‘Somebody Has to Say it’, thought Nonhle Thema.

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It’s Monday; that not-so-friendly day of the week that everyone in almost every corner of the world wishes to skip and dive head-first straight into Tuesday. It always gets to me too. Mondays haven’t changed a bit. I thought it was simply because I was in high school that I forever found Mondays to be a torment in my life. Weekends are always fun and interesting, but Monday creeps up like a thief; patiently squatting on the curve waiting to pounce on our drained bodies; hammered by all the activity during the weekend. 

So here I am this early in the morning, sitting in this newly revamped newsroom, aptly fashioned for the journalism bunch and heavily armed with much faster machines and wide-screen monitors which will make difficult online-news-reading and super-slow post-uploading sessions a thing of the past. It even smells good, with a fresh aura floating through it and warm rays of the sun slowly crawling through the window panes behind me. Trust me; it’s all a person can wish for on a day like this. Maybe the next step is for the department to throw in a coffee machine right next to the door. It will be the last stroke in their effort to bless us with all this V.I.P indulgence. But I sadly doubt they will be doing that anytime soon. 

Anyway, enough about the lab, at hand is one disturbing issue that came up over the weekend. I’m sure a lot of people who follow me on twitter and maybe some who occasionally bump into some of my tweets have noticed one or two things about me in terms of my tweets. Firstly, I am one person who is entirely passionate about life. If there is anything interesting in this world, it is life itself. Appreciating the beauty of all things existent and roving in this world is what makes me glad and willing to live life to the fullest. That is the reason I usually find myself retweeting more tweets on personal development and advice on life than anything else on this social networking platform.

Well, if you missed the interesting verbal exchange between Nonhle Thema and Sean Pages on twitter over the past couple of days, then you need to backtrack and get an update on what went down. As much as their squabble could have nothing to do with any of us, or we might not even have a clue where it all starts and how deeply-rooted it is, what stood out for me is the phase where Nonhle calls herself Jesus. In fact, if directly quoted, she said, “(sic) I am your Jesus on earth... (sic)”. For me, this was just it. Whether it was directed to Sean Pages, or to the rest of the world, for me it was the full stop. For somebody like her, in such a profession and industry where she stands as a public figure, I would (and maybe even many of you), expect her to have a little respect for devout groups and denomination, who believe in the Bible and Jesus Christ.

If you made time to read the title at the top before taking a lunge into this reading, you might notice, as you continue to read this, that Nonhle did just that. ‘Somebody has to say it’ could have been what she had at the back of her head, maybe not even cognizant what this kind of attitude might have on her somewhat ‘shrinking’, not-so-glamorous life and career. If only she had taken a moment; just a few seconds to forecast the kind of damage her spoken (or rather ‘typed’) words would have on all people who believe in God, and know Jesus Christ as their Life and Savior they have been taught of, through the years, at home and at church.

Her actions paint one intoxicating, yet very dull picture of what money turns some people into. At times people get so caught up in the flamboyant web of camera lights, shimmering accessories and ‘pink’ champagne that they forget the presence of other souls that exist around them. In this world we are nothing but apparatus that survive to pave a better path for those that remain and the many that will follow. There is no need to see ourselves as above everything, arrogant and immune even to the feelings of fellow citizens that surround us in the little spaces that we live in.

Everybody is now entitled to what we have come to call ‘freedom of speech’, but how free is your speech if it is prejudicial to the next person? I can never be a judge of character, nor a referee in the day to day bickering of celebrities, but like my title for today says it; ‘Somebody has to say it’, I am simply doing just that. Hopefully these ‘main’ characters in our entertainment and lifestyle trade get a chance to look at their lives and actions from an aerial point of view because we, as the public, have a an exceptional view of all the mini and major angles of their lives, known and unknown. I rest my case. Till next time, Nonhle, and be assured I will be waiting patiently on the curve like this day of the week called Monday, just to go,’ Somebody Had to Say It’!!