In a perfect world:
Posted on December 17th, 2007 by Richard Catto 2,449 views
- Jacob Zuma and all the rest of his uneducated and ignorant supporters would be cured of AIDS by having a shower
- Manto would be able to drink alcohol to her hearts content without it affecting her brand spanking new liver and then heal any ailments by eating beetroot.
- Nelson Mandela would live to be 100 years old
- 3rd degree would actually make sense sometimes and not just be a TV show with a presenter full of attitude
- Tokyo Sexwale would be voted in as president and not jump on JZ’s band wagon like he has done
- Neledi Pandor would have more of an effect on the department of education and 2008 matriculates would have a higher standard of pass rate
These things are highly likely to not ever happen. So what do we do instead? Some of us ignore the issues going on around us (like I do), some of us write political articles (such as this one) in the hopes of creating some awareness, some of us kick up a fuss and down our country at every opportunity, and a lot of us plan to make a difference, tomorrow. For most of us, tomorrow never comes.
What is the solution?
Immigration for those of us who can’t handle “third worlding” any longer. That way, you will solve your problems, and eliminate a small amount of negativity from our country.
If immigration is not for you, support our government as far as possible, without compromising our morals. Don’t become another negative statistic that aids all the corruption, dishonestly and crime factors.
Vote in the election. Have your say. Your opinion does count. Imagine if 20 000 other people also stayed at home that day and thought the same insecure thought ‘it won’t make a difference if I vote or not”.
We are South Africans. Yes, there is too much crime. Yes, rape is inhumane and unjust. Yes, there is corruption more deep rooted than even we know about. There are far too many cons of being in this country.
But there are a lot of pros too, that sometimes we overlook or dismiss as unimportant.
This is South Africa. In less than 13 years, look how far we have come. We have won two world cups, we’re hosting another in two years, black people are now licensed to be human and do what whiteys have long taken advantage of, such as going to watch a movie at ten o’clock at night, or shopping in the same malls, or drinking from a tap in a public bathroom.This is an enormous change!
When I go abroad to travel, I’m looking forward to defending my country and setting the record straight “Not only do we not have lions as pets, we also have malls with electricity, we have streets of tar, we have multi racial schools, sports events that involve every single South African citizen, we have local productions on TV that are worthy of International broadcasting, such as Isidingo, or the Oscar winning movie, Tsotsi, which was remarkable to watch”.
I am proud to call myself South African. You should be too.
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Parliament stiffs Mr Delivery, gets blacklisted
Posted on September 9th, 2007 by Richard Catto 8,342 views
One would imagine that dealing with the government, a business could expect to be dealt fairly with, but it does not seem to have worked out for Mr Delivery which has lost thousands of rands in its dealings with Parliament located in Cape Town, South Africa.
When orders are placed with Mr Delivery, they go out and get your food for you from a number of different restaurants, pay for it and then deliver it to you. You then pay them for the food and delivery fees plus give the driver at least a 15% tip because the drivers have to pay for their own fuel, so they need the tips to survive.
Twenty times, Parliament placed orders, some of which amounted to more than R1500 and then cancelled at the last moment, after the food had already been collected and paid for by Mr Delivery. The people responsible for these orders don’t seem to care that they are causing Mr Delivery to be out of pocket for these cancellations, and they have not seen fit to set things right.
It seems that the rot has set in deeply in Parliament. I hope that someone there will see fit to compensate Mr Delivery for its losses and instruct people there to deal fairly with local businesses. It seems to me that that should be obvious, but it seems that some of the staff there need to be instructed like little children on how to behave appropriately. Why are those people even employed?
In order to protect itself from further losses, Mr Delivery has reluctantly blacklisted Parliament from placing further orders with it. How utterly embarrassing for Parliament!
Source:
Parliament gets blacklisted
Tags: Mr Delivery, Parliament
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Speaker Baleka Mbete is out of order and should go
Posted on September 8th, 2007 by Richard Catto 2,962 views
This past Wednesday (September 05 2007), a Democratic Alliance member of parliament, Mike Waters was ordered out of the National Assembly by The Speaker, Baleka Mbete, after he had submitted a written question to the Minister of Health, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, in which he asked her to confirm whether or not she had been convicted of theft while working at Athlone Hospital in Lobatse, Botswana in 1976.
The following day, Thursday, September 06 2007, Mbete ordered Waters suspended for a further 5 days.
On both occasions, The DA, led by Sandra Botha, walked out with Waters in solidarity to show how strongly they objected to Mbete’s decision.
It seems abundantly clear that it is in fact Mbete who is out of order and should resign her position as Speaker of Parliament.
Waters was correct in confronting the Minister of Health about her past criminal conviction for theft. He is doing his job as a member of parliament. It is definitely in the public’s interest to know about a politician’s past criminal convictions.
Sources:
‘We must stop the rot’
Integrity and transparency
Botswana works to find Manto’s missing records
‘Madam, you are covering up for a thief’
DA meets Speaker in ‘lively exchange’
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