SA SOCCER WORLD CUP 2010 - ONE YEAR TO GO June 11, 2009
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South Africa is now one year away from the opening ceremony of the 2010 soccer world cup and the positive comments coming from the various “spokespeople” are very encouraging, but we know that there is still lots to be done! CNN has been highlighting a lot of things about SA on TV today but there is one important area where hardly no mention is made…CRIME.
I believe that the authorities are not paying sufficient attention to the CRIME situation in South Africa!
There will be an influx of first-time visitors to our country and we should prepare them better as to what they should expect when they hit our shores.
The main question that is being asked is: “Will SA be ready for the world cup?” They are concentrating on the stadiums, accommodation, communication, transport, etc….but no one is talking about the crime situation.
Taxi drivers are up in arms because the government wants to employ a “rapid bus” system to transport visitors to and from games. They believe that only the taxi’s should be used and this can cause a very bad situation if not handled correctly. Imagine if they go on a rampage dujring the event.
On that subject…..how safe will touorists be in these taxi’s!
What about the financial situation in the country where there are so many poor people who are battling to survive from one day to the next. The tourists could become soft targets for them.
The SA Police are being trained to handle unrest in and around the stadiums, but what about the other areas in the cities.
The authorities should hand a booklet on “safety tips” to each person when they enter the planes that will be bringing them to South Africa. There should be a instructional movie on each plane showing all the pitfalls the tourists can expect.
The soccer fans are going to arrive in great spirits and their guard might be down and this can cost them their possessions or their lives.
If you are a first time visitor to Africa, “Google” subjects like “crime”, “safety tips” etc and be prepared.
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MATHYS ROETS BACK ON STAGE AGAIN May 29, 2009
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What a wonderful sight to see Mathys Roets push himself onto the stage in his wheelchair to join everybody on stage at a benefit concert held for him. He immediately joined them in song and sang a beautiful section of the song on his own and his peaceful deep voice was just the same as always!
When he was interviewed by the Koenie de Villiers on the Kyknet programme “Kwela” he sounded so positive and one would never say that it has only been 7 weeks since his horrendous biking accident. He confidently stated that he wanted people to know that he was exactly the same as before with just a “small” difference…. his two legs don’t work.
He said that he did not want people to say that he must “think positively”, he emphatically stated that he IS positive and he has already booked a concert date for 1 August 2009 for his return to stage.
He can already dress himself and he wants to be independent as soon as he can so that he can go home to be with his family as soon as possible. He finds the physical therapy treatment very beneficial both to his body and his voice and is amazed how he battled to lift even very light weights, but he is now able to do arm exercises with 4kg weights. He says that a thin wooden stick, which he has to lift from his lap with straight arms up to shoulder level, is the “heaviest” in the gym. He has to get a victory over this exercise, as it will enable him to hold his guitar for extended periods, at the moment he says that his guitar “pulls” him forward even though it is not very heavy.
He was so full of smiles and jokes about his situation i.e he said that he has done more “wheelies” on his wheelchair than he did on his motorbike and he that he felt better riding onto stage because his “walking” in the past was a bit funny!
Surprisingly his cracked ribs seem to trouble him more than his other injuries and it will take 3 months for them to heal and that is why he has to wait until August before carrying on with his singing career because it obviously effects his breathing, thus his singing too.
Mathys you are an inspiration to all and it was great to see you in such high spirits and with so much enthusiasm for your future. I am sure all your fans are looking forward to your next concert…. See you soon!
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WORK FROM HOME FOR SOUTH AFRICANS ONLY May 10, 2009
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I did a post on “crime” the other day and how you can get a cheap but effective security system and also earn a good monthly income from it. My friends have asked me to expound on it a bit more, therefore I have put together the following for them:
HOME911 is an EMERGENCY SMS ALERT SYSTEM which enables you to send a distress sms from your cellphone to 10 nominated alert recipients simultaneously, on any network within 30 seconds, to notify them you are in an emergency situation and require urgent assistance.
The HOME911 emergency SMS alert system works on all cellphones in SA with a speed dial function.
What is The Business opportunity?
When you sign up for Home911 you will automatically be given a “sponsor code”.
