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Sunday, May 3, 2015

South Africa Ruthless Murders Do Not Stop

The ruthless murders happening in and around South Africa do not stop; everyday people are killed in a cold-hearted, unemotional manner. Today a woman was savagely raped and killed on the East Rand along with two men. The police reported that two of the suspects were apprehended, and the search for the other missing two would continue.

Reports described the murder of a Northern Cape Nurse in the Upington area as a satanic ritual. On Wednesday, Katrina Jagers aged 50 was brutally murdered by her attacker in a parking lot. The attacker has been dubbed the Gordonia butcher. A witness described the gruesome murder and said the attacker, while shouting out blasphemous remarks, chased the victim who was trying to run away. The attacker had a knife, ripped open Jagers stomach and pulled out the intestines. The attacker used the blood of the victim to write the number “35” on a flat door.

In KwaZulu-Natal, on April 30, eight males attacked a father and son, who were both stabbed in the face and head with broken bottles. The attackers fled in a car, and a police search is underway.
During the month of April, a Cape Town woman was found hacked to death by her grandson who had to gain entry through a window of her home. Reports indicate that the body of Sandra Malcolm a 74-year-old British ex-pat had been mutilated. The police have yet to confirm the details. In the same week as this senseless murder, a Dr. Meyer and his caregiver were tortured with a homemade weapon, a fence dropper full of nails on a farm near the Vaal water area. The attackers tied up the men who were left for dead. The police have arrested three men in connection with this incident.

In South Africa, there are daily reports of ruthless murders, and it would seem that the public are becoming accustomed to reading about the cruel, insensitive torture, attackers use on victims. Will the murders ever stop, and does the government give a damn? It would appear that the daily horrific deaths occurring throughout the land is a result of South Africa becoming a lawless country.

Do these attackers hunger for freedom or do they hunger for rape and blood? Thousands of people died in conflicting tribal wars during the 1980’s. A parallel between those and the current wave of ruthless murders, including the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa are striking. The horrendous “necklace” ritual of placing a burning tire around the victims’ neck or the brandishing of cultural weapons used to slash a victim in a ghastly manner.

South Africa is 21 years into a democratic country, and there are still people living in hostels. Hostels were the staging ground for the late apartheid tribalism. Perhaps the mutilating killings of the past have never stopped. Perhaps the barbaric manner used to kill people is an inherited cultural occurrence. On Mar 15, 1961 a group of terrorists from a communist camp across the Congo Republic massacred more than five hundred black and white people, including men, women and children in Angola. The living victims were bound to planks and passed through a sawmill. Four months after this obscenity, the leaders were interviewed in New York by M. Pierre de Vos of a leading Paris newspaper. De Vos confirmed that there was sufficient proof of the massacre and when asked about the sawmill killings, one of the leaders with a broad smile said the victims were sawed lengthwise.

The torture, maiming, and killing of victims is nothing new. The massacres have been happening for centuries across Africa. The attackers never appear to show remorse for the gruesome crimes. Is the mind of a criminal similar to that of a dictator? Dictators remain defiant until their last breath, and never accept any wrongdoing, neither offering an apology even when execution is imminent. Although the death penalty has been abolished in South Africa, bringing it back would not solve the problem. South Africa as a country should be honest enough to challenge the root causes of crime.

Article published on the Guardian LV
Read more at http://guardianlv.com/2015/05/south-africa-ruthless-murders-do-not-stop/#7rd4eYIKwzAZq3KF.99

