LET RICH WOMEN GO WITH RICH MEN

…So they can equally share their wealth rather than on these carrot showcasing  poor  males, who feature in the hall of fame through sports, booze and being messengers of rich older women .

I might have been called a fool, useless, clueless of how to make money…but nigga please ‘ I don’t need a rich woman in my life’.

I mean as I walked the strides of my life I happened to date the different types of women, slender, thin, chubby, fatty, rich , poor, educated, famous or whatever but out of all these groups the one I wish to remember quickly to forget dating a wealthy African woman.

I know some guys in the Kingdom of Eswatini have directly benefited from sleeping with successful Swazi women …I mean straight from a soccer field  shooting through the stars to boardroom while others enjoyed driving the most expensive vehicles while others like yours truly we would be seen in wild smiles chauffeured on the high profiled wheels.

Just sit back and think again , what good does it bring to enjoy the other person’s wealth when deep inside you don’t love that person but you enjoy ‘stealing’ the loot from the woman’s empire and abusing it on vulnerable young schoolgirls  and models in our society….I wouldn’t want to inflict any hatred to those who are still abusing rich women’s wealth  because they might feel it’s because I failed to steal the millions at my disposal. Ya to me it wasn’t the money cause maybe that rich person never spread her legs stashed with E10 000 for yours truly to penetrate and go out and abuse the money in the my dusty township Msunduza. It was a relationship which building but due to reasons best known to me I decided to jump the ship…

However its not about my life experience in the glittering hands of a rich woman its congratulating the steps local women have taken in closing down the gap between a successful young man and women.

I mean most of local women by mere looking are doing good with life ( apart  the ones still Gold Digging at this day and age) . It should not be a hidden that Swazi Women seem to be now earning E1.10 of the E1.00 my fellow brothers are earning and they seem to make a higher percentage of the current labour force in Swaziland. Is it because my fellow brothers have stolen money from the companies they work for, retrenched or  battling with the consequences of sleeping around at the Mbabane Government Hospital? I just wonder….

I always love sending accolades where its due and it is the reason I express my congratulations to all the women who are now earning more than most of us, however I think it is wise for me to focus on wealth than the income because one’s income only tell part of the story…

I alsways read from Forbes and other  financial publications that wealth  embodies the total economic resources available to its holder, more accurately indicates overall financial status. It is no hidden fact that  wealth can provide a financial cushion in times of distress, decrease the holder’s dependence on employment, and generate opportunities for social and political influence. In fact in this day and age  the gender wealth disparity has been on the rise since 1998 despite the recent decline in the income gap.

I am not a statistician but judging from the type of people in the country’s much more decent drinking holes  the buying power is much imbalanced where most men when requested for beer would always point a finger  to the woman by side. ‘Ngiyinike lomake’ and that is what he would tell a ‘broke’ brother instead of telling the truth that he fears that he would touch his few Emalangeni in his pockets because they would expose him that he has little than his woman.

It is for this reason I am not a fan of people marrying others because of finances because wealth does not solve problems of bedroom aerobics. In the past I noticed that a number of women often became economically dependent on their husbands and had  less control over shared finances. This led to them being abused sexually or otherwise.

It is not hidden fact that most men in the Kingdom of Swaziland manage their finances with ‘stupid’ mindset which that some tasks are suited only for the masculine species while on the other side of the coin it seem like the success of  Swazi women before marriage often impact their relative power in the marriage.

Like I highlighted on my intro these  disadvantages can be difficult to quantify, as marital wealth is often considered equally shared among spouses. I wouldn’t want to sound like am on the feminine side of sliding but it is no hidden fact that  women tend to outlive their husbands, and they experience more negative financial consequences from divorce than men. Half of all households are non-married, half of all marriages end in divorce, and women now spend more of their lives single than married.

Motherhood is another primary cause of the gender wealth gap. Women are more likely to shoulder the financial burden of single parenthood, and in dual-earning couples, mothers are more likely to have primary caregiving responsibility.

With all the glory goes to our better halves then my fellow brothers should also think of caring about decreasing the gap between the wealth in the household  wellbeing of  our sweethearts in their lives, but because they should no longer bear the sole burden of providing financially for  the house.

