Aubrey Manaka – killer – Ramabulana

Aubrey Manaka has been charged with rape, murder, and robbery with aggravating circumstances. Manaka has abandoned bail and will appear in court again on 30 January 2020. The accused was arrested early on Thursday 28 November 2019, at his parent’s home in Nyakelang in Botlokwa (Limpopo).  (Possibly more than one suspect) * It was revealed… Continue reading Aubrey Manaka – killer – Ramabulana

Fatal shooting at Menlyn Maine

  NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS!!! SHOOTOUT AT MENLYN MAIN. PTA. GP. Police on 2 December 2019, nabbed a 45-year-old man for allegedly gunning down another man at Menlyn Maine shopping centre, east of the city.   The incident, captured on a video doing the rounds on social media, happened in the parking lot in full view… Continue reading Fatal shooting at Menlyn Maine

Regreening deserts and ecosystems

This is not only a dream, but various places on earth show what have been done on rehabilitation of ecosystems.  A main component of desert greening is the planting of trees.  Trees store water, raise water from underlying aquifers, reduce evaporation after a rain, attract animals (and thereby fertility through feces), and they can cause… Continue reading Regreening deserts and ecosystems

Cash in transits – South Africa

  This is not just a plain robbery but sabotage and terrorism!   And is this inside jobs that some people know more about the "cash in transits". Daar is deesdae heelwat sulke rooftogte - soos asof iemand inligting deurgee waar baie geld (miljoene) van een punt na 'n ander punt plaasvind.    Wie weet andersinds… Continue reading Cash in transits – South Africa

Great Sea Story – SS Warrimoo

  It was originally built for James Huddart for Trans-Tasman traffic between  Australia and  New Zealand, along with a sister ship SS Miowera, and later joined by SS Aorangi. However, it was quickly withdrawn from this route and instead used to provide a service between Canada and Australia using subsidies from both countries. Huddart ran into difficulties after arranging to also call at New… Continue reading Great Sea Story – SS Warrimoo

Abel Tau Acting Tswana mayor – Mokgalapa special leave

  Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa is on special leave while the party investigates following allegations that he had sex with MMC for Roads and Transport Sheila Senkubuge.   The DA has appointed Abel Tau as the acting mayor of the City of Tshwane while Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa is on special leave.   The DA party is investigating… Continue reading Abel Tau Acting Tswana mayor – Mokgalapa special leave

Is Planet Earth Just One Giant Ancient Quarry…???

* Is Earth at some places just  a wasteland. Earth is a gigantic ancient quarry and mine field.    In South Africa there are more than 8000 mines (mostly open cast and polluted), with no rehabilitation at all.     Or were some mountains giant trees - millions of years ago, also in South Africa?   The… Continue reading Is Planet Earth Just One Giant Ancient Quarry…???

Nazca lines Peru

There are more than 140 images  been discovered, etched into a coastal desert plain about 250 miles southeast of Lima, the Peruvian capital. The Japanese researchers who found them combined on-the-ground work with the most modern of tools: satellite photography, three-dimensional imaging and, in one case, artificial intelligence. A huge carving of a monkey with… Continue reading Nazca lines Peru

Maya – Guatemala

  El Mirador is a large pre-Columbian Mayan settlement, located in the north of the modern department of El Petén, Guatemala.   This ancient site was once the thriving capital of the Maya civilization.   There are no real roads and it takes a long time to get to the destination, but it’s worth the effort. This amazing place… Continue reading Maya – Guatemala

Epstein – Sarah Ransome

Sarah Ransome claims Epstein sex-trafficked her in 2006 and 2007 and that, like Giuffre, she was also forced to have sex with Epstein’s lawyer, Alan Dershowitz (which he has denied). "The news of my abuser's arrest today is a step in the right direction to finally hold Epstein accountable for his crimes and restore my faith that… Continue reading Epstein – Sarah Ransome

Epstein – the Guards

* Two guards at a federal jail in New York City were arrested during November 2019 and indicted for failing to keep watch on the accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein just before he killed himself in custody three months ago.  The guards, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, failed to check on the fund manager for… Continue reading Epstein – the Guards

Platinum – Bushveld Complex

    Implats exploits platiniferous horizons within the Bushveld Complex in South Africa and the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe. These are the two largest known deposits of platinum group minerals in the world and are unique in terms of geological continuity. Mining mostly takes place as underground operations focusing on relatively narrow mineralised horizons with speciic mining… Continue reading Platinum – Bushveld Complex

Milankovitch cycles

One of the advantages of the human brain is that it allows us to see beyond our spatial and temporal confines—we can contemplate the limits of the universe, or look back to understand how we arrived at the present time after millions of years. Recently, new indications have been emerged that suggest that, perhaps in part,… Continue reading Milankovitch cycles

The Milankovitch Cycles

  A Milankovitch cycle is a cyclical movement related to the Earth’s orbit around the Sun. There are three of them: eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession. According to the Milankovitch Theory, these three cycles combine to affect the amount of solar heat that’s incident on the Earth’s surface and subsequently influence climatic patterns. * Eccentricity… Continue reading The Milankovitch Cycles

Trump and “impeachment hearings”

  "I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation in Ukraine ... There's a lot of talk about Biden's son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that. So whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. Biden went… Continue reading Trump and “impeachment hearings”

Speaker Nancy Pelosi – “Trump investigation”

Democrats aren’t committing to a firm timeline for the investigation of President Donald Trump.   Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday left open the possibility that Democrats’ impeachment inquiry will continue into next year, saying she had “no idea” if it would be finished by the end of December, the strongest indication yet that their probe into… Continue reading Speaker Nancy Pelosi – “Trump investigation”

KZN flood damage November 2019

Wednesday (13 November 2019) night’s heavy rains saw much damage caused to parts of the Zululand region, with Hluhluwe and further north appearing to be one of the hardest hit areas.    By this morning the R22 between Hluhluwe and Sodwana Bay was flooded in parts, rendering these stretches of road impassable.   There are reports that… Continue reading KZN flood damage November 2019

Venice – Venesie – VENEZIA IN ACQUA ALTA

What is Acqua Alta?    Water reached 1.87 m height. Worse damages on record since the flooding of 1966.  The flooding in #Venice was due to #acqualta which means high water & is the term used in Veneto for the exceptional tide peaks that occur periodically in the N Adriatic Sea. It is very common… Continue reading Venice – Venesie – VENEZIA IN ACQUA ALTA

Venice – Venesie – VENEZIA

Venice  was once one of the most powerful players on the European stage. Between the end of the seventh century and 1797, it was the Republic of Venice (Repubblica di Venezia) – an economic powerhouse which forged a mercantile empire in the Adriatic and the eastern Mediterranean.   Its wealth and prestige were largely based… Continue reading Venice – Venesie – VENEZIA