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Gangs Force Johannesburg Citizens Behind Barbed Wire
By Dylan Griffiths

Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- A security guard meets Lawrence Rae and his fiancée, Nola Malan, at the gate of their home in a Johannesburg suburb whenever they return home from a night out, part of a service for which he pays about 400 rand ($56) a month.

``The cost is small compared to getting raped or losing your life,'' said Rae, a 39-year-old manager at Dimension Data Holdings Plc in Johannesburg, who was shot at and robbed in his driveway in June. ``We live in fear.''

South Africa's largest city, where crime rates had gradually declined since the end of apartheid in 1994, is grappling with a surge in violence triggered by gangs armed with AK-47s.
Armored car heists in Gauteng province, whose main urban center is Johannesburg, rose 72 percent in the 12 months through March, police say.
Violent business robberies jumped 48 percent.

Finance Minister Trevor Manuel in October said South Africa would hire an additional 10,000 police before it becomes the first African nation to host the soccer World Cup in 2010.
In the year ended March 31, there were 18,545 murders in South Africa, a rate almost eight times that of the U.S.

`Johannesburg can't afford to be known as a metaphor for horror,'' said Nic Borain, a Cape Town-based analyst, whose clients include HSBC Securities. ``The government sees crime as hugely destructive to foreign investment and the national psyche.''

Not Enough
Cowering behind electrified fences, terrified residents of Johannesburg say the government still isn't doing enough.

``The police have lost the war,'' said Richard Tate, chairman of Melville Residents Association, which began patrolling the suburb's streets, lined with purple-blossomed Jacaranda trees, in July after violence and car thefts spiraled.
The situation is a bonanza for security firms.

Johannesburg-based Allied Technologies Ltd. reported that the number of clients at its Netstar unit, which uses helicopters to locate stolen cars with satellite-tracking devices, rose 11 percent to 400,000 in the six months ended Aug. 31. The ADT unit of Bermuda-based Tyco International Inc., which guards Rae's home, has 300,000 South African clients. It declined to say how many customers it's adding.

The surge comes after crime rates in Johannesburg -- which was rocked by the political violence of the 1976 Soweto riots and the 1992 Boipatong massacre -- fell during the previous two years. The number of murders, attempted murders and rapes dropped 20 percent.

Joblessness, AIDS
The government blames the reversal on an increase in organized crime, particularly Nigerian drug dealers and Zimbabwean gangs that target cash-in-transit.

A jobless rate of 26 percent, the highest of 55 countries monitored by Bloomberg, and an AIDS epidemic that has created more than a million orphans, are also driving impoverished young people to crime, said Antoinette Louw, a fellow at the Institute of Security Studies in Pretoria.

``Security forces may be rolled out with military precision in 2010, but the problems that face South Africans won't be tackled,'' Louw said.

Gauteng, with less than a fifth of South Africa's 47.4 million people, accounted for 58 percent of violent house robberies last year. More than half the nation's carjackings and three-quarters of bank robberies took place in Gauteng.

Nadine Gordimer, the 83-year-old winner of the Nobel prize for literature, was assaulted and robbed by three men in her Johannesburg home Oct. 26.

`Under Siege'
Newspapers have criticized the government for not taking crime seriously, after Safety Minister Charles Nqakula in June said those who ``whinge'' about crime should leave.

``Like the proverbial ostrich, they refuse to accept that this country is under siege from criminals,'' the Johannesburg- based Sunday Times, Africa's biggest newspaper, said Oct. 1 in a rare front-page editorial.
Peter Bruce, editor of Business Day, the country's biggest financial daily, wrote Sept. 18: ``The criminals, thugs, savages and murderers roaming our streets think the police and the government are a joke, and they are absolutely right.''

President Thabo Mbeki has started meeting business leaders to discuss ways to tackle crime.

``We cannot be content while our citizens experience violent and brutal attacks,'' he told parliament Nov. 15.

Crime costs the country about $4.7 billion annually, or about $100 a person, in lost merchandise and equipment, along with added security costs, the World Bank said in December 2005.

Gun Battle
``We don't feel safe,'' said Siphiwe Nzimande, chief executive officer of Business Against Crime, a 10-year-old organization funded by more than 100 companies.

In a June gun battle, 24 gangsters executed four policemen after they ran out of bullets in Jeppestown, close to the center of Johannesburg.

Gauteng police arrested 474 people for murder and attempted murder in the two months after launching a crackdown called Operation Iron Fist in July. A further 647 people were arrested for violent robbery and 420 for rape. That hasn't reassured many South Africans.

``Crime is getting worse,'' said David Chigowanyika, 26, a photographer's assistant in Melville, dubbed ``Hellville'' by the Star newspaper. He was beaten by four attackers and robbed of his mobile phone at gunpoint.

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Last Updated: December 14, 2006 06:18 EST

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The Dutch government has thus far managed to totally ignore the SA ethnic-cleansing mayhem in any of its press releases - and has not even mentioned the problem at the latest meeting of the UN Security Council, even though Dutch citizens also are being attacked in South Africa and murdered at a regular rate.

http://www.minbuza.nl/en/news/speeches_and_articles,2008/05/speech-verhagen-bij-veiligheidsraad.html
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Recent murders of Dutch citizens in SA:
- The Moll family was attacked on their farm in Ficksburg in May;
- Mrs Lien Gronum, 71, was murdered on her smallholding in Geluk near Brits on April 19 2008;
- Mrs Anna Nieman was attacked in her Kameeldrift homestead in May 2008; and
- three members of the talented Dutch-Afrikaner family Bakersma were massacred on May 1 2008 in their Florida home.

Those are just some of the more recent murders of Dutch citizens in SA.

One senior Dutch executive, Gerrit Vergeer, MD of Voest Alpine company, was murdered in cold blood just after he had defended SA as "a great place to live" at an Amsterdam conference several years ago. Several MD's of Voest-Alpine attended from Europe, including its President Werner Kräher of Zeltweg in Austria.

Foreign Africans are more criminal:

Only a few hours before Vergere's funeral, two young African men were arrested in connection with the murder. One was an illegal Congolese resident, another came from Namibia.

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Also see:
- Sandy Staats: tortured to death with boiling water:

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Also see the many other 'white' foreigners who were recently murdered in SA:

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The US embassy spokesman in SA David Greer said yesterday that American visitors 'are being warned about the violence as soon as they arrive in the country.'

Their updated travel advice for South Africa also noted the latest 'xenophobic attacks', writing:

May 21, 2008 - "This Travel Alert advises American citizens of an increase in violent attacks on foreigners, particularly refugees or immigrants from other African nations. American citizens in South Africa are urged to monitor media reports and to avoid areas where attacks may be likely to occur. This Travel Alert expires on July 1, 2008.

In recent weeks, South Africa has seen an increase in the frequency, size, and duration of “xenophobic” attacks directed at foreigners – particularly refugees or immigrants from other African nations. The most recent attacks started in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra but spread to other low income neighborhoods and informal settlements.

Several recent incidents of mob violence have taken place in other areas of Johannesburg including the Central Business District (CBD), Hillbrow, and Soweto.

An undetermined number of persons have been killed in these incidents and many more, including both targeted victims and bystanders, have been injured.

So far, most violent incidents have taken place at night.

While there have been no reports of Americans or other non-African visitors being targeted, these incidents of mob violence have developed quickly and proven difficult for local authorities to control.

"American residents and visitors are advised to listen to local media for reports of such incidents and to avoid areas (including but not limited to townships) where they may be likely to occur.

"American citizens are reminded that while the most recent outbreak has been concentrated in the Johannesburg area, there have been attacks on foreigners in other areas and the potential exists for them to spread to other regions with little or no warning.

US tourists have been targetted for attacks by black township residents, but these incidents are hardly ever reported in the mainstream news-media. on June 8 2007, two US citizens were attacked when they drove past Khayelitsha township.

The international adventure photographer Bobby Model -- who survived working for National Geographic in war zones -- was critically injured after his mini-truck was attacked with a huge concrete block in what was very clearly a racist attack.

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Also see: Mob violence

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Saturday, May 24, 2008 12:17:00 PM SAST

Ethnic cleansing of Somalians in DuNoon, Cape Province May 22 2008 - video:

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Saturday, May 24, 2008 6:19:00 PM SAST
Picture above: Hate-speech pamphlet distributed north of Pretoria om May 23, the updated black ethnic-purges' death toll from 1998 to May 23 2008:

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Exodus of the unwanted
Posted: 1430 GMT
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — If you haven’t been to South Africa before, it must be hard to imagine the incongruity of a tented refugee camp in the suburb of Germiston, in Johannesburg’s East Rand. It’s quite an odd sight.

The scene reminded our cameraman, Barnaby Mitchell, of Goma, a town that became famous when hundreds of thousands sought refuge there after the Rwandan genocide.

Except this is no war zone.

It’s a lower-income suburb with carefully tended gardens, houses with net curtains and neat white wrought iron fences.

But in the local park — which is sandwiched between a police station and a church — about 70 white plastic tents more commonly used in disaster areas or conflict zones have been pitched on the lawn

Immigrants fleeing the xenophobic violence came here for protection in the past few days. Many have horrible stories to tell of being hounded out of their shacks, taunted and threatened by angry South Africans who blamed the immigrants for their own economic woes.

So now the grass of the public park is littered with small fires, topped with cooking pots, and Zimbabweans and Mozambicans trying to warm food or boil water on the meagre looking flames.

People have so little, they tell me they left most of their possessions behind in their homes. They escaped with just a small bag or a trunk-load of valuables.

Most of the immigrants here had very little to begin with — they’re economic migrants, who come to South Africa to scrape together a small income from working in the mines, or a gardeners and handymen in the richest country in the region.

I watched as two men were trying to bundle up two double bed mattresses and another tried to flog his small portable radio for 10 rand (about $1.50).

Even cooking pots and pans are in short supply. I also watched as someone tried to warm up water for a cup of tea on warm coals — in a plastic bottle. I didn’t stay long enough to see if the plastic melted before the water was warmed up.

I spoke to a young Mozambican man called Antonio who had a backpack stuffed with three pairs of trousers, a roll of toilet paper and his toothbrush, toothpaste and some deodorant.

He said he was too scared to go back to his shack — a mob of South Africans had already warned him not to come back after they stole his DVD player and other valuables.

