South Africa P.I.G.: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

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An open letter to SA’s leadership...

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgJC-o3pB6FRLZWGjm6E2XBs8nSffUZXMgoW3qXlE5vH6mzgthgR0y-FCcJCHNI3rAMnvnrcxN_z1IGJPlvK1d5ngibRQlQfEjWZ3HfD0J4OSRmAMa28S-M65RYtLUl_I7Emrqe0T7_le/s1600/anc-running-water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em"><img border="0" height="378" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgJC-o3pB6FRLZWGjm6E2XBs8nSffUZXMgoW3qXlE5vH6mzgthgR0y-FCcJCHNI3rAMnvnrcxN_z1IGJPlvK1d5ngibRQlQfEjWZ3HfD0J4OSRmAMa28S-M65RYtLUl_I7Emrqe0T7_le/s640/anc-running-water.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> I will try to answer three questions; 1. Which way are we going? 2. Why? 3. Can we find a better way forward? Apart from racial policy, the institute I head has been documenting almost every aspect of South Africa since our foundation in 1929. It was inevitable then that when the ANC came to power in 1994, people asked us why South Africa should not become just another African disaster. I gave the usual list of advantages: a greater pool of skills, good infrastructure, a resilient private sector, our strong international economic linkages, a tradition of political pluralism, independent trade unions, a free press, and the vigour of our NGO sector. Since then the country has won golden opinions for macroeconomic policy management, reflected most recently in a heavily oversubscribed 30-year government bond. Despite this, we now learn almost daily of things that prompt the question once again: are we headed for the list of African failures. Recently an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease occurred because a vital border fence with Mozambique had been neglected. Such problems are not isolated. We have slipped further down global tables as a destination for mining investment, police behaviour seems to be increasingly lawless, maternal and infant mortality rates are rising, millions of schoolchildren have started another year without textbooks, and the country's commercial capital is run by people who are out of their depth. We also have much higher rates of youth unemployment than countries to the north that recently chased away their rulers. Specific problems aside, among the main reasons we are going wrong are the following: •Affirmative action, which has denuded the State of both skills and institutional memory •Labour laws which protect unionised workers at the expense of the jobless •The cadre deployment policy, making loyalty to the party a key criterion for appointment to offices of state, and •Use of a model of government which makes elected institutions more accountable to party headquarters than to voters. Apart from policies and practices, the problems confronting us arise in part from assumptions and attitudes that affect the policy environment. These include: •limited understanding of what entrepreneurship requires •ideological hostility towards business •poor appreciation of how markets work or even antipathy towards them the belief that the pockets of our small number of major taxpayers are bottomless, and •too much faith in the efficacy of the State, leading to more and more regulation To these harmful factors must be added others: •corruption said by the deputy president to be "worse than anyone imagines" •lawlessness on the part of the State •a love of the grandiose, such as new bullet trains to Durban while we can't fix commuter rail services •the callousness towards ordinary people found all too often in service departments, and •no accountability even for preventable deaths of mothers and babies in public hospitals Then there are two key problems in the way policy is made. One is a habit of putting the cart before the horse - for example, embarking on ambitious education or health schemes without first fixing the basics such as training enough teachers and reversing the decline of public hospitals. The second is failure to apply the lessons of admitted mistakes. To its credit, the Government has admitted the failings of outcomes-based education but the ANC nevertheless plans to forge ahead with a national health system without considering the State's capacity constraints. These various aspects of our problems show that we are facing not just a few wrong-headed policies, but a challenge arising from the very nature of the Government and how it runs the State. Most of them have a direct impact on business. Part of that challenge arises from the fact that the ANC is not a normal political party. When a party with a two-thirds majority in Parliament is still committed to a "national democratic revolution," we must ask what it is that they wish to stage a revolution against. The economic system? Probably. Democracy? Perhaps. The rule of law? Very likely. The Constitution? Possibly. The Press pays little attention to the national democratic revolution, but the ANC is committed to it. This is one of the risks we face. Another is that tougher affirmative action requirements lead to a drain from the country of the most skilled segment of the population. Yet another is that public spending gets out of control as the ANC promises more free things to more people and puts more of them on to the public payroll, including now members of Umkhonto we Sizwe. We might also see a more rigid labour market, destructive interventions in agriculture, attenuation of property rights, damage to private health care, more malfeasance with mining licences, further corruption of the criminal justice system, and more local governments collapsing. It is ironical that we are expanding our social security commitments at the very moment when rich countries are having to cut back. It is also ironical that we are seeking to extend controls of the labour market while Europeans are trying to make their labour markets more flexible. A further piece of irony is that we are lengthening the arm of the State at the very time when China and India are continuing to liberalise economically, when parts of Africa are liberalising, and when even Cuba is showing signs of liberalisation. I have painted some dark clouds and the challenge now is to find the silver linings. Like a contrarian investor, we must look for signs of change that may not be obvious. One of these is the very fact that the Europeans, the Chinese, the Indians, and the Cubans have been here before and are having to reverse thrust. The international context in which we make policy has changed. Africa is also having to pay more attention to good governance than in the past. Already, some African countries are more attractive as mining destinations than we are. If we don't look out, we may find that our lead as the most important economy in Africa is shrinking. Despite the ANC's close historical ties with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, it was unable in 1994 to follow a communist path because the USSR had in the meantime imploded. As welfare and dirigiste states elsewhere come under pressure, so will the ANC have to recognise that those role models are also unworkable. Despite this country's achievements since the advent of democracy in 1994, we are pursuing an unworkable political model. This model will have to be abandoned just as communism and apartheid had to be abandoned. How long this will take I do not know. The evolution of liberal democracy can be a slow and difficult business. But we need to find ways of helping the process along, while also trying to minimise the fearful human and economic damage that may be done in the interim. Among the reasons why apartheid disintegrated, two are relevant today. One is that its contradictions - notably the belief that you could run a modern economy without exploiting the skills of the whole population and granting them political rights - became unsustainable. The second reason was that, as the policy crumbled under the weight of critical scrutiny and its own contradictions, the ruling elite began to lose faith in it. Disillusionment spread from the Dutch reformed churches, to the Afrikaans Press, to academia, to business, to the ruling party, to the Cabinet, and not least to the Broederbond. This made Mr FW de Klerk's bold actions on 2nd February 1990 both necessary and possible. Parallels between the last 25 years of National Party rule and the first 15 years of ANC rule are becoming quite striking. The most obvious is on racial policy. The NP thought it could run a successful economy without fully exploiting the skills of the black population. The ANC thinks it can run a successful state without fully exploiting the skills of the white population. The evidence that this cannot be done is apparent all the time at all levels and in all branches of government. And it is beginning to cause instability at local level and hurt the party. Unfortunately, however, one of the parallels with our past is that failed policies are sometimes intensified rather than abandoned. This happened with the pass laws, for example, before PW Botha finally repealed them in 1986. It may also happen now with the Employment Equity Act, with its provisions for heavier fines to enforce racial quotas upon all employers - when the Government cannot even get Denel, or Eskom, or SAA, or Transnet to meet its racial targets at management or skilled levels. But there are other parallels. Just as the National Party steadily lost support among the intelligentsia, the same is happening with the ANC. Some black newspaper editors and journalists are at least as critical of the ANC as their white counterparts. In discussions with black business leaders over the past few months, my Institute has been struck how some of them have become very critical of the government - more so than most of their white counterparts. Moeletsi Mbeki probably speaks for more people than we think. Some of the squabbles in the ruling tripartite alliance are about spoils and patronage, but others are about policy. There are divisions over whether "decent" jobs should be placed above the need to generate more jobs. A growing minority is beginning to question the deployment policy. Others would like to have a professional civil service instead of one subject to ministerial whim. Racial policies are now also becoming a source of division, as we saw last week with Trevor Manuel's public attack on Jimmy Manyi. This spat is causing the ANC to tie itself into knots. When my Institute pointed out that forcing employers in the Western Cape to conform to the national racial breakdown would necessitate the (illegal) dismissal of thousands of coloured workers, President Jacob Zuma said companies would have flexibility to conform to national or regional demographics. This, however, is not what the proposed amendment to the Employment Equity Act says. Now the general secretary of the ANC, Mr Gwede Mantashe, has weighed in to the effect that national companies will have to use national demographics and provincially-based companies provincial demographics. This is the opposite of the flexibility of which Mr Zuma speaks. In November last year the minister of finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan, told an audience in London that economic empowerment policies designed to improve the standard of living of the black majority after 1994 had not worked. After all the employment equity, labour, and land reform legislation, not to mention hundreds of billions of Rands in BEE deals, this is quite an admission. In the short term it may lead to an intensification of failed policies, but in the long term these policies will have to be abandoned. The new constitution ushered in democracy in 1994. Ironically, however, the ANC's model of government - based on the Leninist idea of "democratic centralism" - in terms of which party headquarters dictates to local communities whom they must elect - is causing growing dissatisfaction at local level as the municipal election on 18th May approaches. Though many officials are hostile to white farmers, others recognise that no one else has the expertise to reverse the failures of land reform. Despite antipathy to the private sector, some of the ruling elite see a growing role for it in getting our ports working more efficiently, in electricity generation, in the rescue of local government, in AIDS testing, and in sorting out the problems of further education and training colleges. Indeed, as the failings of the State become more and more apparent, thanks in part to a critical media, more and more people in government will turn to the private sector for help. Even Cosatu wants private sector involvement to be mobilised when Postbank gets a banking licence. These inconsistencies will multiply as the ANC continues to pursue mutually contradictory policies. Promises of creating millions of new jobs are incompatible with key components of official policy, among them affirmative action, the deployment strategy, restrictions on immigration, tightening up the labour market, and adding to the regulatory burden on business. Eventually the contradictions will become unsustainable. Either some of these key policies will have to be jettisoned, or the quest for millions more jobs will fall by the wayside. In the meantime, what do we do? The first thing is to keep exposing the contradictions, so providing arguments for those in the ruling alliance who wish to see more realistic policies. Arguments for the liberalisation of our damaging labour laws need to be refined and intensified. The climate to do this is now more favourable than at any time since 1994. I suspect that affirmative action and cadre deployment policies have also done more damage to this country than most people care to admit. Can you really run a modern industrial state if you would rather leave posts in the public sector vacant than appoint whites to them? The major victims of this folly have been blacks rather than whites. The connection between these policies and lost growth and investment, high unemployment, shoddy RDP houses, inability to obtain social grants or medicines, preventable maternal and infant deaths, high crime rates, perilous roads, poisonous rivers, mismanagement of flooded dams, fraudulent passports and IDs, and a great many other problems needs to be repeatedly pointed out. The ANC's economic objectives simply cannot be achieved while everything is subordinate to racial ideology and the imperatives of the "national democratic revolution". This message needs to be hammered home without reservation or apology until a critical mass of opinion within the ruling alliance comes to recognise it. Secondly, it is necessary to stand firm in the defence of vital practices and institutions as they come under increasing threat, not only the rule of law but also academic freedom, independent civil society, a free Press, an independent legal profession and prosecution service, and independent courts. It is also necessary that organisations other than business come to the public defence of the free market system, private enterprise, and entrepreneurship. Not for a second should anyone in the ruling alliance be allowed to forget that the money the Government spends on education, health, housing, child support grants, and everything else - including its lengthening list of promises to its constituents - arises from taxes extracted from the private sector and private individuals. This is a point that needs much more emphasis than it gets. Business might wish to think of ways of getting the point across more strongly in public as well as to parliamentarians, civil servants, and other members of the ruling alliance. Thirdly, keep proposing alternatives to present policies. Business may not necessarily see a direct role for itself here, but it is nevertheless essential that alternatives be put forward. Here is my list of a dozen: 1. Cut back on the size of the State 2. Put inspectors back into schools 3. Systematically extend private education 4. Radically redesign land reform 5. Democratise Parliament 6. Liberalise the labour market 7. Make economic growth rather than redistribution the topmost priority 8. Change our welfare state into one that promotes entrepreneurship 9. Direct all state interventions at helping the poorest of the poor regardless of race 10. Replace the deployment system with a professional civil service 11. Increase our global competitiveness as a destination for foreign direct investment 12. Repeal all racially discriminatory laws Some of these may seem fanciful right now. However, given growing contradictions, policy failures, and paralysis in government, the climate is in fact auspicious. Detailed policy work on alternatives will of course be necessary. But the main point at this stage is to undertake a tenacious campaign to change ideas, preparing the soil, as it were, for new policies to be planted. This will be a long haul and a hard slog, so the sooner it is stepped up the better. The ruling party must be a prime target, both direct and indirect. Don't forget that ideas predate policies and that their power, for good or ill, should never be underestimated. It was after all, that great incendiary journalist and armchair revolutionary, Karl Marx, who produced some of the most powerful ideas in history. Despite their murderous consequences some of these ideas still have an iron grip in South Africa. They need constantly to be countered by the ideas that underpin liberal democracy. In particular, we need to keep on propagating the idea that the real alternative to apartheid is not another form of social engineering designed to promote an impossible equality of outcomes but an open society committed to equality before the law, political and economic freedom, corruption-free and proper democratic government, and rising living standards for all. Social and racial engineers failed in South Africa last time around, and they will fail this time too. That is cause not for despair but for eager anticipation. - John Kane-Berman - CEO of the South African Institute of Race Relations.