Friday, May 1, 2015

Right-to-Die in South Africa

A court ruling paved the way for a terminally ill man to have the right-to-die in South Africa on Thursday, April 30. The High Court in Pretoria ruled in the case of Stransham-Ford that he could have a doctor assist to end the pain and suffering endured, and there would be protection from prosecution for the doctor. The judge said that Stransham-Ford was entitled to end his life with dignity.
Cape Town advocate Robin Stransham-Ford, age 65, suffered from prostate cancer and died peacefully in the presence of family members and friends on Thurdsay, April 30. It was not stated whether Stransham-Ford died before or after the court ruling granted the judgement.
The right-to-die campaigners, Dignity SA, said that medically assisted suicide in South Africa remained illegal, although there were growing calls for legalisation. The ruling in favor of allowing Stransham-Ford to die with dignity has paved the way to have the right-to-die law motion changed.
Assisted suicide is illegal in most countries around the world. In Switzerland, doctors may help patients with assisted suicide in an attempt to end the pain and suffering in terminally ill patients. In 2010, a South African doctor was found guilty of helping his mother die by administering a lethal dose of morphine. The doctor, Sean Davison, was placed under house arrest for five months by a New Zealand court.
The right-to-die with dignity would be a compassionate and caring gesture for anybody suffering from terminal illness. Life can be a burden, devoid of any good, for a person suffering. When a patient accepts that death would ease the pain and suffering, and when medical intervention cannot help, dying with dignity is a choice not only for the patient but also family members as well.
The ruling in favor of allowing Stransham-Ford to die with dignity is a welcome challenge for people who wish to exercise the right to end their life in South Africa. However, the ruling is not without challenge. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) have expressed disappointment with the decision allowing the terminally ill Stransham-Ford the right-to-die with the help of a medical doctor.
The NPA would appeal the decision based on future implications of the constitutional rights, the health perspective and the powers of the NPA. Euthanasia is not legal in South Africa, and the decision protects the doctor from prosecution thereby overriding the control of the NPA. The NPA will wait until Monday for the appeal outcome of having the ruling suspended, and in the meantime would probably have to deal with more than 100 assisted deaths that could occur over the weekend.
The focus of the NPA on the right-to-die ruling has attracted criticism, for taking action against the dignity of a dying person. The NPA do not prosecute mothers terminating the life of unborn babies aided by a nurse. However, the choice of a terminally ill adult to die with dignity is condoned. The valuable time wasted by the NPA seeking to end the right-to-die ruling and thereby smash future hopes of people wanting to die with dignity is ludicrous. The NPA should focus on more relevant cases that require urgent attention, such as the farm murders, rape, and xenophobia happening around the country.

Article published on the Guardian LV

South Africa Genocide Article Update

An article published on the Guardian LV –South Africa White Genocide Escalates: International Groups Seek Solution has received numerous comments that expand the situation in South Africa. Although there are people that disagree, it would seem most South Africans agree that the slow genocide is a reality. One of the comments said that it would not factually correct that 70 000 people had been killed since 1994. The Genocide Watch reports that 85000 people have been hacked to death.

Comments to the article published on the Guardian LV

liana April 30, 2015 at 11:02 pm

Bottom is……you don't feel safe when you go to town…or on national roads…..if something happens and you have to stop your car….you will be hurt..definitely….SA is a dangerous place at the moment..

Jan van Reibeck April 28, 2015 at 4:08 am

The whites are getting smashed , it’s racism by blacks , it’s not apartheid or immigrants it’s the very nature of South african blacks thats the problem , you can teach em send em to school or whatever but you ain’t gonna change the black dudes mind set , they are just as barbaric as what they were like 400 years ago , there is no tomorrow or thinking ahead history dictates that in any black controlled country in the world , if you disagree just name one country that’s successful then …… See ….South Africa needs a white state governed by whites , I guess the blacks would still want to get in again once the independent state becomes successful for work , food , clothes etc huh

Make a April 28, 2015 at 3:57 am

De Klerk made a big mistake

Ryan April 21, 2015 at 10:22 am

Crime is crime lady! you’re just racist because if you take into account the amount of black, coloured and Asian people that have been killed there is no comparison. What you’re endorsing here is black-on-black hate crime, in fact this is a form of hate speech. You’re delusional! We have a xenophobic problem as it is. STOP CAUSING KAK!!

Kobus Raath April 22, 2015 at 2:59 am

Ryan you are talking KAK. You logic leaves a lot to be desired. Probably work for the EFF.

ben April 20, 2015 at 5:30 am

I believe you are right John Mustart, It is not 70k it is more in the region of 85k

John Mustart April 20, 2015 at 11:00 am

Whatever it is, it’s bad enough.

francois April 19, 2015 at 1:24 pm

And when wil it stop and what about my boys that is 13?????????????

Leandre April 19, 2015 at 9:06 am

The only way to stop this. Is for America to evacuate all of us out of the country. . The hate against white people in SA will never end. Unfortunately that is a hard truth to swallow. I don’t love my Country anymore. If I could leave, I would.

John Mustart April 14, 2015 at 10:18 pm

Where does she get 70000 murders of whites since 1994. Not possible.

Tim boreing April 18, 2015 at 9:28 am

How many white’s have to be tortured and murdered before the World takes notice? When is enough?

John Mustart April 18, 2015 at 10:31 pm

That is true. I just feel that it is important that figures are accurate so all I am asking is for more source information. Otherwise I am on the same page. The more accurate the information the better it is for the cause.

South Africa President Jacob Zuma Has a Solution for the Country

Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, has a solution to reduce inequality by 2030. The National Development Plan (NDP) is set to be implemented and raise the awareness of social problems plaguing the country. In 2010, the National Planning Commission (NPC) was set up for a period of five years and will expire this month. The NPC earnestly set about drafting the NDP plan mainly defined by the government to eliminate poverty by uniting the people of South Africa.

The NDA plan is a new story for South Africa, whereby education, hard work and ability will ensure inequality is eliminated rather than the determination of birth. The plan is to focus on education and ensure job creation is maintained. The NDA plan will ensure that the goodwill, skills and resources of people will spark a cycle of development. The emphasis is to expand opportunities and to raise the living standards of South Africans.