He and hundreds of other Mozambicans were waiting for a bus to take them back home. The Mozambican government has supplied buses to evacuate their citizens from South Africa. So too has the Malawian government. Even Zimbabweans have been promised emergency evacuation out of South Africa by the opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

Who would have thought that African governments — who sheltered South African freedom fighters like Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki during the apartheid days — would be retrieving their own victimised people out of a democratic multi-racial South Africa?

A policeman told me that at least 500 Mozambicans left on Wednesday. Another few busloads are expected to go on Friday.

In anticipation of the mass exodus, there is long queue of people and luggage lined up by the park. The bags are neatly packed, the line is orderly and the families are patient.

They can’t wait to get home.

Because they know they are not welcome here.

Posted by: CNN Correspondent, Robyn Curnow
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Jimmy cater May 23rd, 2008 1510 GMT

shame on you mbeki

bayo adeyanju May 23rd, 2008 1534 GMT

This is absolutely unbelievable for south africans to had behaved in such a callous way like that to their fellow african brothers,then i itell you there is no where safe anywhere in the whole world than your natural home your original country.If africans could be treated that way in africa then what is the meaning of african union?there is simply nothing united in african union at all,if south african policemen could watch a victim died without any reaction to resuscitate his life until he gave up to the ghost then i suspect it is the whole south africans against the foreigners,the policemen should be the last set of people you will expect to react to such a terrible and worrisome situation with a care free attitude,i tell you that will never happen in the uk,usa or europe.
I am a nigerian and i leave in the uk, i use to blame uk govrnment for some of their decisions that affect us directly but after this situation in south africa i think i have to change my views torwards the uk government,it is better of than to be in south africa,i will just advice the foreigners to leave their country and i hope this will be an eye opener to our various african leaders and politicians to give good governance that will enable viable economy in their countries so that will do not get killed by our brothers who refused to be their brothers keeper.i do not blame the south africans,i blamed the so called corrupt leaders and politicians in africa.

Jane Doe May 23rd, 2008 1543 GMT

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Ricardo May 23rd, 2008 1553 GMT

With just under 20,000 murders in South Africa for 2003-2004 (that’s 54 murders a day!) why has it taken the international community so long to “notice” that there is great unrest in South Africa?

Was it too “politically incorrect” to say that violence exists in the “rainbow nation” and has existed for many years?

The only difference between today and a few weeks ago the fact that it is now hitting international news!

How many murders are there on a daily basis? How many rapes? How many (white, black, Indian) people suffer mercilessly at the hands of criminals on a daily basis there?

How many of us South Africans living in Europe, live here because this is NOT NEWS TO US!

I’m sorry for what is happening in SA. Very sorry.

But I am “happy” that the rest of the world is finally taking notice of something that has been a problem for years!

This is not news. This was “day-to-day” life for many of us when we were still in SA - wasn’t it?

Brent Blake May 23rd, 2008 1611 GMT

Living in Cape Town I am saddened by these crazy events.
Whatever happened to love your neighbour?

Once again it’s the poor who are suffering, regardless of what country they are from.

The South African government has been to slow to respond.

To the Zimbabweans, Nigerians, Malawians… I am sorry.

Marc BICHARA May 23rd, 2008 1652 GMT

It is really disastrous, all these mobs of poor African country people have no other choice than to flee their country to other richer countries.
The Africans unfortunately have no compassion toward their brothers of colour, and do not want to share their wealth with them.
So these people try everything to come to Europe.
Unfortunately, Europe has not the capacity to recieve them.
Europe is trying to help these people building up their economy so that they could stay there.
But corruption is so high that there is very little progress in these countries.
The solution is to go there and manage things for them. But this is not politically correct, and will never be done. So wait and see the coming catastrophy that will come out of this situation???

Denise Rootenberg May 23rd, 2008 1701 GMT

I am so heartbroken by all of this. One of the biggest problems is Thabo Mbeki. If he had been firm with Mugabe and cut off the fuel supply etc. to Zimbabwe, things would improve in that country. Now Zimbabweans AND South Africans are suffering. Actually, all of the southern African leaders are to blame - Mocambique, Malawi etc. They hold their friendship with Mugabe the Mad in more esteem than their citizens’ welfare.

The average black Zimbabwean has had no luck under white or black rule. Let us hope Morgan Tsvangirau will bring change (chinja).

Charles May 23rd, 2008 1743 GMT

The 2010 world cup needs to move to a civilized country.

I would recommend to the foreigners that they leave SA and go back to their countries and leave the zulus to fight the xhosa and the pedis and the shanganis and the coloreds and the afrikanners etc.

The violence has nothing to do with economics or poverty but a culture of impunity where crime is in general tolerated; 20000 murders annually is surely a world record.

I can predict with some confidence that in another 15 years SA will be like a hybrid between present day zimbabwe and somalia.

Those presently killing foreigners will then try to relocate to mozambique whose economy BTW has been growing at 10% for eight years.

How short sighted and foolish people can get.

Charles

Emmanuel May 23rd, 2008 1756 GMT

Anyone with half a brain cell should have seen this coming. The next targets are the white South Africans.

I lived in South Africa for 8 years and had to get out in December 2007. Those guys are reallly animals. We should call them South Animals (SA). They commit crime with impunity and with a sense of entitlement, ala Mandela’s tolerance.

Any expartrate of any race that is in SA is either dumb or unmarketable internationally anyway.

nana kingsley May 23rd, 2008 1845 GMT

this is unbelieveable for south africans leaders,there is nothing united about the african union.i m blaming our africans leaders for the bad economy we ve back in our country of orginal, home is the best to reside.nothing more than the natural home which is country of orginal my black brothers.
i m a nigeria and i reside in madrid, spain.i used to blame the spanish government for some of there decisions that affect us directly but after this situtions in south african,i now known that the govrnment are doing there best for the economy.we ve bad leadres back in africa that is why we are moving from our own country.i m blaming our african union and the government.
we should not kill our self for a bad government that we all ve in africa my fellow black brothers there in south africa.
we are one body in blood.shame on the president mbek of south africa.
one love my brothers out there.

henry Mandis May 23rd, 2008 1902 GMT

MY STORY:
As a Nigerian college student in one of the best Universities in Nigeria in the early 1990’s, I saw and met some South African students in my school – The University of Nigeria.
On getting quite close to one of them called Gwen, I learnt that many of them scattered all over Nigerian Universities were on a scholarship scheme granted to them by the Nigerian Government – they did not pay a dime to live and school in Nigeria.
I also learnt that they were on some form of yearly bursary allowance from the Nigerian Government to support their feeding, books, etc.
This means they lived and schooled in Nigeria to obtain University Degrees for no charges, while I, a Nigerian citizen, whose father worked very hard to educate up till University level had to pay my school fees and buy my books all through my educational life in Nigeria.

I didn’t mind then because almost every African knew of the situation in Pretoria. I never minded after, but until last week…

Men have failed to understand how far and deep ‘HATE CAN BEGET HATE.

Man’s Inhumanity to Man… It is really A SAHAME!!!

Misodzi Sithole May 23rd, 2008 1915 GMT

People must realise that SA has always been a violent society from pre-colonial days to date with little respect for life. While people may talk of the foreigners taking jobs or unchecked immigration, let us be cognizant that it is jobs SAfricans are unwilling to do. Immigrants come, dispaly initiative by setting up corner shops and contribute to the economy and they are vilified for this. Analyze too who is the victim; fellow black Africans as if they are the only immigrants there. It is an uncomfortable truth that most black SAfricans suffer from internalized oppression where other racial grouping are more acceptable than fellow blacks.

I am a Zimbabwean and will always be respectful of the roles the Frontline states played in our struggle. When it was our turn too to help victims from the Mozambican civil war, we did that without complaint knowing that one hand washes another. True, Zimbabweans might have poked fun at the immigrants but never would they kill them or chase them away. People were accommodating accepting that only by the grace of God we were now spared what they were going through.. We have too much respect for the sanctity of life ( I suppose the main reason why Mugabe gets away with brutalizing his own people) but I would rather have this that the rabid actions we have witnessed and the lacklustre response from those who could have contained and eliminated it from the very beginning. Much of what we are getting is rhetoric and more concern about who is singing what song. Obviously the politicians have not educated the populace enough on a few home truths about the real SAfrica: what shaped it, what obligations it has as part of the global community and that important role other blacks are playing in sustaining that economy.

SAfricans will do well to remember that for any gains acquired through violence, they have to be retained through violence. Today it is the foreigner and tomorrow they will be turning against each other based on tribal lines. When chaos is allowed to reign, no one is safe. Given how many black SAfricans are out of the country I wonder how they would feel if it happened to their own.

Given that many had papers as permanent residents or citizens, one wonders too when these people will be accepted as part of the SAfrican society. The collective application of the term foreigner has become very contentious for me. It is this language that has to be challenged, especially its use by the media, because it is inflammatory and influences the collective psyche of them and us

They should also remember that the bedrock of income from tourism is from blacks. I urge a black boycott of the SAfrican tourist market. I urge too the international community to shun the place until the government and law enforcement agents get their act together and vigorously address this issue instead of the tepid response we have witnessed.

Ricky May 23rd, 2008 1916 GMT

I live in a South Africa and this kind of action does not surprise me in the least. The crime in SA is so bad and the goverment and the ANC have done nothing to prevent crime. Now every one is in uproar when the citezens of SA take the law into there own hands. 3 out of every 4 crimes commited in SA are by illigal imagrants. Does the world or the gorverment of SA think that it could just go on this way. You reap what you sow ANC

onlinezulu May 23rd, 2008 1938 GMT

My brothers and sisters I am sorry - I hang my head in shame and kneel before you to seek your forgiveness. Before last week we were the darlings of the world a beacon of democracy and a constitution that puts tolerance above all else. A constitution that put all others to shame.

The government should have known that this was bound to happen - at the high level they lost touch with the people, they became unreachable in their quest for an idealist South Africa - at the low level the intelligence failed to carry out a proper risk assessment that would have put in place measures to react to such a situation.

Africa day is still the 25th of May , but for me and other south africans like myself it will be the day that we mark the end of South Africas innocence. Africa Unite.

Neo Violet Nche May 23rd, 2008 1940 GMT

If youre struggling to feed and support your 9 children,what will posess you to adopt 5 more and expect them not to fight for simple things like food and basic things.South Africa is fooling the world by accepting refugees and not doing anything to assist them.What are they to eat,live and everything else?My advice to South Africa is….Take care of your own people first and then everybody else.I dont believe those fools in parliament.The least they can do from now on is to set up refugee camps for the immigrants to settle in and be fed rather than feeding them to the lions.