When friends/family/neighbours want to sign up, let them input your sponsor code with you as their sponsor. This will enable you to get a discount off of your Home911 service or even turn this into a lucrative passive income stream. In fact the potential is there for you to turn this into a full time business!
Everybody can subscribe to Home911 and sell the concept, in fact the more your own friends and family sell, the more you will make! You do not need any experience or technical knowledge, just the desire to make serious money if you want to!
What will it cost to sell Home911?
Absolutely nothing! All they ask is that you donate your first 2 “training” sales to your sponsor (the software does it automatically). Once you have achieved this, then you will automatically be promoted to full sponsor. That is all!
In fact, it is this method of helping each other that could catapult your earnings! You see when you sign up your third client, he/she will give you their first two, the new two clients you were just given will then give you their first 2 and so on, it never ends.
Many compensation plans offer huge riches for little work; I don’t believe that for one second. What I can tell you though is that in theory, if everyone just referred 3 people, and that takes 1 week to refer those 3, then in 8 short weeks, you will be earning nearly R15000 per month…ongoing!
There is no limit to the amount of money you make, and by promoting Home911 you may just save a life or a rape one day!
It is time for our communities to join together and help fight crime together! Let us take a stand and make our communities a safer place to live.
For just R75 per month, you can secure your entire family; there are no hidden costs, no contracts, and you could earn yourself a substantial income.
The beauty of this system is that your cell phone is your “panic button” and the R75pm covers everybody who lives in your house who wants to link up to it. (You are NOT tied in to them if you do not like the system you can cancel immediately.)
We cannot depend on our police force to come to our assistance in time, but we can certainly depend on our friends and family!
Do yourself and your family a favour and go to this link to sign up by clicking on the “Business opportunity” advert on the right and kill two birds with one stone….security and easy income potential! http://www.home911.co.za/?dc=100548
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SWINE FLU HITS SOUTH AFRICA April 30, 2009
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According to news reports there are two suspected swine flu cases in SA, but as usual our government department tells us not to worry about it. In fact their words were: “No need to panic.”
If they have that mindset what precautions are they taking to protect us from this virus?
They did not even keep the woman, who had travelled extensively in Mexico, in isolation they just gave her some medication and sent her home!
The World Health Organization has increased the pandemic level to stage 5 therefore they are taking it very seriously and so should everybody all over the world. Put all systems in place to avoid the spread of the virus and if someone is suspected of having the virus, isolate and treat them and insure that they do not spread it further.
We are now going into our winter months here in SA and the virus likes cold weather so that is something to bear in mind over the next few months.
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MEXICAN SWINE FLU OUTBREAK SERIOUS April 26, 2009
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The Mexican swine flu outbreak is being treated as very serious by the World Health Organization as although it is an “old” disease it has “new” symptoms and must be treated with great care and they have now declared it as stage three on the pandemic scale which is not a good sign.
At present over 80 people have died in Mexico and the disease has already spread to New York, California and New Zealand. Of course with the amount of air travel from an to Mexico the disease can rapidly spread to all countries if people do not take it seriously and take the necessary precautions.
Mexico have canceled all public events and have asked people to stay at home as much as possible and to wear masks over their mouths when they venture out in public. Many schools have been closed for a week to try and avoid a rapid spread among children.
What can you do to try and avoid catching this? When flu like symptoms start take it seriously and if you suspect that you have had contact with someone from Mexico recently go to your doctor and ask to be checked for swine flu. Wash your hands a lot and if you sneeze or cough do so into a tissue and dispose of it immediately.
Many people take the “flu” as something that they catch and will eventually get rid of and they may not take the necessary steps to avoid death from this silent killer. The symptoms are flu-like but diarrhea has been included on the list.
Over the next few days the WHO will monitor the situation and decide whether they will declare it a full pandemic or not.
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MATHYS ROETS SURGERY TODAY April 23, 2009
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Mathys Roets has undergone serious surgery to stabilise his vertebrae today and we are waiting to hear the outcome of the surgery and whether they were able to do something to help him to recover and be able to walk again. It is a wait and see situation at the moment.
Mathys said the following to Loraine Kalp a Voksblad reporter: “I’m strangely excited about what lies ahead for me. Thursday will be a very important day. I know the chances of recovery, the chances that I’ll be able to walk again, are very small. But there is still a chance.”
