South Africa Living in Cuckoo Land - THE END

This post will be the last in the series South Africa Living in Cuckoo Land. We will continue with our truthful findings and begin a new powerful series South Africa Sins of the Fathers.

South Africa Living in Cuckoo Land - The End

Erasmus has been involved in various issues. During the late 1990's, he was the deponent in court cases against the Municipalities in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Ekurhuleni. All these matters dealt with tender irregularities. Despite the process of delaying from the Municipalities’ sides, Erasmus was always on the side that was vindicated. At that stage already, he was starting to become worried as to the preference afforded to the Municipalities, as organs of state, by the courts.

Unnecessary delays with the resultant cost implications. Erasmus made it abundantly clear that in the court case by ABSA’s Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) (Pty)Ltd for the tender to administer the payment of grants of behalf of SASSA (SA Social Security Agency) that the tender was from the beginning highly circumspect. It took the Constitutional Court to clarify the situation, namely that there were serious irregularities involved in the awarding of this tender to Net1, the winning bidder. Why did it have to take so long? Do the aggrieved directors and shareholders of ABSA’s CPS have a claim against the directors and shareholders of Net1 for damages? In all probability, yes. Net1 is a listed company in New York.

Erasmus was involved in the Madhlopa commission of Inquiry into irregularities at the

Highveld District Municipality in Middelburg, Mpumalanga in 1999/2000 after he was one of the vociferous complainants to then Pres Thabo Mbeki in respect of the tender irregularities. In the final report of the Madhlopa Commission, he is referred to as the man for democracy who is not afraid to go the extra mile or two. Erasmus was also the last investigator and author of the report into the irregularities pertaining to the Mbombela Soccer Stadium prior to the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa. He was scathing as to the role played by the National Treasury. This report is the story, which supposedly led to the murder of Jimmy Mohlala, the Speaker at the Mbombela Municipality in Nelspruit. The investigation by the Hawks – the dodgy special investigation unit under control of the SAPS and the DPSA (Directorate Public Prosecutions, Division of the NPA – National Prosecuting Authority) has come to naught. Various actions were brought to derail these investigations, as to the legality thereof, the authorities do not seem to interested in finalizing this issues, such as many other matters!

During the early 1990’s Iran and Iraq was embroiled in a war in which the USA was providing the Iraqis with satellite info to counter the Iranian aggression. In this war, the Iranians had pushed and became entangled in the marshes at Basra. In this battle, the Iraqis killed 10 000 Iranians with the help of South African manufactured G5 cannons and their 155mm ammunition.

South Africa had supplied the G5 guns and ammunition to Saddam Husain as part of a deal brokered by the CIA from the USA and the Mossad from Israel. This agreement was made in order to provide South Africa oil in exchange for these artillery pieces that proved to be so effective. In the whole transaction, there was one key player, ARMSCOR – the State owned procurement entity that has been involved in may a shady dealing.
Armscor as the state’s procurement agency pertaining to defense has always relied on the secrecy provisions in the legislation in order to hide their nefarious activities. In this respect the infamous incident of Jorge Pinol, who secured helicopters for the RSA and who was screwed out of his commission? Any and every court action has been sabotaged to such an extent that Pinol will have extreme difficulty in obtaining his dues.

During October 1987 through to June 1988, the South Africans were busy fighting in Angola in order to take Quito Cuanavale. The South Africans had some 9000 troops deployed in the theatre of war. This case was allegedly in support of Jonas Savimbi, the leader of the opposition, UNITA. At this stage, there was already a atmosphere of unease amongst white South Africa as to the duration, and the cost of this excursion, linked to the local unrest with the ANC supporters trying to make the country ungovernable. The South Africans had lost air superiority due to the Cubans deploying in their MiG fighters. There was an increasing sensitivity to the death of soldiers’ lives that were forced ‘by law’ to partake in a stint of national service.
The allegations were that the black troops under the South Africans’ control were also becoming restless, as the South Africans did not seem to assured of a definitive victory. This whilst the Angolans were receiving massive sources of support from the Cubans and the Russians.