An open letter to SA’s leadership...

I will try to answer three questions; 1. Which way are we going? 2. Why? 3. Can we find a better way forward? Apart from racial policy, the ...

8:26 AM

EXPOSED - Eksdom R3bn boo-boo

TRUE STORY!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ggw7dPR8ABNOqOlL_wuRWs72Ujqva5nfSV5VN66evZG3h4thJPdTSg2nt78ZAJExqsFqsmPWdDV2RcWF5HCHrK6YJSJz3qn9k8zBq5tjErFpTTHTl4BpVspc4GhyEn0FjHVRnJ8DWBUb/s1600/eskom-joke3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589068997842686418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ggw7dPR8ABNOqOlL_wuRWs72Ujqva5nfSV5VN66evZG3h4thJPdTSg2nt78ZAJExqsFqsmPWdDV2RcWF5HCHrK6YJSJz3qn9k8zBq5tjErFpTTHTl4BpVspc4GhyEn0FjHVRnJ8DWBUb/s400/eskom-joke3.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 374px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 235px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> This rates as a pretty big Boo Boo. Our local utility supplier ESKOM manged to blow up a 600Mw steam turbine during a routine overspeed test. They then tried to keep a lid on it by reporting it as a fire during routine maintenance. A comedy of errors has cost Eskom R3bn and severely compromised South Africa’s supply of electricity. This has emerged after last month’s massive explosion at the Duvha power station outside Witbank, Mpumalanga. The February 9 explosion ripped through one of the turbines at the power station, causing extensive damage to the station’s infrastructure and immediately removing 600MW from the country’s electricity supply. That amount can power a city the size of Bloemfontein during peak hours. It has now emerged that human error or lack of personnel caused the explosion, as it happened during a routine check. Eskom is investigating whether the control room at the station was unmanned when all its safety mechanisms failed during a maintenance test on February 9. It appears that there was nobody in the control room to activate the emergency mechanism, which would have shut down the turbine immediately. “We are worried that such a thing could happen again,” said Dirk Herman of trade union Solidarity. This showed that Eskom’s personnel network could not handle the immense pressure, he said. “Eskom’s investigation into the incident must be broadened to include an audit of the state of the network and the state of Eskom staff,” he said. Read full story here - <a href="http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Eskom-makes-R3bn-boo-boo-20110327" id="ctl00_ctl00_MainBodyPlaceholder_Column2Placeholder_articleStatistics_rptMostRead_ctl01_lnkArticle" onclick="javascript: $j().geekGaTrackPage('UA-2092186-1','/outbound/news24/mostread/Eskom makes R3bn boo-boo');">Eskom makes R3bn boo-boo</a>

EXPOSED - Eksdom R3bn boo-boo

TRUE STORY! This rates as a pretty big Boo Boo. Our local utility supplier ESKOM manged to blow up a 600Mw steam turbine during a routine o...

