"Make your own come"

"Make your own come, jesus is taking his holy time", Kgafela oa Magogodi, a performance poet





It is an age of conscious wealth creation. Wealth that is not necessarily monetary. I do not know Mzwakhe Mbuli, yet, I do agree with one of his poetic lines, "I am the RDP of the minds". If you are not South African and not familiar with our abbreviations, RDP stands for Reconstruction and Development Programme. I do not just agree with him, we are separately working together, atleast towards the same goal.

It is a joy for me to spot young people looking towards the earth in creating their wealth. I saw Siyabonga and Xolile working on their plot within a communal gardening project space in Ntlenzi Flagstaff; I was there on a research exercise looking into farming practices. I was immediately attracted to getting closer to them and speaking to them.They have decided to to be farmers. They are small farmers now; yet, these are the people that call to themselves potential and possibility to become bigger farmers. As a developmental worker, these are the guys I want to talk about and hope to invest funding into their works; so as to assist them to stretch their strides further. These guys are bringing that which they seek closer to themselves, instead of....the list is countless , yet very repetitive....we want jobs, there are no jobs, even "our kids are educated and non-employed".
Creating the life one wants to live is the way, Siyabonga and Xolile are open to living and are planting their own vegetables. They grow enough to sustain their families and they sell the surplus for profits within the community.

This is not the ultimate high, they're still struggling and I can see that. My high will come when these guys are proper gardeners, ample land, proper gardening tools and practices, when they don't struggle with the land but working in unison with nature to receive what they want. Then I shall use two of my well chosen favourite words, "proper advancement".

My struggle then becomes, "going for my come with regards to small farmers, first in the Eastern Cape because this is where I live" What is my come in this regard? Finding funding and support for young farmers that I have identified.
Perhaps this is the kingdom we've been waiting for, it is not to be waited upon but created and the mother nature said, Amen, finally they are beginning to see the truth. Freedom is not granted by others, it is freewill to live and create".