The South Africans were growing more and more attentive at this point and surmised that if the situation was not brought under control, the Angolans with the Russian and Cuban help would invade Namibia and be in charge of such by Easter 1988.

At this stage, South Africa had already built six atom bombs, but they lacked the guidance devices for the delivery thereof. In this regard, this was done with Israeli assistance. The Israelis nevertheless, had developed guidance systems at their

facilities at Demona, in the Negev desert. They had agreed thereupon to ensure that the South Africans could procure two of these systems. In all these issues, Armscor was central. The President of the RSA at this stage, Mr. P W Botha via his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pik Botha issued an ultimatum to the Angolans. If the Angolans were not free of the Cubans and Russians by 31 December 1987, Luanda would be a nuclear wasteland on 1 January 1988.

This was indeed now reaching levels of desperation. However, Israel could not be seen to be supplying these guidance systems directly to the RSA. If this had become public knowledge, it would have become politically disastrous for both the Israelis and the USA, who clearly supplied know how to the Israelis. In order to create a cut out the decision was apparently taken to ship these guidance systems via Taipei, Taiwan with whom the RSA had close relations. The guidance systems might have reached the RSA in a roundabout way. In this regard, Armscor was to handle all these arrangements. To this effect, they still have their own freight division until today, which is called AB Logistics. This is what in all probability led to the downing of the SAA Helderberg with all lives on board. The Helderberg, a 747-244 Combi ZS-SAS belonging to SA Airways crashed some 270 km off the Island of Mauritius with the loss of all souls on board.
Speculation has been rife as to what could have been the case hereof.

One rumor doing the rounds, was about the ammonium perchlorate on board, a devilishly unstable and dangerous propellant for use in rocket fuel. This seemed to have been a smoke screen set out by the RSA authorities. SOMCHEM, at that point an Armscor subsidiary, was already manufacturing this ammonium perchlorate since 1985 as a propellant for use in the rocket assisted 155 mm ammunition fired by the G5 guns. This would increase the range of these guns to 83 kilometers, an absolute advantage. Always the name of Armscor pops up. However, the most likely scenario would have been that it was the two guidance systems that have been on board of the Helderberg that brought it down.

When the news of the Helderberg down reached the RSA authorities, a Navy strike craft was ordered at breakneck speed from Simonstown naval base to Mauritius whence the XO (Executive Officer) on board was one Johnny Kamerman. The same Kamerman was to play a future role in the notorious Arms Scandal, which is today the subject of a Commission of Enquiry into the said scandal. Kamerman eventually ended up leaving the SA Navy and working for the German consortium, which supplied the extremely expensive submarines to the RSA.

Armscor at this time was tasked with obtaining and supplying to the military whatever they required in the war with the Angolans. In this regard, the employees at Armscor grasped the lesson exceptionally fast and also came to realize that there were opportunities for themselves in order to secure a future for themselves and their families. It must be clearly understood that not all employees at Armscor were imbued with such unethical and criminal intent. Armscor was using SAA aircraft to transport dangerous munitions in this sanctions busting era. Should this had become widely known, no country would allow SAA landing rights or even over flights rights at the time.
What is most compelling is that immediately after the crash of the Helderberg, the Mount Plaisance Airport in Mauritius was closed, and an American C141 landed with the latest submersible. Simultaneously also the German Oceanographic vessel chartered by SAA and Boeing was waved off and could only commence with their search some 12 hours later. It would appear that the Americans had found the Helderberg and its cargo and retrieved the guidance systems, which was never mentioned in any press reports until only years later.

The fact of the matter is that the Captain of the Helderberg seems to have been threatened at various stages. He could have landed anywhere along the route, i.e. Diego Garcia, an island used by the USA for surveillance operations. He did not, and it would appear as the RSA authorities were reluctant to have this knowledge become public, as the

international repercussions would have been severe! They would most likely have had civilians die and cover it up.