2:33 AM

'Eksdom blows up a turbine' cover-up lies

Eskom broken generator R3bn setback It will cost Eskom R3bn to replace the turbine generator that spun out of control and burst during a maintenance test near eMalahleni (Witbank). But almost worse than the monetary damage is the loss of 600MW in generating capacity for more than a year. It would take more than a year to replace the unit, said Hillary Joffe, Eskom’s head of communications. Unofficial sources reckoned it could take 18 months before a new unit, which would have to be ordered from and specially manufactured by French suppliers, could be put into operation. Photographs taken for the purposes of investigation of the damage shortly after the accident have since been widely published on the internet and show that the gigantic unit at Duvha, one of Eskom’s biggest power stations, was irreparably damaged by the explosion. According to Joffe, an overspeed test on the unit was conducted on the evening of February 9. The turbine generator unit normally spins at 3 000 revolutions a minute when it is linked to the national power grid and the network operated at its normal 50 Hz voltage level. But during the test the unit is disconnected from the national network. A valve controlling an enormous flow of steam to drive the turbine is then gradually opened to raise the pressure of the steam on the turbine. The speed at which the turbine rotates increases as the steam pressure rises. Joffe said the system has a bolt that starts to cut the rotational speed of the turbine as soon as it goes 10% over the design speed of 3 000 revolutions a minute. This time the safety mechanism failed for some other reason. (see below to find out what actually happened at Duhva) As a result the turbine spun faster and faster. The rotational speed increased too quickly for anything to be done before the enormous machine burst with a tremendous explosion, with debris scattering in all directions. The explosion ripped off several steel plates in the roof of the turbine hall. Pieces of shrapnel made hundreds of holes in the remainder of the 30-metre-high roof. - Sake24 Amazing how pics like these can get out even after Eskom put a blanket of secrecy around the whole incident ... Check out the holes in the roof - it's like a bomb went off - and that boken driveshaft lying on the floor is +-350mm diameter.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFjacD0Cq9gqYBXyMwO21qVf0mbMYgT8orgPqWGJcJ9ooByf8j40hBeiLbzw1G9kUPhMKjnymDzc0jOQMlIQZXKNdPTNWUuQ9WbEvCmV1QvG12FhmDhGNRevIFWxT266QiHNQkAZUaQwV/s1600/eskom-turbine.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586641558027128738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFjacD0Cq9gqYBXyMwO21qVf0mbMYgT8orgPqWGJcJ9ooByf8j40hBeiLbzw1G9kUPhMKjnymDzc0jOQMlIQZXKNdPTNWUuQ9WbEvCmV1QvG12FhmDhGNRevIFWxT266QiHNQkAZUaQwV/s400/eskom-turbine.bmp" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRbF-mS5GSNo7G4YnB5TKnM42WvWDOHk_R3F8m3AfJ1wepaGm0973xorzsTprBbBXKyx106othrBXix8Z0Pvyy8EmKKJ2oW8UsfMOF-S8IhI5JD3T1HiMJn4JsKx8sCjzkqEAfu0f4wCp/s1600/eskom-turbine01.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586643083097054498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRbF-mS5GSNo7G4YnB5TKnM42WvWDOHk_R3F8m3AfJ1wepaGm0973xorzsTprBbBXKyx106othrBXix8Z0Pvyy8EmKKJ2oW8UsfMOF-S8IhI5JD3T1HiMJn4JsKx8sCjzkqEAfu0f4wCp/s400/eskom-turbine01.bmp" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSDBZjDavNCdpNQb1YP2IKIPBzv0P9eZARg-LjjTYUCbWO0tF4N9TYfvJJmvRdxxMN7tXk3v2PiF5f3_vutVWsju6JvqDRl6ERDX97mISctLBBR8uz4jpYDrEs_bE_4CJcJJedi6wmJgR/s1600/eskom-turbine06.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586656089877117074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSDBZjDavNCdpNQb1YP2IKIPBzv0P9eZARg-LjjTYUCbWO0tF4N9TYfvJJmvRdxxMN7tXk3v2PiF5f3_vutVWsju6JvqDRl6ERDX97mISctLBBR8uz4jpYDrEs_bE_4CJcJJedi6wmJgR/s400/eskom-turbine06.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDRe8RPtnlZmP31ZZq6y0yvq5TpuHtkbMHN_FiD7AwDkxR93ZavWjwOFz06tyJZBidnjDoH56l6T4eNYi0hQhN30m27IhI5Ip2KIept3k79fl9Xvt3Yt7BfRBS0nkL5zoB6_0PKCZa-6O/s1600/eskom-turbine02.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586643564657182162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDRe8RPtnlZmP31ZZq6y0yvq5TpuHtkbMHN_FiD7AwDkxR93ZavWjwOFz06tyJZBidnjDoH56l6T4eNYi0hQhN30m27IhI5Ip2KIept3k79fl9Xvt3Yt7BfRBS0nkL5zoB6_0PKCZa-6O/s400/eskom-turbine02.bmp" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Qgo-Ifz0yxxYT-p4SkpszxhiqHHfE9P-DevhMn7OHVZAFBtmmFgEAf2c6_Y2EzVtClLlvIFL4Se2GxGzEI51K4WYvPUTtzvglrM2LPgTI1NyKJB74wmBM70MKz-S1MIXIIE1FbXqOd3E/s1600/eskom-turbine03.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586644158986761010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Qgo-Ifz0yxxYT-p4SkpszxhiqHHfE9P-DevhMn7OHVZAFBtmmFgEAf2c6_Y2EzVtClLlvIFL4Se2GxGzEI51K4WYvPUTtzvglrM2LPgTI1NyKJB74wmBM70MKz-S1MIXIIE1FbXqOd3E/s400/eskom-turbine03.bmp" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUzCbB7Z1FY81KNHy3a19UX8Moqo6l2v8O_etGMtFcQDHH_Y3DsXGWlwgRzYY6KCc58pgGu4y58oEvyb18t0llNdmDBof-_gLW_1Oed8NqE3KYgdq7kUs9oDCH5qybnL6JbO5PUSglz4hQ/s1600/eskom-turbine04.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586644946409696290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUzCbB7Z1FY81KNHy3a19UX8Moqo6l2v8O_etGMtFcQDHH_Y3DsXGWlwgRzYY6KCc58pgGu4y58oEvyb18t0llNdmDBof-_gLW_1Oed8NqE3KYgdq7kUs9oDCH5qybnL6JbO5PUSglz4hQ/s400/eskom-turbine04.bmp" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNONibHgK1TeUjhZr2WbYYTaOmEoHbJZO2M4yl_JIMVbA-5JJxZ-5jakCvDakGoV3THN_GNU4wiX7t41Mi1-4CXu0S5h1KLJlP6-4psCw9wR1DmmeddwsQTI9zceLVxWgY8K8K3xYWE6Di/s1600/eskom-turbine05.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586645888711829154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNONibHgK1TeUjhZr2WbYYTaOmEoHbJZO2M4yl_JIMVbA-5JJxZ-5jakCvDakGoV3THN_GNU4wiX7t41Mi1-4CXu0S5h1KLJlP6-4psCw9wR1DmmeddwsQTI9zceLVxWgY8K8K3xYWE6Di/s400/eskom-turbine05.bmp" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> ESKOM blows up a turbine - R3Billion later <blockquote> "So I found out what happened at Duhva. They were doing a test of the turbine overspeed protection system, and in short, the protection did not kick in. Conventional wisdom tells me that there should be a better way to test a protection system than to try and destroy the turbine and see if it feels like protecting itself, but that’s basically what they did. The turbine has a governor valve which controls the amount of steam coming into the turbine in order to keep it running at the right speed (3000 rpm for our grid frequency) and then it has a main isolation valve to shut the steam off completely. The protections systems (of which there are 3 independent systems, and a dude with his finger on the emergency button) are supposed to close this main isolation valve in a fraction of a second when the turbine overspeeds. So they get ready for the test, they dump a helluva lot of steam onto the turbine, speed starts going crazy, it went from 3000 RPM to 4500 RMP in ten seconds (they are generally only designed for 10 to 15% overspeed, all three protection systems should have kicked in by the time you get to 110%). Anyway, all three systems failed, and the dude with his finger on the manual trip button wasn’t at his post. So the result was a big bang, some fire and a lot of steam going where it shouldn’t go. Scary thing is Duvha has a shared turbine hall. All six units are placed in one long straight stripe, with no missile shield between them. And if you look at the third last pic you can see how big that shaft is, if that landed on another turbine it would have destroyed that too. They are very lucky they didn’t lose the entire station. So anyway, what gets reported in the news? “Unforeseen maintenance” at one of the units at Duvha requires it to remain shut down for 18 months. Understatement of the century in my book. But you shut off the containment ventilation system at Koeberg for one hour and a radiation alarm goes off, then it’s a front page news national crisis. I give up." </blockquote> Source: <a href="http://www.4x4community.co.za/forum/showthread.php?t=79395">http://www.4x4community.co.za/forum/showthread.php?t=79395</a>

'Eksdom blows up a turbine' cover-up lies

Eskom broken generator R3bn setback It will cost Eskom R3bn to replace the turbine generator that spun out of control and burst during a mai...

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SA Govt repeating past mistakes...Again, Still, Whatever!

