Lindani's Blog

Lindani Mchunu is a 36 year old black  man and an amazing person who runs the Sailing Academy at the Royal Cape Yacht Club in Cape Town. Marine Inspirations work closely with the RCYC and have sponsored 5 students from Lindani’s academy. Each week he writes a page for the Club’s newsletter and they are so inspiring that we decided to post them here. Well worth a read and you will understand why we publish them here and why we do what we do.

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I have always spoken about the privileged life I have lived. I don’t go into much detail, but when I tell you that I come from a privileged background I really mean it. It has only been apparent to me, just how privileged my life has been during the past four years in my tenure as the Academy manager.

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The First Among us

There are those among us who manage two worlds, in an attempt to someday unite them. We seek this unification not only for peace and cohesion, but for ourselves.

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Some good news please

t has been as clear as daylight that what we have done in the past couple of years with this academy has indeed been the right thing to do. If this lockdown and Covid-19 pandemic has proved anything, it is that indeed our society is unequal.

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Nexus and the Honeycomb Conjecture

The Bees use the shape of a hexagon to build their honeycombs, they somehow knew before we did that this is the most efficient shape. This shape produces the least amount of waste

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The shortest path is a circle

The universe is clear. The circle is a sanctified shape. The elliptical movement of heavenly bodies,
the elliptical shape of things is telling us something indeed.

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The Stars of the Show

On the 24th of November we had our Annual prize giving. I look forward to this event,
because we get to meet the parents and guardians of our students. Normally when kids
are involved in a sport, they are supported by their parents.

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Route 94 Highway Freedom

The recent triumph of the Springboks reminded us of the promise of 94’ the year Mandela became the first democratically elected leader of the new South Africa.

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Equality

In a country like ours where race is as palpable as the South Easter, I would be remiss to not use the
opportunity that is in front of me, you may ask what opportunity that may be? It is the ability to
communicate through this here medium called a newsletter with a white community, a community
that I would under normal circumstances not be able to communicate with.

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My Passion

In a country like ours where race is as palpable as the South Easter, I would be remiss to not use the
opportunity that is in front of me, you may ask what opportunity that may be? It is the ability to
communicate through this here medium called a newsletter with a white community, a community
that I would under normal circumstances not be able to communicate with.

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On Paper

My father and I having a standing joke; it refers to the reason why black people are afraid of the ocean. We quippedbetween ourselves that we think the reason is because slavery and colonisation came by the way of the Sea. Big ships with white sails came from the sea and all hell broke loose.

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