Born in Nkandla, South Africa, on April 12, 1942, Jacob Zuma was elected
president of South Africa in 2009. In 2007, he won the presidency of the
African National Congress, which he joined at an early age in 1959. Zuma served
as deputy president of South Africa from 1999 to 2005. He is a controversial
politician, involving himself in several legal scandals associated with
corruption and racketeering. A polygamist, Zuma has 20 children.
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They used to call John Gotti (head of the New York Gambino crime family
“the Mafia” ) the Teflon don because any charges brought against him would
never stick, it would seem that JZ went to the John Gotti school of management
as while scandal is able to attach itself to JZ like shit to a blanket, he seems too
have the life of a cat, as the charges either go away or get swept under the rug. So let’s look at the history of our
president who in most countries would not have a) been allowed in public office
and b) never elected as president.
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The Government
arms deal that was seen to be corrupt by most normal taxpayers was eventually investigated by a Special
Police Task team that the then President Thabo Mbeki had set up called the
HAWKS Jacob Zuma as well as other He and other members of the government were
investigated when financial irregularities were discovered. Initially cleared
in a 2001 report on the matter, Zuma ended up facing corruption charges, but
those charges were dropped in 2003.
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JZ Was charged
with rape in the Johannesburg High Court on 6 December 2005. The accuser,
Zuma's deceased friend's 31 year old daughter, was known by Zuma to be HIV Positive. On 8 May 2006, the Court
dismissed the charges, agreeing that the sexual act in question was consensual.
During the trial, Zuma admitted to having unprotected sex with his accuser but claimed that he
took a shower afterwards to cut the risk of contracting HIV. This statement has
been condemned by the judge, health experts, AIDS
activists and the public in general.
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Shabir Shaik's
trial was the subject of intense media attention due to the involvement of
several high-profile members of the South African government. Though Shaik
claimed that his financial dealings were legitimate, on 30 May 2005, the Durban
High Court handed down its final judgment. He was pronounced guilty of
corruption for paying Zuma 1.2 million Rand (US Dollars185,000) to
further their relationship and for soliciting a bribe from the French arms company Thompson-CSF,
as well as guilty of fraud for writing off more than R1 million (US$154,000) of
Zuma's unpaid debts.
More recent disgraces surrounding our President would be.
The Deaths of
13 SADF ember in the Central African Republic, who were in that country to
supposedly support democracy, but may have been there to keep a despot in power
or keep the “thieving rebels” from stealing the diamonds.
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The building
of a residence, sorry make that a Village with taxpayers money for over 200
million Rand, commonly known as Nkandlagate and seen by many as a “typical SA
scandal”, I suppose that how used we have become to JZ and his shenanigans.
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The most recent shit to try and stick to the
blanket was his apparent involvement with the Gupta wedding with a Government
report that was released implicating President Jacob Zuma in a
scandal over a plane chartered by rich friends of his which landed at a
military base without proper permission. The presidency and Zuma's ruling
African National Congress (ANC) have denied demanding landing permission for
the flight carrying nearly 200 guests for a wedding. But a diplomatic
protocol chief Bruce Koloane said he acted "under pressure
from No. 1", a direct reference to Zuma, the report said. Koloane has been
suspended and not spoken on the matter. The government report said he used
deception to obtain military landing permission. Opposition members of
parliament charged that the Gupta family at the centre of the affair and whose
companies have employed two of Zuma's children in high profile roles, was
wielding undo influence over Africa's largest economy. "There is a widely
held perception that when the Guptas say 'jump', the president says, 'how
high?'," David Maynier, an MP with the opposition Democratic
Alliance, said in parliament.
What absolutely mystifies me is that while so many people complain about
how shit the ANC government are, they still put an X next to “Ninja Turtles” face
come election times ,when the members of parliament “show their faces” promising houses, electricity, jobs and with
a new T shirt and a free chicken lunch, the masses go on their merry way to
vote the ANC in to power and the masses then spend the next 4 years demonstrating,
burning tyres, destroying government buildings due to the fact that the ANC
have not delivered on its promises “yet again “……………….I mean WTF you have to
some kind of stupid to keep voting for a government that does not give a shit
about you.
There is a joke in South Africa at the moment that 95% of the population
are employed in the Iron and Steel business, some of iron, but most of them steal.
Well it would seem that we can add going
on Strike It seems that everyone and his brother has decided to go on strike
the last, Platinum miners, Gold miners, construction workers, metal workers,
SAA, municipality workers and the traffic department in PE, textile industry seems
to be on the way and the list just seems to get longer. In the past the Unions
representing the employees would “demand” a 10% increase and the employers
would start at 5% and then through “good faith” negotiations end up at 7.5%,
the singing and dancing would stop and workers would go back to work.