Although the ANC government wished to re-open the matter, it was shut down. The only logical explanation thereto can be, is because the Government would be liable for damages running into their billions.

Yet it is Armscor, which is central to all these issues!

The killing of a country’s own people?

A cesspool? Living in Cuckoo Land!

By Laura Oneale and collaboration with other people.

South Africa Living in Cuckoo Land - Part 10

Part 10 - the continued story about cuckoo land

In February 2014, Pres Zuma awarded medals to the soldiers who were in CAR as well as to the families of those so killed. A highly controversial award was also made on the day. The Major who deserted his post in the fighting and crawled up under a tree to cry was awarded a medal. The troops of the units that were in Bangui on that day are terribly upset and have threatened to return their medals.

However, it’s the same Maphiyanwha and Smit who instigated a fire storm against Erasmus and Company. In this regard, their pitiful soldiering leaves much to desire and can only make them a laughing stock of the world. This despite SA Special Forces being populated with many brave soldiers who have already done more than their share. It is the same Maphiyanwha who have lost three laptops with all the sensitive information of the Special Forces on it. Yet, no charges had been brought against the drunken lout! The question to ask is whom he sold it to.

Maphiyanwha and Smit had set out to tarnish Erasmus and company as Boeremag, an issue Erasmus and co did not take kindly to. This was an old tactic employed by these two despicable louts. Thereafter they roped in Armscor who had been shown up by Erasmus and co, who fabricated stories and sold it to their comrades at SARS in order to destroy Erasmus and co. Upon turning to the courts, Erasmus found that the courts were bending backwards in order to satisfy the criminal behavior of these persons. Upon further delving into these situations, Erasmus and co found that the remnants of the CCB (Civil Cooperation Bureau) were behind all of this.

In creating bogus threats, it would seem as if these scoundrels would be protecting the country from threats inside the borders. In particular, the threats emanate from these people. By creating these fake threats, they only succeeded in casting the nets in the wrong direction and leaving the country vulnerable. To what one may ask? Whatever one might see in one’s own nightmares would be a reasonable reply.

The GCHQ template has been used with proper aplomb by these criminals in the employ of the State here in the RSA. At the SSA, one Herman Crause was identified as being one of the main instigators of the so called Boeremag threat. In this regard, a certain Genl Hankel in the SAPS had been identified as an MI6 agent, the handler of Thabo Mbeki when he was President. He has surrounded himself with electronic systems, the best and the latest available. As to whether these devices have been deployed within, the ambit of the legislation is a question that still has to be answered. It also makes sense as to how, and why the GCHQ templates would emerge against innocent persons in the RSA, as an MI6 agent Genl Hankel would surely have access to such systems emanating from within the British Intelligence community.

Instead of deploying such against the enemies of the RSA, it has been deployed in order to steal business.

On 14 March 2012, all the weapons brought into the RSA for demonstration and testing purposes, stored in SASF bunkers under a valid contract was confiscated by the Hawks. Maphiyanwha was the driving force in this regard. As has been seen earlier, he has a lot to answer for. Until today, none of the allegations raised against Erasmus and co could have been proven, as there never was any veracity thereto.

On 4 December 2012, the houses of Erasmus and his co-directors were raided as well as the offices of NGAM. In this regard, the affidavits of Vanessa Du Toit, the Director for the compliance at the NCACC were used for the warrants. Again, no allegations could be substantiated against Erasmus and co. However, their business was crippled and the dark forces in play had set out to destroy them. Members of Defense Intelligence and Crime Intelligence had set out to destroy their business. Their computers and documents were carted off. Their business contacts had been contacted by these people. All in keeping with the GCHQ template!

