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 However, it was quickly withdrawn from this route and instead used to provide a service between Canada and Australia using subsidies from both countries.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
Russian military and Mozambique (gas)
The secretive Kremlin-linked group is growing in scope and ambition, winning contracts normally reserved for local security firms. Many believe it is not up to the job. * They were recently in South Africa as well. Russia in Africa – BRICS – Mozambique (Cabo Delgado) Saipem-led joint venture awarded Anadarko’s gas project in Mozambique… Continue reading Russian military and Mozambique (gas)
Radical economic transformation in South Africa – crime out of hand
The daily lifes of our citizens, in town, on the roads, in banks - all over on social media. Hier is net een dag, 'n paar wat gewys is op sosiale media. 28 November 2019 - CIT robbery on the N1, Hammanskraal. Money truck was bombed open. Several people have been injured. Isec… Continue reading Radical economic transformation in South Africa – crime out of hand
Ramaphosa and his retrenched workers
Maklik om te boer - dis soos boomklim. Mens verleer nooit om boom te klim nie. Deel al die eiendomme, aandele en bates met die werkers, dis wat aan ons blankes voorgeskryf word deur wetgewing waarvan Ramaphosa die voorsitter is? Dit is tog so maklik om werkers sommer in die pad te steek… Continue reading Ramaphosa and his retrenched workers
Jonathan Jansen – Afrikaans
Jansen het groot geword, skoolgegaan en universiteit toe gegaan na sogenaamde Afrikaanse omgewing skole en universiteite, saam met honderde duisende ander swart en bruin (na 1954), binne die sogenaamde "apartheidstrukture" wat vir almal geskep was, nadat die Engelse die reservaat- en kroongebiedskole se kinders in 1954 oorhandig het en op ons afgedwing het om… Continue reading Jonathan Jansen – Afrikaans
Afrikaans – Jonathan Jansen “diskriminasie”
Niemand het die professor gedwing om Afrikaans te praat nie, die persoon wat hom bedien het, het ook haar reg uitgeoefen om hom in Afrikaans aan te spreek. Vir wat kyk hy neer op Afrikaans of die wat Afrikaans praat? En dan om daarna te spog dat hy die vrou afgejak het met sy onnodige,… Continue reading Afrikaans – Jonathan Jansen “diskriminasie”
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
Gupta – Denel – Ramaphosa – CPA’s
Billions of rands are involved in this deals and so-called agreements or contracts with Denel and the ruling party - ANC - Ramaphosa is part and partcel of the ANC. State arms company Denel lost more than R30 billion (and maybe much more) in contracts to supply weapons because a former executive insisted that kickback… Continue reading Gupta – Denel – Ramaphosa – CPA’s
B-BBEE – workers must get their 51% – Ramaphosa
Was dit nou 'n blanke was die plaas lankal beset of selfs aan die brand gesteek. Dis net regverdig dat die wat vir jare op die plek bly daar geakkommodeer word en die helfte van alle bates van Ramaphosa moet herverdeel word, sonder vergoeding aan die werkers. Dieselfde wat Ramaphosa en sy kabinet/lede van… Continue reading B-BBEE – workers must get their 51% – Ramaphosa
“B-BBEE” “EE” factors in SA
Met al hierdie wat bykom, saam die meer as 80% wat reeds swart is, is dit slegs die swart elite wat baat by swart bemagtiging en regstellende aksies vir die afgelope 25 jaar. Voeg daarby die 7.5 miljoen swartes wat reeds eiendom bekom het na 1994 en titelaktes besit. 'n Verdere byvoeging is al die… Continue reading “B-BBEE” “EE” factors in SA
ELITE Public servants – October 2019
The average government employee earns far more than the average worker outside of government – with salary increases above inflation, along with all the additional perks that come with working for the state. The government’s wage bill accounts for the largest portion of the national budget at 34%. This means for every R1,000 government… Continue reading ELITE Public servants – October 2019
B-BBEE – EE – racism and discrimination
Why must we believe what communists and their leaders are telling us about B-BBEE and EE , what is good for South Africa and what is the reality on what we experience. How many of those statistics mentioned in their reports are immigrants and illegals from Africa and other parts of the world. How… Continue reading B-BBEE – EE – racism and discrimination
Koornfontein mine – Gupta – Black Royalty Minerals (BRM) – AEMFC
Reported on 8 November in news (Moneyweb) that It has been nearly two years since the Gupta-owned operation was placed in business rescue. The sale of Koornfontein coal mine – one of the Gupta companies now in business rescue – has hit a legal obstacle: losing bidder Lurco Group is asking the High Court to… Continue reading Koornfontein mine – Gupta – Black Royalty Minerals (BRM) – AEMFC
Zuma-Ramaphosa – ANC faction – Guptas – Saxonwold
Take note, during the time Zuma was President of the ANC and country, Ramaphosa was his right hand and deputy and part of the ANC and the government. By the way - the Gupta family - accused of widespread corruption in South Africa - owned seven properties in Saxonwold and involved in mining… Continue reading Zuma-Ramaphosa – ANC faction – Guptas – Saxonwold
Magashule – faksies
Al die kaders van ANC werk nie net vir hulself nie, maar ook vir iemand anders wat die toutjies trek daar uit London uit en ook Soros kampe - daar is meer as een kampie of stoel waarop Soros sit. Hy hits die radikale geweld aan en vanaf die ander stoel word al die… Continue reading Magashule – faksies
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…???
Die berge – Retiefklip
Drakensberg - lyk voorwaar soos kollosale reuse standbeelde wat gegiet is in die klip. Another site you will want to add to your list of sites to see is the location where Piet Retief’s’ followers camped while their leader went to Zululand to parlay with the Zulu Chief Dingaan for land. The Site is named Kerkenberg because the Voortrekker’s… Continue reading Die berge – Retiefklip
Continental drift – Gondwana – Alfred Wegener (Germany)
* Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift – the idea that Earth’s continents move. Despite publishing a large body of compelling fossil and rock evidence for his theory between 1912 and 1929, it was rejected by most other scientists. It was only in the 1960s that continental drift finally became part of mainstream… Continue reading Continental drift – Gondwana – Alfred Wegener (Germany)
Tornadoes in KZN – SA (November 2019)
Four tornadoes (4) rips through Utrecht. Ulundi, Pietermaritzburg and Newcastle, northern KZN on different days/nights. The tornadoes appears to have come from a cluster of storms that started near Giants Castle in the Drakensberg and swept across KZN. You can see on the radar grab the storms moving away from Utrecht into what used… Continue reading Tornadoes in KZN – SA (November 2019)
Tara Valley and canyon
Slicing through the mountains at the northern edge of the national park, the Tara River forms a canyon that is 1300 m deep at its peak (the Grand Canyon plummets a mere 200 m deeper). The best views are from the water, and rafting along the river is one of the country's most popular tourist activities. If… Continue reading Tara Valley and canyon















