Greetings fellow comrades. Im a first year BA law student in Howard college, Durban, South Africa, but i would like to consider my main identity as, "A PERSON WITH A VOICE". My job, so to speak is trying to remind the world of their own voices which is unheard due to suppression, fear, lack of information, no source of media and poverty. I have a goal which is to remind humans of the right that came with breathing..., voicing an opinion.
South Africa is a second world country, development and improvement is all around us. Our media sources are increasing and are available in many forms, but my personal form of accessing information or being informed about current events has to be the old fashioned radio. My favourite stations are East Coast Radio and Lotus fm. I find that this form of media is easily accessible, affordable and is always on par with current events. Their news updates are informative and we don't have to wait for a specific time slot to know about issues concerning us. These radio stations are all in English. Lotus fm caters for the Indian society in South Africa. The news reported are all reported in a neutral prospective, facts are not hidden and offensive remarks are not made. Other forms of media which I use has to be the net and network chatrooms like facebook, twiter and even youtube. I am mostly interested with news around current discoveries, for example the new discoveries made by NASA, the discovery channel, scientific facts about the planet and its inhabitants.
The only reason I follow a bit of political news is so I can hear what ridiculous ways our money is spent while my neighbours living in informal settlement go homeless, jobless and hungry. Its hard not being apart of politics because its what controls our life style, be it national or international politics. My other interest have to be soccer. The soccer fever in South Africa is something i will take to the grave with me. I have become a fan and now i surf the net for more soccer events a look forward to up coming soccer events like the English premier league... GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED.
Whatever form of media it is, I feel that we all have a right to say something. We need to express ourselves in order to bring about change for the better. I feel that we have this right to expression as long as its done in the correct place in front of the correct audience, I mean this in the sense that if u have a view about sex or violence, it should not be expressed in the presence of young and sensitive viewers and not in the sense of keeping people misinformed, by telling communities lies in order to maintain political power and bring about exploitation and also by not giving them access to any source of media and keeping them in the dark. I feel that if its worth happening ... then its worth reporting, being heard about and being expressed.
Lets all use this power of expression for good and not disregard the globe. Our voice is the paint, the world is our canvas... we only see the picture we paint. So lets not contaminate that picture with our careless attitude and stand up to make a DIFFERENCE!!!
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