"We just heard this strange sound and realized we were being attacked by the river."
Four men sit on top of a shack and watch the Jukskei river, which
runs dangerously close to homes after the river eroded the bank.
The rains that Johannesburg so desperately needed arrived in a
great deluge on Wednesday causing flash flooding which resulted in
deaths and large scale damage to property.
Bearing the brunt of this disaster was the informal settlement of
Setswetla in Alexandra. The settlement is built along the Jukskei River
which burst its banks during the heavy rainfall yesterday.
The settlement is home mainly to immigrants, many of whom hail from neighbouring Zimbabwe.
In the chaos of the flood a three-year-old girl was swept from her
father’s hands as he attempted to reach higher ground as the waters kept
on rising.
A search and rescue team utilised divers and sniffer dogs in an
attempt to find the missing girl but a storm approached the area during
the late afternoon and the search had to be postponed till the following
day.
A relative of the girl’s family said the tragedy has left them broken and distraught.
Along the river a group of men tried to rescue a vehicle which was
trapped in the mud after being completely submerged in water the
previous night. A group of men try to salvage a car ...... while another man looks at his destroyed one.
Men and women tried to salvage what they could from their completely
destroyed homes. Community members estimate that about 40 homes were
lost (we are unable to confirm this at time of publication).
Tichaona Chikato a 35-year-old immigrant from Zimbabwe sifted through
the contents of his destroyed home looking for anything which he could
salvage. He found one of his kid’s little shoes but quickly tossed it
aside after realising the other one might have been swept away with half
of his home. “It was around five in the afternoon. I was inside this
house with my wife and three kids who are three, five and seven years
old. We just heard this strange sound and realised we were being
attacked by the river. I grabbed my kids and took them to safety,” said a
forlorn Chikato who runs a small trucking business. Tichaona Chikato sifted through the contents of his destroyed home, looking for anything he could salvage.
For many immigrants whose homes were destroyed, the pressing issue is
the loss of their documentation. “Food I can buy, clothes I can buy,
this home I can fix, but those documents and papers I cannot," said
Chikato.
"For tonight I do not have a place to stay with my family as you can
see this home is completely destroyed,” he continued. He said that he
would not rebuild his home in the same space but would look for a new
place far away from the river. “I cannot continue to stay here. I have
lost everything.” A woman sitting with her baby surveys the flood damage.A man collects some of his belongings that were not destroyed in the flood.Gift of the Givers is assisting in the flooded area. The organisation requires donations and assistance.
The shock victory of Donald Trump becoming the president elect of the
United States elections this morning must have had the liberal idiots
in tears and the doomsday prophets rushing to their pulpits.
Of course,
there would be flying comments of “”sexist, homophobic, racist” and a
whole bunch would be asking, “What knowledge Trump does he have to lead
the world’s biggest and most powerful state?”
Moreover, I thought: Let’s take a look at the educational background of the world’s heads of state:
1) Donald Trump – BSC in Economics, Businessman
2) Theresa May, Britain – Financial Accounting
3) Vladimir Putin, Russia – lawyer
4) Angela Merkel, Germany – Physicist with a D in Chemistry
5) Francois Hollande, France – Lawyer
6) Mariano Rajou, Spain – Lawyer
7) Narendra Modi, India – Political Science (Master’s degree)
8) Malcolm Turnbull, Australia – Lawyer
9) Christina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina – lawyer
10) Justin Trudeau, Canada – Education
11) Shinzo Abe, Japan – Public Administrator and lawyer
12) Ian Khama, Botswana – Lawyer
13) Jacob Zuma, RSA – herdsman, sleepyhead, part-time clown with a
doctorate in creative application of the truth and alternative
utilization of public funds.
And then this morning South Africans want to laugh at America!
Jacob Zuma, South African president, has said his country’s colonial
past has made it harder for him to combat the economic downturn.
Speaking to Al Jazeera’s Stephen Cole during the World Economic Forum in
Davos, Zuma said despite South Africa’s economic “when you are linked …
with Europe and the United States” , it is very difficult to create
economic growth.
It is a reminder that Zuma, does not want white people to have any
stake in the South African economy. The Chinese, and other Asian
companies are more profitable – the bribes are better.
Imagine if our President put South Africa first, before his family and his precious ANC party.
