Mthoko Mpofana's concept of gender separate schools...

I once suggested that schools separated by gender could be a good idea when scholars reach their teens & perhaps this should be done right from the beginning of a scholar's school career & even perhaps preschool?

Have your say on my poll.

The benefits could be:

• Less teenage pregnancies.

• Less "sex for marks" scenarios.

• Less all-round sexual predator scenarios by teachers.

• Children more comfortable in their gender group.

• Less bullying by boys of girls.

The disadvantages are:

• Lack of socialization between boys & girls.

• Too much testosterone in boys' schools may be harmful.

• Girls may no longer know how to act with males.

The syllabus, timetables & sports activities could be the same for both boys' & girls' schools just done by their respective genders. Is it a concept worth trying for a better society?

History of the Mpofana by Mthoko M. Mpofana

I'm not very traditional, I'm more straightforward & basic & often disregard cultural nuances so this history of the Mpofana tribe is going to be as direct & concise as possible. Growing up, I grew up knowing that the clan praises or izithakazelo of the Mpofana are "Zulu" & "Ntombela", I never questioned that. What I know now for sure is that there's a lot more that's hidden in history. What I keep seeing being repeated from various sources is that the Mpofana were part of the Amazizi (or AmaTiti) tribe. I now know that in the midlands & perhaps further north, up to the northwestern parts of KZN, they use the greeting "MaZizi okuhlala", perhaps alluding to the fact that the Mpofana as well as other Amazizi tribes were among the original tribes to settle in present-day KZN from 200 AD onwards & the "Dlamini" praise or greeting was used among all Dlamini tribes i. e. the Amahlubi, Amazizi (Mtiti), Hlangwini...

Why "KwaTu"?

We are all "Tu": In many, if not, most of the major indigenous languages in Africa, there's the "tu" suffix or "tu" in the body of the word meaning "a person" (NB: It can be spelt differently depending on accents, in some African languages it's "-du" & others "-tho".). " Tu " may be the best name for Africa collectively. Hausa: Person ~ Mu tu m Igbo: People ~ Ndị mma dụ Swahili: Person or people ~ M tu au wa tu Maybe Tu is too short a word to call a continent so we add the place name prefix "kwa" (meaning at/for) present in Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Zulu & other African languages to make Kwatu or KwaTu .

African Renaissance

• African automotive brands. • African tech. • African diet in 1500 BC. • African invention & innovation. Bowuwazi? Repartition Africa

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