If ever there was a case of unbridled theft by abusing the law, then this is it. It goes further, Armscor called a new tender for East Bloc weapons, which closed on 14 January 2014. Erasmus had made it clear to Armscor in a letter that he holds the representation for quite a time. However, one Eytan Nevo who works for Bidvest and represents a company called ATL-SA, entered into a contract with Armscor for the supply of these weapons despite there being a Joint Venture agreement with NGAM that is of an open ended nature. In this regard, a delegation had visited Bulgaria in March in order to inspect the weapons. This despite Nevo informing Erasmus that there would be no dealings with Armscor. Erasmus is also aware that Nevo has been throughout in contact with Maphiyanwha.

What a cesspool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IN ADDITION, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO DEFEND SOUTH AFRICA.

LORD HAVE MERCY ON ALL OF US!

South Africa Living in Cuckoo Land - Part 9

Before continuing with the story PART 9, it is important to share the following information :
Thanks to Edward Snowden the whole world knows what’s been happening at the National Security Agency (NSA) in America. The interception and the targeting of organisations and individuals etc.

In February 2014, The Intercept and NBC News released several GCHQ documents detailing the agency’s propaganda and deception tactics.

GCHQ


"The Doughnut", the headquarters of the GCHQ.
The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is a British intelligence agency responsible for providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance to the British government and armed forces. Based in "The Doughnut", in the suburbs of Cheltenham, it operates under the formal direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) alongside the Security Service (MI5), the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Defense Intelligence (DI). GCHQ is the responsibility of the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, but it is not a part of the Foreign Office and its Director ranks as a Permanent Secretary.
GCHQ was originally established after the First World War as the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) and was known under that name until 1946. During the Second World War, it was located at Bletchley Park, where it was famed for its role in the breaking of the German Enigma codes. Currently there are two main components of the GCHQ, the Composite Signals Organization (CSO), which is responsible for gathering information, and the CESG, which is responsible for securing the UK's own communications. The Joint Technical Language Service (JTLS) is a small department and cross-government resource responsible for mainly technical language support and translation and interpreting services across government departments. It is co-located with GCHQ for administrative purposes.

The following is fascinating to note from these published documents.

The first document deals with the covert tactics to discredit a target, which are as follows:
• Set up a honey-trap
• Change their photos on social networking sites
• Write a blog purporting to be one of their victims
• Email/text their colleagues, neighbors, friends etc.
The second document deals with the following in order to discredit a company:
• Leak confidential information to companies/the press via blogs etc.
• Post negative information on appropriate forums
• Stop deals / ruin business relationships

The above information is credited to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doughnut
and
http://www.wnd.com/2014/02/govt-handbook-for-internet-trolls-uncovered/
and

http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_02_25/Disrupt-degrade-deceive-western-agents-...

PART 9

In this regard, a South African Company, NGAM and its directors had fallen foul of these tactics employed against them by inter alia the South African State Security Agency (SSA), The Defense Intelligence of the SANDF, SARS (The Revenue Service) , The NCACC (The National Conventional Arms Control Committee), The HAWKS, a specialized investigation unit of the SAPS, etc.

All of these agencies so mentioned are staffed by people who have no idea what they are doing, except to promote evil and to turn the RSA into a deadly cesspool. The Company’s Johan Erasmus and his co- directors had won a tender to supply East Block weapons to SA Special Force via Armscor, the State procurement company notorious for leading discrepancies. After winning the contract, they experienced unprecedented disruption pertaining to the delivery of this contract. Even until today they have been short paid by Armscor, for a small business this represents a death knell!

Due to the sabotage from Armscor’s side and massive breaches of contract, the damages could exceed much more than a billion rand! Erasmus and company delivered. Not only were they short paid by Armscor, Armscor had also failed to pay the import duties on some of the weapons which led to the SA Forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) being outgunned. Armscor was also the creators of a brand new alphabet, the latest delivery as per the Letter of Credit was stated as 30 November 2011. Erasmus and company had delivered the second plane’s cargo on 31 October 2011. A month early! However, Armscor raised penalties for late delivery. After showing to Armscor that November comes after October and not vice versa, Armscor waived the penalties but still insist that such penalties are due.

