Vryheid in Waarheid … Water is Lewe
The Tskaltubo Spa Resort (or Legends Tskaltubo Spa Resort as it is officially called) is the only original sanatorium currently in use, having reopened in 2011 after an extensive renovation of two of the three grand buildings. Walking distance from Bathhouse number 6, it wouldn’t have come onto our radar screen had we not… Continue reading Georgia (legends)
Pragtige geboue en strukture in verwaarlosing en agteruitgang. Soveel prag en praal in die ou geskiedenis. Daar is verdwaalde en verdwaasde inwoners wat daar bly en probeer leef. Ongelooflik die massiewe geboue, al is dit vervalle, was dit eens 'n groot aantrekking en boomryk. Wat se nalatenskap het kommunisme maar veral die vernietigende magsbeheptheid en… Continue reading Georgia’s abandoned sanatoriums (Russia)
ER24 paramedics responded to a call just after 12pm on 16 September after a man sustained injuries after catching alight. It is alleged that the man, with another suspect, had broken into the mini substation on the property of the Westdene Recreational Centre. He has been taken to hospital after catching fire during alleged cable… Continue reading Cable theft – Kabel diefstal – Westdene
Is this a real traffic officer or not? The traffic officer stuck on moving car’s bonnet on Robert Broom Drive. It is not yet clear how this incident happened or what made the officer get on top of the car’s bonnet. The News has been made aware of a video doing the rounds on Facebook of… Continue reading Rant-en-Dal – Traffic officer stuck on moving car
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - The CPA was founded in 1911 at a meeting of Heads of Government in Westminster Hall as the then-Empire Parliamentary Association and its affairs were administered by the UK Branch. The original members were Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom. FOTO - PHOTO (1924) Westminster -… Continue reading 1911 – South Africa – Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Each country has their own border control, even African countries - try and go into EU or any other country without legal papers, like working permits, visas and passports. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s unprecedented decision to dispatch a high-profile delegation of envoys to at least seven African countries to explain the recent xenophobic violence has solicited mixed… Continue reading Ramaphosa – Extraordinary Summit (AU)
Terrorism - Arson - Optimum Mine sustained millions in damages after a devastating fire set the mine’s conveyor belts alight on Sunday, 15 September 2019. What about all the pollution in the air and water? Wie doen sulke dinge aan hul eie land? Vernietiging - nie net van infrastrukture nie, maar ook hier kan duidelik… Continue reading Eskom – Sabotasie – belastingbetalers
The judge declared that the bulk surveillance activities and foreign signals interception undertaken by the National Communications Centre were unlawful and invalid. Die regter het verklaar dat die groot toesigaktiwiteite en die onderskep van buitelandse seine wat deur die Nasionale Kommunikasiesentrum onderneem is, onwettig en ongeldig was. After a drawn-out court battle first initiated by… Continue reading Rica –
There’s a tangible madness that permeates the story of Prynnsberg. But it’s more divine madness, mad genius perhaps – and one that attracts, rather than repels. In the foothills of the Maluti Mountains, Prynnsberg forms part of a string of gentleman’s country estates established for British ex-servicemen in the eastern Free State – few of… Continue reading Prynnsberg – Estate of Grace
Heelwat Britse setlaars het net na die Anglo Boere oorlog hierheen gekom met opdragte om uit te voer. Daar is spesifiek plase uitgedeel en ander gekoop, nadat die Britse regering die Vrystaat en ZAR geannekseer het. (Duke) Westminster het in die Vrystaat begin. Moontlik ander gebiede ook. Die Engelse se plase het nie afgebrand nie,… Continue reading Britse Setlaars – 1904 – Westminster
*At the end of the Anglo Boer Wars, Lord Milner sponsored a settlement scheme in that part of the Orange Free State which stretched roughly from Thaba Nchu to Wepener. This area was known as 'The Conquered Territory' because it was the scene of the wars between the Free State Burghers and the Basuto… Continue reading Westminster in South Africa 1904
Afrikaans is a legal language in South Africa - one of 11 languages - refer to the constitution. Normally, if you hate yourself and hate another citizen's language, you are a racist because of their language and what they are busy with. Why should I hate a Zulu or Xhosa because of their mother… Continue reading Afrikaans
The Duke of Westminster’s property group had planned to demolish Walden House in London to make way for a new luxury development. Hugh Grosvenor is pictured above in 2018. A new housing development spearheaded by the Duke of Westminster has failed after council residents already living on the site accused the company of… Continue reading Duke of Westminster, London
* Afgesien dat waatlemoene baie voedsaam is, is dit ook 'n vrug met vele gebruike. Dit vertoon ook mooi saam met blomme en selfs groente rangskikkings by geleenthede. Wat is lekkerder as waatlemoen konfytstukke? Sekere stukke ook bekend as makataan. Om dit te plant, moet daar egter genoeg spasie wees om suksesvol te wees, maar… Continue reading Waatlemoene – Watermelon – Hydroponic
There are different watermelons on each continent - all different from each other. Watermelon is not only low in calories it’s packed full with nutrients and valuable health benefits. Thirst-quenching fruits are an excellent source of potassium, vitamins A and C, dietary fiber and beta-carotene. They also include super-sized amounts of lycopene, a powerful anti-cancer… Continue reading Watermelons
Immergroen en eetbaar - Die eerste blankes wat hierdie deel van die Ooskaap ingekom het, was jagters wat reeds in 1702 hier in die Sondagsrivier vallei kom olifante jag het. Vyftig jaar na die koms van Jan van Riebeeck na die Kaap was die vallei dus al bekend vir sy olifante – alles te danke… Continue reading Spekboom – Portulacaria afra / Porkbush
Rare and beautiful Orchids Ghost orchids are found in Florida and Cuba, and there are only about 2,000 ghost orchids in the state. As few as 10 percent of them flower each year during an unpredictable window in the summer. The plant has no leaves, consisting of green roots that cling to the bark… Continue reading Orchids – Dendrophylax lindenii – Peristeria elata – Habenaria radiata
* Wallenberg Institute - Soros - Sweden - South Africa - EU //... The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is named after Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jews and other people at risk in Hungary at the end of World War II. Lena Hjelm-Wallén has… Continue reading Sweden – Raoul Wallenberg Institute – ANC – GEORGE SOROS – EU: OSIFE
History - News that Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, died on Thursday at the age of 95 has sparked an outpouring of remembrance in Sweden and around the world. In a collection of historic images, The Local looks back at Mandela's ties to Sweden. "We have come to once more thank Sweden from… Continue reading Sweden – South Africa : Dr Roodt
Read what Nelson Mandela said in his speech to Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, when he visited Sweden in the final days of his tenure as president of South Africa in March 1999. When I spoke in the Swedish parliament nine years ago, almost to the day, it was as a freedom fighter, only weeks… Continue reading Sweden – Riksdag – Mandela
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