Dhoya Snijders:The Building of Borders

The Central Methodist Mission in Johannesburg was once perceived to be the flagship of the Methodist Church in Southern Africa. The massive, six-floor building was religiously clean with devoted spaces, unsoiled floors, and a hushed sanctuary. This is no more. In recent times, it has opened its doors to provide shelter for those who cannot find roofs elsewhere. Many of the needy individuals are foreign nationals, mainly Zimbabweans. After South Africa ‘hosted’ the xenophobic attacks of 2008, some 3000 people sought nightly refuge at bishop Paul Verryn’s church. Since then, as SA hung its head in collective shame, this number has halved - more than a thousand individuals still sleep in the hallways, on the stairs, on the floors of the church each night. On the streets, rumours of rape, abuse, corruption and violence are flung at the church. “That place,” a taxi-driver tells me, “it is Gomorra on earth!”.

TBV Blogbate: Is inheritance justified? Dhoya Vs Gilbert

The idea of inheritance has always been just a process of society, an unquestionable norm. Those that benefit benefit and those that dont dont, simple.

If one looks further into this topic however how justifued is inheritance? and is there another way of transferring wealth?

The boys at The Blind View investigate:

TBV Guest Writer Dhoya Snijders: White Company

Orania is ‘slegs vir blankes’, whites only. If you happen to be of another tint, you may visit the town, but you cannot work or stay overnight. You won’t find this rule black on white, but it will be enforced white on black if you do not comply. In the non-racial democratic South Africa of 2010, how is this possible?

TBV Guest Writer: Dhoya Snijders

I had the pleasure of bumping into our next guest writer in the forests of Bolivia. He was eating the bark off a tree, which apparently was very good for heartburn. A self-described poet, Dhoya has an interesting story.

Given that he was conceived in Nigeria and schooled in Papua New Guinea, Dhoya has taken to English like a small cat takes to a bird, very well.
He is a professional hunter who likes to flirt with vegetarianism. He has spent over 2 years walking with the san people so as to release his book entitled: I walked with San people to get onto Oprah.
He has a history of Strawberry abuse and is seeing a Spanish hand model, Dhoya says he loves the rest of her too.

Please welcome in our third guest writer
Count Dhoya Snijders

TBV Guest Writer Dhoya Snijders:Karoo Morning

This weekend I awoke in the Karoo, in the town of Cradock. Like each other South African town I have encountered, Cradock has a twin-city. These South African twin cities are not allied provincial towns in Hungary, Finland, Dakota or the likes, they are situated right beside their older brother and are commonly referred to as ‘the location’ or ‘township’.