A Stuijt May 23rd, 2008 2347 GMT

The statistics should also have told Mbeki how difficult life is for these poor SA township residents. There’s at leasst 21 million poor black South Africans living in the most aweful conditions imaginable, in filth, battling horrid diseases such as AIDS and XDR-TB - and hunger. The food prices have doubled every month of the past year in South Africa because there’s simply not enough farmers to produce food for the country’s 47-million citizens as well as for the 5-million poor souls from the rest of Africa. According to the UN Aid-agencies more than half of all South Africans have to survive on less than $1 a day - and they warned about this six months ago.

Yet the country has less than 3-million taxpayers and unemployment — claimed by the government to be at 23% — is much, much higher than that, at least 40%. And so many people are dying of Aids and TB now, thousands of funerals are carried out each day of young people.

As deeply sorry as I am for the plight of those foreign Africans in SA right now who are feeling the brunt of all this outpouring of anger — I feel just as sorry for the black South Africans who feel that this is the only way that their government is still going to pay attention to them. They have been protesting for months now about the ‘lack of services in the townships, about the poor salaries, about the soaring food prices. I am not surprised that Mbeki doesn’t dare to show his face in the townships but flew off to Tanzania in his luxury jet instead.

Shame on him!

A Stuijt May 24th, 2008 1056 GMT

African ambassadors warned Mbeki-regime of ethnic-purges a month ago

May 24, 2008 — SA journalists Peter Fabricius and Justine Gerardy report in the Pretoria News today that the Mbeki-regime had totally failed to act on warnings from African ambassadors last month about these ‘impending xenophobic attacks’ on black foreign Africans.

SA’s so-named ’safety and security minister’, Charles Nqakula admitted this without any apparent shame yesterday. We all remember him from the following statement he made in SA parliament - and indeed which sowed the seeds for the current ethnic-purges now taking place:

See his infamous “Whinging Whites can Leave the Country” comment in parliament: on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwXSIDp3RSM

There has been an ongoing ethnic-purging campaign in South Africa ever since — but it only started getting international media attention when so many tens of thousands of black foreign families were being chased enmasse in such an organised fashion from townships from two weeks ago and pamphlets warning of their pending doom were widely distributed beforehand.

However, so-called ‘SA whites’ — but especially the Afrikaner minority who have no foreign governments who would ever complain on their behalf — have been on the receiving end of such ethnic purges for years already.

Some 30,000 ‘Afrikaner whites’ have already been slaughtered since 1994 in exactly the same way as foreign Africans are now being purged from the townships. Often they are slaughtered in the most horrid ways imaginable.

Especially the country’s few remaining professional farmers have been on the receiving end of these purges, and some 2,966 have already been killed gruesomely on the country’’s farms and smallholdings.

A group of SA journalists maintain a detailed list of exactly how some of these Afrikaners were killed this past year on:
groups.msn.com/crimebustersofsouthafrica/boergenocide08.msnw

Long before the current ethnic purges however, foreign embassies such the USA and the UK’s were also warning that not only black foreigners were being attacked, but also white visitors — looted and murdered in a very organised fashion by huge armed gangs when travelling back and forth through Johannesburg International Airport for instance. These latest attacks targetting black foreigners are the only ones making it into the international news media because the SA regime is very clever at spindoctoring away these attacks targetting Western tourists. There nevertheless is a very clear pattern of organisation in all these attacks targetting foreigners of all races.

By Friday (yesterday) these latest two-weeks-long ethnic-purges against black foreigners had spread to the Western Cape, KwaZulu- Natal, Limpopo, North West and Mpumalanga provinces.

Of course for the past few years in the Eastern Cape, Somali refugees who ran little survivalist-spaza-shops in small Xhosa-townships in that province were being murdered rather routinely, some 400 Somali traders were murdered there in what very clearly were ethnic-purges from these Xhosa-dominated townships.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees was indeed very clear about this fact in his warning about this matter to the SA government in March 2007, saying that these Somali shopkeepers were being targetted very regularly by ANC-government officials with a wide range of harassments only because they were Somalis.

The death toll from these past two weeks fortunately still remains relatively low when compared to the murders of Somalis and Afrikaners in South Africa. One thing they all have in common: their attackers hate them intensely and have no regard for their humanity: for instance, one tragic death which was not included in this current death toll was the frail Zimbabwean newborn baby who had died in her mother’s arms– umbilical cord still attached — while she was being chased from her burning shack near Carletonville two weeks ago.

‘Totally unexpected phenomenon?’
However on Tuesday — in spite of all this overwhelming proof that ethnic-cleansing campaigns had been routinely carried out for years in South Africa — its Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad still managed to describe these latest violent attacks as “a totally unexpected phenomenon”.

That’s a very misleading claim indeed!

And Minister Nqakula — the ‘whinging whites’ video-man — also made the highly unlikely claim yesterday that his government had been “caught off-guard”.

At yesterday’s meeting with the ANC-cabinet, the African ambassadors were, it was being reported, initially ’sceptical of government assurances that the violence was under control, that protection of refugee concentrations would be stepped up and that intelligence-gathering would be increased to prevent further attacks.’

These diplomats said they were deeply disturbed about the ‘Xenophobic pamphlets warning foreigners to leave SA or be killed’, as these obviously ‘indicated a degree of organisation’ — as well as they should be.

At a time when the country’s top three politicians were all conveniently abroad, the SA government yesterday finally issued a written statement and apologised for ‘all the inconveniences caused’ — but it was deputy-president Mlambo-Ngcuka, sounding up from Abuja in Nigeria, not Thabo Mbeki.

Is this man still in charge of the country and if not, who is minding the store? Those African ambassadors indeed have all the reason in the world to be greatly worried about the direction South Africa is now taking.

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michelle May 24th, 2008 1122 GMT

I totally agree with Ricardo. SA is extremely violent all the time. It is the rape, murder and Aids capital of the world where HIV-positive men rape babies thinking this will cure them! They even have a special name for gang rape in the townships.
We have to live with this violence every day. I am very upset at the xenophobic attacks, however this is just an extension of our everyday culture of violence. We have no real leadership to deal with crime - or even the total meltdown in Zimbabwe, which is why we have so many refugees in the first place.God help us all.

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If they screw up they quickly need to blame somebody or something else - This is by now a inbred reflex , a selfpreserving mechanism because if they would take a hard look at the true reason
why everything they touch turns to shit the only logical action left to curtail these constant failures would be to commit suicide - an option not pallatable to them as long as some wealth remains
"unlooted" or still awaits destruction.

palmela

Proudly South African
Since the ANC took over South Africa:

