumalanga T/Ship (Poem)

I fell short of words ,if I have to tell this story...,"From 1984-1992,Feb 28-More than 10 000 young poeple are missing because of the War in Mpumalanga T/Ship.

1. The Period

The lament from 1985-1994 - ‘Mpumalanga T Ship’

The songs we sang

The political praises we enchanted

The frightening cry of a man

The tears, the betrayal of the spies

When the British pharaoh

Caused us to fight with one another

When our heroes lied down on the street

The courage of those who died

When Gods children died like ants

We saw the red vehicle like Utamatisi

The dead of the arising leaders

In a painful decade of weeping

The lament and song

We heared voices of those crying and dying

The day of grief and black clouds

The vanish of splendor and excitement

The sounds of the fuzzy,

The machine gun

The pump gun

The R1,The R4,The ak47

The 38,the home made gun

The baby brown

The streets named blood

Kwa fried meat meaning humans

Blood flooded like river exceedingly

105 lie down in 15 mnt’s time

38 lied the next day

The uncounted number of deaths in a decade“Youth are still dying in numbers, because of HIV/AIDS,

CRIME AND DRUG ALCOHOL ABUSE.”

Mpumalanga T/Ship

Mpumalanga T/Ship

Ukusa kweMpumalanga High

Siyathandaza High School

SibhekaPhezulu High School

UxoloPhambili High School

Chief Luthayi High School

Skhethuxolo High School

Sikhethuxolo High School

Siyisibuko Sezwe High School

We named Ensimbini

We named KwaMcoyi

We named KwaSishi

We named Ebhareni

We named KwaNkomose

We named Eringini1,2,3,4

We named Kwa R5

We sang the song

We enchanted political praises

Night casted upon us

The tussen wresling ,fighting

The killings, tears

Of the leaders and preachers

The stress and cries

The machine gun

The oozy

The pum gun

The R1,R4

The handgrenacker

The hippo of soldiers

Nkehli lie down on there street

The Petrol bomb

The 38

The Baby Brown

The sound of a helicopter

The hatred

The spy

Elton Sipho Zulu lie down on the street

British pharaoh

Caused us to fight

With one another

I saw the blood

My father died

My brother died

My uncle died

Uncounted number of deaths.

I will never forget MpumalangaT/Ship