Why you should not support beggars in South Africa VIDEO

There are plenty of beggars in South Africa who have turned begging into a profession and begging is on the rise. Begging at street corners or traffic lights is a regular occurrence seen every day around the country.  There is no one particular race that outshines the beggars, Whites, Coloreds, Indians and blacks all beg for money, and some for food. 

The perception is that beggars are lazy and do not want to seek help and in some instances that is true. Often the beggars are addicted to drugs and alcohol and in a critical situation. Many youngsters have no education and work experience and are forced to beg. There are the unemployed who are not able to find a job, even though there are skills so turn to begging to feed families. Some of the circumstances as to why people land on the streets are outright disgusting, being thrown out by family. There are the beggars that fake disabilities hoping to play on the conscious of ordinary working people. 

Drug usage is a major problem among beggars. From healthy young children to elderly people, drugs and alcohol have been the source of survival and to sustain the habit, are forced to beg. Some beggars receive a paltry twenty rand a day while others can secure up to 2000 rand in one day. The amounts vary and more often than not, the money given to the beggars are used for alcohol and drugs. Many beggars are addicted to the South African drug Whonga that costs about 30 rand a hit. 

There are a few beggars who would like to stop what they are doing as they feel it is embarrassing and frightening but have nowhere to go. When asked if they would like to receive help, most refuse. Beggars turn their daily routine into a profession, and some associate it with having a job. 

Why you should not contribute to beggars is simply to stop the expansion of more people taking to the streets to survive. Begging has become an easy way to get money to support habit forming additions, contribute to laziness and criminal activities. The beggars are not the public’s responsibility but that of the government. When people continue to contribute to these homeless, drug and alcoholic people, they are expanding the problem. 

The government is ultimately responsible for supporting the homeless and unemployed. The government should be held accountable to support addictive habits through social security and places of rehabilitation. It is easy for the government to ignore the plight of the homeless and addicts when the public keep supplying money for drugs and food. 

It is a well-documented fact that there are thousands of homeless people in South Africa of all races and it is the public and churches that contribute to the welfare of these unfortunate people. It is commendable that the public and churches offer to assist yet, the government should intervene in this extreme situation.  The government has failed to curb the growth of beggars on South African streets and turning the country into another poorly governed African state.

Laura Oneale - published on South Africa Today – South Africa News

Zuma and ANC stand above the law

The African National Congress (ANC) is a disgrace to the entire continent, said Dennis Bloem, spokesperson for the Congress of the People (COPE). Bloem went on to say that President Jacob Zuma is a disgraceful individual who has broken his oath of office.  Bloem was unsympathetic and in a scathing attack on the ANC and Zuma called upon voters to realize the truth. The dictatorship and irresponsible governing must end. 

According to Zuma, it is only a relatively small band of provocateurs that are responsible for the burning of schools and vandalizing state property.  Zuma said there is absolutely no justification for such behavior and this behavior is condemned without equivocation. However, it is a little too late for the president and the ANC to condemn this action. After all, it is Zuma and the ANC comrades that taught the people on the ground how to burn down buildings and oppose a government. The ANC forget that their past actions of destroying property and protesting during apartheid are the very same action the people are doing today. What else did the ANC and Zuma expect?

The ANC are manipulating facts, hiding the truth and are desperate to remain in power. The fact that ANC voters protest against the party at Luthuli House demonstrate the aggravation of ordinary people. People on the ground have not forgiven the dishonorable president for Nkandla and other atrocities. 

Zuma and the ANC have forgotten why people are protesting and must look to the past for the answers. The protests and vandalism are associated with service deliveries, bad governance, corruption and dissatisfaction with the ANC government. The ANC protested, bombed buildings and killed innocent people during apartheid because there was dissatisfaction with the National Party.

The people want good governance and a political party that will deliver on its promises.  The ANC have failed the people of South Africa. The ANC will take every precaution to stay in power, and in the process will destroy the country. Other political parties, the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have voiced concern over the ethics of the ANC and in particular Zuma.  Above all the ANC remain defiant and adopt dictatorship strategies to enforce governing South Africa. 

Either the ANC will stay in power if the people on the ground continue to vote for a corrupt, defiant government, or the ANC will fall if the people use their votes to rid South Africa of a dangerous party. 

 The ANC comrades and Zuma will not take the blame for anything they have done. Zuma and ANC do not regard stealing from the poor as a crime; it is their dues for the struggle endured. It is only the elite of the ANC that fought for a democratic South Africa, while in exile, not the millions of oppressed members of the ANC. Today, it is only about the elite and Zuma; these are the ANC members who matter.

Laura Oneale - Published on SA Today 

Malema – Demand and You will receive

Julius Malema leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has earmarked areas that will be expropriated without compensation. In a Twitter feed, Malema will take areas such as Stellenbosch, Roodepoort and Orange Farm for distribution. Does Malema believe that the EFF party can march onto properties, evict the people and lay claim to the land? Once again the chubby man-child in true African spirit is demanding because he believes he will receive.

Malema is not a stupid person; he knows how to fire-up and agitate crowds. There are millions of disillusioned black individuals who grasp the words and promises of Malema, who knows how to tap into their pessimism. Malema is promising the masses free land, which he does not have and will now forcefully take away to give to the multitudes.

What Malema is doing is emulating the policies of his hero, Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe. Mugabe sent thousands of war veterans to get the farmers off the land. If the farmer refused to leave, they were killed or beaten. What army is Malema going to send to get whites off their legally owned properties? Dictators never play fair, and should people believe that Malema will engage in an appropriate program of land distribution? No, not, years ago, Malema said that “We’re not going to beat up white people on the farms. We’re going to engage in a program which will make them understand they must surrender the land.” The question is what program does Malema have in mind?

