Ukweshwama Energizes Zulu King
By Vusi Moloi (c) 2009
The great King of Zulu people Inkosi Zwelithini of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa got an infusion of new powers as a result of the sacred ceremony of Ukweshwama which was held on Saturday at Nongoma a home ground of celebrated Zulu ancestry.
The sacrosanct tradition, which transfers brand new powers to the ruling King, involved the sacrificing of a bull without the use of man-made instruments. The animal was overpowered and slaughtered by young Zulu men using bare hands. The ceremony was attended by an impressive array of luminaries including the President of South Africa the great Msholozi Jacob Zuma along with the highly popular Premier of KwaZulu Natal uKhabazela ka Mavovo Dr. Zweli Mkhize.
Thanks Giving Ceremony
Umkhosi Wokweshwama was practised during King Shaka and this is a continuation of a long standing tradition. It’s a Thanks Giving ceremony similar to the North American Thanks Giving held in Canada and USA in the months of October and November respectively. The Zulu people hold their Thanks Giving in December.
Boosted by Court Decision
Ukweshwama was given a tremendous boost by a court decision that robustly quashed a daring challenge which sought to dismantle the Zulu tradition on the premise that it was a cruel practise. King Zwelithini referred to this fact when he said that no nation had a right to dictate to another about its culture.
An urgent court challenge to stop this sacred tradition from going ahead was brought to Pietermaritzburg High Court by the English leadership of some group who call themselves Animal Rights Africa or ARA in South Africa. The ARA based their case on what was later established to be a cocktail of “hearsay” and “untruths” with respect to the Zulu tradition. Moreover, ARA was found to be misguided in their understanding of Zulu traditions something that is not surprising given the fact that South African English are colonial descendants whose understanding of Zulu traditions is largely based on the misinformation regularly fed to them from childhood by their parents and English schools.
This type of consistent misinformation does eventually become part of bio-programming. Nhlanhla Mtaka of the Royal House of King Zwelithini underscored this fact of ignorance by ARA when he told journalists "We have also noticed that they are very ignorant. They don’t know what this ceremony is all about and how it is conducted." Mtaka observed that ARA and those who supported it showed a combination of arrogance and ignorance.
Ukweshwama Like Holy Communion
In dismissing the case from his courtroom the Judge Nic van der Reyden expressed a viewpoint that ruling against the Zulu tradition was tantamount to ruling against the holy communion of the Roman Catholic Church.
The court room was packed with Zulu supporters dressed in their proud Zulu regalia. South Africa's ten million strong Zulus honour this tradition each year. A highly regarded Zulu scholar and cultural expert Professor Jabulani Maphalala assisted by another Professor Nxumalo exposed the materially baseless case which led the Judge to rule against the ARA. Maphalala is a former Professor of History at the University of Zululand of which the current President of South Africa Dr. Jacob Zuma is a Chancellor.
Publicity Stunt
In an incredible show of bravado the ARA named Isilo sa kwa Zulu Inkosi Enkulu Zwelithini, Dr. Zweli Mkhize and others in their court documents. This strange court challenge was later described by Nonhlanhla Mtaka and others as a publicity stunt designed to raise funds for the ARA. The ARA has denied the charge of publicity stunt.
Reconciliation and Tolerance
The KwaZulu Natal Premier Dr. Mkhize commented after the court decision that this was a victory for “the champions of reconciliation and cultural tolerance”.
Sour Grapes
The leadership of the ARA are an epitome of colonial descendants who have not come to terms with the new South Africa devoid of apartheid and led by an impressive yet humble Zulu leader the great Msholozi. ARA was described by Professor Maphalala as steeped in sour grapes against the Zulu people on account of a crushing victory suffered by the English imperial army at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879 in the hands of a brilliant Zulu General Umkhuzi wa Mabutho Ntshingwayo. General Ntshingwayo who enjoyed a high praise as a sharp-witted strategist by the great Zulu King Cetshwayo was assisted by other formidable military commanders and war practitioners on the ground like Prince Dabulamanzi, Prince Shingana, Prince Biyela to name but a few.