SOMEONE HAS ROBBED ME MY AIRTIME

AIRTIME TAXATION: Inyandzaleyo economic Hitmen on the loose

At exactly 0140 hours according to local time , am still awake…I don’t feel like sleeping because  when I tried a few hours ago I was woken by a strange dream where some neatly dressed corporate head announced taxation tariffs on my cellular phone.

Does such mean that I am having full ownership of my cellular phone gadget? So this means that there would be a direct reduction in comments such as “Ngelwami lolucingo ngiko ngingakalibambi” from  all trying to get away from constant eardrum bursting questions filled with lust. To me this taxation of airtime is none other than being leased talk time by the State when it should be its obligation to ensure that its citizens benefit from their right to development as enshrined in the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The country is still swimming in the filth filled economic chaos despite the assurance made by the Minister of Finance Majozi Sithole (Do I still trust this man?) that civil servants will be able to receive their merge salaries for the next four months. It is not a hidden joke , Swaziland is experience a mudslide of cash. All thanks should be forwarded to whosoever from the country’s financial institutions who has made an effort to borrow  a ‘broke female friend’ money to pay  her servants. I know our country’s democracy is yet to be defined but it has been unfair from tinini telive to showcase a silence protocol while we have been screaming for help.

While government is trying so hard to wake up from the honeymoon of enriching tenderprenuers  is also battling with silencing the ever increasing number of protesters in the country’s streets and this has proven to yors truly that these so called tinini are no good they are just concerned about their capitalist investments in the country and will be changing base in the next few days.

In the last two years , no would have thought the situation would be this bad , maybe we would have long tried to make efforts of implications political recommendations made by locals and international observers. Once again I would like to thank the local institutions for the bail out but on the other hand I would like to warn the Minister of Finance that John Perkins has always stated in his writings that bailouts serve the creditors while they enslave the debtors.

 Although protesters swarm the streets of  Mbabane, supporting  to the draconian measures being imposed by the IMF and it seems like the country's leadership is crumbling;  We have to bow down to IMF demands and then  accept the bailouts. Identically to the recently announced financial bailouts by local financial institutions Perkins in his writings is of the view  that “it has become evident that bailouts in our own U.S. crisis have only benefited the corporatocracy, with CEO's paying themselves outrageous bonuses. This method of borrowing against the well-being of a country's citizens merely serves to increase the power of the central banks, the IMF and corporate CEOs.In my books, I write about how world economics and politics today are controlled by a very few people -- the corporatocracy. This is clearly demonstrated by the fact that whenever "debt restructuring" or "debt forgiveness" deals are struck they include privatizing parts of the economy that were previously considered public. Utilities, schools, prisons, even significant parts of the military are sold to multinational corps. Those who demand smaller government, are -- knowingly or not -- supporting a new brand of corporate imperialism.

My heart is bleeding because very soon we should not be surprised to see our government being controlled or influenced by the corporate sector which literally in the next elections in 2013 we will be voting for those with fat wallets instead of those who will make laws which will benefit the ordinary Swazi from Somntongo. Without inciting any Swazi citizen to any uprising we must just reject robbers from the corporate sector.

Before I  finish this piece I have stumbled over this heartbreaking news that it is proposed that we will now be taked for our mobile phone usage…I understand that this is not only in Swaziland but a total of 11 countries in the world tax mobile phone usages in addition to general sales taxes. We understand that with MTN Swaziland’s monopoly thay have tried to instill economic growth following their healthy mobile business to the vulnerable ordinary Swazi. After failed to qualify for an economics degree in the Institution of Higher learning in my country I wonder with the eleven years into the game have they boosted the country’s gross domestic product…

If government proceeds with this taxation let us hope that MTN and SPTC mobile services will be less affordable and should cut associated impact of mobile phones and mobile broadband services. Recently a study was conducted in 21 coountires which included 12 in sub Saharan Africa discovered that consumers in Turkey continue to pay the most airtime tax at 43 % , followed by the Gabonese Republic at 36% , Pakistan at 31%, Uganda at 30%, Croatia at 29% and the Democratic Republic of Congo at 28%.

