What makes South Africa so special
Well, what’s new huh? Same old same old. Australia, like many western countries offers these people an opportunity to start a new life and instead they resort to crime.
What is it about African cultures in particular that says you have the right to steal? Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. Make no mistake [...]
Signs that you won’t find anywhere else in the world
except in Africa.
In a restaurant in Zambia:”Open seven days a week and weekends.”
On the grounds of a private school in South Africa:”No tresspassing
without permission.”
On a window of a Nigerian shop:”Why go elsewhere to be cheated
when you can come here?.”
On a poster in Ghana:”Are you [...]
Africa is giving nothing to anyone — apart from AIDS
By K. Myers of the Irish Independent
No. It will not do. Even as we see African states refusing to take action to restore something resembling civilisation in Zimbabwe, the begging bowl for Ethiopia is being passed around to us, yet again. It is nearly 25 years [...]
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Above Maputo in 1980
Maputo in 2007, a picture is often worth a thousand words, long live Africa. Johannesburg’s central business district has also suffered from the African democratic style of city management.
Life in a foreign country is no picnic, and South Africans should provide support to foreign nationals rather than be hostile towards them.
South Africa and Zimbabwe presidents are oblivious to crisis affecting their respective countries.
South Africans are witness to the decline of Zimbabwe first hand with millions of illegals pouring in over the border and the crime committed by many of those illegals.
Not to mention the loss of jobs for our locals who lose out on opportunities because desperate Zimbabweans will work for a pittance.
Our monopoly currency is [...]
Well who is the richest black person, definitely not Oprah this time but Nigerian Billionaire Alhaji Aiko Dangote of Dangote holdings ranked at position 334 with net value of $3.3 Billion. Mr Dangote has interests in sugar, flour milling, textiles,real estate, haulage and gas among other things. Mr Dangote was followed closely by South African [...]
Crime has reared its head again at the Durban University of Technology, but this time Student Representative Council members were responsible for wanton destruction on two campuses. Try and educate these monkeys in an environment like this! This resulted in registrations being halted on all campuses.
The main issue surrounds outstanding fees. In addition to this, [...]
A little-known law which prohibits people dying while in the House of Parliament has been voted the UK’s most ludicrous piece of legislation, and the most absurd international law was judged to be in the US state of Ohio, where it is illegal to get fish drunk.
The 3931 people asked, selected the laws from a [...]
An interesting reflection on, and a wake-up call for, social and political organization in the cultures of Africa, published in the Nigerian Daily Trust newspaper.
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Daily Trust (Abuja, Nigeria) OPINION
25 October 2007
Posted to the web 25 October 2007
I Agree with Dr Watson – by Idang Alibi
A few days ago, the Nobel Laureate, Dr James Watson, made [...]