Govt's <strike>TOP-10</strike> TOP-15 serious blunders that caused extreme alarm in 2010 <ol><li>The water crisis,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZdguT7C2IEhpOcuMhTZM-JkOa5CzZX5etWtx12zwtksfhi3ZTd1FTB6Z_VOBsCIOEK_PXlZMP2e7E5mdH1k6_IQ4sCUtjbA4gALNAZRZF1x_M09U6DcisZg18Iu8-YeylPRATyo5Oh86/s1600/anc-logo.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556269021058784578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZdguT7C2IEhpOcuMhTZM-JkOa5CzZX5etWtx12zwtksfhi3ZTd1FTB6Z_VOBsCIOEK_PXlZMP2e7E5mdH1k6_IQ4sCUtjbA4gALNAZRZF1x_M09U6DcisZg18Iu8-YeylPRATyo5Oh86/s320/anc-logo.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIGGWfVaUkOdaDCWdD3_Zm5sJgnwnLGMkmD1KxE6zUp5T95x3tQf5X54TzfZI3Q4Qu70WxQCUe0qauHutgMF8fVDHEGeAXWBf9ocW0aFsXaxUOeB28Yug8FLAPyASciTKV4hKlWiifR99g/s1600/anc-logo.jpg"></a></li><li>Misappropriation of state funds, </li><li>Efforts to gag the media,</li><li>The ongoing fiascos at semi-government institutions, </li><li>The government's handling of youth matters, </li><li>Road maintenance and potholes, </li><li>South Africa's military readiness, </li><li>CRIME, </li><li>The widespread housing scandal </li><li>Labour problems, </li><li>Hosting of the R69m World Youth Festival by the NYDA; </li><li>Poor service delivery from parastatals; </li><li>The failure to create sufficient jobs; </li><li>A housing scandal involving 2 000 government officials, </li><li>The failure to crush South Africa's "internationally feared" criminals.</li></ol>***Corruption is present in most of the aboveWater crisis state's worst blunder 1. Water crisis Government's denial of the worsening water problems in South Africa in 2010 must rate as one of its more serious blunders. In the same year that Trevor Manuel, minister in the presidency, shrugged off as "ridiculous" predictions that toxic mine water could seep out at various locations in Gauteng before long, government for the first time ever acknowledged its failure to maintain municipal sewerage plants all over the country. The latter issue is a matter of grave concern. According to government's so-called Green Drop report for 2009, only 32 of the 449 plants tested managed Green Drop status. (Only 449 of the country's 852 plants were tested.) This means that millions of litres of insufficiently purified water daily find its way into our rivers. In a country afflicted by a scarcity of water, a fast-growing population and ageing infrastructure, our water predicament has now become a ticking timebomb. 2. Youth One of the most expensive government blunders without a doubt was the 17th World Youth Festival presented by the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) in December. The festival cost almost R69 million, of which R29 million was funded by the treasury. In view of the current unemployment rate of 35,8% among South Africans in the age group 15 to 34 (according to the narrow definition of unemployment), such extravagance flies right in the face of our youth's aspirations. However, a critical 2010 blunder with more far-reaching consequences flows from government's continuing inability to solve our nation's education woes. The matric pass rate for 2009 was 60,6%. Owing to the prolonged teachers' strike in particular, the 2010 figure could hardly be an improvement on last year. Still failing to prepare our youth for the labour market, the education system generally produces merely mediocre school-leavers. 3. Misappropriation Here are just some of this year's shocking blunders regarding state spending: <ul><li>The disclosure in November that the bodyguards of the leader of the ANC Youth League, Julius Malema, had already cost the taxpayer more than R880 000. </li><li>In October it was divulged that R3,7 million had been transferred from the South African Police Service (SAPS) budget to pay for the residence of police chief General Bheki Cele. </li><li>Some R130 million was spent by government and several semi-government institutions on tickets for various matches in the Soccer World Cup Tournament. </li><li>In November the auditor-general revealed numerous government departments' "irregular" spending of approximately R2,3 billion (i.e. spending incurred outside stipulated guidelines). </li></ul>As to the management of municipal funds the picture is bleak indeed. Financial statements of South African municipalities published by the treasury disclosed that consumers of municipal services were overdue by more than R62 billion at the end of September 2010 - with close to R3,4 billion due by the state itself. 4. Potholes keep government stumbling While South African roads face a construction backlog of almost R100 billion, motorists are spending some R50 billion annually to have pothole-related damage to their vehicles repaired. The maintenance of our secondary roads in particular has become a veritable nightmare thanks to the fact that, to a large extent, road maintenance has simply stopped. The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) issued a warning in October that our roads were fast becoming irreparable. The AA conducted a study in 2008 by measuring road conditions on a scale of zero (worst condition) to 100 (best condition), according to the so-called visible-condition index (VCI). The index dropped to 46 in 2008, as against 65 in 1998. Minister of transport, S'bu Ndebele, admitted in October that bad roads increase the risk of accidents. 5. Media tribunal It would seem that a transparent society, investigative journalism and media freedom are to make way for more corruption and deeper murkiness. This scenario, among others, awaits South Africa if the proposed media tribunal and the Protection of Information Bill were to be adopted. Already experts are describing eventual state control of the media as a disaster. The proposed legislation is aimed at, among others, empowering the authorities to classify information and to prosecute contravening opinionmakers such as journalists and editors. It is highly ironical that the ruling party who clamoured so vociferously for the freedom of speech during apartheid should now be trying to convince South Africans that a free press was indeed a threat to democracy! 6. SANDF Disturbing rumours were again doing the rounds this year that the defence force was nowhere near fighting trim. The low morale in the SANDF is alleged to be very serious; in fact, in November an MP warned that it could even endanger state security. The publishing of a comprehensive report on the combat status of the SANDF is awaited with apprehension. 7. Semi-government institutions Many semi-government institutions are continuing their negative tendencies. Some of these institutions are hampered by thousands of vacancies, weakening their service delivery. In May 2010 Transnet had some 4 500 vacancies, Eskom had 1 200, while SAA lacked 600 workers. Solidarity cited affirmative action as a probable contributing factor behind the vacancies, with service delivery its ultimate victim. 8. Labour Government's target of creating five million new jobs in the next decade is commendable; however, if this initiative was not left to the private sector, it cannot succeed. The failure of the Essa project (Employment Services South Africa) seems inevitable. Essa is a centralised database which is supposed to match jobseekers and employers. Since its inception four years ago, only 2% of the more than 1,2 million jobseekers have been placed successfully. Close to 170 000 jobseekers were registered in 2007/08, of whom only 3% were successful. More than 420 000 people were registered in 2008/09 - the lucky ones came to only 3,5%. And a meagre 1% of the more than 630 000 people registered in 2009/10 are now employed. 9. Housing scandal The housing corruption involving some 2 000 government officials is one of the most disgraceful public sins of 2010. Minister of human settlements, Tokyo Sexwale, said in August this year that syndicates selling and leasing government housing were to be investigated. Numerous government officials, notably in Gauteng, North West and KwaZulu-Natal, are allegedly benefiting underhand from these deals. The authorities' housing promises pose another fiasco. Sexwale announced in April this year that the housing backlog even exceeded the backlog in 1994: the figure has swelled from 1,5 million in 1994 to 2,1 million at present. Meanwhile the need for housing is growing daily; the number of informal settlements has already reached the 2 700-mark, of which at least 70 are inhabited by white people in shanty towns. 10. Crime and law enforcement The authorities are still failing to crush South Africa's internationally feared criminals, despite a growing police force. According to data released by SAPS in September, 16 849 murders, 68 332 sex-related crimes and 64 670 muggings (robberies with violence) were recorded as at 31 March 2010 when the 2009/10 financial year ended. Residential and business burglaries increased by 1,9% and 4,4% respectively. Experts are moreover concerned that a growing percentage of crime victims no longer even bother to report the misdeeds they have suffered. And in March it was revealed that one out of three police stations lacked suitable victim support facilities. Successful policing by police members with a sense of duty is further hindered by affirmative action as well as poor law enforcement and ill-considered strategic planning. Solidarity emphasised the gravity of the crisis, saying that extensive and permanent damage had already been done and that merely pulling up its socks is not good enough for 2011.

SA Govt repeating past mistakes...Again, Still, Whatever!

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SA's financial burden

by Ray Over the past few months the South African public has been informed of several additional financial and psychological burdens. We have the SABC, SAA, Water and sewage looming crisis, Eskom, Toll roads, NHI, to name a few. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitl3eYbY8of4t500uyZzI7uVlEueyXLXWZrdykYpCnfGNCzJIZGKyheTrSGNzd6Y5b4KHSXkZG5mHyfyn2_rigzGvBAlDExKTqDnE7u834MkNqWw_ASnUcz2YUV2pW-fMI2TiuGjezg5d2/s1600/zuma-dummie.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533975326183465426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitl3eYbY8of4t500uyZzI7uVlEueyXLXWZrdykYpCnfGNCzJIZGKyheTrSGNzd6Y5b4KHSXkZG5mHyfyn2_rigzGvBAlDExKTqDnE7u834MkNqWw_ASnUcz2YUV2pW-fMI2TiuGjezg5d2/s400/zuma-dummie.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>Please don't get me wrong. I love this country and think we have so much potential. My only two issues are that the people in power making decisions are not held responsible or accountable, and the general public is too apathetic. Let’s use the road death toll as an example as it can be applied to all the other failing areas. We appoint people into positions that generally fall into one or more of the following categories - no ability for the position, no work ethic, not sufficient management, not sufficient training, nepotism, political affiliations, skin colour, no experience or no moral fibre. The above may be a generalisation but they destroy the work of the few individuals that really try and make a difference in the average South African’s life. To those dedicated individuals we owe much because they carry the rest. Let’s apply the above to the example: where is visible policing on the roads every day, the ministers getting the TV crews there every so often to boost their image. Fines are seen as revenue and that appears to be the focus. Laws are not enforced - taxis, emergency lane driving, not using indicators, u-turns on highways, talking on cellphones and so on. The traffic officers standards are lower than a few years ago (thank goodness for Outsurance pointsmen). They openly ask for bribes, the anti-corruption call centre number just rings, how many officers get punished, and no a slap on the wrist doesn't count. The standards of driving schools are shocking, learners can buy licences for cash or sex, often the driving school is the broker. To get fines squashed pay the officer a portion of the fine. The booking call centres don't work. You can get the learners tests from the driving schools. Financial mismanagement is a given for government departments, but hey let’s throw some more money at them next year. Heads of department that aren't qualified for positions, managers that can focus on urgent things (and no functions and parties don't count), why don't we increase standards instead of lowering them. This decay hasn't just happened and it’s all over our beloved country, if we want the country to move forward, create wealth and prosperity for all then let’s put the right people in the right jobs, regardless of family relations, skin colour or political affiliations. At what point does the political rhetoric and self enrichment stop, so that the average citizen can be put first. While there appears to be no political will to rectify the situation (lip service does not count), a fish always rots from the head. When you enter public office you make the choice to serve South Africans, there is never any justification to steal, accept bribes etc. Ordinary South African citizens should start focusing on what’s important for our well being and that of future generations, actively take part to make South Africa great. You owe it to your children and other fellow South Africans. At what point does the financial and psychological burden become too great for the average South African and they stop seeing advantages in our country and look elsewhere?

SA's financial burden

by Ray Over the past few months the South African public has been informed of several additional financial and psychological burdens. We ha...

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Worldwide Protest Against "the ANC - Murderers!"

