Ziyanda_Xaso Profile

Join Date:
2012-04-24
Blogs Owned
1. Mental Emancipation of Self
The blog is about freedom! Being free to say what you want and be who you choose to be.
Tags: Life, Opinion, Advice, Love, Philosophy
2. Mbotho Youth Movement
A family blog about the culture and traditions of the Mbotho Clan
3. The Single Life Series
The blog is dedicated the discussing the pitfalls of being a single thirty-something year old in South Africa
Latest Blog Posts
- Mental Emancipation of Self is now S.A.M - Strong Afrocentric Mindsetson Oct 2, 2012Please note that we have changed our name to S.A.M - Strong Afrocentric Mindsets visit us here...
- Starting a Business the Right Wayon Jul 8, 2012 in business loans small business grantsKeyword/s: business loans, small business grants [used in the article] If you think that the success of a business depends on how much it has earned, think again. No matter how abundant the harvest is, if the core and pulp are rotten then th...
- The Gender Pay Gapon Jun 11, 2012The gender pay gap is the difference between the rates women and men are paid for doing the same job. It has been an issue that has been looked at by policy makers ever since women started entering the labour market in large numbers. An organiz...
- The Camel, the Needle Head, and the Rich Man: What Christians Really Think About Wealthon Jun 7, 2012They say money makes the world go round. You use money to buy basic necessities like food, clothes, and shelter. You use it to pay the bills. You also use it to purchase other things like cars, gadgets, and vacations. Indeed, money can buy you thi...
- HOW TO SUCCEED AS A WOMAN IN A MALE DOMINATED PROFESSIONThis is an article I wrote for the Delta Women Blog. To find out more about Delta Women and the wonderful work they do visit them at here and see what you can do to lend a helping hand. You can access the article from their blog here. HOW TO SUCCEED...
- Leadership Lessons from dancing guy!on Jun 1, 2012I recently wrote this article for an amazing publication; Youth-Leader Magazine. They focus on reporting on sustainable and replicable solutions for socio-economic issues, enjoy! Derek Sivers calls himself an entrepreneur, programmer, avid...
- It takes a village to raise a child, a holistic approach to addressing the problem of child headed familieson Jun 1, 2012Meet Hugo and Liesje Templeman, they came to South Africa for their honeymoon and never left. They are founders of the Ndlovu Care Group (NCG) in Elandsdoorn, a rural township in Limpopo. Their innovative program has won awards for community developm...
- Ziyanda, South Africa | YOUTH-LEADER MAGAZINE > GLOBAL EDITIONon May 21, 2012Ziyanda, South Africa | YOUTH-LEADER MAGAZINE > GLOBAL EDITION It’s like someone has taken the vision I had in my head and started putting it into practice. I have been looking for an organization that would be the right fit with me, with my p...
- YL @ Vision Summit 2012 / Edu-Action, Berlin-Potsdam | YOUTH-LEADER MAGAZINE > GLOBAL EDITIONon May 21, 2012YL @ Vision Summit 2012 / Edu-Action, Berlin-Potsdam | YOUTH-LEADER MAGAZINE > GLOBAL EDITION...
- Failureon May 2, 2012There is no such thing as failure, there is only the discovery of numerous ways not do something. Success is not a destination rather a journey through which you discover the best way to do something through trial and error. A child l...
- Loving each other by Leo Buscaglia....Part 1on May 2, 2012One of the best books on love and human relationships I've read in a while is called Loving Each Other by Leo Buscaglia Ph.D. Written in the early eighties yet the work is very relevant today. In the book he goes through a fact finding mission regard...
- Mutliple Intelligenceon May 1, 2012A lot of the times people think of intelligence in one way, the logical and linear form of intelligence that we are trained and taught to emulate in school and measured in IQ tests. But intelligence is a lot more complex than that as demonstrated by...
- Police Officer Arrested for Shopliftingon Apr 25, 2012I really find it ironic that after SAPU obtained an interdict to prevent the SAPS from disarming police officers deemed unfit to carry a firearm, an article appears in today's paper regarding one being arrested for shoplifting in East London. Apparen...
- Yet another SG bites the dust!on Apr 25, 2012The South African Democratic Teacher's Union (SADTU) has once again succeeded in driving out yet another Superintendent General (SG) in the Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE), Advocate Moddima Mannya. This time they have driven out a candid...
- The disarming of unstable officerson Apr 23, 2012The SA Police Service has been blocked by the SA Policing Union from disarming police officers that have been declared unfit to handle firearms, Times Live reports. The majority of these police officers have been deemed unfit due to psychological iss...
- No, you can't have your own car. Dad’s on a budget.on Apr 19, 2012Before you start pouting, throwing tantrums and taking out your ultimate don’t-you-love-me-daddy look, please do understand: it also pains Daddy to not be able to give you what you want, sweetie. You see, Daddy has to deal with all these fluctuatio...
- The death penalty questionon Apr 12, 2012Recently I was asked to comment on whether I am for the death penalty or against it. For a second this question threw me for a loop because I have never really considered what my standpoint is on this issue. The death penalty is normally res...
- Review: The Evolution of Human Intellect: Discover the Information that Schools and Religions Aren't Yet Teachingon Apr 6, 2012The Evolution of Human Intellect: Discover the Information that Schools and Religions Aren't Yet Teaching by L.N. Smith My rating: 2 of 5 stars First the title of this book promises too much, it really does not deliver what it states. The u...
- Review: My Sister's Keeperon Apr 3, 2012My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult My rating: 5 of 5 stars The book is much better than the movie, actually you cannot compare the two. The book is richer and has more depth! At first I did not like Jodi's style of writing in this book, in pa...
- Review: Loving Each Otheron Mar 26, 2012Loving Each Other by Leo Buscaglia My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is one of the best books on relationships I've read, and I have read a lot! I love Leo's informal and simple, yet effective, style of writing. The book is an amazingly easy read, the...