The end of legitimacy.

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RSA - ZIM Comparison

NB .... this is the Communist party saying this ....

SA compared to Zim's early days
Bongani Mthembu
April 30 2008 at 07:27AM


South Africa could be plunged into serious political instability similar to that in Zimbabwe, SA Communist Party Deputy General-Secretary Jeremy Cronin has warned.

Delivering the Chris Hani Memorial Lecture at the University of KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday, Cronin said political turmoil could come quickly if the ANC continued to blunder.

The lecture revolved around challenges facing liberation movements that assumed power.

Cronin critically analysed this phenomenon, and drew comparisons between the actions of Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe and those of the ANC in South Africa.
'Zanu-PF won elections overwhelmingly'

"There are a lot of similarities. Both fought for freedom and negotiated settlements with previous oppressive regimes.

"Zanu-PF won elections overwhelmingly, just like our ruling party," he said.

The biggest mistake many liberation movements made, Cronin said, was to neglect the masses and create a small elite, detached from the people on the ground.

"Some say the ANC will rule until Jesus Christ returns, but I think that its decline may be sooner than we think if the will of the people is not respected," said Cronin.

"Both the ANC and Zanu-PF governments had delivered when they took over power. Zanu-PF did very well in education and the ANC government has done well in providing social grants, houses and electrification.
'Our government did not listen'

"But Zanu-PF failed to transform the agriculture sector, which remained in the hands of the few, and by and large South Africa has also failed to address the issue of land restitution," said Cronin.

He said there was a danger that liberation movements could become like Zanu-PF, adding that the government under President Thabo Mbeki had angered people at grassroots level by suppressing debate and refusing to take advice.

"Our government did not listen when told that there was going to be an electricity crisis, and our president continues to deny that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe.

"Issues such as price fixing, which result in our people paying more for basic commodities such as bread, are not addressed," he said.

Cronin commended the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union members for refusing to offload the weapons cargo from a Chinese ship, following widespread concern over Zimbabwe's political situation.

This article was originally published on page 2 of Pretoria News on April 30, 2008

Einstein says ...

Sunrise

And the new days breakin through
The morning
Of another day without you
And as the hours roll by
No-ones there to see me cry
Except the sunrise
The sunrise and you

Tired eyes drift across the shore
Looking for love and nothing more
But as the sea rolls by
No-ones there to see me cry
Excep the sunrise
The sunrise and you

Sunrise
Bless my eyes
Catch my soul
Make me whole again

Sunrise, new day
Hear my song
Im tired of fightin
And foolin around
But from now on
Till who knows when
My sword will be my pen
And Ill love you, love you
For all of my time

- Uriah Heep

Rasta bar

Anyone recognise this?

Sunset

Children die from tap water

Scores of children die from unsafe water
April 22 2008 at 03:16PM

Nearly 80 children have died in an Eastern Cape district due to unsafe tap water and authorities have failed to take any action, the Daily Dispatch Online reported on Tuesday.

Despite evidence of a lethal epidemic in the Ukhahlamba District Municipality (UKDM), which included the towns of Barkly East, Maclear, Sterkspruit and Elliot, municipal authorities had not yet issued a public warning .

An official health report indicated that there had been a breakdown in a water purification works in October last year and called for urgent action, but no action has been taken, the report said.

The babies had died from diarrhoea and other complications.

The health report, only tabled last week at a closed council meeting, recommended urgent action, including declaring an emergency in the area to save further lives, but this was not done, the Dispatch reported.

The UKDM's municipal manager, Zolile Williams, blamed the Cloete Joubert Hospital in Barkly East for the high number of deaths, saying it had failed to report them in time for a proper investigation.

He said the hospital had not conducted tests on stool samples, eliminating any chances of locating the cause of death.