Not only is Armscor part and parcel of failure as to what happened in the CAR where the South Africans had lost 15 troops, but the officials involved in these weapons being held under SARS control for not paying the moneys due to SARS, should be charged with culpable homicide. Erasmus had written as such to the President, Mr. Jacob Zuma, but nothing seems to have happened.

Prior to elaborating on the experiences of Erasmus and NGAM as per the GCHQ strategy documents. The charge against Erasmus and Company was led by the Military Police’s AB Chavenduka under the guidance of Col DBT Smit from SA Special Forces. Smit is the senior staff officer research and has been promoted way above his competencies. When Smit and Brig Genl Rudzani Maphiyanwha, the Officer Commanding SA Special Forces they set a train in motion based on the principles as encapsulated in the GCHQ documents.
Brig Genl Maphiyanwha is the very same person who has been posted as a political command to SA Special Forces. In effect, he is actually a lovely person although extremely corrupt! The allegations are that during March of this year he had a delegation visiting SA Special Forces from China. One of the places he wanted to show them is the Urban Fighting Centre, known as the Killing House- an impressive hub located at SA Special Forces School.

CASPIR ON DRY LAND
During this period, Pretoria experienced a lot of rain, at an unusually high rate and the rivers were bursting their banks. En route, they had to cross a river to the killing house. The delegation climbed into a Caspir APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) and set off to the killing house. In this process, they had to cross a river that was already running high over its banks. On the instruction of Maphiyanwha, the driver set off and continued onto a steel bridge over the river. At this, the Caspir was flooded with Chinese visitors taking their clothes off and swimming out. Maphiyanwha could not swim and climbed onto the roof of the Caspir from where he was rescued by helicopter and hospitalized for trauma! The photo shows the Caspir caught in the river’s overflow with just its roof sticking out. Would it not have been cheaper to have left Maphiyanwha there until the river subsided and he could walk out? This is the description on leadership prevalent in the SANDF today.

CASPIR DURING THE FLOODS

Another telling point is that in CAR, the Intelligence officer from SSA and the DI (Defense) had been sitting tailoring their reports on the veranda of the Hotel in Bangui, the Capital of CAR. According to their reports as it had been alleged, they concluded that the Seleka rebels were a ragtag bunch armed with AK – 47’s and wooden clubs. In fact, the Seleka’s were joined by Chadian Special Forces and had quite a number of “technicals” in their possession. Technicals are light trucks, and in this case, they were armored with twin barrel ZU 23x152 mm guns. Formidable weapons and certainly not wooden clubs!

It was also alleged that when the commander on the ground requested Artillery, Mortar bombs and other equipment, that it was refused based on the fact of the intelligence reports provided by the drinking brothers in Bangui. The result thereof is that some 15 SANDF soldiers died as no indirect fire could be brought to bear by the mortars and the artillery as there was none. This would have prevented in all likelihood the unnecessary deaths of the SANDF soldiers. If the Selekea commander did not stop, the fighting over 200 South African soldiers would have been slaughtered. What was the South Africans doing there? This question has not yet been answered although the returning soldiers all had to sign confidentiality documents as to their stay in CAR. It would not be amiss to all that CAR had to protect private business investment. In this regard, the apparent elimination of January Masilela, a former Secretary of Defense, relating to a bungled deal of uranium deposits could jolly well be an indication of what’s been going on.

This story will continue in Part 10.

South Africa Living in Cuckoo Land - Part 8

SOUTH AFRICA – CUCKOO LAND: AN EVIL CESSPOOL? continued

A question needs to be asked as to why the Libyan government had not taken any action in order to ascertain as to what moneys had ever come to South Africa and as to where it is now?

Anything and everything in the RSA is about money. Apartheid was about money, the ANC’s struggle was about money as so eloquently put by one Smuts Ngonyama at the time when he was to garner R 120 million by way of a dubious transaction – “I did not join the struggle to be poor”. Very telling.

