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Nomisupasta at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:00:01 -0400

So, you thought you’s heard and seen it all! Well, Nomi’s on her way to the Jazz Festival this year. The only question remaining is, is she going as a spectator, or could you be catching her on one of the biggest international stages in South Africa…

Hey Check out Nomi’s latest release with International DJ...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:56:15 -0400

Hey Check out Nomi’s latest release with International DJ Black Coffee and Black Motion. so awesome!

Catch Nomisupasta on the 26th at Bassline JHB and on the 29th at...

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:21:51 -0400

Catch Nomisupasta on the 26th at Bassline JHB and on the 29th at STR.CRD2012. We are so glad to have been invited to both events and will be bringing a killer show!

"The official languages of the Republic are Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga,..."

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:29:19 -0400

“The official languages of the Republic are Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa and isiZulu.”

- South African Constitution

What I had to say about Tata, his legacy and the future of South...

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:21:07 -0400

What I had to say about Tata, his legacy and the future of South Africa. Enjoy!

It’s Summer in NYC and we’ve come out to play. Check...

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:08:00 -0400

It’s Summer in NYC and we’ve come out to play. Check out our flyer for upcoming events. On twitter, it’s already our avatar.

Thanks everyone for voting fo us to be part of this years AfroPunk Festival! You wont catch us but you will catch some awesome acts so check it out!

The Emperor is Naked -A video and written respense to Professor...

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The Emperor is Naked

-A video and written respense to Professor Ndebele’s article in the City Press June 17-

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Prof. Ndebele’s piece in the City Press and as is my democratic right as a proud South African, I felt I wanted to engage his opinions. It is also wonderful to see what and how the transgenerational differences, learnings and experiences reflect in how we view the spear painting and the countries response to it.

Just to be frank, my opinion on the painting is that ‘the spear’ was disappointing. Disappointing because of the following reasons. Yes, South Africa has seen some dramatic changes, we have had some social eruptions, we are all not completely happy with where we are, as we should not be. Until we achieve our goal of building an all embracing, vibrant ‘rainbow nation’, a new global dream. Until we become the poster for the future of a humane, caring, global society, we will have to work together to build it.

‘The spear’, was an artistic expression. The artist, whomever he/she is, had feelings that some South Africans do feel towards our President. This is normal, we cannot all agree with the President, his personal choices, but what we all must accept is that he is the leader of the party that won the elections in a free and fair setting. We should get used to the practice of respecting our leadership, and if we feel we cannot, on a fundamental level and believe they should be removed, there are channels we can follow to accomplish such. Unless we wish to do that, we must at least show him respect. If we cannot respect the system, the new way of living, the era of ubuntu we are building, it will crumble. None of us want that.

Respect does not mean reserving our opinions about social programs, about his service delivery goals. The president of the country works for us. Through debate, let us engage and rather review his performance and that of the ANC. Politics is not a beauty pageant where our President must win Miss Congeniality, Mr Likeable or even Senor. Morality. It is wonderful when we can connect with our leadership and relate to them, but I feel what must be paramount is their service delivery agenda and what they are doing to meet it.

I wrote a piece called the emperor. There, on a macro level, I question the system of global capitalism and global political trends. On a micro level, more specific personal issues such as privacy and the governments protection of my ‘space’ are raised. I wrote this prior to the ‘open plan’ toilets first built by the DA in Cape Town were publicized, but it is quite fitting and apt in describing that particularly distasteful situation. Cape Town is the last bastion of hope for -and I’ll say it- the kicking but dying horse of apartheid and racial privilege. That provence needs transformation, we will all be the better for it. I love Cape Town, Long street, I was at UCT for one fantastic year. There are pockets of humanity (students at UCT, the spaces they occupy), and wonderful colorful communities of Cape Town, of all races and shades. They all know this is true and agree with me.

That said, the challenge of the emperor is not unique to South Africa, its is universal.

I will be compiling a video blog that will be posted this week where I will discuss Prof. Ndebele’s position and the points he makes on a more specific level, but overall, these are my heartfelt sentiments.

We live in a new South Africa. We all knew that in order to avoid an almost inevitable hostile violent takeover by the masses, the relinquishing of power by the old guard and national reconciliation was the next best step. Lets not pretend that somehow power was balanced, the odds were in favor of the masses and a very different South African/ Azanian future was looming. People made grave compromises, and we are grateful to them because they gave us the greatest opportunity of all, to build our South Africa.

We agreed to the pacts made in CODESA, ofcourse only those that we have been made aware of. We voted for a nation with a culture of multiculturalism and a strong national identity, hence or former slogan, ‘Alive with Possibility’.

We have a very traumatic history, all of us. It will take time for us to truely transform but I believe we have been moving painstakingly towards our goal and this is no time for us to give up, DO NOT THROW IN THE TOWEL. Let us continue engaging in debate. So far we have been amicable and candid about our individual South African stories shaped by our experiences.