Sweden: Protest against the genocide in South Africa On Saturday the 17th of April 2010, the Swedish Resistance Movement (Svenska Motståndsrörelsen) marched to the South African embassy in Stockholm, housing representatives of the ANC government. We hold the ANC responsible not only for the murder of Eugéne Terre’Blanche, leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), but also for the ongoing genocide of whites in South Africa. Eugéne Terre’Blanche dedicated his life to the struggle for his people and a sovereign state for the white Boer people. Tragically his life ended, just like thousands of other white farmers, brutally murdered by blacks. Several thousands and yet more, are those who mourn the loss. We shall never forget his sacrifice! Therefore we march - under the slogan "Stop the Boer genocide!" - in honor and remembrance for the white leader of the AWB. But we also march to tell the world about the situation for our kindred people in South Africa. We will tell of a government who in silence support murder, rape and plunder of whites. Hereby we call upon our brothers and sisters around the globe to take a stand, no longer can we sit and do nothing as the white population of South Africa is being murdered. What happens in South Africa today, will happen in our nations tomorrow! The Swedish Resistance Movement march to the South African embassy in Stockholm on Saturday 17th of April, to show the Boer nation that they are not alone, that we are with them in their struggle for survival. We urge YOU to do the same, to show the world that the white race is still a force to reckon with, for this our comrades, IS YOUR DUTY! - Swedish Resistance Movement WWW.PATRIOT.NU <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9v3erPeTe5DQzSNLBqvGb9FTvmdulDsjrPj0WQVYFEQxJv4ipaVslcVaSns24fpQQAS3OZTwNY0M-D1OVFYHMZutIbl4eQq0KGOMN2a9LmR6fbmZGBs6Bz6_Ea3JYgYUgfKwDlPeQdFRQ/s1600/Swedes-MotFolkmordet10.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463646371681429938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9v3erPeTe5DQzSNLBqvGb9FTvmdulDsjrPj0WQVYFEQxJv4ipaVslcVaSns24fpQQAS3OZTwNY0M-D1OVFYHMZutIbl4eQq0KGOMN2a9LmR6fbmZGBs6Bz6_Ea3JYgYUgfKwDlPeQdFRQ/s400/Swedes-MotFolkmordet10.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Right-wingers worldwide are now launching a campaign to protest against South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 Fifa World Cup – uniting under the slogan “Stop the Boer Genocide”. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463645058400766066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7U4PQUdWpyjMUmci4OIRSiOVgrkHIf-kGwcVYbcIXJPe0c-iHNpmNiXN9doed6w56rigzaa-co9neVhqlLrKYvuN1zaqXXnDPGx4wbOGt9btaOU0pHOpDDIQTnLtul-u3BgLggLMJNZI/s400/Swedish_Resistance_March_2010_04_17_18_Burn_SA_Burn.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 375px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463645065476466962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-k5EYdh8IJTosdpX1Up-sA_ouAMTi8fXQCkeiK6TGrFIMf0eQ237zn_GTS9p20ZMxMjMdNt98LuFSwnVEmj5nHvfxSpZCUBhtT6F-phRfBaJxgWEopxHAViAZe9DO9bbXuR85TQkb1P4O/s400/Swedish-protest-MotFolkmordet.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 379px; CURSOR: hand" /> The Swedish Resistance Movement is marching to the South African embassy in Stockholm on Saturday to protest the “ongoing genocide of whites” on South African farms. Counterparts in other countries say they are preparing similar marches on the American Embassy in Washington DC and the SA Embassy in London. Plans have been mooted to flood call-in radio stations “around the world” with thousands of calls. The right-wingers are taking their dire predictions to the Internet, including comments to the effect that: “A terrible fire has been started in South Africa … and the only thing that can extinguish it is rivers of blood.” <object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dA-mjy-KBXA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dA-mjy-KBXA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> Russians Protest Boer Genocide On the same day Swedes took to the streets of Stockholm and other cities to honor slain AWB leader Eugene Terreblanche and bring light to the silent Boer genocide in South Africa, a similar protest was held by Russian nationalists in Moscow. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WeVV_kSSC7Q7AIcIZ_ZoxxKzE3Y-kl13UL7hEefB2ktO1y4-iYxgyucUvURuPLJO1oOQcr3pG_eAnoInW2wucVtzzDC7wgqLkyWbr0up5Xj6U1hVWlEcgofNW8FnUmihm2vxKiT40fzs/s1600/Russian_Nationalists_Protest_Boer_Genocide_2010_04_16_04.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463654768011123442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WeVV_kSSC7Q7AIcIZ_ZoxxKzE3Y-kl13UL7hEefB2ktO1y4-iYxgyucUvURuPLJO1oOQcr3pG_eAnoInW2wucVtzzDC7wgqLkyWbr0up5Xj6U1hVWlEcgofNW8FnUmihm2vxKiT40fzs/s400/Russian_Nationalists_Protest_Boer_Genocide_2010_04_16_04.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyknpz54nHJYU-mch2c7evbQjFgrLLCT_hBnIfe9KUs7ex0En1Iyur3ZkUOA3qreXobCtIaMKFQ2SV_scKjciGvMFzOWaswhFxDQZaoaaTI1v1V8tAZUwksL74ZLS50CX_9J5OXJGKB0K1/s1600/Russian_Nationalists_Protest_Boer_Genocide_2010_04_16_01.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463654774411207330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyknpz54nHJYU-mch2c7evbQjFgrLLCT_hBnIfe9KUs7ex0En1Iyur3ZkUOA3qreXobCtIaMKFQ2SV_scKjciGvMFzOWaswhFxDQZaoaaTI1v1V8tAZUwksL74ZLS50CX_9J5OXJGKB0K1/s400/Russian_Nationalists_Protest_Boer_Genocide_2010_04_16_01.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 329px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCe2fHvArXv6z19O2OHj2HGFaNFNDj1Mjb6C6ab7ZVP0UEdZhpN07c0Z-IfesKwtDP246epeNczSxDQeCUuGD7hlgH8dRttAi9uzRCt5TByiD0RwectDQS8E8U28w1FQgOA354p6Nj_vcR/s1600/Russian_Nationalists_Protest_Boer_Genocide_2010_04_16_03.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463654781990450066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCe2fHvArXv6z19O2OHj2HGFaNFNDj1Mjb6C6ab7ZVP0UEdZhpN07c0Z-IfesKwtDP246epeNczSxDQeCUuGD7hlgH8dRttAi9uzRCt5TByiD0RwectDQS8E8U28w1FQgOA354p6Nj_vcR/s400/Russian_Nationalists_Protest_Boer_Genocide_2010_04_16_03.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Members of the Russian Nationalist party DPNI delivered a protest letter to the South African embassy in Moscow that day, blaming ANCYL leader Julius Malema’s repeated public singing of “Kill the Boer” at political rallies for causing Terreblanche’s murder. The letter, written by DPNI Head of the Central council, Basmanova Vladimir Anatolyevich, also called for fair representation and protection for the White minority in South Africa: In connection with the murder of prominent politician and South African citizen Eugene Terreblanche due to his race and ideology, as well as in connection with the systematic violation of the rights of White people in South Africa, we require: 1. Providing quoted number of seats for parties representing the interests of the White majority (such as the Freedom Front Plus, revived nationalist party, and etc.); 2. Stop discrimination against whites; 3. Punish those responsible for the murder of Terreblanche, including Julius Malema, who sang “Kill the Boer”; 4. Develop programs for the return of the White citizens of South Africa (most of which are also highly skilled experts, the massive influx of which could significantly contribute to the development of the republic as a whole) who were forced to leave the country due to high levels of racial discrimination (providing a package of social guarantees, funding for development, soft loans for housing purchase and improvement); 5. Cancel job quotas for Blacks in South Africa; 6. Select state subsidies vigilante groups of white citizens; 7. Recognize the national currency of Orania, and the right to develop its own independent media; 8. Recognize the right of the Boers to establish their independent state – Folkstaad or cultural autonomy in the north-east of the country; 9. Curb illegal immigration from neighboring African countries. A second letter was sent to UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon, calling on the international body to address the ongoing discrimination against Whites by the South African government: We, as Russian Public Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI), require from the United Nations to adopt the following measures to ensure security at the South African republic of all persons, regardless of their race, basing on respect of human rights and without double standards: 1. Confirm the right of the Boers to establish their independent state – Volkstaadt or cultural autonomy in the north-east of the country; 2. Consider the issue about establishing a system of financial and humanitarian support for the creation and development of White autonomy, allowing the White population of South Africa to realize their right for national development, as modeled by Orania; 3. To elaborate recommendations for the elimination of discrimination of the White population in South Africa; 4. To abolishing the quota of jobs for Black people; 5. To grant quoted number of seats in Parliament to parties which are representing the interests of national minorities (such as the Freedom Front Plus, Revival Nationalist Party, and etc.); 6. To promote legalisation of the national currency of Orania, the Oranim, and offer the right to develop their own independent media; 7. In case of continued discrimination of White ethnic minority, and pressure on the political opposition, representing their interests of white people, countermeasure is to suspend the membership of South Africa in the UN; 8. To place limited peacekeeping contingent on the territory of South Africa to protect the rights of national minorities, to stop ethnic purges, as well as reducing the level of blatant criminality in the country; 9. Develop programs to address the problem of illegal immigrants, which according to some sources, numbers more than 25% of total population. It is known that illegal immigration is directly proportional to the level of crime, including motivated by racial hatred; 10. Strengthen the monitoring of human rights of the White population in other African countries, especially in those where the White minority has traditionally exercised significant social, economic, political activity, such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Angola and Mozambique. But the SA tourism department does not believe the recent turmoil surrounding Julius Malema or the murder of Eugene Terre’Blanche will have “any meaningful impact on tourism”, and is “not currently aware of any cancellations that can be directly linked to recent events. “We believe that our well-deserved reputation as a world-class destination has not been compromised, and we have full confidence that South Africa will host a very successful World Cup,” said spokesman Ronel Bester. “We remain very positive about the expected visitor numbers for the World Cup, the economic boost to our country and the unparalleled marketing South Africa will receive… As a country we received more than 9,9 million foreign arrivals last year and experienced growth of 3,6% – whilst global foreign arrivals declined by 4%.” The SA Tourism Services Association (Satsa) has not received any reports of cancellations from tour operators and believes the tournament will “put SA on the map in a very positive way”. While Satsa communications officers yesterday bemoaned “shocking, sloppy and sensationalist” reports of “machete-wielding gangs” in some British newspapers, it believes the only way to counter such negativity is to “tell our side with dignity”. “There has been a rapid response to these issues by the police and the President, and the majority of people are actively seeking peace,” Satsa said. Match, Fifa’s exclusive agent for 2010, was recently criticised for failing to drop prices quickly to adapt to the changing market conditions. The organisation earlier returned 450 000 of bed nights it had reserved, as South African Airways (SAA) unreserved 45 000 domestic flights. Dutch soccer federation KNVB has meanwhile scaled down estimates from an expected 12 000 visiting fans, to just 5 000.