These days the unions say we want 50 or 60 % increases, certain
categories of miners are wanting 150% increases……………”Are the fked in their
heads” ? you can’t negotiate on numbers like that, “it’s ludicrous”. I
have to admit though that the government’s 6% inflation indicator is KAK, and
this is what employers jump on the, inflationary increases. Inflation has to be
way higher because they took, electricity, fuel and a couple of other items out
of the “basket” that is used to determine inflation. Electricity has gone up on
average over 20% a year for the last 3 years, insurance policies and med aid
contributions go up by at least 10% yearly, fuel has gone up at least 13 %
since January and food is increasing at an average of 14% a month at the
moment, so inflation is actually way higher, employers need to take this into
account when making increases. It also makes we laugh when your company boasts
of its huge profits that all the employees have contributed to, yet still offer
below inflation increases, quoting government figures.
I
was in Richards Bay this week for a couple of days, it was hot with a Capital h
32/33 degrees. I had to do work at the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, also managed
to pay a visit to Durban Harley situated in Umhlanga Rocks. I had to laugh as I
decided to have lunch at a pub that had a chopped Kawa 900 cruiser (looked
pretty good) saw the gent sitting at a table, so walked up said hi and asked him
about the bike (as bikers do), his reply after lowering the shades with his
finger was “I am having a quite drink”………….translated for non-bikers “fuck off
I don’t want to talk to you”. This “OUTLAW WANNABEE” sitting with his arms
folded, shades on with a rebel Bandanna blue (yes blue) Cammo pants tucked into
biker boots with a large knife tucked into the outside of the right hand boot,
is called “boom boom”. How did I know that, well the upper rocker above the
ever seeing eye patch on the back of his cut off denim jacket, said so and the
fact that some really old lady walked up to him and called him Boom Boom. I
think he thought of himself as a Rebel because his bandanna had a rebel theme,
his tank protector on the bike was a Rebel motif he had a rebel patch on the
back of his cut off denim jacket as well as a Rebel flag on his helmet (that
was actually a SADF tank helmet).
Now
if you go out riding with the “gang” then yeah part of the whole “I’m a biker”
thing is to dress the part, I mean what’s the point of riding a Bad Ass Bike if
you look like an accountant, or a nursery school teacher, the trick is to get
the accountant and nursery school teacher to look like a Bad Ass Biker’s, but
sometimes the look and the actions can make you look like a “doos”……………..but
hey I am sure he felt he looked the part and as the saying goes “whatever
floats your goat”.
The
department of education are seriously considering enforcing a “learn a 3rd
language (African) in school policy, but this will mean an extra hour of school
a day for students, grades 4 – 12. A company did a survey and I am printing the
results here and will comment on a couple of things after
School pupils are in favour of longer
school days to learn a third language, a survey by Pondering Panda found. “It
was found that almost three in five learners (59%) felt that this was a good
idea… [that] the school day be extended by an hour for grades four through 12,”
spokeswoman Shirley Wakefield said today in a statement.
The company conducted cellphone
interviews with 2 906 pupils between the ages of 13 and 24 across the country
in August. Thirty-three percent believed it was a bad idea, while nine percent
had no opinion on the matter. Wakefield said the survey was a clear indication
young people were hungry for learning.
“Pupils have also shown their
enthusiasm for learning a third language, once more showing their support for
the education department’s proposals.” The survey further found black and
coloured pupils were more interested in learning science and maths than a third
language. “If a mandatory extension to the school day was implemented, 56%…
said they would rather spend the extra time learning science and maths. In
comparison, 38% favoured using the time to learn another language.”
First of all 24 year old in grade 12
(the old matric)…..seriously? but what really flummoxes me is that they say 59
% feel that it’s a great idea ( no school kid I know thinks an extra hour of
school is a good idea) to learn an extra language but then it goes on to say
that of that group 56 % of them would rather use the time to learn Science or
Maths (subjects that we seriously need kids to get interested in as well as
spend extra time learning) and 38% say they would favour learning another
language………………..So is it just me or do those people that supplied the survey
figures need to go to extra maths lessons?
Rugby this
weekend was rather slow with the 4 Nations not seeing any action, only Currie
cup action with WP drawing 31 all with the Lions. With the Griquas losing 40/22
against the Cheetahs and the Bulls losing for a 2nd week in a row
against the Sharks.
Talking
about the 4 Nations, The Boks will depart on Saturday night for
Brisbane to face Australia on September 7 at Suncorp Stadium, a venue where
they have never won before, and then jet across the Tasman Sea to Auckland to
take on World Champions New Zealand on September 14 at Eden Park, a stadium
they last won at in 1937. Knowing
that the odds are against them and keeping in mind the Boks' patchy history
away from home in the competition, Coach
Heyneke Meyer has challenged his team to prove their doubters wrong and come
back with not one, but two victories on the tour……………… I hope that they prove
me wrong but cannot see the current Bok team beating either Australia or New
Zealand (especially away from home)
Well that’s about it for this week
Ciao
SPAD
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