A Police state South Africa,
Biggest Riots in the world,
Fastest Deterioration of Infrastructure and Roads in the world,
Highest Crime rate in the World,
Loudest Taxi's in the World,
Most "Botched Robberies" in the world,
Most ANC disasters Blamed on Apartheid in the world,
Most ANC PROPAGANDA in the World,
Most ANC TV PROPAGANDA in the World,
Most ANC Secret Hidden Agendas in the World,
Most ANC Politicians Blaming everything on the “Criminal Element” in the World,
Most ANC Politicians NOT Blaming the Crime on Blacks in the World,
Most ANC Politicians Blaming everything on Apartheid in the world,
Most Abortion Posters in the world,
Most Abortions in the world,
Most Abuse and harassment of Law abiding citizens by the Police in the world,
Most Abuse of Police Sirens in the World,
Most Affirmative Action (Racial Discrimination) in the world,
Most Affirmative disasters in the world,
Most AK47 Experts in the world,
Most Appalling Workmanship Everything in the world,
Most Appalling Workmanship low cost housing in the world,
Most Appalling Workmanship Pavements in the world,
Most Appalling Workmanship Roads in the world,
Most Assaults in the world,
Most ATM Bombings in the world,
Most Attempted Murder in the world,
Most Attorney Theft and Fraud in the World,
Most Bad Debts Written Off by Municipalities in the world,
Most Bad Debts Written Off by Parliament in the world,
Most Bank Robberies in the world,
Most Bay pollution in the World,
Most Black criminals in Jail in the world,
Most Black on Black Genocide in the world,
Most Black on White Genocide in the world,
Most Blacks who claim to be experts in the World,
Most Blacks having SEX with Goats in the world,
Most Blocked Storm water drains in the world,
Most Broken Park and City Benches in the world,
Most Bronze statues stolen in the world,
Most Building Corrugated iron shacks in the world,
Most Building of Squatter Camps in the world,
Most Bullshit spoken by a City Manager in the world,
Most Burning of Cars in the world,
Most Canoeists getting Gippo Guts in one race in the world,
Most Carjacking World Wide in the world,
Most Cash Heists in the world,
Most Cash just gone missing in the world,
Most Children in the world,
Most Children they cannot afford to feed in the world,
Most Corrupt Country in the World.
Most Corruption in the Police in the world,
Most Corruption in the world,
Most Counterfeit CV’s in the world,
Most Counterfeit Drivers licenses in the world,
Most Counterfeit Identity Books in the world,
Most Counterfeit Passports in the world,
Most Crime in the World.
Most Crimes committed by "THEY" in the world,
Most Crimes committed by "YOUTHS" in the world,
Most Crimes Committed by our OWN Servants in the world,
Most Crimes Committed by our OWN Staff in the world,
Most Crimes committed with AK47 world wide
Most Criminal let out of Prison in the world,
Most Criminals in Municipalities in the world,
Most Criminals in Parliament in the world,
Most Criminals in the Police in the world,
Most Denials of ANC Secret Hidden Agendas in the World,
Most Dangerous Pavements in the World.
Most Debt in the world in the world,
Most Defective Condoms recalled in the world.
Most Double Standards in the World,
Most Dangerous Cities in the World,
Most Everything Blamed on Apartheid in the world,
Most Electricity power cuts in the World,
Most Empty Dirt Boxes in the world,
Most ERROR OF JUDGMENTS IN THE WORLD,
Most Forged Education Certificates in the world,
Most Fraudulent Drivers licenses in the world,
Most Genocide White Farmers in the world,
Most Girlfriends in the world,
Most Government Contracts given to unqualified people in the world,
Most Government workers passing time between pay days in the world,
Most Gross Abuse of Power in the World,
Most Harassing of Farmers in the world,
Most Hippo’s on the pavements in the world,
Most HIV in the World,
Most Houses built by unqualified people in the world,
Most Illegal Electricity Connections in the world,
Most International Donations just gone missing in the world,
Most Looting of shops in the world,
Most Manhole covers stolen in the World,
Most Mismanagement in the world,
Most Muggings in the world,
Most Municipal Contracts given to unqualified people in the world,
Most Municipal workers passing time between pay days in the world,
Most Murder in the world,
Most Murder of White Farmers in the world,
Most Murdering of Policemen in the world,
Most Murders called "Botched Robberies" in the world,
Most Murders in the World,
Most Negligent baby deaths in Hospitals in the world,
Most Newspapers that never mention the word “Black” in the World,
Most Nigerian Scams in the world,
Most Night time crimes in the world,
Most Noise Pollution from Police Cavalcades in the World,
Most Non Paying Electricity customers in the world,
Most Non paying electricity customers in the World,
Most Non paying Rates customers in the World,
Most Nonsensical, stupid statements made by Parliament in the world,
Most Overweight Obese huge arse in the world,
Most Pedestrian Road Deaths in the world,
Most Pedestrians walking 3 abreast on the Pavements in the World,
Most Politicians who are personal friends with Robert Mugabe in the World,
Most Perjury in Affidavits in the World,
Most Police bulling law-abiding citizens for a Bribe in the world,
Most Police involved in crime in the world.
Most Police AFRAID of Taxi’s in the world.
Most Policemen passing time between pay days in the world,
Most Politicians passing time between pay days in the world,
Most Pollution on floor in the world,
Most Pollution on the Beaches in the World,
Most Posters on trees in the world,
Most Propaganda Brainwashing by Government in the world,
Most Railway tracks stolen in the world,
Most Railway Trains derailed because of railway tracks stolen in the world,
Most Racist Hate Crimes against Whites in the World,
Most Racist Hate Crimes against Whites Farmers in the World,
Most Rape cases in the World,
Most Rape in the world,
Most RAPE of BABIES in the World,
Most River Pollution in the World,
Most Road Deaths caused by Black Taxies in the world,
Most Road Robots out of order in the World,
Most Robbery with Aggravated Circumstances in the world,
Most Rose Coloured Glasses worn by Politicians in the world,
Most Running from Police in the world,
Most Selling of Pirate, Counterfeit goods in the world,
Most Sewerage in Rivers in the world,
Most Shack Fires in the world,
Most Shooting of Municipality Councilors in the world,
Most Shooting of Opposition Political Leaders in the world,
Most Singing of Songs "Kill the White" in the world,
Most Singing of Songs "Kill the Boer" in the world,
Most Singing Racist Hate Songs against Whites in the World,
Most Singing Racist Hate Songs against Whites Farmers in the World,
Most Singing Racist Hate Songs against Indians in the World,
Most Spin Doctors in Government in the world,
Most Stabbing People in the world,
Most Stabbings with knives in the world,
Most Stealing of manhole covers in the world,
Most Stick Fighting in the world,
Most Stock Theft in the world,
Most Stolen copper cables in the world,
Most Stolen Government computers in the world,
Most Stolen Government office equipment in the world,
Most Street lights stolen in the world,
Most Street Pollution in the world,
Most Tourists followed from Airports and Mugged in the World,
Most Taxi Drivers Shot in the world,
Most Taxi Owners Shot in the world,
Most Taxi Shooting of Taxi Bosses in the world,
Most Taxi Tyre Blowouts in the world,
Most Taxi unpaid Traffic fines in the World,
Most Taxi Violence in the world,
Most Taxi’s owned by the Police in the world,
Most Taxi's not paying income tax in the world,
Most Taxi's subsidised by public money in the world,
Most Taxi's Turned over in the world,
Most Taxi's Unroadworthy in the world,
Most Taxi’s subsidised by Taxpayers Money in the World,
Most Theft from White farms in the world,
Most Theft in the world,
Most Theft, fraud, Bribery and Corruption in Municipalities World Wide.
Most Theft, fraud, Bribery and Corruption in Parliament in the world,
Most Torture and Brutal Murder of White Farmers in the World,
Most Torture in the world,
Most Torturing White Farmers in the world,
Most Traffic Robots out of order in the world,
Most Tribe Genocide in the world,
Most Truck Hijacking in the world,
Most Tyre Necklacing people with fire in the world,
Most Unlicensed Drivers in the world,
Most Unroadworthy Taxi's in the world,
Most Useless Police Force in the World.
Most Using of short stabbing spears in the world,
Most Vagrants sleeping on the Pavements in the World.
Most Violent Crimes in the world,
Most Violent Hijacking Murders in the world,
Most Violent Protest Marches in the world,
Most Violent Riots in the world,
Most Wives in the world,
Quietest Diplomacy in the World,
Worst Democracy in the World,
Worst TV at Prime Viewing Time in the World,
Worst TV Blaming everything on Apartheid in the world,
Worst Education system in Africa, if not the World,
Worst Lies Told in the world,
Worst Math’s pass rate in the world,
Worst Science pass rate in the world,
Worst Taxi drivers in the World,
Worst Taxi Income Tax Payers in the World,

PEACE & DEMOCRACY????????????

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YES Bisous from Morocco, Our country is AMAZING.

Come and see the ANC BIG 4
TOURISTS
Nowadays the South African “big four” are commonly referred to as:
ROBBERY, RAPE, CARJACKING, MURDER.
EXCLUSIVELY SOUTH AFRICAN,
PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN,
ALL TOURISTS WELCOME.
You can even experience it up-close and personal.
The TOP Souvenirs to take home with you: HIV+TB
YOU could even go home in a genuine South African made COFFIN.
PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN,

Breaking News:
ANC BIG 5:
ROBBERY, RAPE, CARJACKING, MURDER + NECKLACING
Latest Additional Tourists attraction “Necklacing”
Daily Shows in Soweto, Alexandra, Sharpeville and Mshenguville.
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PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN
ALL TOURISTS WELCOME
YOU could get cremated for FREE,
YOU could even go home in a genuine South African made COFFIN.

PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN,

palmela

What's the difference between a tourist and a racist?
Answer: 2 weeks.
I pay a fortune on tax here in Arseholezania so that:

Billions can be given to metropolitan areas, which they don't spend, but rather put into high interest earning accounts and harvest the lovely interest! Just like the national lottery guys do!
After all if they don't spend it they just have to return the money, without interest!
If my daughter is raped & murdered, my tax pays for the bastard's defence, and if he didn't bribe his way out, my tax pays for his accomodation for the rest of his life!
My tax money goes for grants for every black woman who gets another child. How lovely! Give them to granma while i spend my grant on airtime etc etc.
My tax money goes for buying fucking weapons which the assholes can't even use, and i,m talking billions!!
My tax money goes towards a government which institutes laws that makes it very difficult for my white kid to get a job (affirmative action), and when i create a company and give my child a job, then all of a sudden my company is not BEE!
Strange how the ONLY government institution that really operates effectively is the bloody TAX dept!!
I pay an average of 35% tax on my pay, then i pay another 14% tax on anything i buy. Then i pay another god knows how many rands for every litre of fuel that i buy!
How the fuck much of my fucking hard earned money do i actually get?
Looking at this while i'm being load shed because some bunch of idiots can't probably even spell their names correctly! And to add insult to injury our black african next door neighbours do NOT get load shed while paying BELOW cost for their electricity?!?!
All this while our fat fucking idioting govt officials races through peak traffic with police convoys killing innocent people!!

Well, i better go. I have to go pay my Security company and my kid's school fees, avoiding racing taxi's, potholes, and broken traffic lights!!

palmela

Amazon blacklists Post Office
18/06/2008 08:06 - (SA)
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Johannesburg - Rampant theft by Post Office workers has infuriated internet retailing giant Amazon so much that it will no longer send goods to South Africa by post, Business Day has reported.

Anyone wanting to order directly from the US-based website must now pay for a private courier service adding about R420 to the price of a DVD.

No one from the Post Office would comment.

No other African country's postal service had been blacklisted by Amazon, Business Day said.

palmela

Fast Facts No 8 August 2007
WHERE WE RANK FOR MURDER

Acomparison of South Africa’s murder rates with those of various United Nations member countries suggests that the South African Police Service (SAPS) is optimistic in claiming that the country is doing better than other countries that submitted their statistics to Interpol.

Since 2003, Interpol’s international crime statistics have been available only to ‘authorised police users’. This makes it difficult to confirm claims by the Crime Information Analysis Centre of the SAPS, that ‘South Africa compares quite favourably with the rest of the Interpol member countries with regard to the incidence of property-related and...other remaining categories of crime’.

International crime statistics should not generally be used as a basis of comparison between countries, owing to differences in legal definitions, different crime-reporting rates around the world, and relative efficiency in recording crime.
However, because there is relative consistency in the legal definition and seriousness of murder around the world, it is regarded as a reasonably reliable benchmark to rank countries in terms of safety.

In 2006/07, South Africa recorded 19 202 murders (or 40.5 per 100 000 of the population).
By comparison, 765 people were killed in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2005/06 (a homicide rate of 1.43 per 100 000).
In 2005, the United States (US) recorded 16 692 murders (5.6 per 100 000).
This makes South Africa’s murder rate roughly 28 times that of the UK and seven times that of the US, using the most recent figures available for these countries.
In the UK, unlike in South Africa, homicide statistics include cases of manslaughter (negligent killing without intent to kill) and murder.
If the UK excluded cases of manslaughter from its definition, the homicide rate of that country would be even lower and the comparison with South Africa even less favourable to us.
A United Nations (UN) survey of international crime trends released in December 2006 shows that in 2004 Ecuador, the country that came closest to South Africa in terms of murders, had a murder rate of 18.3 per 100 000. In that year, South Africa’s official murder rate was 40.3.
The UN survey’s definition of murder includes attempted murder. South Africa’s does not.
On the UN’s definition, South Africa’s murder rate in the 2003/04 financial year (the most recent year for which UN data are available) would have been 107.5 per 100 000.
In 2000, Colombia had a murder rate of 61.8. By comparison, South Africa’s murder rate for the same year was lower at 51—the second highest murder ranking in the world in the figures published at the time. These figures demonstrate some of the pitfalls intrinsic to crime comparisons between countries. They also underscore the true extent of South Africa’s crime crisis.