Genetic Resistance
The sentiment of afrophobic fear and desire to put down the African natives and their indigenous culture is legendary in our times. This kind of sentiment is a result of a process of bio-programming whereby the neurons become encoded with a sentiment that perceives an authentic African tradition as a survival threat by the English. In the poem A Genetic Trait we read these lines:
“A genetic resistance to change
It’s in the DNA to resist the change
The indifference to extreme suffering
A code of silence while colonizing” Moloi, Vusi A Genetic Trait, The African Mongoose, Canada.
From the Contextual Commentary of the poem we get the context:
"The membrane of a brain cell is equipped with a system of plasticity designed to encode and lock in place a unique fingerprint of a particular experience via synaptic connection. If the stimulus is significant by way of association with respect to the survival of the organism, a special fortifying protein via the RNA from the DNA structures is released from the body of the cell. This protein travels via the axon towards the synaptic cleft in order to increase the connective strength of the synaptic connection. Once the synapses are permanently bonded in this fashion, they are no longer inclined towards changing or reversing that particular synaptic configuration." Moloi, Vusi A Genetic Trait, The African Mongoose, Canada.
This demonstrates a theoretical impossibility of trying to convince an Afrophobic individual to accept others as equals because if it’s in their DNA to resist change then that effort is wasted. When the mind is consistently duped using misinformation about others it leads to a cascade of genetic events intended to permanently cast that individual in stone. The WASP (White Anglo Saxon Protestant) antithesis towards everything African is in their DNA and there is really not much that can be done about it. It’s a genetic trait that cannot be shaken off; a sobering perspective all things considered. This is not to say that all the English are bio-programmed in this way by colonial and denialist teachings to divest the African natives of their way of life. However, it would be misguided to ignore the words of the English man Cecil Rhodes who once said:
“I contend that we [the English] are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race. Just fancy those parts that are at present inhabited by the most despicable [the non-English] specimens of human beings what an alteration there would be if they were brought under Anglo-Saxon influence…”, Moloi, Vusi, The White Establishment – Part IV, Canada. Bracketed italics are the author’s.
Similar words were also expressed in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Canada by the English Canadian member of Parliament Mr. John Charlaton as follows:
"It was necessary that England should assert her sovereignty; it was necessary that England should assert her power and rights in South Africa. England has purposes in South Africa. Providence has purposes in South Africa, and makes England its instrument. Providence has purposes in other lands and England is the instrument of Providence. It is evidently the intention of Providence that the English-speaking race shall exercise a great influence upon the affairs of this world." Moloi, Vusi, The White Establishment – Part IV, Canada.
Living by the Code
Many English South Africans live by this code of English supremacy despite the expression of goodwill by the African natives in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission headed by the great legend Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It’s incredible that despite the TRC the English have largely moved in the most rightwing and reactionary direction on a collision course against the aspirations of the African natives. It’s like the English have interpreted reconciliation as a form of weakness to be exploited and there is nothing stopping them from doing so.
This anti-African sentiment has been consistently observed in the English media in South Africa as well as political parties like the Democratic Alliance under Ms. Helen Zille. When this writer travelled from London to Johannesburg a few years ago, it was amazing that a South African English passenger seated with the author could not name the OR Tambo International Airport and so was the English pilot of the plane. They preferred to call the airport by the old apartheid name.
Compassion Fatigue
In the meanwhile the African natives are increasingly developing a compassion fatigue towards the indifference of the English. This trend is observable as the African natives become more assertive in embracing their African traditions as demonstrated by this court case. They are unstoppable on the inexorable march towards the great struggle for African freedom and betterment.
About the Author
A former South African Television Journalist, Vusi Moloi is a published author of a contextual poetry book, A Goodbye To My Little Troubles, and maintains a blog, Zulumathabo on the Internet.