Indeed the principle followed today in the RSA coincides to a T with the Marxist ideology as can be seen in their failed attempts at taking over Chile and Turkey. South Africa is being marshalled into a Marxist state by a nomenclature which makes the Old Russian power of Brezhnev ET all look like a kindergarten. Even Pres Putin had to learn that for these so called leaders in the RSA, a contract means nothing. The building and the financing of nuclear reactors for the RSA had come apart due to the alleged leadership not honouring their contractual undertakings. These are the people who want to be the leaders in Africa. Smell the cess-pool!! The building of a power station, Medupi, at twice the rate of anywhere else in the world – what is wrong with this picture? ESCOM, the power utility running out of capacity! What is wrong with this picture? Newly rich – some 50 000 of them in USD terms being millionaires. In a 20 years time – bottom feeders?

RW Johnson, a former journalist makes the point in an open letter to Ronnie Kasrils as to when he found out that the ruling party, the ANC is corrupt. The fact is that the previous president, Thabo Mbeki due to his denials pertaining to Aids had cost the country the lives of 360 000 people! Yet, nobody brings charges against him for crimes against humanity! It was President Zuma who rolled out ARV’s at no cost, the same person who is blamed for the corruption. As Johnson states, did people not realize that the ANC is corrupt? As a matter of fact after the elections in 1994 which brought the ANC to power in the RSA, the members of the French Communist party which were in the RSA as observers, were so disgusted with the pilfering and blatant theft by members of the ANC of donor funds that they left South Africa remarkably quickly. President Mandela declared it struggle accounting!

The only difference today is that it seems to have snowballed. Today one sees that Julius Malema from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have been implicated in

questionable state tenders. The RSA Constitutional Court had in the last month given judgment in a matter of Tender Irregularities pertaining to the payment of allowances to the poor on behalf of the State.

When 1.6 million taxpayers bear the burden of the 17 million beneficiaries for these allowances, it becomes clear that the country is heading for a major problem. With the problems affecting the world economy, this must surely sooner rather than later impact on the country.

Max Du Preez in his latest book “A Rumor of spring” addresses the “selfish and corrupt ANC.” In the current environment, it makes sense. However, what about the National Party (NP), what about the governments under Mandela and Mbeki? The question is, to what extent are the wrongs of Zuma but a splinter in everybody’s eye? This does not mean that one should have to accept it, be content therewith. However, the role of the Intelligence Agencies under Zuma is actually a mighty worrisome issue.
In the matter of the Boeremag trial, some sixteen white police officers were implicated as training and providing these people with the explosives eventually used. Even the professed key witness in this case was paid R 6, 6 million in cash it has been alleged. It is abundantly clear that the police service and the intelligence agencies are seriously compromised and are creating issues in order to show results. How many of the alleged drug busts were actually created by the police service? All of this to create a diversion and to re-focus the governments’ attention to somewhere else. For what rhyme or reason?

The intelligence services dominate the press. The people who preach about the freedom of the press are targeted by every notorious intelligence service that is a reality at any given time. However, in South Africa they are being played by the intelligence services. Defense Intelligence, the State Security Agency etc, they are all in cahoots with journalists such as Erica Gibson, Jacques Pauw, George Mazarakis etc. The bulk of the black journalists are continuously in contact with intelligence services despite their denial thereto. People have no idea as what is going on in the RSA, the fact that the Intelligence Agencies are being used to steal for their bosses. During the apartheid days, some of them were running syndicates of stolen motor vehicles through the neighboring countries. Today they are stealing businesses, as before, the reference to the Tollgate saga and the Pinnacle Property history. The same people, repeatedly.
The Mail & Guardian carried articles over a couple of weeks of the role being played by the intelligence agencies in assisting the leading players in the tobacco industry to establish their position. Whilst there are indeed bona fide issues pertaining to smuggled cigarettes whereby the State had been losing massive amounts of taxes, this does not mean that these intelligence agencies should be in the employ of these companies. Yet, this is exactly what happens according to these articles.
Images of Sherwood Forest and the king’s evil men are conjured up!

