Welcome to Shane Thom @ 39

Today I pray for peace in our fledging democracy in South Africa, and am looking forward to exercising my hard-fought democratic right to vote. Albeit viewed by most and I am mostly in agreement, I was probably on the wrong side of the fight. As a soldier I was not racially motivated. As a soldier I was taught to defend my country. I still sometimes struggle with why I was not able to consciously realise this “disproportionate inequality”. Suppose my innocence and the will to be a story book hero was overshadowed by the then South African Government propaganda war machine. I lost it then. I now live with my decisions and the power to vote. My first Vote was to choose “YES” giving all South Africans the privilege of free will. I now vote so that my children will experience equality. My right to vote was also hard-fought.

A Proud Dad, husband and South African