The great King of Zulu people Inkosi Zwelithini of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa got an infusion of new powers as a result of the sacred ceremony of Ukweshwama which was held on Saturday at Nongoma a home ground of celebrated Zulu ancestry.
The sacrosanct tradition, which transfers brand new powers to the ruling King, involved the sacrificing of a bull without the use of man-made instruments. The animal was overpowered and slaughtered by young Zulu men using bare hands. The ceremony was attended by an impressive array of luminaries including the President of South Africa the great Msholozi Jacob Zuma along with the highly popular Premier of KwaZulu Natal uKhabazela ka Mavovo Dr. Zweli Mkhize.
Thanks Giving Ceremony
Umkhosi Wokweshwama was practised during King Shaka and this is a continuation of a long standing tradition. It’s a Thanks Giving ceremony similar to the North American Thanks Giving held in Canada and USA in the months of October and November respectively. The Zulu people hold their Thanks Giving in December.
Boosted by Court Decision
Ukweshwama was given a tremendous boost by a court decision that robustly quashed a daring challenge which sought to dismantle the Zulu tradition on the premise that it was a cruel practise. King Zwelithini referred to this fact when he said that no nation had a right to dictate to another about its culture.
An urgent court challenge to stop this sacred tradition from going ahead was brought to Pietermaritzburg High Court by the English leadership of some group who call themselves Animal Rights Africa or ARA in South Africa. The ARA based their case on what was later established to be a cocktail of “hearsay” and “untruths” with respect to the Zulu tradition. Moreover, ARA was found to be misguided in their understanding of Zulu traditions something that is not surprising given the fact that South African English are colonial descendants whose understanding of Zulu traditions is largely based on the misinformation regularly fed to them from childhood by their parents and English schools.
This type of consistent misinformation does eventually become part of bio-programming. Nhlanhla Mtaka of the Royal House of King Zwelithini underscored this fact of ignorance by ARA when he told journalists "We have also noticed that they are very ignorant. They don’t know what this ceremony is all about and how it is conducted." Mtaka observed that ARA and those who supported it showed a combination of arrogance and ignorance.
Ukweshwama Like Holy Communion
In dismissing the case from his courtroom the Judge Nic van der Reyden expressed a viewpoint that ruling against the Zulu tradition was tantamount to ruling against the holy communion of the Roman Catholic Church.
The court room was packed with Zulu supporters dressed in their proud Zulu regalia. South Africa's ten million strong Zulus honour this tradition each year. A highly regarded Zulu scholar and cultural expert Professor Jabulani Maphalala assisted by another Professor Nxumalo exposed the materially baseless case which led the Judge to rule against the ARA. Maphalala is a former Professor of History at the University of Zululand of which the current President of South Africa Dr. Jacob Zuma is a Chancellor.
Publicity Stunt
In an incredible show of bravado the ARA named Isilo sa kwa Zulu Inkosi Enkulu Zwelithini, Dr. Zweli Mkhize and others in their court documents. This strange court challenge was later described by Nonhlanhla Mtaka and others as a publicity stunt designed to raise funds for the ARA. The ARA has denied the charge of publicity stunt.
Reconciliation and Tolerance
The KwaZulu Natal Premier Dr. Mkhize commented after the court decision that this was a victory for “the champions of reconciliation and cultural tolerance”.
Sour Grapes
The leadership of the ARA are an epitome of colonial descendants who have not come to terms with the new South Africa devoid of apartheid and led by an impressive yet humble Zulu leader the great Msholozi. ARA was described by Professor Maphalala as steeped in sour grapes against the Zulu people on account of a crushing victory suffered by the English imperial army at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879 in the hands of a brilliant Zulu General Umkhuzi wa Mabutho Ntshingwayo. General Ntshingwayo who enjoyed a high praise as a sharp-witted strategist by the great Zulu King Cetshwayo was assisted by other formidable military commanders and war practitioners on the ground like Prince Dabulamanzi, Prince Shingana, Prince Biyela to name but a few.