Worldwide Protest Against "the ANC - Murderers!"

Sweden: Protest against the genocide in South Africa On Saturday the 17th of April 2010, the Swedish Resistance Movement (Svenska Motståndsr...

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Where the hell are we going?

<div align="left">Meltdown the inevitable result of ANC policies Dr. David Klatzow <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRScjp1Iun1DIAtY9_HcWiil3HYzt7ggrkuaRzbHEqAaRsQ8vvc8zc7ic-or6dNBcxI5oSWSRwKLjdjgIQoJoU2SDYPZDHqplJ4LDCgNnPYPIlBTVLbalAg-imAGVg1NR4_N8EbA7qc1P/s1600-h/ancpastsellbydate.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQfkBLXJkBbkXPK8kSRR3vR7AceIGTQ7-0PQElUsne1WW3iXhFsFyr_7dHsguUz0AysyrtAbzny3eGz-MlOqKNAx0NqH1eJWfy8MN8qo69bBDWw17MIDPI9mQvNwg6hMmrdXOl_IrNoI1/s1600-h/ancpastsellbydate.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443727198134663122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQfkBLXJkBbkXPK8kSRR3vR7AceIGTQ7-0PQElUsne1WW3iXhFsFyr_7dHsguUz0AysyrtAbzny3eGz-MlOqKNAx0NqH1eJWfy8MN8qo69bBDWw17MIDPI9mQvNwg6hMmrdXOl_IrNoI1/s320/ancpastsellbydate.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 263px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>The ANC led alliance came to power with many stated and lofty ideals. They flowed from the American rhetoric of such greats as Martin Luther King. “An injury to one is an injury to all”; “Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere”. </div>Our government, post Madiba, has been slow to give reality to these lofty ideals. Mbeki (Mr. Delivery) turned out to be Mr. Non-Delivery. All functionaries in government were replaced by loyal party cadres. Everything became ideology driven instead of ability driven. Government interference in the universities has become much more overt and destructive than ever it was under the Nationalists. (Exemplified by the turnabout on the honorary doctorate for Thabo Mbeki). Our health system was functional to a high level, even for rural black and the urban “non-European” hospitals, whilst an abominable reflection of the apartheid system, worked well with standards high and no shortage of drugs and equipment. Now in 2010, we contemplate exactly what has been achieved in the 15 years of post Apartheid South Africa. A previous vice-Chancellor of UCT, Ramphele Mamphela, is on record as saying that Bantu Education was better than the mess we have now. Our hospitals are dysfunctional for all South Africans who are unable to afford private health care. The Johannesburg General, Groote Schuur, Pretoria Hospital and many others around the country are mismanaged to such an extent that they have become a threat to health. The hospital accounting systems are in a shambles and suppliers have cut off supplies until their bills are paid. The standards of repair and cleanliness have plummeted. The equipment, supplies and linen have been pillaged and pilfered. Recently at Groote Schuur I encountered a Neurology ward that had no toilet seats, no toilet paper, no soap and no towels. The chief neurologist there informed me that he would not use the toilets on his ward because they were too disgusting. The legacy of Manto Tshabalala-Msimang speaks for itself. Our police service is severely dysfunctional. Too many of the serving officers are corrupt. A recent PhD Thesis on the subject put it as 10% and probably higher. Out erstwhile chief cop, Jackie Selebi, stands accused of corruption whilst he was head of Interpol moreover. This is a national disgrace. The arrogance of the man to run around with the likes of the criminal gangsters that he associated with and not see the conflict of interests is astounding to say the least. The government, who should be doing all in their power to prosecute Selebi to the full, are wasting taxpayers’ money trying to keep certain witnesses out of court on the spurious basis of national interest. Our education system is a complete mess. We have the results of the OBE debacle to contend with where the only certainty is that we will produce a generation of educationally crippled youth. We have the ANC government with its ludicrous policies of “quiet diplomacy” which have allowed the stability of the region to deteriorate .The influx of refugees across our borders is fuelling xenophobic violence and is placing scarce resources under huge pressure. Our water supplies are dwindling and those that we have are polluted with faecal matter from the squatter camps along their courses. Cholera is waiting. Much of the water measuring equipment installed at key points on our rivers has been vandalized. The Cape Times (8/2/10) informs me that ‘DIRE SHORTAGE AT FORENSIC LABS STIFLES JUSTICE” What do you expect? In my private capacity as a consulting forensic scientist, I have been warning about this state of affairs for some years. Approximately 4 years ago I warned of the coming ”Melt Down”. To no avail. The analysts in the Health Department labs are appointed in terms of ethnicity and ideology and not in terms of their ability to do the work. When a previous head of the Laboratory in Pretoria, (Dr Viljoen), attempted to set an examination to regulate the incoming analysts he found that he was expected to appoint people who scored single figure results for the elementary chemistry examinations. The labs are swamped with incompetents and the work does not get done The net result was that he and the other heads of the laboratories have all left the state employ and are lost to the system. Their expertise is not even available to assist the state in pulling itself up by its bootstraps. At present there are nearly 5000 samples from the Salt River Mortuary which have not been analyzed. The talk is that they will be discarded. So much for justice. The departmental heads are not called to account for this disaster. Our courts have, for some time now, been grinding ever more to a halt because of the incompetence and disorganization of the laboratories that should be there to assist them. Morale at the police laboratories is low and the good scientists who are still there would leave if any other opportunities cross their path. Recently I became aware of a delay of 3 years in obtaining a post mortem report from the Tygerberg forensic department. This is just not good enough. I have not yet started on the disaster that is coming our way when the productive farms are taken and given to persons who cannot even use them for a proper subsistence, let alone a high technology productive farm to feed South Africa. There is only one way to stop the rot before it destroys the entire country. The government must stop the insane racist and aggressively affirmative policies that it has put in place. Corruption should be rooted out tooth and nail. All the available talent should be used in getting this country back on track. Stop the centralist interference in every aspect of our lives. It is not for the government to decide as to whether I may open a medical practice where so ever I wish. All that will happen is that the available source of doctors will dwindle as they head for greener pastures. The collective that have brought us to this pass will be blissfully prepared to blame it on the racist government. They are right there about the racism but it is their own racist policies that have brought us to the brink and not those of the previous dispensation. Education and security must take priority in government policies and non-performing ANC appointees should be kicked out forthwith. The business of suspension on full pay is an inducement to under-perform. Zuma is a national embarrassment is so many ways that it would be impossible to list them in the limited space at my disposal. However, his exuberant fecundity is the least of the issues. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7v4V13oy0cq-oN9IGpLjaEKqkVSDVi8TOSlXQuJILr0jpIl37sXLfeL4RmpNGK7GRtll_Mueeah5mXbGqfIKwCZlMNY1eWIg7Pn3mJanXguaabdqPibRtgIdTlpF3QLL5AdGqh2sw_IJl/s1600-h/zumatoilet.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IxMahEzLHBiJ3oC3YfdFOOzDvy4ZI84e_cPlx4sXny_PYR2IqEj_f4tDuKZgAZDJPPqowFyEVO2HIdvVTlG0pUS1UuBqONQWAKH-79bg7tIcr9QNZqDvEz8kt6PoYv4P0iEyeRCiRj6T/s1600-h/zumastink.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441504303299291330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IxMahEzLHBiJ3oC3YfdFOOzDvy4ZI84e_cPlx4sXny_PYR2IqEj_f4tDuKZgAZDJPPqowFyEVO2HIdvVTlG0pUS1UuBqONQWAKH-79bg7tIcr9QNZqDvEz8kt6PoYv4P0iEyeRCiRj6T/s400/zumastink.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>My primary problem with Zuma is his lack of appreciation for anything other than immediate gratification without appreciation for the consequences. He says what he feels the audience wants to hear, without a jot of sincerity or any intention to perform. The appointment of Jon Qwelane as ambassador to Uganda sends the wrong message. Why send an openly homophobic man to a country where this lately achieved tolerance is under severe threat? Why appoint Menzi Simelani to his present position? The man is constitutionally and experientially unsuited to the job and in any event it kicks the notion of separation of power (enshrined in our constitution) in the teeth. One is left with the only rational conclusion that Zuma wants a pal who will not come after him in the little matter of corruption that seems to follow him like a black cloud. For a man who publicly demanded his day in court, he has gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid it. The disgraceful release on parole of Shaik is a slap in the face to our already foundering justice system. The only sense in which he was dying, was he was dying to get out and shop. Shame on you! It is high time, Mr Zuma, that you stop your philandering long enough to see that your party is systematically destroying this country. As a group, the ANC hierarchy is as racist and as corrupt as the Nationalists. History will judge you harshly. And by the way, we do not need aircraft (that nobody can fly) and corvettes to sit and rust in Simon’s Town, above education, policing and health. Maybe I could leave you as I started with two quotes from Martin Luther King: “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity”. And finally, ”A riot is at the bottom, the language of the unheard”. Dr Klatzow is an independent forensic consultant.

Where the hell are we going?

Meltdown the inevitable result of ANC policies Dr. David Klatzow T he ANC led alliance came to power with many stated and lofty ideals. The...