However, a senior hospital manager, who asked not be named, said they had informed the municipality but nothing was done until 15 deaths were reported. - Sapa
Source
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Would someone PLEASE remind me why it's wrong to take these fucking people out into the street and shoot them? (the council, in case you were wondering)

May the families find peace ... :(

Peace .... on a bike

ZIM

Angola and Mozambique have both told the arms carrying ship the An Yue Jiang that it is not welcome in their ports. It appears that the ship is going back to China.
Good news, unless the ship has already transferred it's deadly cargo, something which is a possibility.
The down side is that Angola have offered "crack troops" to assist zanupf in fighting the "imperialist" threat. Good god, the way these people bend words and ideas. Since when are hut dwellers imperialists?

Mbeki claims the desire to be impartial, but one side, mugabe is thanking Mbeki for his efforts, and the other side is not. That's not impartial. What is good, i think, is the way all players have shed their costumes, and stand naked before the world. There is no deception, only brutal honesty, and a very clear message. Mbeki is for dictatorship and oppression, oh, and stupidity.

I hate to be the one to say it, but even Zuma is better than this, he at least knows enough to shut up and listen to his advisors.

But they are all waiting to see, as are we,k the outcome of this .... free world beware, africa is killing her children again.
More here

Yeah!! fuck you and your signs mister!!!

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Popcru: don't use police as scab labour
April 18 2008 at 02:20PM

Police officers should not be used as "scab labour" to offload a shipment of arms destined for Zimbabwe, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) said on Friday.

Popcru spokesperson Benzi Soko said: "Satawu has very good reasons for offloading the ship. We understand their objection. Police cannot be used as scab labour."

Soko's statement follows the announcement by the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) on Thursday that its members would not offload the ship, the An Yue Jiang.

The An Yue Jiang has been at anchor off the port of Durban since Monday and is carrying a cargo of arms destined for Zimbabwe.

Asked what Popcru's position would be if police were asked to offload the ship, Soko said: "We are of the view they should not offload this ship."

He said Popcru would consider taking legal action if its members were asked to offload the ship.

The United Transport and Allied Trade Union said on Friday that its members would also not help offload the ship.

On Friday morning Democratic Alliance defence spokesperson Rafeek Shah called on government to revoke the conveyance permit issued in terms of the National Conventional Arms Control Act (NCAC).

He said: "The [NCAC] clearly states that the committee must "cancel, amend or suspend the permit if it is in the interests of maintaining and promoting international peace or avoiding repression and terrorism."

Defence secretary January Masilela told Sapa on Thursday that the scrutiny committee of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee's (NCACC) scrutiny committee, which he chairs, had approved the conveyance permit on Monday.

He said an inspection team from the NCACC would still have to ensure the cargo met the requirements of the permit before the cargo could begin to be transported to Zimbabwe.

The permit would be endorsed by the NCACC when it meets next month.

Asked about the controversy surrounding the shipment Masilela said: "This is a normal transaction between two sovereign states. We are doing our legal part and we don't have to interfere."

Police spokesperson Captain Dennis Adriao, asked if he knew when the ship would dock, said: "I haven't actually got those details."

Noseweek editor Martin Welz told Sapa on Wednesday that "the cargo ship was openly delivering a containment of arms for Zimbabwe".

He said he had copies of all the documents, including a packing list.

The controversial cargo packed into 3 080 cases included three million rounds of 7.62mm bullets (used with automatic rifles), 69 rocket propelled grenades, as well as mortar bombs and tubes.

The cargo is, according to the documentation, valued at R9,88-million. - Sapa

JHB WATER - NB!!!!!!

Tap water may not be safe to drink: Joburg Water 18/04/2008 07:32:07

Joburg Water is warning that residents in some north-western Joburg suburbs that their tap water may not be safe to drink.

The utility says testing has shown the quality of water in Fairland, Northcliff, Blairgowrie, Linden, Cresta and surrounding areas may not be up to standard.

More tests are being conducted. Residents in the affected areas have been urged to boil their water before drinking it.

Officials have also advised that babies and sick people be given limited quantities of water.

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Yes, we all over reacted to the electricity shortage. No there are no other problems. Go back to sleep people, long dark cholera induced sleep.
Have a crappy day now y'hear?