 Many governments tax mobile services as a luxury and it has been proven that airtime taxes represent a large proportion of the total level of taxation and represent a barrier to development of services by reducing usage , especially in developing countries like Swaziland where consumers have lower income levels and are highly price sensitive. We should be surprised when these taxes are added to retail prices , raising the cost of mobile services and contributing to a reduction in their consumption.

"This study has found that taxes on buying handsets are notably proportionatly higher than taxes on usage of mobile services in developing markets, leading to unbalanced taxation profiles for mobile-related services. Higher handset taxes increase the retail price which limits access to mobile services in developing markets where consumers are particularly price sensitive. Tax cuts in this area have the potential to significantly boost access to mobile services and their consumption," said Chris Williams, Deloitte Telecoms partner.

DO WE STILL NEED THESE CALL BOXES…..Or solo kuyadliwa

This writing is not targeted to any institution or individual but it is my concern over the fast growing market of cellphones in our slowly financially drained Kingdom of Swaziland . This has resulted to the lesser and lesser numbers of people in Swaziland using public pay phones which call ‘coin or call boxes’.

I mean in the urban populace I have noted that out four people fully grown adult  are always be in possession ( despite considering if it has call credit or not)  and since I finished my high school over a decade ago  there is an evident t impact cellphones had on the business which had been solely operated by the Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications company in Swaziland.

This business is the one some indivuduals abused to empower their friends with huge tenders in the supply, maintenance and installation of  landline phones. I would like to thank MTN (even though it is enjoying unfair advantange of monopoly in the cellular phone business) for coming up at the time we were complaing of malfunctioning or poorly serviced coin boxes and landlines.

It is after the arrival of MTN that a number of Swazis divorced the hard wired phones and fell in love with their Nokia, Alcatels, Orange , Samsungs which has not only connected them to the world but has brought a lot of domestic wars in the love circles.

I have noted that in a week I hardly see a soul making a call in a coin box due to the the now readily available means of communication and a majority of the communication options available in this world are utilised via the cell phone.

  

Therefore, in many ways, the decline of landline phones and the rise in cell phone use does not simply mark a shift between one type of phone to another. The decline of the landline is also a reflection of how individuals have changed in our preferred means of communication.

 We as a culture have embraced new technologies, alternative ways of contacting each other, and even new ways of being marketed to by companies.

The public has become more open to being contacted on their cell phone by mobile/web marketing companies.

There is evidence that the decline of landline phone usage can also be attributed to the current economy. As an increasing number of people started using cell phones, households continued to pay for landlines because they were used to having them. With the decline of the job market, many households have had to choose between a landline and a cell phone. Because the cell phone can be used almost anywhere, is frequently more expensive than a landline, and cell phones have other features such as internet access, the cell phone becomes the obvious choice. The cellphone innovation has led me to wonder why the Swaziland Posts and Communications does not reduce the coin boxes around the country as to minimise its costs of maintenance on unused gadgets or somebody is blessed with a lifetime money spinning venture on unused gadgets…Then government should intervene 

JUST WANNA HIT & RUN

Has anyone today thought of the effects of the game of hide and seek sultry moment with your unknown hit you had last night. Fine it is so fulfilling to you that last night you had a firecracker of sexuality: short , explosive easy find from your drinking hole.

Being a person who has seen and experienced a lot on such I know most one night stands in the Kingdom of Swaziland revolve around non attachment but with continuous sexual encounters between the two of you the connection becomes more physical.

In comparison a lot of women try by all means to have their apartments nicer than those of men which most of the time of night out it's the most appropriate venue for the hit & run.

These things you find that they happen when one has not planned so one wouldn’t want his dirty socks and unwashed sheets make your place look like the aftermath UNISWA students protest march. It is just funny because most men in Swaziland  wouldn’t want to ruin the encounter with these smelly forces of their apartment.

It is also noteworthy that most women’s apartments give most men room to fly if things head south (labashukela).

