Personal Notes 

A personal note - Proudly South African?

I keep hearing about the Proudly South African campaign and I just wonder where it is and who is Proudly South African. I was pondering this just the other day as I was involved in yet another traffic jam. I actually think that these are orchestrated by the Tourism Board to get us to slow down and enjoy the scenery. Anyway there I was parked on the freeway and having all this time to my self did some sight seeing. And boy did I see some sights.

The first thing that I noticed was all the litter. The roadside could have entered a competition as a replica rubbish dump. All this litter got me thinking that there can't be too many South Africans who are proud of nature even though we advertise our open spaces and sunny skies. But then I thought that perhaps the wind had blown the litter from somewhere else and dumped it here. But no. I soon saw where it came from. It came from the "Proudly South African" drivers as they callously discarded what ever they were finished with out of the window of their vehicle.

If you want to be Proudly South African I suggest that the first thing to do is to clean up your act.

To live your best life be true to the YOU, that you want to be.

Live up to the reputation that you want to have.