Viva unions ....

This is the latest in the Zimbabwe arms saga. The South African government refuses to take a moral standpoint on this, citing the need to be "impartial". Motherfuckers.
Aside from the fact that they are now being VERY partial TO the zim government, no south african i have spoken to yet believes we should allow these arms to travel through our country. Allowing them to so so is tantamount to aiding genocide. I posted pictures of what mugabe's troops are already doing. This is what the ship holds, apparently, Several million rounds of ammunition (!) rpg7 rocket launchers and mortars, and a lot of rockets. These are offensive weapons ... to be used against the only enemy they have, the people.
A story most people missed was the angolan government's very kind deployment of crack troops and equipment about 6 months ago. Zimbabwe has fuck all left, no food, no goods, no jobs, but they have a world class army and riot police.
The more time pases, the more these african dogs make a mockery of the morals they espoused pre 1994. They are worse than the apartheid government. MUCH worse, for the people, and the country. But, let me remind people that when i was in school, terrorism was a real threat. Bombs were planted at petrol stations close to my school. We were instructed in identifying limpet mines, mini limpet mines, AK47's, makarov pistols, and numerous other russian made weapons. These ANC "cadres" including MR mandela, and current police chief robert mcbride, planted bombs with the sole intention of murdering innocent people. These men are now our heroes and leaders, is it no wonder we are facilitating genocide? I'm sure the kickbacks were generous, they always are .... The other kickback of course, is that while you cannot legally get a gun for self defense (it's not an acceptable reason, they have replied to firearm applications) these weapons currently in durban harbour will filter baclk into south africa, and will be used by criminals to kill innocent south africans. The fact that our government is allowing this to happen, shows clearly their attitude towards the people they are responsible for.
Yes this makes me angry, but what makes me angrier is the way this country (zim) has been totally ruined, in the space of about 5 years, from a healthy, happy, productive country to hell on earth. The only logical explanation for this behaviour from the dog mbeki is that he would like the same here in south africa, and judging by the international reaction, he would face no resistance at all.
What south africa has though, are people, who have morals, and conscience. This is NOT about colour, blacks and whites both understand what has to be done, and why.
If there is a blocade, i would be happy to join in and throw stones, petrol bombs, whatever it takes to stop the cargo. But refusing to offload the ship is a very good place to start. Sadly i think they'll find people anyway, or instruct our soldiers to do it. THAT WILL SHARE THE BLOOD EQUALY BETWEEN MUGABE AND MBEKI. But they both have so much blood on their hands it's a moot point.

Union refuses to unload Zim arms
April 17 2008 at 07:02PM

Opposition to a shipment of arms being offloaded in Durban and transported to Zimbabwe increased on Thursday when South Africa's largest transport workers union announced that its members would not unload the ship.

SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) general secretary Randall Howard said: "Satawu does not agree with the position of the South African government not to intervene with this shipment of weapons.

"Our members employed at Durban Container Terminal will not unload this cargo neither will any of our members in the truck driving sector move this cargo by road."

He said the ship, the An Yue Jiang, should not dock in Durban and should return to China.

"South Africa cannot be seen to be facilitating the flow of weapons into Zimbabwe at a time where there is a political dispute and a volatile situation between the Zanu-PF and the MDC."

"The view of our members is that nobody should ask us to unload these weapons," he said.

Satawu said it planned to engage support from the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu).

Defence secretary January Masilela on Thursday that the scrutiny committee of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee's (NCACC) scrutiny committee, which he chairs, had approved the conveyance permit on Monday already.

He said a inspection team from the NCACC would still have to ensure the cargo met the requirements of the permit before the cargo could begin to be transported to Zimbabwe.

The permit would be endorsed by the NCACC when it meets next month.

Asked about the controversy surrounding the shipment Masilela said: "This is a normal transaction between two sovereign states. We are doing our legal part and we don't have to interfere."