9:44 AM

Eskom importing black employees to meet AA targets

Eskom black employees recruited from countries such as the USA and UK to work for Eskom to help Eskom reach its affirmative action targets. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvyFFrsH1DUAPkWxWLUuN7Tb7jiXlNtrP6WMvhLMrsRas81kOhS4e8P6kv-WdCsbwqgEcFdUPHHie_FOWSpAVrXPmvoSVquf4YkWjn1qXiv8CiBmPbSlDvvpYFxuTprBEDWhkA3PH9sbP/s1600-h/eskom.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430774976701418402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvyFFrsH1DUAPkWxWLUuN7Tb7jiXlNtrP6WMvhLMrsRas81kOhS4e8P6kv-WdCsbwqgEcFdUPHHie_FOWSpAVrXPmvoSVquf4YkWjn1qXiv8CiBmPbSlDvvpYFxuTprBEDWhkA3PH9sbP/s400/eskom.gif" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 254px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" /></a>See Carte Blanche story <a href="http://beta.mnet.co.za/carteblanche/Article.aspx?Id=3819&ShowId=1">Eskom Expats </a>Dozens of Americans and Brits recruited by the electricity giant Eskom to fill skilled labour positions. <a href="http://beta.mnet.co.za/carteblanche/Article.aspx?Id=3819&Showid=1">Watch</a> In terms of a campaign launched by Eskom a few years ago, the plan was to recruit nearly 5000 new employees over a period of five years — about half of these had to be black women. Solidarity maintains that if these allegations of appointments being abused for the sake of affirmative action targets are in fact true, the electricity supplier has dug a hole for itself. "South Africa has extremely capable people with years of experience at Eskom, but who have lost their jobs there since 1994. By blindly chasing after targets and importing black employees simply because of their skin colour, Eskom is taking things too far," Solidarity spokesperson Jaco Kleynhans said. "Not only were the employees lured to the company under false pretences, but Eskom also tried to reach targets in an illegal manner by simply appointing black employees to the positions. This approach does not benefit any South African, black or white, and the company should rather look at developing local expertise," explained Solidarity spokesperson Jaco Kleynhans. Kleynhans emphasized that Eskom's attempt to reach affirmative action targets has completely destroyed the company's efficiency. "If suitable, local black employees cannot be found to fill the positions, Eskom cannot ignore suitable white employees," "After all, the original purpose of affirmative action is in no way achieved by appointing black foreigners and an urgent investigation should be launched into Eskom's affirmative action appointments to determine who, by right, qualifies for the positions because the jobs were actually earmarked for local employees," Kleynhans explained.

Eskom importing black employees to meet AA targets

Eskom black employees recruited from countries such as the USA and UK to work for Eskom to help Eskom reach its affirmative action targets. ...

12:08 PM

The difference between Black and White

Sandile Memela is an author and chief director for marketing & public relations at the Department of Arts & Culture. He writes in his personal capacity ... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_cW6OMjnTmqvtKlRaiVNgBv3KfU3q4z6GE6Yj64fChIKxnZT7_MhLC2HpIXqhBFjqGFrC1lqDPuA5cth29CVbvTHIUlH2k_YQHTYHmDHm3LUuVLBQ2gTE63lnF3wVpkFgNmEhvQX5-vZ/s1600-h/nigger2a.jpg"></a><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425600791886475202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQCs3QAI21sHhd5Bo4HwaWubrLJUv4GsUfvP_DqtttJN0h4in562N-_jY9KO00p5g8YgBGgY62kFZNTpl4QXFK3EdpetMd2nQJaTMltfHc4_JlkgLQ1oXL5JZ-mOBD1aAngiWGb3Emr0a/s400/nigger-maths-fail.bmp" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />For almost 30 years I have debated the subject of matric results with many different people from different walks of life. One thing that strikes those with eyes to see is that white students continue to dominate and outshine the ranks of matric super-achievers followed by so-called Indians. There is a perception that African students are the worst performers. If you look at the faces of smiling and happy pupils who have obtained more than six distinctions in matric this year, they are mostly white. Of course, that tells us something not about who has superior intelligence but who is willing to put their shoulder to the wheel. After all, the greatest determinant of how many distinctions a student is going to get at the end of the year is the amount of work they are willing to put in. One thing that has struck me over the last 15 years is that African students seem to be more interested in song, dance, fashion and booze than self-discipline, focus and hard work. Of course this is a generalisation that makes the innocent suffer but one needs only visit festivals, night clubs and other places of entertainment to find out which direction African students channel their energies. The reality of the situation is that white and Indian pupils are too few a minorities for them to dominate matric results. It is time that we asked a hard question of African students: how long are they going to depend on affirmative action to make headway in life? Of course, it is a justifiable government policy to demand that tertiary institutions make special provision for enrolling African students to be enrolled at universities. But who should be given special treatment between a super-performing white student and a time-wasting African student with low marks? I would be wary to answer, without any reservation, and with the deepest conviction of my heart and soul that the opportunity should go to an African student. It is time that special focus was put on matric results and the performance of African students at high school level and beyond. Since 1994 African students have had the power to choose to be great super-achievers or mediocre talents. Their parents and government continue to make huge sacrifices huge amounts of money for them to attend the best former whites-only schools under the best conditions. It is just an excuse for us to accept that African students face racism, victimisation and that we continue to blame white teachers and principals for their poor performance. Fundamentally, African students are the product of what they choose to be. Their matric results have very little to do with their genes or the upbringing and environment they live in. Certainly, the issue of language, genes and culture, if you like, often influence how students learn but this does not predetermine their results. The excuse that African students are so-called Historically Disadvantaged Individuals has been bandied about for far too long, now. The essence of the difference in matric results between White, Indian and African students is simply a matter of self-discipline, focus and hard work. It is time more was demanded of African pupils rather than encourage them to continue to believe that they future is secured simply because of their skin colour. This whole attitude of entitlement makes it easy for conservatives to say that affirmative action is reverse racism. African pupils make choices based on the values they learn from their families and communities. African leadership and management at family and institutional level is, largely, a product of a culture of entitlement. This misleads the youth. The ability of pupils to reinvent themselves and surpass all expectations in matric performance is what this country needs, especially from African youth. The best gift that the white and Indian youth have given this country is the example of focused, disciplined and hard working young people. Let us not discriminate against them, later, to make way for African youth who are not a source of pride for this nation. It is time that merit and a willingness to work harder were the new criteria to decide who gets an opportunity in the New South Africa and who does not. African pupils must choose whether they want to succeed or perish as fools. If they choose the latter, they must face the consequences of their own choices. The future of Africa deserves better quality leadership than our youth are putting on the table.

The difference between Black and White

Sandile Memela is an author and chief director for marketing & public relations at the Department of Arts & Culture. He writes in hi...

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Government puts AA and racial job quotas ahead of fighting crime

SA's white police officers denied promotion because of the colour of their skin. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7x54r9YHY7-Hn947FpOqancRW45yIDhaIwQa4-3D0Qd_hXHWAdDjb32FNDvol1Sdav54Koj29vAt0vCksVNdo8OgACZvoiJOKgEdr45A4LxGDBmrix8XsK0DcKLm-JAAXzBHifmW9e94/s1600-h/AA-discrimination-1badcop20worse20cop20white.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403576665214278418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7x54r9YHY7-Hn947FpOqancRW45yIDhaIwQa4-3D0Qd_hXHWAdDjb32FNDvol1Sdav54Koj29vAt0vCksVNdo8OgACZvoiJOKgEdr45A4LxGDBmrix8XsK0DcKLm-JAAXzBHifmW9e94/s320/AA-discrimination-1badcop20worse20cop20white.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" /></a>A predominately white South African trade union accused the government today of putting racial job quotas ahead of fighting crime. The Solidarity union has filed applications in the Labour Court in Johannesburg contesting appointment and promotion policies in the police force and prison service saying whites are suffering from racial discrimination. South Africa has one of the highest levels of violent crime in the world with at least 50 murders a day. Some commentators say insufficient resources and a lack of personnel impede the police force's ability to do its job. Solidarity secretary-general Dirk Hermann said SAPS were more concerned with meeting affirmative action quotas established to address the wrongs of apartheid than filling vacant positions with competent officers. "There is currently a practice in the SAPS, for the sake of the ideology of representation, to rather leave posts vacant or scrap them instead of appointing experienced white police members in the posts," he said at a news conference. "Representation has become the most important driver for the SAPS, instead of pursuing their main objective, namely to protect all South Africans." Nine cases have been filed against the SAPS and one against the prison service alleging white Solidarity union members were being denied promotion or not being re-hired because of the colour of their skin. The SAPS could not be reached for comment although blacks now make up a majority of the police force, reflecting their 80% proportion of the overall population, a 2005 study showed that blacks only made up 44% of senior officers. - Reuters

Government puts AA and racial job quotas ahead of fighting crime

SA's white police officers denied promotion because of the colour of their skin. A predominately white South African trade union accused...

