http://consciousness.co.za it's a lifestyle Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://consciousness.co.za/editorial/1st-issue-feb-2012/ http://consciousness.co.za/editorial/1st-issue-feb-2012/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:05:02 +0000 Karabo Mkhabela http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5136 http://consciousness.co.za/editorial/1st-issue-feb-2012/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/critique/ispeak/american-99-revolution/ http://consciousness.co.za/critique/ispeak/american-99-revolution/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:29:03 +0000 George Bailey http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5128 I have been waiting to write another in this American Perspective series until the smoke cleared a bit on the Occupy Movement. I am sure as you have read about our gyrations and machinations here, the 99% movement has been at the top of the page. That and the now even more engrossing elections are our most interesting preoccupation at present. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/critique/ispeak/american-99-revolution/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/critique/emancipate/restoring-self-esteem-and-black-pride/ http://consciousness.co.za/critique/emancipate/restoring-self-esteem-and-black-pride/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:23:22 +0000 Keletso Thobega http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5120 I recently asked myself what steps we were taking as Africans to restore the self esteem of our people. These are people who’ve dealt with racism, western imperialism and marginalization; being told that they are less off and undeserving of proper human status. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/critique/emancipate/restoring-self-esteem-and-black-pride/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/promotions/consciousness-co-za-lounge-session-ii-%e2%80%93-60-hertz-project/ http://consciousness.co.za/promotions/consciousness-co-za-lounge-session-ii-%e2%80%93-60-hertz-project/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:02:40 +0000 Karabo Mkhabela http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5117 Consciousness.co.za Lounge Sessions presents The 60 Hertz Project: 60 Hertz Project is a live perfoming arts band consisting of young stars aged between 18 and 25,with the impact of deep & soulful jazzyhouse music from South Africa,Pretoria (Ga-Rankuwa) ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/promotions/consciousness-co-za-lounge-session-ii-%e2%80%93-60-hertz-project/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/critique/ispeak/fear-and-fireworks/ http://consciousness.co.za/critique/ispeak/fear-and-fireworks/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:29:13 +0000 Guest http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5103 There is a crippling feeling that is eating away inside of me… with each second; the pain gets stronger and unbearable. With each passing day, the worry grows bigger, leaving me anxious and frustrated. There is a crippling feeling haunting my heart, robbing me of my ambitious. A feeling so cruel, that I inevitably doubt myself. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/critique/ispeak/fear-and-fireworks/feed/ 11 http://consciousness.co.za/interact/consciousness-lounge/oratile-orrah-majoe/ http://consciousness.co.za/interact/consciousness-lounge/oratile-orrah-majoe/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:01:43 +0000 Matthew Mokoena http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5101 My skin is of the texture of slowly shattering glass due to my heart that is breathing out. Life sweet thus it is meant to be enjoyed ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/interact/consciousness-lounge/oratile-orrah-majoe/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/interact/consciousness-lounge/nombongo/ http://consciousness.co.za/interact/consciousness-lounge/nombongo/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:47:52 +0000 Matthew Mokoena http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5095 Nombongo tells the tale of how music chose her: "I think as a kid I’d dreamt of many things, but music was not one of them and considering it a career has been a recent development." This 24-year-old jazzy soul musician started writing music in 2002 when she was in high school. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/interact/consciousness-lounge/nombongo/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/interact/consciousness-lounge/taxan-tshabalala/ http://consciousness.co.za/interact/consciousness-lounge/taxan-tshabalala/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:37:05 +0000 Matthew Mokoena http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5093 Taxan Tshabalala is a South African poet, writer and performance artist. This outspoken young man fuses humour with his intellectual and ambiguous style of writing to deliver powerful messages whilst educating and entertaining. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/interact/consciousness-lounge/taxan-tshabalala/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/critique/emancipate/flirting-with-the-future/ http://consciousness.co.za/critique/emancipate/flirting-with-the-future/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:39:27 +0000 Guest http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5086 The superintendent at the public pool watches me each day as I heave my strengthening body through the 20 lengths I have promised myself. After 10 days my jeans are looser and I should have not been surprised but I was, because a woman of my age becomes used to being invisible, I was surprised when the superintendent walked me to my car ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/critique/emancipate/flirting-with-the-future/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/critique/poetry-corner/keitu-reid/ http://consciousness.co.za/critique/poetry-corner/keitu-reid/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:42:56 +0000 Guest http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5082 I am the universal victim searching for that manmade dream of happiness. When I sleep the Gods say they are all a possibility. When I wake - it’s not true – so its cruelty. I am living a life where people are playing with my sanity. Pulling at it like strings of an impotent puppet. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/critique/poetry-corner/keitu-reid/feed/ 0