Pieter-Dirk Uys Pieter-Dirk Uys was born in during the second quarter of the 20th century and has been active in the theatre scene since the 1960s. he is quite acclaimed and accomplished, having written 20 plays and performed more than 30 revues all over South Africa as well as abroad. Being the great performer that he is makes him an associate with the Space Theater in Cape Town and Johannesburg’s market theatre in the 70s and 80s. In this regard, therefore, Uys has a number of famous plays to his name including ‘Paradise is Closing Down’, ‘Panorama, God’s Forgotten’, ‘Faces in the Wall’ and ‘Just Like Home’ have done well. There were also his one-person shows have been showcased in the UK, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, the United States, and Canada. Pieter has also been credited with a previous award-winning performance of ‘Foreign Aid’ in New York in 2004. Pieter-Dirk Uys is a maestro that has perfected his craft for so long that many now see it as a full-time career. Uys has been unemployed from way back since the 1970s, which gave him ample time to direct, produce, act, and even make his own dresses for performance. Needless to say, […]

The Communist Nation of Cuba’s Most Natural and Profitable Resource While countries like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are well known for their wealth in oil, and other countries such as Colombia rich in emeralds, coffee and coca leaves (albeit illegal), and some rich in diamonds like Russia, Canada and who can forget Senegal which was featured in the controversial whistle-blowing movie Blood Diamonds, with Leonardo DiCaprio. Cuba’s wealth is not found in their natural resources because other than the untapped and barely mentioned natural resources of copper and nickel mines, and the even more famous worldwide and lucrative export (embargo and sanctioned) of the Cuban Tabaco El Cohiba, which, frankly any cigar aficionado with two nickels to rub together, can get anywhere in the United States. However, profitable the endeavor of tobacco’s are nothing will even come close to “The Communist Nation of Cuba’s Most Natural an Profitable Resource” which is their enslavement of Cuban doctors worldwide and the corrupt Castro tyrannical regime’s main source of Wealth. Unbelievable so, in this day and age, under the nose of the world, veiled as the most humanitarian country in the world for providing impoverished nations with doctors. Cuba’s very lucrative most exported […]

On April 28, 2008, the half-clothed body of a woman was found dead in a ditch outside of KwaThema, Gauteng, South Africa. Hers wasn’t the first body to be found in that area, known to be a dumping ground where local gangs took their victims. Hers wasn’t the only female body to be raped and murdered in South Africa in the early 2000s, either. Yet, her killing shocked the country – and the world. What stood out about this particular body was that is belonged to Eudy Simelane, a well-known former player on the South African national football team, the Springs Home Sweepers. Eudy Simelane, born on March 11, 1977, was 31 years old at the time of her death. She had just accepted a job at a law firm in Pretoria, having finished a successful career playing soccer. She was also a coach for four other teams and was studying to be a referee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In the time before her death, she was also well known for being one of the first woman to live openly as a lesbian in KwaThema. She was an equal rights activist and a bold voice in a cacophony […]