The employment level in 2010 was marked by 13 million people, and the high-level expectation will increase this to 24 million by 2030. South Africa currently has a population of 53 million people. The plan includes ensuring the skilled, professional and technical posts reflect the country’s disability, racial and gender makeup.The scope is to broaden the ownership of assets to historically disadvantaged people. The Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) plan works in favor of the majority.

The NDA strategy focuses on providing quality healthcare facilities, enhancing the public transport system, producing sufficient energy to sustain the country and the industry. The plan covers a wide range of infrastructures to uplift and brings security to all citizens. The critical actions of the plan are to address the poverty and boost the accountability coordination and stop corruption, including methods to reduce crime and to strengthen the justice system in South Africa.

The NDA is a plan of action only, with 15 years to enforce the quality actions of the NDA might be impossible based on the past 21 years under the ANC administration. President Zuma said the project must start in earnest, and no delays should be forthcoming, even if elements of society remain critical of the intentions.

The plan is nothing more than an intention to correct the failing government structure of the past 21 years and highlight the problems incurred under the ANC administration. However noble the plan might appear, it is a whitewashing board of manipulating voters to keep the current government in office. In the past 21 years, there is little or no positive construction of positive change. The reported violence, crime, and racial discord flourishes within South Africa as the justice system weakens, and fundamental human rights violations intensify.

The entire NDA plan is a great quote for future generations, a South African story of what can be achieved. Based on the ANC’s track record over the past 21 years, it would seem any solution for positive change is an illusory story that is impossible to achieve. The long-term perspective of the plan will remain a long standing project, defining the faults of the past. Right now, all the citizens hear is about the intentions and commissioning of the NDA plan that is in a state of planning. South Africa needs to hear about the tangible progress that has been done in relation to the plan and not how the program is being developed by planners who are in the process of planning the ultimate solution for the country.

Article published on Guardian LV

Read more at http://guardianlv.com/2015/05/south-africa-president-jacob-zuma-has-a-solution-for-the-country/#m04RsReG9VyXVCPi.99

South Africa a Failed State

Zwelinzima Vavi, the expelled Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary, said South Africa had not implemented the freedom charter goals and was the most unequal place on earth, fast becoming a failed state. Vavi while addressing a meeting ahead of the public holiday on May 1 said issued of corruption and accountability need to be addressed.

In the 21 years of democracy, South Africa was fast becoming a failed state and Vavi said its citizens would head off to other countries in search of a better life. The public holiday on May 1 is a celebration of workers day and Vavi said the workers have little to celebrate under the difficult and strenuous conditions.

The ousted leader referred to Cosatu as a “sweetheart federation.” Cosatu has no independence and remains in constant turmoil. Vavi indicated that a real threat existed from intimidation, dirty money and smear campaigns by people in power if threatened. When questions were raised about the President of South Africa, Vavi declined to comment.

Workers According to Vavi remained divided and would hold separate May day rallies. The African National Congress (ANC) are directly to blame for the splintering between workers and youth. The youth movement of South Africa is fractured. Today South Africa has no accountability and moving toward a kleptocratic movement. Despite attempts to block the action from marching, the planned march in Durban, KwaZulu Natal would go ahead and nine unions were participating. Vavi urged other unions to join the march and said workers had the right to freedom.

Cosatu, the ANC youth league and the South African Communist Party (SACP) had a pact with President Zuma. Together the multilateral Alliance undertook to support the ANC party to gain votes to keep the deeply flawed Zuma in the highest position of South Africa, all in exchange seats in government. The plotters relationship soured and a fall-out followed that can be traced back to the ousted President Thabo Mbeki.

The government of South Africa and the unions have a distinct conflict of interest and should operate as separate organizations. Cosatu is nothing more than a convenient electoral cannon for the ANC. The growing social crisis coupled with the political insight of Cosatu, linked to government policies is undemocratic. The ANC are not the strong and might political party of the past, and cloaked with weakness, following the expulsions of Julius Malema, Numsa and Vavi indicate a possible realignment of leftist forces against the party.

The Freedom Charter has not been implemented by either the ANC or Cosatu and with over 20 million people under the local chiefs who control the land, culture, economy and politics, there will not be a shift in the inequality. Until the government and Cosatu distance the politics from the expensive mess of the traditional House of Leaders, no freedom charter progression will happen. The current state of affairs can be attributed to both the activities of Cosatu and the ANC government.

Vavi flippantly confirms the lack of accountability and corruption by the ANC government of South Africa. The failings to provide fundamental human rights stack up against the culprits, the ANC government and tripartite alliance. The plundering continues and the irrational, foolish actions over the past 21 years force South Africa into a dark and destructive country.

Article published on the Guardian LV