Die "bedelaar" verskyn talle kere as verwysing na Brittanje se tweede Anglo Boereoorlog (1899-1902) waar soldate duisende seemyle gereis het en kom oorlog maak het met ons voorouers - die doel daarvan om geld in te samel vir families. Hierdie gedig, wat geskryf is deur Rudyard Kipling en getoonset deur Sir Arthur Sullivan, het 'n… Continue reading English Crown and the Boers
Econ oil and tenders – Nothemba Mlonzi
On their website, it is stated that Econ Oil company was founded in 2001 and started operations in 2003. They also said they are is proud to be a pioneer in the provision of industrial energy solutions with an innovative customer centric approach to the way we do business. Econ Oil is a privately… Continue reading Econ oil and tenders – Nothemba Mlonzi
Eskom – media
Eskom het op 14 Mei 2021 'n berig op hul webtuiste geplaas waarin die publiek gewaarsku word teen valse en kwaadwillige verslaggewing deur sommige titels wat verband hou met die groep "Independent Newspaper" en maatskappye. In die jongste verslag van hierdie groep word beweer dat Eskom onwettig opgetree het met die aanstelling van en… Continue reading Eskom – media
John Viedge killed on farm
A farm murder took place on the morning of 30 May 2021, at 04:30, on the farm Highfield, 10 km South of McClear, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. John Viedge (79), of the ‘Lehana’s pass Sussex Stud’ was shot dead by an unknown number of attackers. Hoop sy aanvallers en moordenaars… Continue reading John Viedge killed on farm
Farming on Boston Island Australia
His parents bought the island in 1954 and they brought a bulldozer, a little D4 Caterpillar out of the Territory with them and started knocking down trees. After that, all the bird species disappeared other than wedge-tail eagles and crows and they were living off the carcasses of the sheep that were dying because… Continue reading Farming on Boston Island Australia
Greece – Ikaria island
According to ancient Greek mythology, Ikaria owes its name to Ikaros, the son of Daedalus who was the architect hired by Minos (King of Crete) to built the famous Labyrinth where the Minautor was held. ... Ikaria, the legendary home of Icarus whose wings melted when he flew too near the sun, is home to 8,000 Greeks, many of… Continue reading Greece – Ikaria island
Nord Stream 2 oil and gas pipeline
The dispute over the controversial oil and gas pipeline known as “Nord Stream 2” ended on Wednesday when the United States Department of State announced that the Biden administration was waiving sanctions against the pipeline’s Russian owner, Nord Stream 2 AG, and its German CEO, Matthias Warnig. German chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany… Continue reading Nord Stream 2 oil and gas pipeline
Expropriation of properties
Politieke partye kan maar elkeen hul eie stempel of beleidsdokumente formuleer soos hul wil - ondersteuners kan dit ook glo, maar is nie altyd die realiteit nie. Partye in beheer van provinsies, is almal onderworpe aan die ANC se meerderheidsbesluite en wetgewings van Nasionale wetgewer en parlement - hulle almal sit ook in parlement. Al… Continue reading Expropriation of properties
Pan African parliament – Malema – I’ll kill you outside”
MALEMA - “I'll kill you outside. Outside this meeting, I will kill you.” These words, clearly audible in video posted on the Pan-African Parliament's YouTube channel, were said by EFF leader Julius Malema during a heated exchange on Thursday. The comment was seemingly aimed at another MP, by a visibly angry Malema. According to News24, the… Continue reading Pan African parliament – Malema – I’ll kill you outside”
Gun and self defence legislation
All legislations and changes to it, as well as to the Constitution, will be a blank cheque (since 1994) and only a promise to citizens what ministers have said that the amendments should not be interpreted as though "government is looking into disarming citizens". If all citizens have that human right until now (under… Continue reading Gun and self defence legislation
Crime – Attacks and Murders
Daar vind daagliks aanvalle en moorde plaas, asook plaasaanvalle. GEEN moordenaar moet vry beweeg nie en hoort in geen gemeenskap nie. Elke moordsaak moet prioriteit geniet. Die indruk word gewek dat die regering ook nie baie doen om ernstige misdadigers aan te keer nie, want hoeveel moordenaars sit reeds in tronke en ander is onopgeloste… Continue reading Crime – Attacks and Murders
AlUla: Arabia
AlUla is a largely oasis valley in the vast desert of the North West Arabian Peninsula and home to 3,000 years of powerful successive civilizations. Some of the most important survey and excavation work in modern history has been taking place in the region, revealing the deep past of AlUla. * Mysterious yet sophisticated stone… Continue reading AlUla: Arabia
State Capture 25 May 2021 Dudu Myeni
A criminal charge must be laid against former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni for her defiance of a summons, says Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. Myeni was scheduled to appear before the commission on Tuesday at 9 m. Her lawyer, advocate Nqabayethu Buthelezi, pleaded with the inquiry that Myeni had no intention to defy the… Continue reading State Capture 25 May 2021 Dudu Myeni
Nico Swart, Richards Bay assassinated
Innige simpatie aan die familie en vriende van Nico Swart van Richardsbaai wat eenvoudig doodgeskiet is terwyl hy op pad werk toe was. Hy was 47 jaar oud en 14 jaar werksaam vir die myn in 'n bestuurspos. Die saak hoe hy vermoor is, word ondersoek, want daar was glo persone te voet wat op… Continue reading Nico Swart, Richards Bay assassinated
Sykes-Picot Agreement Middle east – Ottomans
Why is there so much conflict, especially in the middle east? When Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot met in London and took a pen to a map of the Middle East 100 years ago this week, only one of them had ever been there. It was, some say, as if the two were playing… Continue reading Sykes-Picot Agreement Middle east – Ottomans
Truman Doctrine America
It was stated that the rationale for the policy developed in the Truman Doctrine drew heavily upon American ideological support of the principle of self-determination. However, the new interpretation changed America's early historic role of merely expressing sympathy to one of active and official economic and military support of the self-determination of "free peoples" who… Continue reading Truman Doctrine America
Ottomans – Arabs – Palestine – Israel – England – France
* The Treaty of Mudros ended Ottoman participation in World War I and effectively — if not legally—marked the dissolution of a once mighty empire. From its ruins, the victors of the First World War attempted to use the post-war peace negotiations to create a new, more unpredictable entity: the modern Middle East. It was… Continue reading Ottomans – Arabs – Palestine – Israel – England – France
Mount Nyiragongo
Wat veronderstel moet wees om 'n rustige nag te wees, het in 'n groot rivier van lawe vuur opgegaan waar dit vir kilometers ver waargeneem kon word. Duisende vlugtelinge vlug vir hul lewens. Alhoewel sy al lankal tekens getoon het van geweldadige uitbarsting, het dit steeds nie die mense om haar gekeer om toe al… Continue reading Mount Nyiragongo
Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (MMSEZ)
* Earthlife Africa Johannesburg, along with a number of community and other partners submitted their concerns on 17 March 2021 to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, and the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fishing – regarding the proposed Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (MMSEZ) in Limpopo Province. * Hierdie gaan nie voedsel op die… Continue reading Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (MMSEZ)
Independence (Catalonia)
Wanneer daar multi-kulture in een land is, waar veral minderheidsvolke onderdruk word of teen wie daar gediskrimineer word, is dit niks minder as reg dat so 'n volk (e) hul menseregtigheid terugkry en 'n kans gegee word om hul internasionale reg uit te oefen. Tot wie se voordeel word onafhanklikheid toegeken - beslis nie vir… Continue reading Independence (Catalonia)















