"If you've got a tendency of undermining blacks even where you work you are in the wrong place."
“Do you think whites hates blacks?” this was the most difficult and suprising question posed to me this morning by my white colleguy. Not knowing and unsure of reasons behind the question I asked why do you ask me this question? Well I was not informed as the news yesterday broke on how BBC Jouner was kicked out of Luthuli House. Then I asked my poor colleguy Do you indeed think white loves Black? Well one question on top of another. Without waiting an answer I continue to show my white colleguy of the two irreconcilable nations at war with each other for control of economic power in particular in the private sector. “Our corporation employs about 5000 workers which majority are black artisan and general workers,when visitor enters the air conditioned offices , in most cases they think that perhaps they are lost simple because they are too withish ,strategic positions are all in the hands of white people,located in the most state of art offices. On the bases of majority does our corporation reflects that in managerial and specialist positions.Are we blacks here to work as artisan and useless project engineers for the rest of our lives. How many times has you undermine black skills,sideline them ,sabotage them in senior positions resulting in them being frustrated and handing in Voluteery resignations. Six Black chattered accountant has recently volunteered to resign in six consecutive months,not to mention promising young project engineers who are being lost every year as the results of being either sidelined or being frustrated by the elites white employees. Maybe at this condition is not conducisive to pose such questions, check your department first you don’t have a black employees Why?You keep on hiring the white brothers and if compromising you co-opt the Indians and coloureds.” Before I finished my angry colloquy threw his unfinished cigarette and quickly went to his office,well at that moment I was thinking that I have provoked the most senior manager and influential employee in the whole corporation which means I may as well hit the road. Within an hour I met my colloquy at smoke area again and surprisingly he voluterily accepted that indeed we the white people need to change having worked in major corporations ranging from mines,Steel Manufacturings,Petroleum, and Major financial institutions I can assure you that white are in control and dominant and I think I need to look at myself and change completely starting from my section. That was the end of our second session conversation as we all hit to our respective offices.Indeed Julius Malema is revolutinising the work places,telling the truth that many of our Unions are unable to tell as most of these shopstewards has been co-opted in the elite offices doing nothing about what they see everyday at work places. “Economic Freedom in our lifetime” Howard Wa Matjomane -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