In Cape Town, government communications head Themba Maseko said the country could not stop the shipment from getting to its destination as it had to be seen to be "treading very carefully" in its relations with Zimbabwe, given the complexity of facilitating talks between the Movement for Democratic Change and Zanu-PF.

Chris de Vos, the secretary general for the United Transport and Allied Trade Union, said the union was "not happy" about the arms shipment being transported through South Africa.

"We are going to request an urgent meeting with the management. We are aware that members are very uncomfortable with the situation," he said.

He said that while no decision had been taken by the union on offloading the weapons and arms, the union leadership was not in favour of the weapons being transported.

Democratic Alliance defence spokesman Rafeek Shah said the government's approval to allow the arms to be shipped was "the surest sign yet that government has completely lost the plot on the Zimbabwe issue".

Shah said: "The world's astonishment at President (Thabo) Mbeki's political defence of Robert Mugabe will likely turn into outright anger as we are now not only denying the existence of a crisis in Zimbabwe, but also actively facilitating the arming of an increasingly despotic and desperate regime."

Kallie Kriel, AfriForum chief executive, said the organisation intended organising "an extensive campaign of peaceful demonstrations in an effort to prevent a consignment of Chinese arms from being transported from Durban across South African territory to Zimbabwe".

The SA Institute of Race Relations said on Thursday: "It would be unconscionable for South Africa to allow an arms consignment through its borders en route to Zimbabwe."

Spokesman Frans Cronje said that if the shipment went ahead, "South Africa's culpability in the Zimbabwe crisis would then be without question".

Noseweek editor Martin Welz told Sapa on Wednesday that "the cargo ship was openly delivering a containment of arms for Zimbabwe".

He said he had copies of all the documents, including the bill of lading and a packing list.

The controversial cargo packed into 3080 cases included three million rounds of 7.62mm bullets (used with the AK47 assault rifle), 69 rocket propelled grenades, as well as mortar bombs and tubes.

The cargo is, according to the documentation, valued at R9.88 million.

Welz said: "It's very detailed and even has the phone numbers."

Increased media interest around the shipment prompted both the SA Police Service and the SA Revenue Service to send their top public relations officers to Durban to deal with media enquiries.

Adriao said he would only comment on the ship once it had docked in port while Lackay said that the work of the SARS "is guided by the SARS Act and the confidentiality provisions in the Act".

Lackay said: "SARS Customs does not release cargo until the Customs declaration has been processed and the requirements of the any other legislation have been adhered to. On the basis of the documents submitted by the shipping line -- the company operating the vessel -- SARS Customs decides whether there is a potential risk, whether cargo must be inspected and whether or not goods will be detained.

"These are standard Customs procedures that apply daily to any cargo vessel entering a South African port of entry. At this time the vessel.

"An Yue Jiang is at outer anchorage or off-port limits and therefore the cargo is not deemed to have been imported into South Africa yet," he said. - Sapa

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Why did the chicken cross the road?

This is BRILLIANT!!! You would have to know south african politics to understand, but wow this is so poignant!!!! Enjoy :)

ESKOM:
I do not care as long as he saved 10% electricity crossing the road.

KINDERGARTEN TEACHER: T
o get to the other side.

JAN F.E. CELLIERS:
Dis die hoender, dis die pad, dis al.

NATANIEL:
Ek was vreeslik op my nerves vir sy part tot hy anderkant gekom het. Ek dink dit was stunning.

NAAS BOTHA:
Aan die einde van die dag maak dit nie saak hoeveel Keer hy oor die straat is nie. Wat saak maak is die telbord.

NELSON MANDELA:
It was his long walk to freedom. A true Rainbow chicken.

PIETER-DIRK UYS:
Was dit 'n he-chicken of 'n she-chicken? Does it Pik?

ALLAN BOESAK:
How can the motives of a chicken who had done so much for chickenhood be questioned? It must have "struggled" to cross the road.

DULLA OMAR:
I am sure the chicken is innocent. He did what he did because of the apartheid legacy.