—Kerwin Lebone

palmela

Fast Facts No 8 August 2007
WHERE WE RANK FOR MURDER

Acomparison of South Africa’s murder rates with those of various United Nations member countries suggests that the South African Police Service (SAPS) is optimistic in claiming that the country is doing better than other countries that submitted their statistics to Interpol.

Since 2003, Interpol’s international crime statistics have been available only to ‘authorised police users’. This makes it difficult to confirm claims by the Crime Information Analysis Centre of the SAPS, that ‘South Africa compares quite favourably with the rest of the Interpol member countries with regard to the incidence of property-related and...other remaining categories of crime’.

International crime statistics should not generally be used as a basis of comparison between countries, owing to differences in legal definitions, different crime-reporting rates around the world, and relative efficiency in recording crime.
However, because there is relative consistency in the legal definition and seriousness of murder around the world, it is regarded as a reasonably reliable benchmark to rank countries in terms of safety.

In 2006/07, South Africa recorded 19 202 murders (or 40.5 per 100 000 of the population).
By comparison, 765 people were killed in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2005/06 (a homicide rate of 1.43 per 100 000).
In 2005, the United States (US) recorded 16 692 murders (5.6 per 100 000).
This makes South Africa’s murder rate roughly 28 times that of the UK and seven times that of the US, using the most recent figures available for these countries.
In the UK, unlike in South Africa, homicide statistics include cases of manslaughter (negligent killing without intent to kill) and murder.
If the UK excluded cases of manslaughter from its definition, the homicide rate of that country would be even lower and the comparison with South Africa even less favourable to us.
A United Nations (UN) survey of international crime trends released in December 2006 shows that in 2004 Ecuador, the country that came closest to South Africa in terms of murders, had a murder rate of 18.3 per 100 000. In that year, South Africa’s official murder rate was 40.3.
The UN survey’s definition of murder includes attempted murder. South Africa’s does not.
On the UN’s definition, South Africa’s murder rate in the 2003/04 financial year (the most recent year for which UN data are available) would have been 107.5 per 100 000.
In 2000, Colombia had a murder rate of 61.8. By comparison, South Africa’s murder rate for the same year was lower at 51—the second highest murder ranking in the world in the figures published at the time. These figures demonstrate some of the pitfalls intrinsic to crime comparisons between countries. They also underscore the true extent of South Africa’s crime crisis.

—Kerwin Lebone
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Pretoria one of SA's most dangerous
July 01 2008 at 07:08AM

Pretoria ranks among the most dangerous places in the country when it comes to house robberies, with three of the capital's suburbs falling within the top 20 most dangerous and violent areas to live in.

The capital also has the dubious honour of having four of its areas fall within the 10 most dangerous places when it comes to attempted murder, rape, street robberies and assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm (assault GBH)

This was revealed on Monday during the release of the SAPS annual crime statistics at the Union Buildings.
The statistics are for the 2007/08 financial year, from April 1 2007 to March 31 this year.

Violent crimes such as murder, attempted murder, rape, cash-in-transit heists, common assault, indecent assault, assault GBH and aggravated (violent) robberies have decreased marginally across South Africa as the rate of contact crime dropped overall by 6,4 percent.

A breakdown of violent robberies, however, paints a different picture, showing that crimes such as hijackings, house, business and bank robberies have continued to soar.

Hijackings, house, business and bank robberies, as well as cash-in-transit heists are a sub-section of aggravated robberies - one of the crimes that government has tasked the Safety and Security Department to reduce by between 7 percent and 10 percent by 2009.
The department missed its target, with the figures showing an increase of nearly 2 percent from seven years ago.
The worst provinces for hijackings, house and business robberies were Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, which accounted for 80 percent of the country's 14 201 car hijackings, 74,5 percent of the 14 481 house robberies and 71,2 percent of the 9 862 business robberies.
KwaZulu-Natal recorded a 92,9 percent increase in business robberies.
The robberies increased from 997 to 1 923 in KwaZulu-Natal.
Free State, Limpopo and the Northern, Western and Eastern Cape, although having relatively few attacks, recorded dramatic increases of 380,6 percent (62 to 298), 278,3 percent (83 to 314), 237,5 percent (16 to 54), 222,3 percent (197 to 635) and 102,5 percent (241 to 488) respectively.
This shows crime is spreading to areas that have been relatively safe in the past.
Gauteng accounted for 52,6 percent of car hijackings (7 466), 50,5 percent of house robberies (7 314) and 51,7 percent of business robberies (5 098).
While Pretoria and its policing areas were not on the country's top 10 hot spot lists when it came to murders, the capital didn't fare well in terms of robberies and other violent crimes such as rape.
Wierdabrug, Brooklyn and Garsfontein ranked eighth, 13th and 15th respectively out of the 20 most dangerous policing areas when it came to house robberies.
Erasmia, along with Wierdabrug, fell within the top 20 most dangerous areas when it came to truck hijackings, coming in at 15th and 16th respectively.

Atteridgeville, Mamelodi East and Rietgat all fall within the top 10 most dangerous places when it comes to attempted murder, rape and assault GBH.
Out of the 20 most dangerous areas in South Africa for street robberies - Pretoria Central - ranked fifth while Sunnyside ranked 18th.

At the time of going to press, the statistics for the country's various police stations were not available.
Nick Pascoe, the metro police's Garsfontein civilian oversight member, said he was alarmed about Garsfontein's ranking.
"Policing is not progressing as it should. Crime has come to stay and until the government takes proper action, makes crime prevention important and provides a proper budget, crime will stay."
Asked what the SAPS was doing to reduce aggravated robberies, Deputy Police Commissioner Andre Pruis said they had been given a week to come up with a new proposal on how to deal with "these crimes".
The deadline follows a crime strategy planning session in June last year that appeared to have failed in some areas.
"Because not all crimes can be fought with the same strategy, we will be looking at new strategies.
"These include the deployment of specialised units in new ways as well as approaching investigations from different angles, such as the centralising of dockets," he said.
He said they had seen "incredible" successes when case dockets had been centralised.
Pruis said the new proposals would look at what had worked in the past, and what had not, in order to come up with new strategies.
Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said: "The government is always concerned that crime levels continue to remain at an unacceptably high level. We would have wanted a more drastic decrease."
Increases and decreases
Crime: last year's figures; this year's figures
Murder: 19 202; 18 487
Attmurder: 20 142; 18 795
Rape: 39 304; 36 190
Indecent assault: 6 812; 6 763
Assault GBH: 218 030; 210 104
Robbery with aggravated circumstances: 126 558; 118 312
Car hijackings: 13 599; 14 201
House robberies: 12 761; 14 481
Business robberies: 6 689; 9 862
Bank robberies: 129; 144

palmela

IFP Jacobs chairperson killed
August 16 2008 at 01:56PM
An Inkatha Freedom Party chairperson was gunned down in Durban on Saturday in an allegedly politically motivated attack, the party's national chairperson said in a statement. "Mr Bhekisisa Mthethwa, who was the chairperson of the IFP branch at Jacobs Hostel, was shot to death at 4.30am at Montclair railway station as he was on his way to work," said Zanele KaMagwaza Msibi. "I am extremely shocked by the sad news of the murder of our comrade...
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palmela

Affirmative action is ruthless looting
Sep 07, 2008

WRONG: Mamphela Ramphele

Mamphela Ramphele’s attempt to give the so-called employment equity system some credibility should be deemed a failure.

The damage has already been done and the civil service, public healthcare, the railways, ports and road infrastructure bear testimony to the insidious effects of racial preference on South Africa.

The current system of race preferences in favour of blacks cannot be reformed — it can only be abolished.

Employment equity is but an Orwellian euphemism denying whites employment, as well as educational and business opportunities, on the grounds of race.

The ANC may be more subtle than Zanu-PF, but the ultimate goal is the same — getting rid of whites altogether. Most whites, English and Afrikaans, have seen the writing on the wall.

They have either left the country or have become self-employed, waging a constant struggle for survival in small businesses run from homes and garages without pension schemes, medical aid or access to capital, which is largely reserved for blacks.

According to economist Mike Schussler, 50% of all white males are self-employed. It is a staggering statistic.

Not only are whites made to feel distinctly unwelcome at government departments, but banks and other private institutions have also transformed to the extent that one hardly sees a white face behind a counter. In fact, we would need an affirmative action policy for whites just to persuade large corporations to employ them at all, especially young ones, given the anti-white ethos that oozes from the very pores of this amazingly violent, corrupt society.

Whites lacking in entrepreneurial and technical skills have been condemned to poverty and despair, despite being literate and hard-working.
On the other hand, one-third of all municipal councillors controlling budgets in the billions are illiterate.

To create wealth, one needs skills.
To loot the wealth of others does not require any skill, except being ruthless and arrogant.
The race-proud Africans of Zimbabwe and South Africa have shown themselves to possess an abundant capacity for both. — Dan Roodt, via e-mail

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palmela

dawno sie tak nie usmialam, ale trzeba byc w Afryce zeby to smieszylo:
kafferment
Beck - not the front
Beds - doves, vultures, etc.
Ben - to set alight
Cut - a small vehicle drawn by a donkey
Errors - districts, e.g. "Ebbon errors" (urban areas)
Farra - The man that is married to your Marra
Feather - implies distance - Cape Town is feather than Johannesburg
Fok - pronged cutlery, often used with a knife.
Guddin - around your house, where you grow plunts
Get - a hinged opening in a fence
Hair - as opposed to him
Hiss - masculine form of hairs
Itch - as in "itch and aviary pairsin"
Kennel - Army officer
Len - to acquire knowledge
Marra - The Woman that is married to your Farra
Mills - Food - what the Poh Pee-Pull have to some how go without
Pee-Pull - Die Mense / people
Poh Pee-Pull - Die Mense / people who are financially challenged
Phlegm - the hot part at the end of a candle
Piss - symbolised by white doves
Suffa-Ring - as in "the pee-pull are suffa-ring"
Parrot Teksi - not a mamba of the teksi assoseshen
Soaka - A sport, often played between Kaiser Chiefs and Pirates.
Texis - Mini Bus capable of conveyeying entire Civilizations from point to point
Toks - Negotiations
Weaner - the weaner takes all
Wekkas - they do the wek
Weld - The Earth
Wok - what you must learn to do before you can run.

