A poem for Oupa<\/p>\n
Phoenix must rise \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 must rise , o ye
\nrise from the ash heaps of apartheid and colonialism.
\nRise from the pain and suffering of yesteryear:
\nRise the pain of \u201cGroup areas\u201d AND Force Removals,
\nremovals and trauma of Cato Manor, Vitas,
\nbut also District Six, the Northern areas (PE).
\nAnd rise also with the tears of Peddie, Lime Hill, Qwa-qwa and Winterveld.
\nPhoenix must rise. Rise Phoenix!<\/p>\n
Phoenix must rise from the pain of colonialism:
\nof false promises in India and deception:
\n\u201cgold lying like chicken shit in the streets\u201d and the sweetness of sugar cane, tea and diabetes. Rise Phoenix above the lies of a false prism.
\nSee the tears and hear the terrible cough of asbestos mines, gold, diamond and platinum; broken and fragmented lives.
\nJoin the shout and cry: Down with Cecil John Rhodes and his heirs \u2013 Lonmin, CR17 and White Monopoly Capital.
\nYebo Phoenix rise with the those in the Green Blanket and
\nthe tears of Marikana, Anglo Gold Ashanti and De Beers.
\nRise Phoenix, rise Phoenix, rise.<\/p>\n
Word wakker Phoenix staan op en kyk rond. Look at the tears and the cough of blood in Prieska and Copperton. Look, look beyond the gold of Bolly Wood and extravagent weddings and dowries. Rise Phoenix. Kyk mooi en kyk reg, Kyk en sien die sleg, Phoenix.
\nRise and listen to the cough and the blood, rise from the cold and the heat of gold, and diamonds and asbestos. Rise up Phoenix, rise up.<\/p>\n
Vuka \u2026 \u2026 Vuka Phoenix and rise from the lies and corruption of
\nIndenture labour. Wake up to lies a \u201cbetter life for all\u201d and White Monopoly Capital joining the boards of Hullets, Tongaat and Lonmin.
\nYebo Phoenix \u2026. see the tears of cheap labour and exploitation of Indenture labour, but also today on the farms, factories and shops. Yes, even the kitchens of the suburbs, townshops and your own home.
\nHear the cries of Gogo and her children who are hungry. Yes hungry, whilst Mzansi export maize and sugar to the US and UK to be turned into pet food. Rise Phoenix and see the pain of starvation and unemployment in the shanties, townships. Your own backyard.
\nYebo\u2026 Phoenix must rise and look around. Look around Phoenix and rise.<\/p>\n
Phoenix must rise \u2013 not alone, not alone from the
\npain of apartheid, but with others
\nthe pain of force removals to barren, neglected homelands, 1983 and 1994. Mamelang Phoenix, mamalang \u2026.listen to the cries of children separated. The silent cries of
\npartners and family due to population registration. Partners who could not hold hands.
\n\u201cOnthou daai oom en daai auntie\u201d is ook ons familie. Yes, we married across the colour line, let us not forget. Do not forget.
\nOns is mos almal mense, dieselfde bloed onder apartheid.<\/p>\n
The tears and the pain of immorality laws, van wegkruip
\ninnie cupboards in West Street, Hillbrow and Hanover park.
\nPhoenix must rise and rise with others and not forget our common roots and common humanity.
\nPhoenix must rise. A whe! Phoenix. Ons blom hier, ons phola hier.
\nA whe Phoenix, a whe, and rise Phoenix. Bua! Bua Phoenix!<\/p>\n
Tsoga Phoenix, tshoga nabatho ba Marikana. Eee! Rise up with those in Marikana, rise above the ashes of apartheid, of police brutality of apartheid yesterday and today. Rise above the gun shots, the yearning for more profits in Anglogold, De Beers and Lonmin.
\nTha! Tha \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 tha, tha hear the gun shots Phoenix in Marikana and the shoutsin the stock market \u2013 a market that is bullish and killing people at the click of a tweet; making millionaires and billionaires, whilst condemning others to widow-hood, poverty and starvation in Winterveld, Peddie and Pondoland. Wide and far\u2026 Phoenix you must rise above Kala pani and the Raj. Rise above the Raj, Phoenix.<\/p>\n
Oet reh ! Oet reh! Phoenix, oet reh \u2026 \u2026
\nrise up above the pain of class and caste, Phoenix.
\nCast out caste and relegate that system of past to the past
\nrise above the class of money and wealth and untouchability.
\nPhoenix must rise and hold hands in solidarity with all.
\nRise Phoenix\u2026 no more caste and jat\u2026 no more class and wealth
\nPhoenix must rise above the pain of oppression and separation
\nSee the other as self and that we are all normal. No longer classified as \u201cundesirable\u201d outcaste and foreigner by colonialism and apartheid
\nClassified as \u201ca problem\u201d to get rid. Phoenix must rise above the pain of colour: the blind hatred of the OTHER!
\nPhoenix with rise with the Other above the ashes of separation and exclusion.
\nTshoga, vuka, oetre, word wakker Phoenix \u2013 the face of the other is your own. See your reflection in their pain as you rise. It is time to reflect. Yes, Phoenix. Will Phoenix rise and turn around?<\/p>\n
Turn around and find the other as yourself, the pain, but also the joy.
\nIn the joy of sharing and caring
\nIn the joy of recognition of the other as self
\nas human and human alone, not caught up in the history
\nof separate development and colonial expansion. Of being better and a higher class and caste. But of being human and the same, in all our pain.
\nPhoenix, will you rise?
\nO ja \u2013 Phoenix sal. Phoenix will rise.
\nAnd Phoenix will show the way to Mzansi when Phoenix rise from the ashes
\nRise from the darkness of apartheid to bring light to Chatsworth and Laudium, to Lenasia and Malabar, to Gatesville.
\nBring light to Wentworth and Mitchel\u2019s plain, and District Six, to Eldos and Atlantis.
\nAnd rise above the sea to new heights. From the dark blue see rise Phoenix and bright new hope to all. Will you rise Phoenix?<\/p>\n
Phoenix will rise from the dark ashes of apartheid and show the way. Show the way to Parktown, Saxonwold. Yes, yes bring the light even to Sandton and Houghton in their shame of greed and guilt. Phoenix rise and show the way to Clifton Bay and Bishop\u2019s court that we are one. One in Africa and one in the world, bring your light Houtbay and Orania. We are one\u2026 we will rise as one above apartheid and selfedetermination. Rise and look around Phoenix\u2026. Reach out and rise up.<\/p>\n
Ja \u2013nee Phoenix will rise and hold hands with the others in
\nRebuilding a new society of no race classification, no BBBEEE
\nno separation of class and colour, of gender and sexuality
\nPhoenix will rise and rise with you out of the ashes
\nPhoenix will rise above religion and prejudice
\nAnd bring to a new birth, a new people rising together.<\/p>\n
Will you rise Phoenix? Will you rise Phoenix?
\nHow will you rise? And when will you rise Phoenix?
\n(Poem by mokeshm@gmail.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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