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    “We have strong anti-corruption culture that we have developed that was never there before,” said Zuma.

    “Government has established a lot of institutions that fight corruption,” he said.
    “People have the right to go to the public protector.
    http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Zuma-Ta...ption-20150604
    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Printed in The Star during the week of 1 June 2015.docx

    A very important advertorial published in The Star last week.
    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    You have got to be kidding me…

    http://www.netwerk24.com/nuus/2015-0...-aspoestertjie

    English summary:

    Parliament believes it being undermined by the other branches of the state and has asked President Jacob Zuma to intervene by calling a meeting with the judiciary and executive branches, NCOP chair Thandi Modise says. Modise says Parliament's greatest frustration is its inability to carry out its constitutional mandate. She directed her complaint against the judiciary, noting 'interference' via a range of court cases. She said Parliament had the right to arrange its own internal affairs. 'We are waiting on the head of state to call all of us together. We're looking forward to it,' Modise added. Parliament, she said, felt it was the 'Cinderella' of the three arms of the state. She feels Parliament needs robust mechanisms to ensure legislation was not challenged in the Constitutional Court.
    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Last edited by Wanderin' Zero; 09-06-2015 at 06:39.
    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/11/op...tion.html?_r=0

    What hope is there then for the average uneducated township dweller in this country? See my first post of 8 June. Given government policies, it is almost inevitable that food in this country is going to become far more expensive than it currently is; yet many people as it is barely find enough calories to get by. At the same time the education system is broken. There is also a minimum wage which ensures that it is not possible for people in South Africa to compete with those in China. China, as a country, at least has the advantage of being able to make massive capital investments. What hope then for those masses in South Africa who have nothing to offer other than their unskilled labour?
    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Total national government expenditure increased by 8.1%, from R1 009 billion in 2012-13 to R1 091 billion in 2013-14.
    The largest contributor to total cash payments for operating activities for the 2013-2014 fiscal year was grants (R636 billion), followed by social benefits (R115.4 billion)
    http://businesstech.co.za/news/gover...-our-money-on/

    Given the latest 7% wage increase, the price-tag is set to swell to around R500 billion a year for approximately 1.3 million public servants – R384,615 per employee,
    http://businesstech.co.za/news/gover...re-deployment/

    Not sure I understand how this all adds up… But in any event, it is clear that money is going to be in short supply…
    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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    http://www.cathybuckle.com/

    Of begging bowls and pipe dreams

    June 19, 2015, 9:48 am


    Dear Family and Friends,


    The frost is lying thick on the ground these winter mornings and on the roadsides the remains of people’s summer maize harvest is painting a frightening picture of what lies ahead for Zimbabwe in the months to come. For the last six weeks we’ve watched a patchy, very lean crop being carried away from people’s self-apportioned, roadside plots. Where usually you might see eight or ten bags of maize cobs waiting to be carried away, this year just three or four bags have been harvested. Others haven’t harvested even a single bag as their crops were so starved of nutrients that no cobs formed at all. Sadly, the picture is not much better in many rural farming areas where small scale, self sufficient farmers have reaped almost nothing this season.


    “Have you got enough to last your family till next year’s harvest?” I asked one man who said he’d got eight bags of maize from his rural fields.


    “Not even until Christmas,” he said, “and most of my neighbours are even worse off.”


    This man had grown the fourth best crop in his area but there were dozens of others who hadn’t even harvested enough maize to last until the end of June this year.


    “They are already looking for food,” he told me, saying people were hoping that food aid would come soon but there was no sign of it yet.


    It’s really sad to have to be witnessing this, fifteen years after Mr Mugabe’s land reform program, particularly because it’s the ‘ordinary masses’ who are again going to be suffering the most. So far the government’s response to this season’s disastrous maize harvest has come in the form of the begging bowl. Yes, that shameful begging bowl from our fertile lands is being proffered yet again. Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has just appealed to donors for US$300 million to import maize “to cover the deficit and see us through to the next harvest.” In a country neck deep in corruption we’re already wondering how much of the 300 million will actually buy maize and end up in the stomachs of hungry Zimbabweans and how much will end up in already bulging pockets. Mr Manangagwa said: "While we need 1, 4 million tonnes of maize a year for consumption, our produce for the 2014-15 season has gone down by approximately 49 percent.” That was another pretty shocking statistic to let slip coming from the country which until fifteen years ago was a regional maize exporter, regardless of the vagaries of changing weather patterns.


    Sitting on a rock in the sun on a cold winter morning watching a long crested eagle watching me, I can’t help but think how un-necessary Zimbabwe’s fifteen years of food imports and hunger have been. As each year passes revival of our past bountiful harvests and ability to export food remains a pipe dream. After fifteen years still no one is secure on the land they grow food on; farm invasions and evictions continue, property rights are not respected and leases are only secure as long as the local politician retains favour in the ruling political party. Until next time, thanks for reading, love cathy.
    Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.

    Seneca (4 BC - 65 AD)

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