Heritage is something that is divine and natural is
normal inherited from our Ancestors, it is not something that is manmade
though there are manmade things that can be considered heritage especial
articles that were used by our ancestors for example a necklace that was
belonging to your grandmother or father can be a heritage because if it is lost
you cannot replace it. What is heritage is normal irreplaceable and priceless
that’s why we need to preserve it at all cost because once it is lost its lost.Culture,language,land,history,information,values
and holidays and natural resources can
be heritage. Things that can be changed and amended like
constitutions,laws,flag,national anthems,coat of arms etc cannot be considered
as heritage. We are not supposed to celebrate heritage day in South
Africa because we have not inherited anything from our forefathers. After all
even the name South Africa is not the name from our forefathers but it was
named by our oppressors as their business entity. We cannot even claim the name
of the country as an inheritance, The name South Africa speaks volume about our
inheritance it says it all that we have not received our inheritance ,because
if we have received it we were going to name the country. Everything is named
by the owner that’s why because South Africa is still owned by our oppressors
still the name from oppressors. Most of the towns and cities still have name
from oppressors and we are told by the politicians to celebrate their mediocrity.
Indeed celebrating heritage day is to celebrate mediocrity of our so called
politicians and freedom fighters because they dismal failed to bring freedom to
black people, that is why they were not able to even rename the country, one
can only name what belongs to him. Heritage is not only about wearing your
traditional clothes just for one day in a year yet your everyday life is European,
in a European environment not even knowing your past. South African
constitution is also 100% European that’s why even the ANC cannot understand
that European constitution, they are always loosing cases in court against the
DA, DA is a party for Europeans and they understand their constitution very
well where else the poor ANC cannot understand that constitution and they will
still continue to lose against the DA in court.
True heritage will be realized when we have received
our land, there is no heritage without our land most of black people are
landless and homeless in a country of their forefathers. They are living in
squatter camps and the so called RDP houses and they are told to celebrate such
mediocre. The less is said about those having bonded houses the better because
most of the claim to have houses yet those houses belongs to the bank in which
the bank belongs to the imperialist. If it happens they lose their job those
houses can be repossessed, they are deceiving themselves yet they are also
homeless. How do you perform your African rituals in townships and squatter
camps such places are not suitable for
performing our rituals .Most African rituals require that in your home you must
have a sacred house called(umsamo) and a
kraal, most of our rituals are performed in this two sacred places. Some Africans
do take chances in township and do their rituals without this two important
sacred place and one must know that you cannot make your bedroom sacred
(umsamo).At the end those who take those chances and perform their rituals in
such structures when things do not go well with them they then blame the
ancestors thinking their ancestors are ineffective.African home requires that
you must have big land not just what we saw in the townships and suburbs. I
have never seen a home suitable to perform African rituals in a township.
These
politicians have conspired with the oppressors to deny us true freedom today
they have big tummies full of whisky and brandy at an expense of true African
freedom they are all sellouts they want us to celebrate this nothing and be
proud of being the inferior citizen of this country .Our people must keep on
voting for them just to maintain those big tummies full of whisky and
brandy drive those big cars and stay in
big houses whiles our people are staying like pigs in shacks (not yet uhuru)
still a long walk to freedom. Our languages are still marginalized even in the
parliament they speak English yet some are not even fluent in that English they
just count words. What heritage do we have to celebrate when we are landless
and homeless in a land of our forefathers .Our culture is still oppressed and
the European culture is the one above us. Everything about South Africa is
still European there is no change at all
some politicians are even saying south Africa is the Europe of Africa and they
even forget that south Africa is part of Africa thinking they are European that
is also what perpetuate afro phobia attacks. The below list shows how European
we are and how stupid are our politicians to say we must celebrate heritage yet
we have nothing that is heritage in our day to day life. We cannot even get married
in our own ways as our marriage is considered cultural not marriage. BLACKMAN
YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
Ø Our languages are considered as second language
Ø European Education
Ø European Religion
Ø European Marriages
Ø European Funerals
Ø European Medication
Ø European Dress code
Ø European Food
Ø African cultures are still inferior
Ø European economic style
Ø Everything is written in European Languages
Ø European constitutions
Ø Land still owned by Colonial Powers
Ø European financial Systems
Ø European Holidays
Ø European Calendar
Ø African Holidays are inferior
Ø European values
Ø Wealthy is still in the Colonial powers