In this whole issue, the role of the SA Revenue Services (SARS) is also spotlighted. The feeling amongst South Africans is that SARS is nothing else but a bunch of jackbooted Gestapo’s as their actions seem to be a duplicate of the Gestapo playbook. It has also been a feature in the legal profession that whence one takes on the State that SARS will follow. In this regard, they will exploit the existing legislation, which is of a draconian nature. Many people have had experiences whereby moneys are taken from their accounts based on moneys due, which generally end up actually as being a pre advancement of the state. It takes ages to recover one’s own money.
SARS are being used as a tool of victimization by the officials in the more than 800 parastatals in South Africa. In this regard, one Johan Erasmus and NGAM (New Generation Arms Management) became such a victim. Instead of paying, the more than R 1, 9 million owing and due to NGAM, SARS and Armscor conspired to raise massive fictitious amounts in taxes on both of them and to treat anybody in the vicinity with the same brush. SARS had been declaring certain collections during the year, but it would seem as if this could be fabricated in most cases. This in a country where one, 6 million taxpayers are carrying the burden for 17 million beneficiaries. Thus, if there is a false declaration, the effect thereof would be that less money is actually available to be spent by the State. This plus the ongoing over spending and massive corruption is certainly at the heart of the fact that the debt of the State is starting to exceed 30% of GDP (gross domestic product).

Erasmus is also a registered debt collector, who has moved away from this in the current years. Until 2009,, he was involved in the collection of Regional Council Levies (RSC Levies), under Act 109 of 1985. The payment of these levies was repudiated by the then Min of Finance, Mr. Trevor Manuel. The most intriguing was that the Act was not repealed, only the payment of the levies were repealed, a exceedingly strange situation. By 2008, the RSC levy income throughout the country was standing in excess of R 8,8billion, a much unencumbered income for the Municipalities. The shortfall of these levies was to be made up by additional payments from SARS according to certain formulas. However, the non-payment of these levies was and still is a criminal offence.
The fact that the Act has not been repealed means that the violation still stands, even if it should be repealed now. At the time, Erasmus according to the regulations in this issue pointed out that different powerful entities owed millions to the City of Tshwane, the Municipality in the Greater Pretoria. Amongst those so identified was the National Treasury, on their investment income, according to Erasmus. Also implicated was SANRAL (The SA National Roads Agency), also on their investment income. All these calculations could be made based on public information. The City of Tshwane lost just in these two matters at this time more than R 200 million, more than 10% of the municipality is operating budget. SARS and the National Treasury both fall under the Ministry of Finance- is it coincidental that SARS cloaks itself it the mantle of the Gestapo and sets of after Erasmus? Erasmus and the company he was working for at this point lost 15% on the amounts due as it was never paid. Yet, SANRAL is the same dubious entity who wants to prosecute everyone for the non – payment of E-Toll levies, which according to all information is clouded in a great controversy. The foreign shareholders in the company appointed to collect the e-tolls; Kapsch International apparently belongs to the Gupta family, a dubious band from Indian ancestry who started out from a shoe shop until they met Pres Jacob Zuma.

Erasmus quite obviously has tried every possible and difficult method to rectify this issue out. The CEO of SANRAL. M Nazir Ali is the same person who apparently said to Devi Sankaree Govender from Carte Blanche when she was interviewing him that she should “give a brother a break.” Erasmus had referred this to Themba Godie, the Chairperson in Parliament of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA.) After a meeting between Godie and SARS, the issue of the unpaid levies was swept of the table. What happened there? Was there a deal struck between SARS and Godie?

However, Erasmus has lodged criminal charges with the SAPS (Police). All to no avail. Nevertheless, SANRAL insists on e-tolls being paid and threatens all and mixed with legal action. It is a fact in law that one cannot approach a court of law with dirty hands. This point seems to elude all and sundry!