NGCONDE BALFOUR:
The government will ensure that a fair quota of black chickens cross the road as well.
Why should black chickens remain on this side of the road? I only watch black chickens crossing the road anyway...

TREVOR MANUEL:
Makes me think: we don't tax chickens crossing roads yet....

VAN SCHALKWYK:
Let's join the chicken and cross the road!

TONY LEON:
No matter where the chicken goes, we have the guts to fight back.

DESMOND TUTU:
We should have crossed the road with him. Together we will make a difference

THABO MBEKI:
I don't really have an opinion about this...

MARK SHUTTLEWORTH:
I would have paid a million to see the chicken cross the road!

MUGABE:
Stop that chicken! It must be repossessed together with the farm it belongs to. And the farm on the opposite side of the road, where
It was going, and all the chickens on both farms. Repossess it all. And it's nobody's business what I do in my country.
It is Britain 's fault for bringing chickens here anyway.
JACOB ZUMA: The showers were across the road

MANTO:
Whish schicken (hic!) - I saw many ...pink shikkins

Steps to take when faced with armed intruders

Ok ... so the most likely way to die is being shot or stabbed in your own home. So here we have a public service announcement. Comments below.

April 16 2008 at 06:27AM

By Khululiwe Makhaye

According to Section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act, reasonable force can be used when arresting a person presently or previously engaged in criminal activity.

If a person feels that his life or the life of another is in danger, extreme force, which could be fatal, can be used to subdue the criminal.

Police Superintendent Vincent Mdunge said the following steps should be followed when faced with armed intruders on your property. If your life, the life of another or your property is threatened:

Call the police immediately.

Try to escape from the situation.

You can shoot to kill or use a weapon to inflict a fatal wound.

You must be able to justify your actions.

In some cases, the person who made the arrest or killed a an intruder may be arrested.

But in those cases, the person would appear before a magistrate to explain his actions - bail is usually granted.

If the use of force is found to be acceptable he would be acquitted.

This article was originally published on page 3 of The Mercury on April 16, 2008

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1. Call the police ... oh yes on the hotline that is often not answered? SO while trying to escape or fit, you have a stupid cell phone that is just ringing in your hand.
2. Escape ... from your own home? IE they have MORE RIGHT to be in your home than you do?
3. Fight .... shoot (if you are fortunate enough to own a gun)

This is telling me to cower and run, and even if i do fight, most likely i'd be arrested IN MY HOME, taken to the cells for an indeterminate time, and charged with whatever they can dream up. My froiend shot an intruder and spent the weekend in prison, he had to be hospitalised when he came out.

You cannot win, if the criminals don't get you the justice system will.

Zimbabwe

So much has been said, i don't know anymore. mbeki reckons there is no crisis. He's as bad as the bloody european monarchs, no ... worse. He's worse because he should know better .... liberation and all that crap.
Look at the pics, then look again and AGAIN ... these are people ... who have been jackbooted in their homes. Tell me if this is a crisis, rt if this actually means fuckall.

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Religion

My Religious Life
Jim Culleny

I was Catholic,
but was not universal enough
when I was.

I was Protestant,
but did not protest enough
when I was.

I was a Transcendental Meditationist,
but was not transcendent enough
when I was.

I was a dilettante Buddhist,
but (unlike the lotus) I failed to bud
when I was.

Now as a Taoist
in an inscrutable plan
I’m most content, because
it’s nothing I can really talk about
if I am.

Suicide

Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally terminating one's own life; many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of "willful destruction of one's self-interest". Suicide may occur for a number of reasons, often related to depression, shame, pain, financial difficulties or other undesirable situations.

Views on suicide have been influenced by cultural views on existential themes such as religion, honor, and the meaning of life. Most Western and Asian religions—the Abrahamic religions, Hinduism—consider suicide a dishonorable act; in the West it was regarded as a serious crime and offense against God due to religious belief in the sanctity of life. Japanese views on honor and religion led to seppuku being respected as a means to atone for mistakes or failure during the samurai era; Japanese suicide rates remain some of the developed world's highest. In the 20th century, suicide in the form of self-immolation has been used as a form of protest, and in the form of kamikaze and suicide bombing as a military or terrorist tactic. Sati was a Hindu funeral practice in which the widow would immolate herself on her husband’s funeral pyre.