A NAARKE - A state of chaos as in when lo and odour break down
ARIAS - Regions or districts as in ebon arias (see ebon)
AWA - as in "awa dee mands"
BAD - You sleep on it in the badroom
BATTER - To bargain ; to trade in commodities
BEACON - to call, as in "I beaconed him, and he kem"
BEAD - what you do at an auction
BEADWORK - not a nice job
BEAKER - the man who makes the bread
BEAT - a small piece of something
BECK - Not the front
BED - doves, vultures, etc
BEDS - Doves vultures, white spotted bush chicken (alias guinea fowl)
BEECH - female dog
BEG - you carry things in it
BEN - To set alight and then you could be bentBENT - Consumed by fire
BIFF - a type of meat
BITCH - type of tree
BIZARRE - type of large shop
CHE - something you sit on
CHEALDREN - our future is in their hands
CHEAP - French fry
CHETZ - where worshippers go on Sundays
CHIP - not expensive
CLEAVER - bright, brainy
COMPOOTA - Intel's marvellous invention
CUDS - you can play poker or rummy with them
CUM - Peaceful, unruffled "all is cum in the roo rull arias"
CUT - A small donkey drawn vehicle as of Scottish orgin
DEBBEN - on other coast, where "sefas" go to "ketch wevs"
DEEKSHUNRY - where you wind weds
DEEP - put something into another, as in deep your finger
DENSE - To move rhythmically to music
DETTY - opposite of clean
DIELAAS - as in drug die laas
DIP - not shallow
DOE - a hinged device for closing a hole in the wall
DRIVA - holds the steering wheel of the teksi
DUCK - very duck at night when the lights are all off
DUTS - a sport somewhat unlike sorka
E SLUNNUN - near "St Judges Puk" for the "kreekut"
EBBEN - you get ebben erriors and rural erriors
EBON - Pertaing to built up arias ; not too roo rull
EFFRICAN - From the continent of Africa
EPIC - a type of gardening implement, as in "I duh a hole with e pic"
ERRAS - districts, eg "Ebbon erras"
ERRORS - districts, eg "Ebbon errors"
ETHYL - Earth will as in the "The earth will grow plenty of millies"
EWERY PEONS - People of light complexion
EWWAYS - eg. SAA and Comair
FEATHER - not klossa ("he heet the bol feather than Jonty")
FEMS - companies eg. AngloAmerican
FEST - the one before second and therd
FLET - a common problem with teksi tayas
FLOW - A base ; an aria for densing hence a dense flow
FOK - used with nifes
FUM - you can fum with ship or kettle
FUMMA - he owns the fum
GEAVE - you must geave, I WILL take
GEM - push a lot of something into a container, for instance
GET - A hinged device for closing a hol in a fence or hatch
GUDDIN - around your house, where you grow "kebbi jees"
HAIR - as opposed to him
HEEL - low mountain
HELD - Threw as in " the ath ill eat held the assegai" (javelin)
HEPPI - state of elatement eg I'm so heppi I just voted
HEST - Impulisively,without due thought;as in"merry in hest"(see Merry)
HISS - masculine form of hairs
HOL - A hol is under construction in the roo rull arias. A place to eet
HUBBA - where sheeps dock
HUT - The organ that pumps liquid around the body.
ITCH - as in "itch and aviary pair sin shell hev wun"
JEMS - little bugs that give you the flu
JENNISBEG - keptital seetee
JOCK - A jest , jape or funny story
KAH - what you drve around in
KATTOGRY - in a system of clasification
KEBBIJEES - a green vegetable
KEEPER - type of flat fish
KENNEL - A high ranking army officer
KEPTAN - on western coast, renowned for "treffik conges shen"
KETTLE - bulls and cows
KIPPER - A warden or custodian as in " housekipper "
KIPPER - one who kips, as in goalkipper
KLEENIX - where nesses weck
KU - small teksi
KOT - where the judges sit
LEAP - part of mouth
LEEDA - As in awa leeda, the president
LEN - to acquire knowledge
LIP - jump
LITTER - sent in an envelope
LO - Legislation; Rules of Guv'ment as in " the police will keep lo and
LOAD - A Breetish nobleman ; as in Load Herring Tonne , Forrin Seki Tree
LUNGWISH - weds what are spokkin
MERRY - To join in matrimony
MESS - Weight or quantity . eg in the mess .........more than 10 of
MESSES - All who dont pay income taxas in" the toiling messes"
MICK - Humble as in"the mick will inherit the e-r-t-h"
MIENING - what is the miening of this attack
MUCH - a protest, usually involving toyi toying
NESSES - they weck in kleenix and hospitaals
ODOUR - The proper state of things the police will kip odour; also command or instruction as in " The kennel gave me an odour"
PAPPA - one way to get the news
PARROT - Freebooter or buccannerunlawful; as in "parrot teksi not a member of theteksi assosseshen " see Teksi
PARROT TEKSI - not a mamba of the teksi assoseshen
PECK - to put in a suitcase or suchlike
PEE PULL - die mensepowa to da pee pull
PEEK - alternative to epic
PEEL - what a doctor gives you
PEEP - found in fruit
PEES TOX - between John Major and the IRA
PENT - what you do when tired
PENTING - Applying oils to canvas; redecorating a house; as in " merry in hest, repent at leesher "
PEPPER - writing, news and toilet
PEPPERY - feels like it
PERK - where children can play
PESSON - one of pee pull
PEVMUNT - where you wak nex to the strit, and where some teksi's druv
PHLEGM - the hot part at the end of a candle
PISS - Symbolised by white doves"The piss toks are taking place in the hol "
PRIM - babies and toddlers ride in them
QUINS - Two or more female monarchs
READ - as in "Get read of this pee pol"
REE KWEST - replaced by dee mands
REEDY - as in "Are you reedy?
REEVA - Limpopo, Vaal,
REGIME - anything to describe pre 1994
RENT - n/aword obsolete
REPENT - paint, as in "I must repent this place"
REE KWEST -replaced by dee mands
RENT - N/A - word obsolete
RESIN - why something was done, or not
RID - a reed, as "rids grow in watta"
RIFFLE - long gun
RIP - To harvest a crop
SCOTCHED ETH - guerilla tactic
SECEDE - the way a stutterer would tell he or she saw something...
SEEK - ill
SEKI TREE - A girl who can typebut gets more pay
SENT - a very good person, like Sent John
S-E-X - large bags
SHEEP - big steel boat
SHEET - exactly what you think
SHET - item of clothing
SHEX - houses in a squatter camp
SHIP - animal with four legs
SHIT OF PEPPA - something to write on
SHOES - Topics as in "There are some very ceres shoes underdis kush onat the piss tocks"
SHUCK ATTACK - if the shuck net is brokkin
SIS - what the big boat sails on
SLEEP - what you do on a shiny floor
SLEET - what you might do to the top of a packet to get at the contents
SLIP - what you do in bed
SLIT - only comes with snow, so none in Zim
SO THEN - Pertaining to the South
SPITCH - what politicians make at a relly
STACK - Wholely or completely as in " stack nekkid in Playboys centre fold "
STEAL - not moving
STIPPLE - tall pointy thing on church
SUFFA RING - as in "the pee pull are suffa ring"
SUTH - opposite of North
SUTTON - Definite ; sure as " I am sutton that there is a hol in the Gokwe bezzness centre"
SWEAMAS - compete in a sweaming pul
TEACH - nickname for small person as in in "Hey, Teach"
TECK - see geave
TEKSI - public transport vehicle
TENNING POINT - the top of a parabola
TEPS - solvent to thin enamel paint
THEST - ice cold Coke will relieve it on a hot day
TICK TOCKS - Negotiations for purchase of a clock on terms
TIPI KALLY - characteristic
TIPPLE - fall over
TITCH - happens in school, hence "titcher"
TOCK - Negotiations
TOKS - negotiations
TREACLE - pour slowly
TRICKLE - dark brown sweet substance spread on bread
TRITE - make an attempt
TWIT - sound a bird makes, as in "The bed was twitting"
UMMY - military force
VEST - Knowledgeablelearnedas in "well vest in the ut of penting"
WASH UP - To go to church to wash up or the Wash up the Mayor of Harare
WE PON - a gun
WEAN DOW - with glus for throwing bricks through
WEANED - gone with the weaned
WEANER - As in the weaner takes all
WEANER - takes all
WECKLISS - the unemployed pee pull
WED - An item of vocabulary; as in " My wed ; the kennel is kipping lo"
WEDS - what the deekshunry is made up of , things that form a sentence (not an "inkusareshen")
WEE MEN - ladies
WEKKAS - hey do the wek
WELD - Our planet , the eth
WELD - the eth Seetees of the Nuw Soath Afreeka:
WEMS - small crawly creachaars
WETH - she is weth her weight in gold.
YES TIDDY - The day before today

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September 30, 2008
Wounded Nation
The lights are literally and figuratively going out all over South Africa as crime, corruption and mismanagement push the rainbow country towards becoming another failed african state.
By Fred Bridgland in Johannesburg

AFTER BATHING in the warm, fuzzy glow of the Mandela years, South Africans today are deeply demoralised people. The lights are going out in homes, mines, factories and shopping malls as the national power authority, Eskom - suffering from mismanagement, lack of foresight, a failure to maintain power stations and a flight of skilled engineers to other countries - implements rolling power cuts that plunge towns and cities into daily chaos.

Major industrial projects are on hold. The only healthy enterprise now worth being involved in is the sale of small diesel generators to powerless households but even this business has run out of supplies and spare parts from China.

The currency, the rand, has entered freefall.
Crime, much of it gratuitously violent, is rampant, and the national police chief faces trial for corruption and defeating the ends of justice as a result of his alleged deals with a local mafia kingpin and dealer in hard drugs.

Newly elected African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma, the state president-in-waiting, narrowly escaped being jailed for raping an HIV-positive woman last year, and faces trial later this year for soliciting and accepting bribes in connection with South Africa's shady multi-billion-pound arms deal with British, German and French weapons manufacturers.
One local newspaper columnist suggests that Zuma has done for South Africa's international image what Borat has done for Kazakhstan.
ANC leaders in 2008 still speak in the spiritually dead jargon they learned in exile in pre-1989 Moscow, East Berlin and Sofia while promiscuously embracing capitalist icons - Mercedes 4x4s, Hugo Boss suits, Bruno Magli shoes and Louis Vuitton bags which they swing, packed with money passed to them under countless tables - as they wing their way to their houses in the south of France.