Genetic Resistance
The sentiment of afrophobic fear and desire to put down the African natives and their indigenous culture is legendary in our times. This kind of sentiment is a result of a process of bio-programming whereby the neurons become encoded with a sentiment that perceives an authentic African tradition as a survival threat by the English. In the poem A Genetic Trait we read these lines:
“A genetic resistance to change
It’s in the DNA to resist the change
The indifference to extreme suffering
A code of silence while colonizing” Moloi, Vusi A Genetic Trait, The African Mongoose, Canada.
From the Contextual Commentary of the poem we get the context:
"The membrane of a brain cell is equipped with a system of plasticity designed to encode and lock in place a unique fingerprint of a particular experience via synaptic connection. If the stimulus is significant by way of association with respect to the survival of the organism, a special fortifying protein via the RNA from the DNA structures is released from the body of the cell. This protein travels via the axon towards the synaptic cleft in order to increase the connective strength of the synaptic connection. Once the synapses are permanently bonded in this fashion, they are no longer inclined towards changing or reversing that particular synaptic configuration." Moloi, Vusi A Genetic Trait, The African Mongoose, Canada.
This demonstrates a theoretical impossibility of trying to convince an Afrophobic individual to accept others as equals because if it’s in their DNA to resist change then that effort is wasted. When the mind is consistently duped using misinformation about others it leads to a cascade of genetic events intended to permanently cast that individual in stone. The WASP (White Anglo Saxon Protestant) antithesis towards everything African is in their DNA and there is really not much that can be done about it. It’s a genetic trait that cannot be shaken off; a sobering perspective all things considered. This is not to say that all the English are bio-programmed in this way by colonial and denialist teachings to divest the African natives of their way of life. However, it would be misguided to ignore the words of the English man Cecil Rhodes who once said:
“I contend that we [the English] are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race. Just fancy those parts that are at present inhabited by the most despicable [the non-English] specimens of human beings what an alteration there would be if they were brought under Anglo-Saxon influence…”, Moloi, Vusi, The White Establishment – Part IV, Canada. Bracketed italics are the author’s.
Similar words were also expressed in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Canada by the English Canadian member of Parliament Mr. John Charlaton as follows:
"It was necessary that England should assert her sovereignty; it was necessary that England should assert her power and rights in South Africa. England has purposes in South Africa. Providence has purposes in South Africa, and makes England its instrument. Providence has purposes in other lands and England is the instrument of Providence. It is evidently the intention of Providence that the English-speaking race shall exercise a great influence upon the affairs of this world." Moloi, Vusi, The White Establishment – Part IV, Canada.
Living by the Code
Many English South Africans live by this code of English supremacy despite the expression of goodwill by the African natives in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission headed by the great legend Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It’s incredible that despite the TRC the English have largely moved in the most rightwing and reactionary direction on a collision course against the aspirations of the African natives. It’s like the English have interpreted reconciliation as a form of weakness to be exploited and there is nothing stopping them from doing so.
This anti-African sentiment has been consistently observed in the English media in South Africa as well as political parties like the Democratic Alliance under Ms. Helen Zille. When this writer travelled from London to Johannesburg a few years ago, it was amazing that a South African English passenger seated with the author could not name the OR Tambo International Airport and so was the English pilot of the plane. They preferred to call the airport by the old apartheid name.
Compassion Fatigue
In the meanwhile the African natives are increasingly developing a compassion fatigue towards the indifference of the English. This trend is observable as the African natives become more assertive in embracing their African traditions as demonstrated by this court case. They are unstoppable on the inexorable march towards the great struggle for African freedom and betterment.
About the Author
A former South African Television Journalist, Vusi Moloi is a published author of a contextual poetry book, A Goodbye To My Little Troubles, and maintains a blog, Zulumathabo on the Internet.
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