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Managing oneself

Sneeze the snooze!

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April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 3 mins

A snooze is as good as a hesitation, that missed moment will never come back, that good intention will never present itself again, so one has to learn to seize the moment and run with the wave or be washed ashore.

Fatherhood

Cover the Shem!

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January 4, 2023January 4, 2023 5 mins

And lastly, it is not the drunken state and shame of the society that should be walked away from and broadcast. It is the unction to cover shame and redeem each other that should be preoccupy us.

Cover the Shem! (Read shame) and do no Ham (read harm).

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Converse !

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December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 3 mins

We cannot have monologues, we cannot have diatribes, we cannot speak till we froth, we cannot and must not rant till we lose ourselves and cost us great relationships but converse we must!

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Corrections are expensive

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June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 2 mins

Corrections are an expensive habit. Do not bank on them because they will bankrupt you.

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Covid era musings: survival choices

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April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 3 mins

I have not blogged in a long time. Covid 19 has been taxing and draining in many ways and I have found myself wondering why I could not put pen to paper in an era which is supposedly giving us more idle time. I then discovered I was wrong, while Covid 19 might have kept […]

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I remember my father (2020 version)

Nqobile Ncube

August 23, 2020 2 mins

I remember my father…(2020 version) A man who will not read has no advantage over one that cannot read. – Mark Twain The last time I saw my dad alive was mid 2005 when I visited home from my then workstation in Chirundu. On the eve of my departure he gave me his whole library […]

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CONFLICTED FATHERHOOD

Nqobile Ncube

June 21, 2020 3 mins

Happy Fathers Day my brothers. The battle demands that we forego our conflicted issues and create a legacy that will not afflict our children.

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Of Covid19 restrictions and pain : In memory of Stanford ‘Khuya’ Khumalo 1968-2020

Nqobile Ncube

May 19, 2020 5 mins

I don’t want to be remembered for being liked. I want to be remembered for being real. – G Gregg Murray One of the most painful things Covid19 has brought is the pain of being unable to travel beyond one’s local boundary as efforts to contain the scourge are being enforced. In this stricture has […]

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COVID 19 lessons – Reflections

Nqobile Ncube

April 22, 2020 3 mins

Everything in excess is opposed to nature – Hippocrates Before the lockdown I used to swivel my seat from the vantage position at my desk, shift the drapes aside and nod my heard in affirmation. I would be affirming a sound that I was used to hearing every evening before 1800 hours. It was the […]

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Zimbabwe @ 40 : Washing the paint brushes

Nqobile Ncube

April 19, 2020 4 mins

We need to catch the rainbow. We need to paint a new picture. Happy Independence Day Zimbabwe. Let us gather your brushes and run them under the running water. In innocence.

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