Hi all I know I have been a bit quiet. Well its coming to an end soon. Also the blog will be moving away from wordpress.com. I have been fighting it out in the backend, but its coming together slowly. It will be thehonestone.co.za (because I am in South Africa I thought it best to

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I suppose we all know the old saying “Sticks and stones can hurt my bones, but names will never hurt me…” Could not be further from the truth hey…. If anything the names will hurt you in a far more vivid manner and could cause you life long pain rather than being physically hurt. We

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This was simply too much for me not to comment on…… For those not aware of South Africa’s new “secrecy bill” which, in short, is a bill that is proposing that no media can publicize any state information even if it exposes corruption. Basically journalists cannot just report information without “permission or declassification”. Its a

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Black Economic Empowerment……mmmmmmmm….. I cannot say I was ever a believer of B.E.E. My own personal thoughts on it, is that it is a knee jerk reaction to the atrocities done to the black people of our land. I don’t condone what was done in apartheid, but I really do not think B.E.E. and affirmative

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When one has a low self image, everybody has better everything than you. Better eyes, hair, legs, feet, face, car, house, job……(fill in the blanks) Its almost like trying to come up for air when under water, and you manage to just gasp some air for a moment and then you are forced down again,

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