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South Africa and its anti-white legislative structure

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHYx9f0kVV_5LXM-IEgwjP5Bo9fWbrDu6byEhimedwtTwdgF5YrFzTmoV9xlEE9h_HfS2uiyxkVmsvqB7vueaCM6B24bNuDTf7Tjud55w0YI-4SWVkvZboPULfGcU3vFbDRuYDkMBJAI/s1600-h/anti_white_blind_justice.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395942807260742066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHYx9f0kVV_5LXM-IEgwjP5Bo9fWbrDu6byEhimedwtTwdgF5YrFzTmoV9xlEE9h_HfS2uiyxkVmsvqB7vueaCM6B24bNuDTf7Tjud55w0YI-4SWVkvZboPULfGcU3vFbDRuYDkMBJAI/s400/anti_white_blind_justice.jpg" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 359px" /></a> Prof. Hercules Booysen - 9/16/2009 A hysterical reaction occurred in South Africa because of the Canadian Immigration Board's decision to grant the South African, Brandon Huntley, asylum status in Canada. The black ANC government regards the decision as absurd because, in its view, the wave of criminality, which plagues South Africa since the black government took over in 1994, effects both black and whites, not only whites. Besides the fact that the government's view is an admission that it cannot fulfill the basic function of a government, viz., to protect its citizens, it is also an oversimplification of the situation and a distortion of reality. The government tries to ignore the consequences of its own legislation adopted since 1994. Just as the white government before 1994, the black government itself chooses to make race determinative of the content of South African citizenship. It is its legislative structure and political policies that should be scrutinized in order to determine whether or not the system is oppressive against whites on account of their race. The high criminality, especially against whites, and an inability to protect its citizenry in this regard, is just one effect of the legislation and policies. One of the first serious signs of an anti-white political scene was when the ANC member, Peter Mokaba, began with the political slogan, "kill a farmer, kill a Boer" after the black government took power in 1994. He was later appointed a member of Nelson Mandela's government. This political slogan became regular features at ANC meetings and was also shouted at his funeral and in the presence of various high functionaries of the state. Nobody was reprimanded by the state for allowing, participating or acquiescing in this practice and no official resigned because of it. Anywhere in the world, except South Africa, such behavior would have been regarded as instigation to murder. Although it is an offense to instigate murder, nobody was prosecuted for this practice. It was originally simply regarded as an exercise of the right to free expression. The influence of the slogan on young and illiterate, and not so illiterate, blacks was never determined or tested in a court of law. The legislation adopted since 1994, has the effect that the civil service, openly and as stated policy, discriminates against whites, that numerous, almost about all, whites lost their positions in the public services on account of their race, that on account of race managerial positions in white owned companies must be granted to blacks, that a certain number of shares in white owned companies must be transferred to blacks, that white owned farms must be expropriated on behalf of individual blacks and not for public purposes as is internationally required and that the study places for whites at universities, especially for the professions, are limited. These are just few examples explaining the purpose, and effect, of the legislative program adopted since 1994. The government describes its policies openly as the Africanization of South Africa. The similarities between this policy as reflected in legislation and that followed in Nazi Germany after 1933 are amazing. The Nazis called their policy Arisierung, or Germanization, and it was aimed at the Jews. On the international level it is difficult to regard Africanisation as legitimate if Arisierung is also not so regarded. Because nobody considers Arisierung to be legitimate, it is objectively difficult to view Africaniszation to be anything else than unlawful. The German policy of Arisierung underwent a change for the worst after 1939, which can even be seen as a dangerous pointer to what might be the end result of Africanization if it is not timely identified for what it is. The view that the South African constitution legitimizes the race-based legal structure originates from the black governing elite: it is the political correct thing to say according to the black governing party for those subject to its policies. Affirmative action, however, can only be justified on an individual basis, that is in respect of individuals whose rights were in reality violated previously. These violated rights should be remedied by affirmative action and then only on an individual basis. Affirmative action cannot be used as justification for legitimizing a totally race-based legal system in which the beneficiaries can even be foreigners, provided that they are black, as is the case in South Africa. The purpose with the new constitution was to abolish a race-orientated legal structure, not to entrench it. If a government creates a legal structure which allows people to chant slogans openly to kill members of another race, that your job can be taken on account of your race, that your land can be expropriated on account of your race, that companies and shares can be taken over on account of the race of the owners, it is certainly one that also sends a clear message to criminals that they may attack the members of that race, who are legally regarded as untermenschen, with impunity. The structure in its totality is then oppressive against whites; the criminal consequences are just one element thereof. Prof. Hercules Booysen is an eminent South African legal consultant.

South Africa and its anti-white legislative structure

Prof. Hercules Booysen - 9/16/2009 A hysterical reaction occurred in South Africa because of the Canadian Immigration Board's decision ...

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'South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment Has Failed'

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yOgTExOVGTSMamj7cqamQgCPW9V8zYCVTMeUKwf0u_VHjQN9TiCdU7SOmnPwE1_2nfDutrP4WAl8dSmWHodrIqGNSlxixuyOJb-2nLKRyThQqQ6DL1FDrSUsnkUwLz3ynzIWvQ1R9gQ/s1600-h/socialistheroes.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376554818755408514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yOgTExOVGTSMamj7cqamQgCPW9V8zYCVTMeUKwf0u_VHjQN9TiCdU7SOmnPwE1_2nfDutrP4WAl8dSmWHodrIqGNSlxixuyOJb-2nLKRyThQqQ6DL1FDrSUsnkUwLz3ynzIWvQ1R9gQ/s400/socialistheroes.jpg" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" /></a>INTERVIEW Cape Town — Moeletsi Mbeki, brother of former South African president Thabo Mbeki, believes that the government's centrepiece policy of black economic empowerment was in fact the creation of the country's white economic oligarchs to co-opt black leaders. In his book "Architects of Poverty - Why Africa's Capitalism Needs Changing", Mbeki criticises the ruling elite by saying that black economic empowerment (BEE) "strikes a fatal blow against the emergence of black entrepreneurship by creating a small class of unproductive but wealthy black crony capitalists made up of ANC politicians, some retired and others not". He argues that BEE policy, which is aimed at building black ownership of companies, was not the invention of the ANC but was created by the country's white economic oligarchs to co-opt leaders of the black resistance movement by buying them off with what looked like a transfer of massive assets at no cost. This would ensure the oligarchs seats at the high table of the ANC government's economic policy formulation and give the oligarchs and their companies the first bite at government contracts. The impression was created that all previously disadvantaged individuals would benefit from BEE. However, this is far from the truth as the political elite and their cronies have reaped the most benefits. Stephanie Nieuwoudt spoke to Mbeki, who is also deputy chairperson of the South African Institute of International Affairs, an independent think tank at the University of the Witwatersrand. Do you think BEE was a well conceptualised system that could have realised the goal of empowering the masses? It was never a good system. It was never intended to advance the masses. It was intended to buy off or co-opt the leaders of the resistance movement. BEE cannot work for the majority. It is only intended to advance the interests of a few. The masses are not happy with what is happening and we are beginning to see this in the service revolts (widespread community-level protests currently happening). People are beginning to react against the inequality and are turning on the municipal officials, who are regarded as part of the elite because they are elected by the ANC which is not delivering. And yet the ANC won a major victory at the polling booths earlier this year? The ANC has lost its two-thirds majority. It lost support in all the provinces except KwaZulu Natal (the country's president, Jacob Zuma, hails from this province and he has huge support there). The ANC is buying off the poor with social grants - 13 million people in this country are receiving social grants. Government's planned project (anti-recession rescue plan) to retrain those in the private sector who are at risk of being retrenched are merely attempts by the government to appear as if they are sorting out public service problems. What will these people be retrained as? And where will they be redeployed? The government realises the people are angry and they are trying to appease them with unsustainable promises. The country is dealing with a class conflict between black people. On the one hand there is the political elites and on the other the masses. South Africa is still a rainbow nation, but the emerging class conflict has the potential to escalate. South Africa is regarded by some as an example for other African countries. Is this perception of the country maintaining some kind of moral high ground justified? The South African private sector is extremely powerful. That is why you find companies like Shoprite, MTN and Standard Bank in many African countries. These corporations offer great service and quality whilst ensuring their brands are protected. But the South African state is declining - there are high levels of corruption, the health care system is on verge of collapse and the education system is under-performing. Between 2000 and 2008 South Africa has been downgraded by 20 places by Transparency International's Corruption Index -- from 34th to 54th. Corruption is increasing at an enormous rate and it impacts severely on the poor. Revenue destined for the poor is misappropriated, which means that there is a lack of service delivery. Some people allege that skilled white people are leaving the country because of a lack of opportunity due to BEE policies. Black and white people are affected. There is no incentive to stay in the country if you know the top jobs go to the elite and their cronies. Affirmative action and BEE policies have become the inside track for the elected few. At the moment there are 500,000 unfilled professional vacancies. Every professional who is employed, can create a job opportunity for others who are less skilled. South Africa is becoming a de-industrialised country. We depend on imports rather than exports. In 1985, 31 percent of our gross domestic product came from the manufacturing sector. Now it is only 16 percent. Thousands have lost their jobs. Our footwear manufacturing industry has collapsed and those who are skilled in making footwear have disappeared. We are going backwards. Yes, it is cheaper to import many products than to manufacture them, but it is a self-defeating argument. People are losing their jobs and people without jobs are anyway not in a position to buy those imported goods. The elite have become consumers who live off systems that were created before 1994. They do not see themselves as producers and they do not start new businesses. How does one address these issues? We need to reform the electoral system. MPs should not be elected on a proportional representation basis, but represent specific constituencies directly. This will improve accountability. At the moment there is no system of accountability. The education system needs to be overhauled. We need skilled workers. But money that should go into education is used for BEE purposes and given to politicians who build big palaces and buy expensive cars. The critical issues here are the rise in economic inequality and the rise in import dependence. The combination of these two factors is lethal. It is driving the unemployment trend in South Africa, causing conflict among black people. And in the process, foreign nationals get caught up in the conflict (as was seen with the xenophobic attacks in the past year).

'South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment Has Failed'

INTERVIEW Cape Town — Moeletsi Mbeki, brother of former South African president Thabo Mbeki, believes that the government's centrepiece ...

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South Africa P.I.G.