“I don’t want to ask too much, not medically, and not of people. But I do want to ask that people will think of me on Thursday, precisely for the reason that I believe it has been the thoughts and prayers of people which have carried me through the past couple of weeks,”
“If I were never able to walk again, then this will be the beginning of a new phase in my life. I’m alive, and I’m going to seize every single opportunity which comes my way.”
Well done Mathys that’s the spirit, remain strong and believe!
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MATHYS ROETS NEWS UPDATE April 19, 2009
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Mathys Roets will be able to play his guitar and, if his lungs remain uninfected, will be able to sing if he desires to do so, that is the good news that all his fans wanted to hear. The doctors say that he is a paraplegic, after his T11 and T12 vertebrae were broken in the accident, but I believe there is always hope, depending on the individual’s inner strength and beliefs.
Mathys is receiving support from his family and has received so many well wishes from his fans and friends therefore he will know for sure that he is important to many people.
With his wonderful voice he has sung many different types of songs, including some Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond and Roger Whittaker songs. He has such a restful type of voice that it touches your heart when you hear it.
I hope you will live your life to the fullest despite this setback Mathys
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CONGO LURES SA FARMERS WITH FREE LAND April 17, 2009
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Congo lures SA farmers with free land, Zimbabwe and South African governments can learn from this.
Johannesburg - In the biggest land deal in recent African history, the Republic of Congo has sent a delegation of five farmers to South Africa for talks with the South African farm union AgriSA, about the offer of 10-million hectares of farmland to South African farmers.
AgriSA said the government of the country, also known as Congo Brazzaville, wanted to improve food security.
Until now, Congo - which like the bigger Democratic Republic of Congo has been beset by political and ethnic tension in recent years - has had to import 99 percent of its food, mainly from France, Theo de Jager, deputy president of AgriSA, said.
The South African farmers would be able to lease the land for free for 99 years, De Jager said. Other enticements include a five-year “holiday” on corporate tax and the dismantling of taxes on the import of agricultural inputs, such as seeds, fertiliser and machines, De Jager said.
The farmers will be allowed to take all their profits out of the country and, although the project is being billed a food security initiative, are under no obligation to sell their output on the domestic market.
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DESPERATE MAN BITES PYTHON April 16, 2009
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A desperate man bit a python to get it to release its grip on the man, a weird but true story from darkest Africa! This story will make good advertisement material for a cell phone company!
Nairobi - A Kenyan man bit a python who wrapped him in its coils and hauled him up a tree in a struggle that lasted hours, local media said on Wednesday.
Farm manager Ben Nyaumbe was working at the weekend when the serpent, apparently hunting for livestock, struck in the Malindi area of Kenya.
“I stepped on a spongy thing on the ground and suddenly my leg was entangled with the body of a huge python,” he told the Daily Nation newspaper.
When the snake coiled itself round his upper body, Nyaumbe resorted to desperate measures: “I had to bite it.”
The python dragged him up a tree, but when it eased its grip, Nyaumbe said he was able to take a cellphone out of his pocket and call for help.
When his supervisor came with a policeman, Nyaumbe smothered the snake’s head with his shirt, while the rescuers tied it with a rope and pulled.
“We both came down, landing with a thud,” said Nyaumbe, who survived with damaged lips and bruising.
The snake escaped from the three sacks it was bundled into. - Reuters
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MATHYS ROETS BIKING ACCIDENT ENDS IN TRAGEDY April 14, 2009
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Mathys Roets, South Africa’s well known singer, was involved in a motorcycle accident on Monday 13 April 2009 while on his way to the annual Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK) in Oudtshoorn. The news just in has stated that he will be a paraplegic as he has extensive injuries to his spinal cord. This is a huge blow for him, his family and his fans!
Mathys is well known for his Afrikaans, English and Dutch singing and his fans are waiting to hear whether he will be able to continue singing in the future. He has a wonderful style of singing and has such a wonderful deep voice. I know his songs are not everyones cup of tea but the first time I heard him sing I just HAD to know who he was and it is certainly worth your time to go to the following link to hear him sing:
http://www.last.fm/music/Mathys+Roets
My thoughts are with him and his family during this time of tribulation.
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