Medically assisted suicide (euthanasia, or the right to die) is a controversial ethical issue involving people who are terminally ill, in extreme pain, and/or have minimal quality of life through injury or illness. Self-sacrifice for others is not usually considered suicide, as the goal is not to kill oneself but to save another.

The predominant view of modern medicine is that suicide is a mental health concern, associated with psychological factors such as the difficulty of coping with depression, inescapable suffering or fear, or other mental disorders and pressures. Suicide is sometimes interpreted in this framework as a "cry for help" and attention, or to express despair and the wish to escape, rather than a genuine intent to die.[3] Most people who attempt suicide do not complete suicide on a first attempt; those who later gain a history of repetitions are significantly more at risk of eventual completion.[4]

Nearly a million people worldwide die by suicide annually.[5] There are an estimated 10 to 20 million attempted suicides every year.[6] Elderly males have the highest suicide rate, although rates for young adults have been increasing in recent years.[7]

Matric

IOL

'More than half of matrics do not find jobs'

"More than half of matrics do not find jobs after leaving school. "

"A seven-year-old has a 50 percent probability of making it to Grade 12, a 12 percent probability of obtaining maths and science on higher grade and a four percent probability of acquiring a post matric," she said.

Firearm refresher course

1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.

3. Gun Lock: The original point and 'click' interface.

4. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.

5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?

6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.

7. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.

8. If you don't know your rights you don't have any.

9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.

10. The United States Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights reserved.

11. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?

12. The Second Amendment is in place in case they ignore the others.

13. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

14. Guns only have two enemies: rust and liberals.

15. Know guns, know peace and safety. No guns, no peace nor safety.

16. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.

17. 911 - government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.

18. Assault is a behavior, not a device.

19. Criminals love gun control - it makes their jobs safer.

20. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.

21. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.

22. You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.

23. Enforce the "Gun Control Laws" we have; don't make more.

24. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.

25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.

26. ".. A government of the people, by the people, for the people..."

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Today

Life

What a weekend. Did so much, felt so much .... LIVED so much.

Time is SUCH an illusion. Friday night my parents dropped my kids back with us. They were away for a week or so during the holiday. Plus it was both their birthdays, so i isseed 1, but the other's was saturday. SO anyways, house full of family, and birthday kids and presents and .... family time, albeit just a little.

My granny ... how do i ascribe words? She's beautiful. Such a good lady, with so much gentleness, humour and kindness in her. I'm her "special" one, she only has 2 grandkids, and i spent a lot of time with her as a child, on the beaches and surrounds of Kommmetjie in the cape. I can still see her jumping across rock pols, and digging down to show me marine flaura and fauna. Last time we were there, she sat on a bench on the beach, and she told me how that bench came about. As a memory for a ship that was lost, and a boy (Smith i think) who had drowned. is parents put up the bench to remember him, pointed in the exact direction of where the ship went down.

She's old now, and becoming fragile. Been hard since my grandfather passed away. The 2 were inseperable. He was always the perfect gent, and she the perfect lady. He did everything for her, and she misses him daily, you can see. She will pass on soon, so every small piece of time is gold. My folks are also pretty cool, miss them a lot (they stay far away).

Anyways, so i took my birthday girl to a band practice, which she loved, and Mali had an archery set there, the real thing, and showed her how to shoot arrows. We listened to music, and "kuiered". What an awesome bunch of people. I saw an orgone generator .... i will build one shortly, easy enough and it really works. This house was full of energy alrtenative, like solar cookers, solar panels and such.

Wound the day down just relaxing at home, spending family time.