It is a fact, that South African farmers have owned their land for years and in some cases for over 300 years. The farmers had toiled, ploughed, planted, harvested and remain concerned when droughts threatened the sustainability of a farm. The dedication and hard work by the farmers were for the benefit of the population who ate the fruits of their labor. Now the unskilled want the land back for nothing and bearing in mind that farmland given to blacks are today unproductive. Land that belonged to nobody centuries ago and now this land is their birthright.

Both the EFF and the African National Congress (ANC) want the white people’s land, the land that is already developed. The lands that are toiled, and sown, the land where roads and houses have been built, Land where infrastructure works. They do not want undeveloped land as there will be nothing developed, it would be hard work.

Malema has made land reform the key issue ahead of the local government elections. In true form, there is no thought given to the consequences following stupid actions. Malema should petition the ANC government to start governing the country properly instead of rattling and convincing his uneducated followers to get whites off their lands. Malema is dangerous and should not be underestimated.

Here is the story curtsy of Boere Krisis Aksie:
The Economic Freedom Fighters have identified areas in Stellenbosch, Sandton, Roodepoort and Orange Farm as amongst the areas they will occupy ‘without compensation.’

They didn’t say what they planned to do with the whites who now already live and farm there. They also didn’t say what they intend to do with the many tens of thousands of poor black families who already live at Orange Farm – which is not a ‘farm’ but a squatter camp…

The outlaw-party revealed on Monday that some of the land they have identified will be used to build hospitals‚ police stations‚ taxi ranks and farming.

“We shall expropriate land without compensation for equal redistribution. This is the EFF Land Plan‚” the party said on its Twitter feed.

“The EFF is prepared to fight for the allocation of land till the highest court in the land. We can’t pay for stolen land‚” the party said.

It identified Stellenbosch in the Western Cape as well as Gauteng’s Sandton‚ Roodepoort and Orange Farm amongst some of the areas which it has its eye on for land redistribution.
“Kayamandi next to Stellenbosch is an area of to square kilometres with a 24‚645 and with 5‚551 households per km2.

“Stellenbosch is an area of 793.5 km2 with a population of 35‚570‚ and about ten households square kilometres while Kayamandi next to it suffers.”
The EFF said the Roodepoort and Orange Farm areas had long been identified “as having great potential for farming.”

The party signaled that Sandton‚ which has a lesser population compared to its neighbouring township Alexandra, which is home to more than 500‚000 people has been eyed for expanding Alex.
The EFF indicated that it would contest all 278 municipalities for the upcoming elections.”

By Laura Oneale - published on South Africa Today – South Africa News

Muzzle the Media Demonstrates the ANC desperation

The current attempts to muzzle the media is a clear indication of the African National Congress (ANC) desperation. By banning real live events and keeping people uninformed about the actual situation in South Africa, the ANC have moved a step closer to dictatorship. Control of the media is a sign that can lead South Africa into a one-party state.  Is this the sole objective of the ANC?

You will never get justice in South Africa when criminals create the rules. The ANC and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) do not want people to see certain footage because they believe people will be corrupted. Freedom of information is a powerful tool in the hands of ordinary citizens. The ANC believe that the violence, the burning of buildings, riots will enforce people to become copycats and criminals. What the ANC have forgotten is that these incidents are not a spur of the moment actions triggered by events broadcast on television. These protests are planned, by community leaders who debate issues and take action based on government refusal to meet their demands. 

The decision not to show violent protests has nothing to do with promoting violence. It has all to do with protecting the ANC during the elections.  By banning the protesting events, the ANC can protect its image and change the mindset of people. 

The SABC argues that using violent protesting footage is a promotion to encourage others to follow. The SABC have a weak excuse as the station plays movies of murder, war and other social ills all the time. Is this then not a promotion of violence?  Of course, when the SABC tells the story of anti-apartheid or a liberation struggle, the station shows protests of police and unarmed black people fighting for freedom on the streets. 

It is this type of footage the ANC and the SABC do not want you to see because they believe you will be corrupted. Is this the kind of stories the ANC do not want you to read because it will damage the reputation of the party.

21 March 1960: Sharpeville Massacre

Police shoot and kill protesters at Sharpeville and at Langa, Cape Town.

The Sharpeville and Langa incidents bring journalists to South Africa in large numbers, and international audiences see shocking footage of the massacre on television.  Pictures played an important part in the local publishing of the events.  Laurence Gandar, the editor of the Rand Daily Mail, decides not to publish one of these, which shows bodies strewn as far as the camera could see because it might inflame further violence.

Cape Times driver, Richard Lombard, is killed in Langa.  The photographer and reporter, Cloete Breytenbach and Terry Mc Comb Herbst, whom Lombard had driven into the township, escaped with the assistance of the police. Lombard was taken out of the car by the rioting crowd, shot, doused with gasoline and burnt.  A limb was severed from his body.  Herbst had a bottle smashed over his head.63  The editor of the Cape Times, Victor Norton, banned staff from entering the townships "until things quietened down". 

18 June 1976

Police come under heavy fire in Alexandra, "but this was almost entirely concealed to protect white morale and the confidence of investors.

Alexandra was at war, with the army called in to back up the police, but the press collaborated with the government to conceal the fact.  The police were caught by surprise and suffered casualties (including probable deaths), but these were not revealed."

From this present moment, the SABC will not cover violence or bad news of any kind. South Africans can relax, it will only be good news and a closer move to a dictatorship.  

Laura Oneale - published on  South Africa Today – South Africa News