It all adds up to a hydra-headed crisis of huge proportions - a perfect storm as the Rainbow Nation slides off the end of the rainbow and descends in the direction of the massed ranks of failed African states. Eskom has warned foreign investors with millions to sink into big industrial and mining projects: we don't want you here until at least 2013, when new power stations will be built.

In the first month of this year, the rand fell 12% against the world's major currencies and foreign investors sold off more than £600 million worth of South African stocks, the biggest sell-off for more than seven years.
"There will be further outflows this month, because there won't be any news that will convince investors the local growth picture is going to change for the better," said Rudi van der Merwe, a fund manager at South Africa's Standard Bank.
Commenting on the massive power cuts, Trevor Gaunt, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Cape Town, who warned the government eight years ago of the impending crisis, said: "The damage is huge, and now South Africa looks just like the rest of Africa. Maybe it will take 20 years to recover."
The power cuts have hit the country's platinum, gold, manganese and high-quality export coal mines particularly hard, with no production on some days and only 40% to 60% on others.

"The shutdown of the mining industry is an extraordinary, unprecedented event," said Anton Eberhard, a leading energy expert and professor of business studies at the University of Cape Town.
"That's a powerful message, massively damaging to South Africa's reputation for new investment.
Our country was built on the mines."

To examine how the country, widely hailed as Africa's last best chance, arrived at this parlous state, the particular troubles engulfing the Scorpions (the popular name of the National Prosecuting Authority) offers a useful starting point.
The elite unit, modelled on America's FBI and operating in close co-operation with Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO), is one of the big successes of post-apartheid South Africa.
An independent institution, separate from the slipshod South African Police Service, the Scorpions enjoy massive public support.
The unit's edict is to focus on people "who commit and profit from organised crime", and it has been hugely successful in carrying out its mandate. It has pursued and pinned down thousands of high-profile and complex networks of national and international corporate and public fraudsters.

Drug kingpins, smugglers and racketeers have felt the Scorpions' sting. A major gang that smuggle platinum, South Africa's biggest foreign exchange earner, to a corrupt English smelting plant has been bust as the result of a huge joint operation between the SFO and the Scorpions. But the Scorpions, whose top men were trained by Scotland Yard, have been too successful for their own good.
The ANC government never anticipated the crack crimebusters would take their constitutional independence seriously and investigate the top ranks of the former liberation movement itself.
The Scorpions have probed into, and successfully prosecuted, ANC MPs who falsified their parliamentary expenses.
They secured a jail sentence for the ANC's chief whip, who took bribes from the German weapons manufacturer that sold frigates and submarines to the South African Defence Force.
They sent to jail for 15 years a businessman who paid hundreds of bribes to then state vice-president Jacob Zuma in connection with the arms deal.
Zuma was found by the judge to have a corrupt relationship with the businessman, and now the Scorpions have charged Zuma himself with fraud, corruption, tax evasion, racketeering and defeating the ends of justice. His trial will begin in August.

The Scorpions last month charged Jackie Selebi, the national police chief, a close friend of state president Thabo Mbeki, with corruption and defeating the ends of justice. Commissioner Selebi, who infamously called a white police sergeant a "f***ing chimpanzee" when she failed to recognise him during an unannounced visit to her Pretoria station, has stepped down pending his trial.
But now both wings of the venomously divided ANC - ANC-Mbeki and ANC-Zuma - want the Scorpions crushed, ideally by June this year. The message this will send to the outside world is that South Africa's rulers want only certain categories of crime investigated, while leaving government ministers and other politicians free to stuff their already heavily lined pockets.
No good reason for emasculating the Scorpions has been put forward. "That's because there isn't one," said Peter Bruce, editor of the influential Business Day, South Africa's equivalent of, and part-owned by, The Financial Times, in his weekly column.
"The Scorpions are being killed off because they investigate too much corruption that involves ANC leaders. It is as simple and ugly as that," he added.
The demise of the Scorpions can only exacerbate South Africa's out-of-control crime situation, ranked for its scale and violence only behind Colombia. Everyone has friends and acquaintances who have had guns held to their heads by gangsters, who also blow up ATM machines and hijack security trucks, sawing off their roofs to get at the cash.
In the past few days my next-door neighbour, John Matshikiza, a distinguished actor who trained at the Royal Shakespeare Company and is the son of the composer of the South African musical King Kong, had been violently attacked, and friends visiting from Zimbabwe had their car stolen outside my front window in broad daylight.

My friends flew home to Zimbabwe without their car and the tinned food supplies they had bought to help withstand their country's dire political and food crisis and 27,000% inflation.
Matshikiza, a former member of the Glasgow Citizens Theatre company, was held up by three gunmen as he drove his car into his garage late at night. He gave them his car keys, wallet, cellphone and luxury watch and begged them not to harm his partner, who was inside the house.
As one gunman drove the car away, the other two beat Matshikiza unconscious with broken bottles, and now his head is so comprehensively stitched that it looks like a map of the London Underground.
These assaults were personal, but mild compared with much commonplace crime.
Last week, for example, 18-year-old Razelle Botha, who passed all her A-levels with marks of more than 90% and was about to train as a doctor, returned home with her father, Professor Willem Botha, founder of the geophysics department at the University of Pretoria, from buying pizzas for the family. Inside the house, armed gunmen confronted them. They shot Professor Botha in the leg and pumped bullets into Razelle.
One severed her spine. Now she is fighting for her life and will never walk again, and may never become a doctor. The gunmen stole a laptop computer and a camera.
Feeding the perfect storm are the two centres of ANC power in the country at the moment.
On the one hand, there is the ANC in parliament, led by President Mbeki, who last Friday gave a state-of-the-nation address and apologised to the country for the power crisis.
Mbeki made only the briefest of mentions of the national Aids crisis, with more than six million people HIV-positive. He did not address the Scorpions crisis. The collapsing public hospital system, under his eccentric health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, an alcoholic who recently jumped the public queue for a liver transplant, received no attention. And the name Jacob Zuma did not pass his lips.
Last December Mbeki and Zuma stood against each other for the leadership of the ANC at the party's five-yearly electoral congress.
Mbeki, who cannot stand again as state president beyond next year's parliamentary and presidential elections, hoped to remain the power behind the throne of a new state president of his choosing.

Zuma, a Zulu populist with some 20 children by various wives and mistresses, hoped to prove that last year's rape case, and the trial he faces this year for corruption and other charges, were part of a plot by Mbeki to use state institutions to discredit him. Mbeki assumed that the notion of Zuma assuming next year the mantle worn by Nelson Mandela as South Africa's first black state president would be so appalling to delegates, a deeply sad and precipitous decline, that his own re-election as ANC leader was a shoo-in.
But Mbeki completely miscalculated his own unpopularity - his perceived arrogance, failure to solve health and crime problems, his failure to deliver to the poor - and he lost.
Now Zuma insists that he is the leader of the country and ANC MPs in parliament must take its orders from him, while Mbeki soldiers on until next year as state president, ordering MPs to toe his line.
Greatly understated, it is a mess. Its scale will be dramatically illustrated if South Africa's hosting of the 2010 World Cup is withdrawn by Fifa, the world football body.
Already South African premier league football evening games are being played after midnight because power for floodlights cannot be guaranteed before that time.
Justice Malala, one of the country's top newspaper columnists, has called on Fifa to end the agony quickly.
"I don't want South Africa to host the football World Cup because there is no culture of responsibility in this country," he wrote in Johannesburg's bestselling Sunday Times.
"The most outrageous behaviour and incompetence is glossed over. No-one is fired. I have had enough of this nonsense, of keeping quiet and ignoring the fact that the train is about to run us over.
"It is increasingly clear that our leaders are incapable of making a success of it. Scrap the thing and give it to Australia, Germany or whoever will spare us the ignominy of watching things fall apart here - football tourists being held up and shot, the lights going out, while our politicians tell us everything is all right."
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Posted by: Wullie on 3:21am Sun 10 Feb 08
Sadly it would appear that South Africa may be going the way of Rhodesia and all of the other failed African states. But that is the way of African politics and African culture. Relative democracy and stable societies are unfortunately hard to find in the African continent despite that continent's natural wealth.
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Posted by: C MacAoidh, South Africa on 4:54am Sun 10 Feb 08
It must be a bit worrying for someone sitting in Scotland reading this article. But just think of this poor guy who spent 20 years in Glasgow, 20 years in Rhodesia, 24 years in South Africa and now wondering, "Where to next". The really sad thing is that the article is accurate!
It must be a bit worrying for someone sitting in Scotland reading this article. But just think of this poor guy who spent 20 years in Glasgow, 20 years in Rhodesia, 24 years in South Africa and now wondering, "Where to next". The really sad thing is that the article is accurate!Quote | Report this postPosted by: Brian J Deller, Marbella Spain on 5:57am Sun 10 Feb 08
As someone who "escaped" South Africa in 1999, after optimistically staying on for 5 yrs.(living there for 25 yrs) after the ANC came to power, and then realising that the new SA is another Zimbabwe in the making, I now wonder who the real racists are. Those who know Africa and were in power with plans to develop it correctly for the benefit of everybody, even if it took 100 yrs. or those who patronisingly called its successful white government racist and condemned yet another African country to abject poverty. My money is on the latter. As with Zim. many blacks will pine for the days of Apartheid when they could afford to live, were not constantly in danger of being murdered, robbed or raped by criminals including those in the ANC, and when the SA Rand was worth something. Shame on all those who are now proven to be the racists who were wrong: unless, of course to kill and impoverish blacks was your plan all along.
As someone who "escaped" South Africa in 1999, after optimistically staying on for 5 yrs.(living there for 25 yrs) after the ANC came to power, and then realising that the new SA is another Zimbabwe in the making, I now wonder who the real racists are. Those who know Africa and were in power with plans to develop it correctly for the benefit of everybody, even if it took 100 yrs. or those who patronisingly called its successful white government racist and condemned yet another African country to abject poverty. My money is on the latter. As with Zim. many blacks will pine for the days of Apartheid when they could afford to live, were not constantly in danger of being murdered, robbed or raped by criminals including those in the ANC, and when the SA Rand was worth something. Shame on all those who are now proven to be the racists who were wrong: unless, of course to kill and impoverish blacks was your plan all along.Quote | Report this postPosted by: john, Hong Kong on 6:05am Sun 10 Feb 08
An all to familiar picture of post colonial Africa.Every country that gained independance has regressed in real terms.The answer though is maybe not to judge these states by European standards.
An all to familiar picture of post colonial Africa.Every country that gained independance has regressed in real terms.The answer though is maybe not to judge these states by European standards.Quote | Report this postPosted by: Marvin Caldwell-Barr, Kempton Park, South Africa on 7:04am Sun 10 Feb 08
This ANC government has put the country on the slippery slope, gravity has taken over and there's only one way to go: straight down to the bottom. Sadly, it seems to be inevitable in Africa. And a lot of people are saying, "We told you so."
This ANC government has put the country on the slippery slope, gravity has taken over and there's only one way to go: straight down to the bottom. Sadly, it seems to be inevitable in Africa. And a lot of people are saying, "We told you so."Quote | Report this postPosted by: I'm no really here on 12:26pm Sun 10 Feb 08
What's the difference between South Africa and the Titanic? The Titanic sank with it's light still on. The Rand has lost R2 against the pound in the week following the Government's declared Emergency Crisis. If you are coming over for the World Cup in 2010, there is no point now in asking you to switch off the lights when you leave. No longer South Africa - more like South Zimbabwe.
What's the difference between South Africa and the Titanic? The Titanic sank with it's light still on.