Yesterday was the big day. a breakfast run for new riders, or riders on smaller bikes out to parys, which is about a 200km trip. I was a marshall, and assisted in closing down intersection for the bunch, so as to avoid any silly cars trying to force into the group. What an awesome time, the marshalls were just so good, the other drivers just as good. Ended at a place on the vaal river, where i sat and sat for a while. Was really good for my soul.

Coming home was also a slightly different matter. I left early,it wasn't so much a brekkie run as a lunch run, and family was waiting. So i grabbed a guy who was leaving and asked if i could ride with him. As someone put it, "he rides like a demon" and yessir he does. 200+ kmh ALL THE FREAKIN WAY!!! *see the grin*

Um about toll roads ..... FUCK EM. I didn't have money, so i just went through. It's easy. Strange how people are so conditioned, that they voluntarily stop and pay money for nothing at all. Sheep.

Ended the day just doing the stuff that needed doing. Family time again. Can't beat it.

Bad government

DA members thrown out of briefing
Bhavna Sookha
April 04 2008 at 08:01AM

If you are not a member of the media, then please can you excuse yourselves and leave.

This was the instruction given to two members of the Democratic Alliance, an Ekurhuleni councillor and a representative from the Environmental Conservation Association (ECA) during a media briefing that was organised by the Gauteng department of agriculture, conservation and environment on Thursday.

MEC Khabisi Mosunkutu convened the briefing to address allegations levelled against him by the DA and Nicole Barlow of the ECA, which were reported in the media.

The allegations are related to the suspicious approval of a number of multimillion-rand developments in Gauteng.

DA members who were seated in the department's boardroom in Eloff Street, Joburg, were asked to excuse themselves, and when they questioned the department, they were told that they had not been invited.

But the DA said they had been trying to meet with the MEC for some time now and that this briefing would allow them access to him.

"When we ask questions, we get vague answers. I have been waiting for an appointment since January," said Rika Kruger, DA spokesperson on conservation and environment in the legislature.

Barlow was also asked to leave.

Once the DA members and Barlow had left, Mosunkutu said he had called the briefing for an "opportunity to debunk the stories of the campaign launched by the DA".

"I must point out that the developmental projects that were mentioned in the DA's media hysteria are actually in various stages of finalisation."

This article was originally published on page 5 of The Star on April 04, 2008

Toll roads

Gauteng to get 6 toll roads
April 02 2008 at 05:17PM

Six additional Gauteng freeways would become toll roads, the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) said on Wednesday.

Sanral project manager Alex van Niekerk said the toll road project, part of the Freeway Improvement Scheme, was gazetted last Friday.

The cost to motorists for using the roll roads would be around 50c per kilometre, he said.

He said construction was currently in the tender phase which would close in about two weeks. The contracts were expected to be awarded in May and June and construction on average for the different roads was about two and a half years.

"That takes us to the end of 2010, about October or November," he said.

As part of the freeway scheme, Van Niekerk said about 560km of road in Gauteng would be upgraded in about 20 years.

This first phase would see approximately 180km of freeways upgraded.

Sanral spokesperson Wendy Watson said the total amount invested over the next seven years was R22-billion.

"Eventually all freeways will become part of the Gauteng freeway scheme which is the toll road scheme," Van Niekerk said. - Sapa
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This fuckers are becoming So good at sucking money out of the people .... what will this help?
All that will happen is that more and more people will lose out, be unable to afford to get to work etc. Let me explain, gauteng is a sprawl, completely without order, like someone took a great big concrete shit in the bushveld. My commute is 30 km each way daily, that's about average. The people catching taxis ... take hours to work and back. One girl at our office left work at 4pm, and only got home after 8. All that tollroads will do is force more taxis and cars onto the already overloaded secondary routes, creating more backups.
With petrol going ballistic, this will only add to the woes. I think the anc's idea of equality means open roads for the rich few, and everybody else can get fucked.

http://www.thechurchofgoogle.org/

No really ... Googlism

Um ... what's to say? Make sure you read the 9 proofs .... it's eery.

Something about it is so inevitable, yet almost obscene. Funny, but i suspect people out there take it more than as fun ....

*shudder*