Donald Trump expressed his disgust for South Africa and called the
country a mess. According to Donald Trump, “African leaders oppress
their people without anyone asking them a question”. Does this sound
like South Africa? Trump went on to say African leaders are all greedy
and do not care about the people. Leaders cannot lead by example and are
only interested in accumulating wealth from the poor taxpayers. Trump’s
criticism of African leaders was direct and truthful considering the
state of many African countries. South Africa is oppressed – Donald Trump
Jacob Zuma has been linked to corruption and scandals before he
become president and the circumstances has only worsened. Is there any
hope?
Zuma: RSA ‘cannot grow’ while linked to Europe and America – VIDEO
I hate to give Kiddie Amin (His Excellency, Field Marshal Al Hadji
Doctor Julias Sello Malema, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the
Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in
Africa in General and South Africa in Particular), free publicity, but
here goes:
“Malema appeared in the Newcastle court on charges of inciting land
grabs and violence against whites, walks out and incites the exact same
land grabs and violence against whites.
Speaking outside the court on Monday‚ Malema said the charges brought
against him were laid because he had disturbed the peace of white
people.
”We are not calling for the slaughter of white people‚ at least for now”- Malema.
Which means he is going to call for it in the future when the time is right.
“The prosecution of people who are demanding the land affects us
directly because we want the land‚ so the land must be returned to the
hands of the people‚” said Malema.
And the people are? Whites aren’t people.
“This is our continent it belongs to us. We want our land. It must
come with everything. The land comes with the sea. The sea belongs to
us. The fish in the sea belongs to us. The land comes with the trees.
The trees belong to us. That includes dagga. It belongs to us. We want
it back.”
“We want everything that comes with the land…
The minerals‚ gold‚ diamonds‚ platinum‚ coals, everything that comes with land belongs to us.”
“We are not calling for the slaughter of white people‚ at least for now…
The rightful owners of the land are black people. No white person is a
rightful owner of the land here in South Africa and whole of the
African continent‚” he said.
OK so let me get this right. The continent does not belong to whites
who were born in Africa. The land was stolen from blacks by whites. The
whites own all the land and the blacks want it all back. Any white
person who has bought land, paid for it, inherited it, etc is by default
a criminal simply because of the colour of his/her skin.
That is right, that money you paid for your bond over twenty years
was all for nothing. Blacks want your land. You didn’t pay for it. You
stole it.
Malema said while the call for President Jacob Zuma to step down was
gathering momentum‚ he was not the main target. The main enemy‚ he said‚
was “monopoly capital” (read whites) which has continued to benefit
from the land while black people struggled across the country.
Malema has identified his enemy, he has warned his enemy that they
are going to be driven out of their homes and off their land and will be
slaughtered in the future.
I would say it is a declaration of war against whites and I would say it is open season on them.
However, Malema should be careful, because sometimes you get the bear, but sometimes the bear gets you first.”
Save South Africa held a festive protest in
St Albans church while the EFF protest at the Union Buildings was
sporadically violent
St Albans Church was packed with people today who answered the Save South Africa call to demand an end to state capture.
A festive mood greeted protesters as they entered the St Alban’s
Church in Pretoria for the Save SA protest. People beat on drums while
calling for President Jacob Zuma to step down. The church was packed to
the brim.
Meanwhile at Church Square thousands of members of the Economic
Freedom Fighters (EFF) gathered. They waited for news from the High
Court down the road regarding Zuma’s interdict against the release of
the Public Protector's report into state capture.
St Albans
EFF at Church Square
Church Square was all red as the EFF's supporters came to demand "Zuma must Go!"
EFF members tried to break through a police barrier after they made
their way to the Union Buildings. They were denied entry by the police
who shut the gates.
Some EFF members split into groups and moved through the city
blocking roads and setting construction materials on fire. Some shops
were looted and damaged in the violence.
EFF members confronted a Tshwane Metro Police Nyala as they protested outside the South African Reserve Bank.
EFF members tried to break through a police barrier after they made
their way to the Union Buildings. They were denied entry by the police
who shut the gates.
At the Union Buildings clashes followed with police using rubber bullets and a water cannon.
Police attempted to disperse EFF members outside the Union Buildings.
AN EFF member runs away after he is sprayed by a water cannon outside the Union Buildings.
EFF members fought with each other as some tried to stop others from throwing stones at the police.
Eventually the situation calmed down. The protesters remained
stationed outside the Union Buildings and dispersed after they were
addressed by Julius Malema.