The Rand has lost R2 against the pound in the week following the Government's declared Emergency Crisis.

If you are coming over for the World Cup in 2010, there is no point now in asking you to switch off the lights when you leave. No longer South Africa - more like South Zimbabwe.
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Posted by: Scamp on 1:18pm Sun 10 Feb 08
There's no doubt in my own mind that the decolonisation of Africa happened probably 100 years too early. Even Kenya which was held up as an example of African democracy has slipped back into what is effectively tribal warfare.
The fault lies I'm afraid with the USA and the PC brigade. The USA insisted on the UK giving up its African and other colonies after WW2 because it was intent on destroying our global influence.
The PC brigade simply took the naive view that it was entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. Still, too late now. The damage is done and only if and when some genuinely democratic African leaders that don't suffer from a chip on their should rise up out of this mess and take charge can I see there being any real improvement.

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Posted by: Lobeydosser, Woodlands Road on 2:00pm Sun 10 Feb 08
When the 'white flight' starts (if it has not started already), will we, as Scots, be ready and willing to receive them and use their knowledge, skills and experience for our benefit?
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Posted by: Walton, Glasgow on 2:22pm Sun 10 Feb 08
As a white South African living Scotland, it's always interesting to observe reports of my country's immanent demise in the papers.
It's also really sad how all the racists and Afro-pessimists crawl out of their holes, rubbing their greasy paws with glee at yet more evidence of African failure.
I am surprised that Bridgland's one-sided, simplistic and factually inaccurate article even got published. He simply parrots the views of South Africa's white opposition party, and ignores the perspectives of the Black majority. It is true that there is a lot seriously wrong with South Africa - one of the reasons I am in temporary exile.
I am also appalled at the South African government, which has delivered so much less than we hoped for. Yet I visit South Africa regularly (I was there when Zuma beat Mbeki to become ANC president), and the reality is far more complex and nuanced than this article suggests. Despite serious problems, the country is far from a lot cause. Despite everything, the country today is infinitely better than it was under apartheid, and it is still a work in progress. To suggest that South Africa is heading the way of Zimbabwe and other failed African states is an ignorance and superficiality of analysis that is astounding in an international correspondent - Bridgland doesn't deserve to write for newspapers if he can't come up with better than his pessimistic tales of woe. I have more faith in South Africa's future than in Britain's. It's the UK that really frightens me, with it's addiction to war, overblown sense of importance and the intrusive surveillance of all it's citizens.
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Posted by: James, Cape Town on 3:29pm Sun 10 Feb 08
Thank you Walton. I couldn't agree more. This article as well a many of the comments are ludicrously inaccurate. What I would suggest to them is to stay where you are. We'll enjoy all the wonderful things SA has to offer quite well without you!
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If Walton feels that Britain really frightens him,what is he doing here? Nobody is forcing him to stay.
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Posted by: Graham, Johannesburg on 7:14pm Sun 10 Feb 08
I'm Ex pat Uk living here since 1980.That article basically sums up the whole situation.I've tried to be positive in my attitude so far but am so fed up now that i'm considering moving back to europe.
There is so much inaptitude here in all levels of service delivery. This Eskom story is the icing on the cake. Its ridiculous.
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Posted by: Oscar, durban on 7:27am Mon 11 Feb 08
Thanks Walton of Glasgow. This article is written by one of the pessimists. People who cant take problems and turn them into chalenges. There really is nothin impossible. We'l hv no recession, we'l hv Zim in SA and SA my land shall remain a land of hope and success in Africa of our birth. May some of those who think we'r going Zim's way do what is noble and offer good suggestions on the available platforms. Else, SA is democratic and they hv all the rights to either stay or leave. However I am on the side of staying and solving this together with us. Not always fleeing away from challenges in cowardice.
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19 buses torched in Ntuzuma
October 03 2008 at 02:28PM

Nineteen Durban Transport buses were burnt at the Ntuzuma bus depot on Friday, police said.
"A security guard on duty told police he heard a bang, and when he checked he saw the buses on fire," said Constable Siwe Nxumalo.
"No arrests have been made. We don't know who could have done this," she said.
Remant Alton bus drivers embarked on illegal protest action two weeks ago, leading to the dismissal of nearly 1 000 employees.
The workers were demanding that they be employed by the eThekwini Municipality as they claimed Remant Alton had financial mismanagement problems.
Nxumalo said police did not know who was behind the arson case or whether it was related to the strike.......
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October 03 2008 at 12:30PM
Three people were expected to appear in the Wakkerstroom magistrate's court on Friday for allegedly burning down a ward councillor's house, Mpumalanga police said.
Superintendent Abie Khoabane said a group of angry residents torched the house on Thursday following a meeting on service delivery at a community hall.
"People were apparently not happy with what was discussed at the meeting and they held the Pixley ka Seme municipality major hostage together with other officials".
After police arrived and freed the officials, residents allegedly went to the councillor's house and burnt it down. The councillor's Toyota Cressida, which had been parked in the garage, was also burnt. - Sapa
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'The blood was everywhere'

October 03 2008 at 10:32AM

The robber killed inside Crown Tobacco's on Thursday was shot dead with a pump-action shotgun, apparently belonging to the owner.

Police officers and security guards who went to investigate saw large pools of blood from the dead and wounded.
"The blood was everywhere," said one guard at the scene.
At the front door, drops of blood were scattered through the foyer and into the street. Even the door had dry drops on it.
"You could see there was a struggle," confirmed police spokesperson Constable Neria Malefetse, who responded to the shooting.
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Flmu Pacific Heighst jest o mlodej parze ktora kupila dom gdzie po wyremontowaniu kilka pokoi mialo byc do wynajcia. Po zamieszczeniu ogloszenia w gazecie zglosil sie murzyn chcacy wynajac pokoj.
Dostal odmowe tylko dlatego ze byl czarny. Wynajeli pokoj bialemu, ktory nie placil czynszu i zdemolowal doszczetnie wynajete pomieszczenie. Para mlodych wlascicieli udala sie na policje i tam pracowal ten murzyn ktoremu odmowili wynajecia pokoju.
Jak na kazdym filmie byl to porzadny murzyn, a bialas byl sukinsynem.
Tyle o filmie Pacific Heights, gdzie czarny byl dobry, mlodzi wlasciciele to rasisci, a inny bialy to kawal sukinsyna.
W zyciu jak na negatywie co biale to czarne ..... i teraz zajme sie obecnym prezydentem RPA.
Prezydent RPA zamierzal kupic dom.
Dom ktory upatrzyl w maju tego roku, kiedy byl jeszcze zastepca prezydenta ANC byl za 6 milionow.
Podpisal umowe kupna-sprzedaz 20 maja w ten sam dzien, kiedy Kgalema Motlanthe dostal stolek zwyklego ministra.
Motlanthe wprowadzil sie do 4-sypialniowego domu dnia 1 czerwca, dwa miesiace od czasu kiey po raz pierwszy ogladal dom.
W tym czasie wlasciciel podpisal umowe zakupu domu w innej czesci RPA liczac ze dostanie pieniadze od Mothlane.

Dwa tygodnie temu zaraz po tym jak podirytowany wlasciciel domagal sie wyjasnienia dlaczego jeszcze nie otrzymal pieniedzy, Motlanthe wyniosl sie z domu o drugiej w nocy wraz ze swoimi, nie swoimi rzeczami i meblami.
Kiedy wlasciciel wrocil do porzuconego domu odkryl ze zniszczenia siegaja pol miliona. Sadzawka z koi rybkami zostala zniszczona, system filtracyjny zepsuty, elektryczne ogrodzenie na murach zepsute
glowna brama i system kamer poniszczone, a w kuchni kilka szafek z wisniowego drzewa zniknelo po zdjeciu ze sciany, a p wykladzinach dywanowych sladu nie bylo.

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Kilka zasad kiedy MUSISZ miec do czynienia z czarnuchami

Nigdy im niczego nie pozyczaj
Nigdy nie daj im niczego co nie jest w pelni splacone
Nigdy nie udzielaj im a conto
Nigdy im nie ufaj

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RPA kryminalna stolica swiata, bo statystyke prowadzi/. nigeria jest tak niebezpieczna ze z ilic Lagos zbieraja co rano do smieciarki pozwiartowane czarnuchy. nikt tego nie rejestruje, bo statystylka to bialego wymysl:
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Wg. policji RPA w roku 95/96 bylo 28.833 morderstw, a wg Interpolu 54.298. Ponad 1% bialych od przejecia wladzy przez czarnych t.j. od 1994 zostal wymordowany. na liscie zamordowanych farmerow znajduje sie ponad 3 tysiace ofiar. I nie zauwazylam na niej mojej kolezanki wujka pana Masona, bestialsko zamordowanego.

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RPA
9-letni chlopiec obudzil sie w srode rano i znalazl ciala swoich rodzicow.

Jego mama miala 17 dzgniec w plecy, a tato zostal powieszony i mial siedem dzgniec w brzuch.
Policja bada czy kobieta nie byla zgwalcona.

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podejrzana historia.
Ona w plecy, on w brzuch
hmmm