I love my South Africa in its entirety. ‘The Spear’, even though I do dislike the painting and do think the same message could have been creatively tackled in a more effective and constructive manner, it did make us sit up and engage each other. The extension to the painting done by the two gentlemen at the Goodman gallery also energised me and I am keen to engage my fellow South Africans on how we can move forward and be the beacon of hope the world and humanity so desperately need us to be. Working together we CAN do more!

Shop in Harlem baby!

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:39:22 -0400

Shop in Harlem baby!

My friends Bafana and Amanda

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 01:56:10 -0400

My friends Bafana and Amanda

On one of our Sunday missions, we found ourselves on a journey...

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:57:07 -0400

On one of our Sunday missions, we found ourselves on a journey from Union Square to Chelsea. The walking was making us so hungry, we started looking frantically for somewhere to eat in what seemed a culinary bermuda triangle. We tried a place called Italian Pizza… absolutely not trust worthy, I knew some kind of food disease had its hand out for me to shake it. And then, in the distance, we spotted the red and yellow of ‘luck’y FAMOUS burger!’. This is a story of our quest into the realm of the unknown edible. This is our story.

With love from Graffiti artist @mashapotatos on piece done on...

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:56:48 -0400

With love from Graffiti artist @mashapotatos on piece done on @nomisupasta

WOW, M*Art did this piece of me in New York City. Loving it.

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:12:03 -0400

WOW, M*Art did this piece of me in New York City. Loving it.

Photo

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:23:32 -0400

I worked as project manager once upon a time, victory is sweet!

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:20:28 -0400

I worked as project manager once upon a time, victory is sweet!

No connection between Spear vandals lawyer

Wed, 23 May 2012 01:29:46 -0400

No connection between Spear vandals lawyer

Just this Saturday myself and Moses Ramunenyiwa, Sekgothe Ben...

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:25:39 -0400

Just this Saturday myself and Moses Ramunenyiwa, Sekgothe Ben Mohlakwana, Ian Drew, KhayaKazi Khabonina Ngqula and Carol Gorelick were discussing this painting. Our views were very different, spanning from defending artistic freedom to respecting the President of our country, to defending the rights of an ordinary human being, which he is.

I guess, for those who defended it as art, must continue to defend even this defacing because it develops the artistic story, these gentlemen were expressing how they felt, through art. For my friends on the other end, saying that its mean and disrespectful to depict any human in that manner, you stand vindicated I guess, these two South Africans obviously agree with you.

I would like to highlight how this video, in the most clear and graphic form exposes deep seeded racism, still alive in our country. These two gentlemen, true South Africans the both of them, came together as South Africans to make a stand to protect their president. It shouldn’t matter that one was white and one was black, they are the future South Africa I dream, where we meet on issues, not on race.

Unfortunately the staff at the Goodman Gallery are not as enlightened as the rest of the country. Please note how the black gentleman, who did not even start defacing the painting, only followed the white gentleman who started, was not resisting arrest in no way shape or form but was wrestled to the ground and treated like a dog, treated like a sub citizen deserving of no respect. The white man on the other hand, who was the first to act in fact, is pulled aside and questioned. He is only ‘cuffed’ much later and in a very nice way if I might add.

What that black security guard did there makes me sick and I think this painting is one of the best things to happen to South Africa. Lets deal with race relations. Lets deal with white entitlement and black inferiority complexes. What are we doing wrong in our beautiful country and lets address these issues as South Africans, not as whites or blacks.

I support the Goodman Gallery, love going to see paintings by South Africans, but you need to have some workshops with your staff. This video reflects very badly on the gallery because it suggests you condone, as Juju would put it, ‘racist tendencies’.

I am a child of this rainbow nation, I believe we will built our multiracial society, but there will be no hierarchy based on colour in my lifetime.

The beginning is near with Cornel West Part 2, such an awesome...

Sun, 20 May 2012 02:52:37 -0400

The beginning is near with Cornel West Part 2, such an awesome night.

A video comment on ‘The beginning is near’ with...

Sun, 20 May 2012 01:55:35 -0400

A video comment on ‘The beginning is near’ with Cornel West and Michael Moore

‘China has got an agenda in Africa. America has got an agenda in Africa. All of Europe has got an agenda in Africa. Only Africa doesn’t have an agenda for Africa.’

Sat, 12 May 2012 17:55:16 -0400

‘China has got an agenda in Africa. America has got an agenda in Africa. All of Europe has got an agenda in Africa. Only Africa doesn’t have an agenda for Africa.’

"When we think about change we only think about what we may loose and not what we may gain"

Wed, 09 May 2012 08:41:46 -0400

“When we think about change we only think about what we may loose and not what we may gain”

- Unknown, one of the books I’ve been reading though, or it could have been at a seminar, wherever it was, it stuck!