Like it has happened in the past an accidental slip of her ex-boyfriend’s name ruins the mood quickly and it would the best moment to fly out of her apartment. It is no hidden fact that everytime you are in a woman’s room an exit plan is always at the back of our minds in case I have to abandon lomkhumbi.It is no hidden fact that leaving is always easier than getting her to leave. Umkhandza sekawashe lelibhuluko lefike aligcokile.

I have always imagined that most one night stands ;she does not know you; everything is physical-no prior knowledge and no strings attached (except for one, potentially).

Mhm! Was thinking just the other day of when do one think of his own safety in this regard because it is no hidden fact that these one nighters bring less needed risks and imagine leaving he apartment with an unwanted souvenir of syphilis….

Vele ! asiticabangeli some of the people reading last night drilled without any hardware…then what? Fatal results….rather be safe than sorry
There is one stupid mentality most of my peers (not excluded wholly) have is that a one night stand inflate our egos

PROTESTERS ARE NOT GOVERNANCE ENEMIES

WE ARE VULNARABLE TO TERRORISM

With the wake of the number of protest marches engulfing the country , being a patronic laid back Swazi I feel everyone in authority should understand that the civil society is the enemy of the State. From their submissions and demands it shows that just like any nation be it Libya  or Syria they are just protesting to intolerance , fanaticism, corruption, cupidity and lack of understanding in the calls for democratic reform.

It is for that reason that I feel that their continued marches in the country streets and chant of political slogans is no value to an inconsiderate individual who only prindes clinging onto power and forced respect.

It is not a hidden fact that a majority in the streets protesting are educated and their contribution in the call for political reform is dismally inadequate considering the enormous challenges that the threat of terror poses as they thrive towards a nonviolent future. If I would borrow from Hastings 2003,159 ; a true democracy requires critical consciousness: the compassionate and considered participation of all citizens .

The current culture of curbing protests is just one sweet strategy of fuelling terrorism because some those in opposition of the current state of affairs in the country are paralysed by fear and are currently feeling powerless to bring change in our tiny Kingdom Swaziland.

It has been evident that the use of stunt grenades is an effective tool used by the country’s security forces to instil fear  to anyway attempting to call for change. It is for this reason that I personally these fear inducing tactics are warning everyone of the impending crisis and doom at the hands of those in the past had terrorism architecture on public buildings and politicians.

I wouldn’t want to lie that during my days as a journalist , I was very delighted to receive a scoop on a terror attack at the country’s National Courts because it brought myself as a journalist on the spotlight of reporting about a rare occurrence in the country. So what good does it bring to the country? I bet with you such acts impact directly on the ordinary Swazi because he/she has to dig down and pay taxes to rebuild the attacked structures, while at the same time the Government would bee forced to buy ‘coolest’ weapons to counter terrorism thus increasing the country’s annual budget on our ailing economy.

With the current situation of not listening to the protesters the country will be vulnerable to terrorism which will face through political opportunists current dreaming of overthrowing the current regime.

I am just one hate fan of terrorism because it is a manifestation of the culture of war and injustice that pervades most societies and nations. It is high time while government is closely monitoring the current political situation to acknowledge deconstructing , disarming and countering the myths surrounding this culture of violence and preparing civil society to respond to any kind of threat with clear , informed vision and some kind of systemic analysis that favours nonviolence.

I may just sing my own lovely tune of calling the country’s authorities to set out governing principles which would emphasize humanization and connection; realise democratic family and social structures which support gender, equality and engage all members of civil society; result in low level violence and abuse ;and nurture the environment which global civil society shares.

It is now time through the Human Rights structures within government make education a pivotal role in creating hope and a vision. The country is desperately in need to develop in civil society a peace –oriented perspective that would tackle terror by human intelligence. I therefore call for peace education in all its complexity to develop that intelligence and expose the inter-connectedness of the multiple kinds of violence.

Let us just do away with the notion that those calling for change are ‘enemies’ of the system , we must embrace and engage them, and understand the motivations for their actions. Government should just take responsibility for the nation’s complicity in and contribution to the way the country has been run.

Swazis let us do whatever it takes to discover the power within us to create a country in which all forms of violence , including the terror perpetrated by some forces within our security structures while maintaining Law and Order