To be continued............
Every picture has a story to tell. Perhaps one day we will tell all the stories..

South Africa Living in Cuckoo Land - Part 7

SOUTH AFRICA – CUCKOO LAND: AN EVIL CESSPOOL?

South Africa has always been known as a country which punched far above its weight.
Such a miserable country which produced heroes in the World Wars, International acclaim in the Arts, Medicines, IT etc.

What’s gone wrong? Father Stofile, a Previous premier of the Eastern Cape claimed that if the USA had too much to say about the athlete Castor Semenya at the time that it would lead to a Third World War. How bloody stupid you can be. This refrain is one which will be highlighted throughout. Indeed examples will be shown of how South Africa is sinking into an evil cesspool!

The current President of the RSA, Jacob Zuma was one of the few Zulus in the struggle, now that the Zulus have started enriching themselves, they are all supporting the ANC

(African National Congress) to the exclusion of everyone else and by utilising the professed Intelligence Services of the RSA. A country on the verge of collapsing and drowning in the cesspool created by itself. Instead of focusing on foreign aspects, locally on lack of service delivery, the intelligence services in the RSA is being utilised in order to steal businesses for the so-called elite. The claim that BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) is a cornerstone of their policy. However, the Black mass is not shaping up as the refrain is always, “we want a little money...” This is where the bitterness and the xenophobia come in as the lazy locals just want to steal. The Police in the RSA are an ineffective instrument of the State, currently being utilised to steal and to steal and to steal. The legal system is so compromised that there is a unusually little chance of ever obtaining justice.

In order to highlight these aspects, I shall continue with situations which are all too familiar in order to validate as to what’s happening and as to why the RSA is becoming a cesspool. In France at the time of the killing of Moumar Gaddafi, the local arms company in France belonging to the State, Nexter, gave then President Zarkouzy a Billion Euros in order to get rid of Gaddafi. The reason thereto that they would be in the forefront of new contracts with the new Libyan regime for massive orders. At this time, Gaddafi’s moneys were moved to the RSA, billions of dollars, hundreds of billions!!! Names such as Nissim Dangor, Jesse Duarte and her brother, as well as the Dockrats were mentioned, as to the truth thereto, who will know!! However, a certain Abrahams – working for the National Prosecuting Authority have been implicated assigning these moneys into South Africa, whence apparently a lot of it had gone missing. Allegations have surfaced that some of this money was used to build a highway to Pres Zuma’s compound at Nkandla in Kwazulu Natal. Also, an agent of the State Security Agency (SSA), a alleged Intelligence establishment of a decidedly dubious character whereby a majority of them has been compromised by foreign services or otherwise just sold their allegiance to whoever would give them money. Firstly it has been rumoured that this agent, George Darmanovitch has received some Euro 25 million stemming from the Gaddafi moneys. The question is therefore who else has received moneys from the Gaddafi stash and whether it was legal?

The Prime Minister in Libya in 2012/2013, Ali Zeidan was trying to put his hands on these moneys via the South Africans. His cousin was the charge d’affaires at the Libyan Embassy in Pretoria. All communications would go through him, and even some of it was allegedly falsified. The previous ambassador, AL-Zubaydi, had build up a network of the usual scoundrels so implicated in the disappearance of the Gaddafi moneys. What is clear however is that the SA Reserve Bank had played a key role in this whole fracas? In this regard, a certain Blackbeard at the Reserve Bank has got a lot to answer. This is the same Blackbeard which has been implicated in the stealing of 60% of the rights of the RSA‘s coal reserves for a miniscule amount and transferred overseas.
He has also been implicated in the Pinnacle Point debacle whereby the people so involved had been extremely much the same so implicated in the Tollgate saga. The Police are unfit to be able to do anything. It would seem as if only the right of the criminals count, truly a smelly affair, and not of peaches. A cesspool?

This story continues in Part 8