Nov 162011
Oct 282011
Stated way back in 1931 and it says it all… “You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. […]
Aug 012011
SOUTH AFRICA 2011: THE BALANCE BETWEEN FAILURE AND SUCCESS It is a great pleasure for me to address this gathering of Cape Town’s most influential women leaders. The venue is also splendid. I always enjoy returning to the Mount Nelson – which is one of our most venerable and elegant hotels. Most of […]
Jul 222011
South Africa: Only a matter of time before the bomb explodes I can predict when South Africa’s “Tunisia Day” will arrive. Tunisia Day is when the masses rise against the powers that be, as happened recently in Tunisia. The year will be 2020, give or take a couple of years. The year 2020 is when China […]
Jun 302011
Siyabulela Xuza- His Story Has Really Just Begun Siyabulela Xuza Siyabulela Xuza’s story has really just begun. He is merely twenty years old and already has created an international stir. When he was eighteen years old and in Matric, he won two grand awards at the 58th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair which was […]
May 302011
Helen Zille-DA the new UDF Helen Zille’s letter to City Press editor Ferial Haffajee on News24 raises interesting new possibilities for the DA. Zille writes, “The DA is the new UDF.” The letter is a response to a News24 column (“How the ANC lost the coloured and Indian vote”) by Haffajee, a former Mail & Guardian […]
Mar 312011
Below the video is the content of a short speech given on Friday night in Cape Town by Lewis Gordon Pugh OIG (a.k.a. the Human Polar Bear) about the proposed fracking for gas in the Karoo, by Shell. He received a sustained standing ovation ! Ladies and gentlemen, thank for the opportunity to address you. […]
Sep 152010
This is an article by Coert Coetzee, the founder of the Treoc group and is very interesting reading – Martin “If you tell a lie long enough, loud enough and often enough, the people will believe it and people are more likely to believe a big lie than a small one.” – Adolph Hitler […]
Jul 082010
A few years ago I read a very interesting book, by a Lebanese writer, one Taleb, titled the Black Swan. By now, I am sure, we’ve all heard the story of the “once enigmatic” Black Swan – but what was the lesson of this story? Simply, that when confronted with incomplete data one often draws incorrect conclusions, and therefore – people often think they know more than they actually do know.
Jul 042010
Please understand that I am not proselytising or pushing a particular religious or any other point of view. I have a completely open mind regarding “faith” which I believe is not the preserve of any particular religion or creed, but a universal truth demonstrably active in our day to day lives in many different ways. Clearly […]
Jul 012010
I Agree with Jonathan 100% Time to make the choice to move South Africa forward, despite the crooks in whatever walk of life. They are everywhere at all times in every society in every country. Don’t give in to them. Fight the F——! Spending precious time whining helps not at all. Have we become that weak and feeble? […]