What I do on weekends

People always ask me the same questions every Monday, how was my weekend so I decided that I will just write about it so that I don’t talk about it. It’s not ideal topic. It actually bores me to answer that because I can never give details of what I did, I meanit’s Weekend Baby!!! Anything can happen and by Monday I usually don’t remember most of what I did except when I regard itto be important. Then I never forget.

Usually I don’t do much on weekend this past one I spent half sober because the one before, I was drinking like a fish, smoking like chimney and cursing like a pirate. Ok… Friday night I went clubbing with a friend in the middle of the night not necessarily because we had to, but it was just one of those night you wouldn’t just end by slumbering. We left home a midnightonly to find that all places we went to we closed or just about to, so we carried on club hopping, maybe for 2 hours and that was it. Kind of fun to hang at a spot for one drink, then bounce.

Saturday I went to a cricket match in the morning, I usuallygo there on Thursdays for practicematch with the boys, if I’m not going to be playing football on Sunday, there was also a modelling competition (Beauty Contest) hahahah!!! By “E Models” both at Old Grey sports ground, Then I went to a photo shoot in the afternoon for other modelsactivities (outdoor). I get such invitations occasionally, because I love tall, skinny chicks with twanging accents…” BanabadiModels C”.

Then late afternoon I went church for a play “the one I kiss…” I was playing Paul, so it was our last performance. We had a party thereafter; you can imagine party at church, there was a lot of juice, soda, chips, platters, cakes and all the other stuff that would make you sick if you ate too much of. I had a thought of bringingweed just to get the folks giggling out of control, but I thought Whoo! That’s so devilish and if you know how it goes, we’d probably get Hi and start cursing and talking fowl at church. I was there till midnight, I had fun acting, and it was my first acting opportunity in performing arts and it has given anew perspective about drama. I loved it! We had about 300 people coming to watch the play. 

Sunday, I went to church as always; first thing in the morning to pray for my family’s wellbeing and my future. Then I met with the boys for a few beers and California Gold, good conversation about this and that. Then in the afternoon I went to visit my groupie friends”MJ, Mo’ and them…” for a great laugh (I was still toasted from the Kush earlier) to end off my weekend. So if you wonder what I get up to when I’m not working. Yeah! That’s it.Very social>.

It is cold outside. God bless the Homeless at this time

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During September 1993 (quite old but, hey!) an investigation was launched on the lifestyle, activities, experiences, and background of street children in Pretoria, South Africa. Qualitative rather than quantitative interviews were conducted to gather as much information as possible on the total life situation and subjective experiences of these children. This article focuses specifically on their background. The responses to each interview are discussed and compared with research done in the past on South African street children.

The average age of the respondents was between 13 and 14 year, in Cape Town differ only slightly...in that the mean age of runaways is 12.9 years and the mean age of admission to The Homestead is 13.6 years. Street children in South Africa are between 7 and 18 years of age, with the majority between 13 and 16. The ages of street children in poor Third World countries (11 to 16 years) differ significantly from those in rich First World countries (older than 16 years.

A quote from Schaefer (1989) depicts the life of a street child: "As a bitter Highveld winter wind whips through the suburbs of Johannesburg, ten-year-old Moses, huddled in the doorway of a shop in Hillbrow, pulls another piece of cardboard over his body and takes a sniff from his glue bottle, hoping it will block out the cold and bring him some sleep”. Although the above remarks reflect the problematic situation of the contemporary black South African child, drastic reforms have taken place since the former State President F.W. de Klerk's opening address in Parliament on February 2, 1990. These reforms will eventually also improve the black child's situation. The economic, political, and social reform process is under way and is making a positive contribution to the emergence of a non-racial, democratic society, committed to uplifting the broad underprivileged and deprived masses in South Africa. On April 27, 1994 the first non-racial democratic election took place in South Africa to bring a free democratic dispensation to all people in South Africa. Proof of these changes was the awarding of the Nobel Peace prize to Mr De Klerk and President Nelson Mandela in December 1993.

It would thus be unrealistic to explain the phenomenon of South African street children in a simplistic way by ascribing it to an isolated factor such as a previous unacceptable political system. The problem should rather be explained and addressed holistically considering all social, economic, political, cultural, and educational realities. Like any other country in the world, South Africa's problems, including its street children, are unique, and should be approached as such. Simplification regarding any specific matter or contentious issue often leads to unrealistic conceptualization and ineffective management.

The main reason South African children are predominantly male is the girls' responsibility to stay home and look after smaller children. A study has shown street children to be 81.1% male and only 18.9% female, while in (1988) it is founded that only 10% of street children in Cape Town were female. "In Johannesburg, as elsewhere in the world, street children are predominantly male...it appears that girls are abandoned less frequently, and when the family disintegrates, relatives and neighbours are more willing to take them in than boys, since the girls assist with household tasks and child-minding.