โIโll be 60 next year. And Iโm not here to impress anyone. Iโve been the champion. Iโve been the villain. Iโve had gold around my waist and nothing in my soul. Now? I just want peace. Everything else is noise.โ
I grew up where love was tough and fists were currency.
I didnโt learn kindness โ I learned survival.
By 13, I was arrested 38 times.
By 20, I was the youngest heavyweight champion in history.
They called me โIron Mikeโ โ like I wasnโt supposed to bleed.
I had money, fame, mansions, tigers, private jetsโฆ
But I couldnโt sleep. I couldnโt breathe.
The world saw knockouts.
I saw ghosts.
At 40, I started asking better questions.
Not โhow do I win?โ
But โwhy was I always fighting in the first place?โ
And the truth?
I wasnโt fighting the other guy.
I was fighting myself. My fear. My fatherโs silence. My motherโs pain. My own shame.
Now, at 60, Iโm not chasing anything.
I grow mushrooms.
I hug my pigeons.
I walk barefoot on grass and cry sometimes for no reason at all.
I talk more about forgiveness than uppercuts.
I donโt need the belt. I donโt need the roar of a crowd.
I just want to eat good fruit, tell the truth, and die knowing I broke the cycle.
If you want to know what greatness is โ itโs not dominance. Itโs healing.
Itโs walking away from the thing that used to destroy you โ and choosing not to destroy others with it".
โ Mike Tyson
Amapiano artist Duduzile "Lady Du" Ngwenya delivered a heartfelt tribute to her father, Mbuyiselo "DJ Choc" Ngwenya, at his memorial service held at Vosloorus Civic Centre on Wednesday, 16 April. Video by Happy Mnguni
๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ฆ.
Goma is very secure and not a war zone by any means. People say they feel safer, and they have begun participating in keeping their city clean as citizens, "muganda" style. It appears that Rwandan culture of order, cleanliness and developing with few resources are being emulated across the region.
This cultural influence that Rwanda is imparting on African leaders who have visited Rwanda is what many Westerners are beginning to resent about the Rwandan administration. Itโs that same influence by the Rwandan monarchy that made the westerners destroy the ruling class of Rwanda in the early 1900s.
@ntsikimazwai Wow my sister you forgot about Generations actor Mandla Hlatshwayo and his friend who were shot dead after confronting a group of men who had robbed women of their mobile phones in a pub in Soweto?
Meet Ralph Mupita, A Zimbabwean born Engineer, MTN Group CEO based in South Africa. When he was appointed MTN CEO, xenophobic South Africans wanted him fired and deported because is from Zimbabwe, but they have no problem with Europeans managing big companies in South Africa
You can re-invent yourself in ๐ฟ๐ฆ. Brian Molefe is an MP & former Transnet CEO. There is a Scopa meeting that Molefe is attending about Transnet's financial & operational situation. Molefe will probably quiz the current Transnet CEO & management. Thee corruption accused Molefe!